Art Basel concludes highly successful return of its June edition

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• Art Basel's 2022 edition closed on Sunday, June 19, following a week of reports of buoyant sales across all sectors of the market
• The fair attracted an overall attendance of 70,000 throughout its VIP and public days
• In support of Ukraine, Art Basel collaborated with the City of Basel, leading cultural institutions in the city, Liste Art Fair Basel, and the PinchukArtCentre on a public art project featuring Ukrainian artist Boris Mikhailov’s latest photographic series, 'Temptation of Death’; Art Basel also supported the performance of Russian punk collective Pussy Riot and gave a donation of CHF 110,000 split evenly across three humanitarian aid organizations
• On Thursday, June 16, Art Basel hosted its first Unlimited Night, with a program of special performances by Ari Benjamin Meyers and Nora Turato and an event with Grammy-Award-winning artist Chance the Rapper
• The show, whose Lead Partner is UBS, took place at Messe Basel from June 16 to 19, 2022