Top 10 Works at Art Basel Paris 2024: From Kounellis to Magritte

From October 16-20, 2024, the Grand Palais hosted Art Basel Paris, showcasing 194 galleries. Key exhibitions included the Surrealism centenary at the Centre Pompidou and a retrospective of Arte Povera, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Significant transactions featured two works by Jannis Kounellis (1994) at Cardi Gallery, each valued between €250,000 and €350,000, and Alicja Kwade's 'L'ordre des mondes (Totem)' at Mennour, priced at €400,000-500,000. Highlighted was René Magritte's 'Le corde sensible' from Landau Fine Art, which fetched £14.4 million in 2017. A museum acquired Alighiero Boetti's 'Mappa' (1989-1991). Kehinde Wiley's 'Alain Tala and Teddy Siemogne' was displayed at Templon, while Michelangelo Pistoletto's 'Buco Nero' was listed at €500,000-600,000 at Galleria Continua.