Art Basel 2025 Preview Sales: $9.5M Ruth Asawa Sculpture Leads First-Day Transactions
Art Basel 2025, held at Messe Basel on June 17, 2025, experienced impressive sales. David Zwirner achieved $9.5 million from a Ruth Asawa sculpture and $6.8 million from a Gerhard Richter painting. Hauser & Wirth sold two works by Mark Bradford for $3.5 million each, along with pieces by Fausto Melotti, Piero Manzoni, Nicolas Party ($565,000), and Flora Yukhnovich ($575,000). Thaddaeus Ropac sold two paintings by Georg Baselitz for €1.8 million and €1.2 million, while White Cube's Baselitz painting fetched $2.2 million. Cai Guo-Qiang's Red Birds (2022) went for $1.2 million. Annely Juda Fine Art sold David Hockney's Mid November Tunnel (2006) for between $13-17 million. The public can access the fair starting June 19.
Key facts
- Art Basel 2025 preview opened Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- David Zwirner sold Ruth Asawa sculpture for $9.5 million
- David Zwirner sold Gerhard Richter painting for $6.8 million
- Hauser & Wirth sold two Mark Bradford works for $3.5 million each
- Annely Juda Fine Art sold David Hockney's Mid November Tunnel (2006) in $13-17 million range
- Rhea Dillon won Baloise Art Prize for best proposal in Statements section
- Danh Vō's Unlimited installation sold three editions at €250,000 each
- Maurizio Cattelan's EMPIRE (2025) sold for €100-200,000
Entities
Artists
- Ruth Asawa
- Gerhard Richter
- Mark Bradford
- Fausto Melotti
- Piero Manzoni
- Nicolas Party
- Flora Yukhnovich
- Georg Baselitz
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Danh Vō
- David Hockney
- Tracey Emin
- Alice Neel
- Arcangelo Sassolino
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Pascale Marthine Tayou
- Jennifer Guidi
- Jenna Gribbon
- Xiyao Wang
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Diego Cobelli
- Sol LeWitt
- Ugo Rondinone
- Rhea Dillon
- Edith Deyerling
- Wei Libo
- James Franco
- Jil Sander
- Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
- Vincenzo de Bellis
- Cristina Masturzo
Institutions
- Art Basel
- David Zwirner
- Hauser & Wirth
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- White Cube
- Annely Juda Fine Art
- Xavier Hufkens
- Pace Gallery
- Perrotin
- Continua
- Massimo De Carlo
- Alfonso Artiaco
- Soft Opening
- Felix Gaudlitz
- Sans-titre
- Messe Basel
- ICA Miami
- Pinault Collection
- MoMA
- Guggenheim Museum New York
- Rubell Museum
- Pérez Art Museum Miami
- Baloise Art Prize
- Artribune
Locations
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Messe Basel
- London
- United Kingdom
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Vienna
- Austria
- Paris
- France
- Miami
- United States
- New York
- Italy