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.
Key facts
- Art Basel Paris 2024 held at Grand Palais from October 16-20
- Two Jannis Kounellis works sold for €250,000-350,000 each on opening day
- Alicja Kwade's 'L'ordre des mondes (Totem)' priced €400,000-500,000
- René Magritte's 'Le corde sensible' previously sold at Christie's for £14.4 million in 2017
- Alighiero Boetti's 'Mappa' (1989-1991) sold to a museum
- Michelangelo Pistoletto's 'Buco Nero' priced €500,000-600,000
- Giovanni Anselmo died in 2023; his work was shown posthumously
- Jan Mot presented Philippe Thomas's conceptual works where collectors sign as authors
Entities
Artists
- Jannis Kounellis
- Alicja Kwade
- René Magritte
- Alighiero Boetti
- Kehinde Wiley
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Julius Von Bismarck
- Georg Baselitz
- Giovanni Anselmo
- Philippe Thomas
- André Bosmans
- Georgette Magritte
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Institutions
- Art Basel
- Grand Palais
- Cardi Gallery
- Mennour
- Landau Fine Art
- Tornabuoni
- Templon
- Galleria Continua
- Esther Schipper
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- Marian Goodman
- Jan Mot
- Centre Pompidou
- Bourse de Commerce
- Christie's
- Musée du Louvre
- Pinault Collection
- MAXXI
- Galerie Lelong
- Artribune
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- Rome
- Italy
- Milan
- Afghanistan
- Morocco
- Cameroon
- Africa
- Russia
- Breisach am Rhein
- Verbania
- Lago Maggiore
- Bergamo