An artwork titled Choir by German artist Katharina Grosse seen at the entrance of the Art Basel fair for modern and contemporary art in Basel, Switzerland. Photo: AFP
Even before Art Basel officially opened to the public on Thursday, the prestigious international art fair had already recorded multi-million-dollar sales.
Notable early transactions included a US$9.5mil (RM40.5mil) sculpture by Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa and a US$6.8mil (RM29mil) work by German painter Gerhard Richter.
