Art Basel Is the Biggest Brand in Art

But exponential growth is creating a fissiparous art market

Art Basel's Blessing and Curse

It’s been a tough year for Art Basel and its global director, Marc Spiegler. In the Spring, Spiegler got ambushed at a global art conference by some of his own best customers; in the late Summer, his expansion project Art Basel Cities launched in Buenos Aires without much impact and, more important, no apparent follow up cu…