Art — Global Access Calendar

The perforated aluminium underside of the Messe Basel exhibition halls in Basel.

Basel · June · Subject to availability Art Basel The art market's most consequential week, held in a quiet Swiss city on the Rhine, where the year's most significant works change hands. Mid June — dates to be confirmed

Palms in silhouette above a bay at dusk, a downtown skyline low on the far shore.

Miami Beach · December · Subject to availability Art Basel Miami Beach The Americas' principal art fair, and the week in which Miami becomes the centre of the Western hemisphere's cultural calendar. Early December — dates to be confirmed

Autumn trees and open lawns in Regent’s Park, London.

London · October · Subject to availability Frieze London London's art week, run from two temporary structures in Regent's Park, with the city's entire market moving in step for five days. Mid October — dates to be confirmed

The towers of the Sint Servaas basilica above the Vrijthof square in Maastricht.

Maastricht · March · Subject to availability TEFAF Maastricht The most rigorously vetted fair in the world, covering seven thousand years of art, in a small Dutch city near three borders. Mid March — dates to be confirmed

The Piazzetta San Marco and the Doge’s Palace in Venice at first light.

Venice · Multi-month · Subject to availability Venice Biennale The oldest and most consequential exhibition in contemporary art, staged across national pavilions and a former shipyard in Venice. Spring opening, running to late autumn — dates to be confirmed