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Culture

7 events

7 events

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 The old town at Cannes above the bay, its clock tower and terracotta roofs among umbrella pines. Cannes · May · Subject to availability Cannes Film Festival Twelve days in which the Croisette becomes the centre of the film industry, and the market beneath it does the actual business. Mid to late May — 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 The white bathing cabins along the beach at the Lido di Venezia, sand in front of them. Venice · August · Subject to availability Venice Film Festival The oldest film festival in the world, staged on the Lido at the end of summer, and the effective opening of the awards season. Late August into early September — dates to be confirmed