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Art Basel Is Shaping Up to Be a Roll of the Dice

‘There’s new energy in the market,’ Pace CEO Marc Glimcher told Bloomberg ahead of the Swiss edition of the global art fair, but selling top-end pieces is likely to be more chancy than usual, several dealers acknowledged.
A visitor looks at the artwork of Pablo Picasso "Femme", 1907 and Duane Hanson "Painter", 1977
Selling top-end art pieces is likely to be more chancy than usual, several dealers acknowledged ahead of the Swiss edition of Art Basel, which opens to VIPs on June 17. (Getty Images)

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