10 of the Best Artworks at Art Basel 2018

artnet News | Andrew Goldstein

It remains to be seen whether 2018 will indeed be the Year of the Woman at the polls, but it certainly is at Art Basel, where booth after booth features work by female artists—both established and lesser known—who are unabashedly going for the knockout punch. Not so long ago, you could tour the fair and see artwork after artwork featuring naked women, all served up like canapés; turn a corner now and you’ll find a statement piece that may make you rethink your gender assumptions, and fast.

Here is just a sampling of the best works on view at the fair, with a few men mixed in for parity’s sake.

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