Art Basel’s Swiss Edition Canceled Over ‘Health Risks’ After Delay to September

With the international art calendar in disarray because of the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s biggest art fair has announced plans to call off its 2020 edition. Art Basel’s edition in Switzerland—one of three events held annually by the art-fair giant—has been canceled amid heightened uncertainty. It would have marked the fair’s 50th anniversary.
Earlier this year, Art Basel was moved from its normal dates in mid-June to a new set of dates in mid-September. Its o