$35 million Picasso painting leads sales at Art Basel 2026.

Art Basel kicked off on Tuesday, June 16th, with an invite-only VIP preview. This year, the flagship Swiss fair is hosting 290 galleries from 43 countries and territories. As collectors, advisors, and curators filled the VIP day, multi-million dollar sales were quickly reported by galleries at the fair. The leading transaction of the day was Hauser & Wirth's sale of Pablo Picasso's Le peintre et son modèle dans un paysage (1963), at an asking price of $35 million. The gallery said ...