Welcome to Arts Radar, a monthly column by Marc Spiegler breaking down key developments in contemporary art and the wider worlds of design, music, cinema and television.
BASEL, Switzerland — As the art world’s dominant trades how for more than three decades — and the last major market event before the summer holidays — the original Art Basel fair functions as a bellwether for the sector’s financial performance. Its deroulement can also shift global art market sentiment, a critical…

