Marc Spiegler Clears a Path for Art Lovers to Take Risky Bets on Young Artists

Since joining the Art Basel team as codirector in 2007 and taking the helm as global director in 2012, Marc Spiegler has spearheaded the exponential growth of the 48-year-old fair “The strength of Art Basel lies entirely in the strength of its galleries,” says Spiegler “At a time when the gallery model that has worked for decades is being called into question, our focus is on keeping those galleries strong—creating as broad, as deep, and as engaged a global collector base as possible to ensure that they prosper.

For us, it’s not about building a brand; it’s not about leveraging content It’s about making sure that the people who often take the first and often the riskiest bet on a young artist are in a position to do that, as often and as successfully as possible.” The brainchild of three Basel-based gallerists, the inaugural fair in 1970 offered a roster of . Source