Gallery: Basel: the 'Olympics of Art'
Art Basel is an international contemporary art exhibition held each year in Basel, Switzerland. It has been called "the Olympics of the art world". "Untitled" (1970) by Venezuelian artist Jesus Rafael Soto. AP
A woman looks at a 2009 sculpture entitled "A globe in a square room" by Swiss artist Beat Zoderer
People stand beside the 2009 light installation piece "U 46-Leaving" by British-born artist Anthony McCall
A man walks past the artwork 'Counter Line - No 12' from 1991 by Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima
Brad Pitt looks at an unidentified artwork during his visit to the Art Basel art fair.
A visitor watches a work by Scottish artist Douglas Gordon entitled "Punishment Exercise
The Waq Tree" (2009) by London born Indian artist Bharti Kher
A visitor stands behind the installation "Telegram from Buckminster Fuller to Isamu Noguchi Explaining Einstein's Theory of Relativity" (2009) by Italian artist Elisabetta Benassi. AP