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16 june 2011 Download today's issue of the Art Basel daily  paper (PDF) in print In print only: South African artist quits pavilion over selection Artist remains unrepentant for judging prestigious prize by tossing a coin Does street art show encourage graffiti? Who folds first? Origami makers sue over painting Kunsthalle Wien director under fire Unrest in Syria scuppers Royal Academy show in London Focus on Berlin’s emerging, and sceptical, artists Collector settles financial dispute with David Khali Click for full list of articles in the current issue subscribe The Art Newspaper is available in print and online versions. Subscribe now. unsubscribe You received this email from The Art Newspaper because you are on the Thursday newsletter list. Unsubscribe to permanently remove yourself from this list   From the Art Basel Daily paper The tastemakers are here BASEL. Budi Tek, the Indonesian-Chinese collector, has been shopping at Art Basel this week for an ambitious museum complex he is building in Shanghai. This is due to open in stages over the next decade. As Art Unlimited opened, Tek purchased the Fred Sandback installation Untitled, (Sculptural Study, Seven-part Right-angled Triangular Construction), 1982/2010, for just under $500,000 from David Zwirner and Verna (U20). Tek told us he was also interested in buying Dan Flavin’s 1972-75 installation nearby (Paula Cooper, U24). “I had a very intuitive reaction to those pieces,” he said. .   My space: coming to Shanghai Budi Tek plans to open a museum in China designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto Beyeler’s final gift An acquisition budget for his museum Mourning an exile Critics calls Indian government's elegies of M.F. Husain hypocritical Design fair comes into its own The sixth edition of Design Miami/Basel is considered, confident and mature Jeff Koons: The pain of inflation Theodora Vischer, the founding director of the Schaulager (2001-10) and, as of March this year, the senior curator-at-large at the Fondation Beyeler, selects her favourite works at Art Basel To have and have not As prices rise and museum budgets shrink, collectors are playing an ever bigger role in public institutions Art Basel diary: P-p-p-pick up a Penguin Pierre Huyghe’s animatronic penguin that moves its head and wings in a creepily lifelike way, is proving a hit with cerebral and not-so-cerebral alike all articles video Art Basel 42: Great Expectations It was standing room only at a crowded Art Basel on the VIP opening day. Guests were 'champing at the bit' to get in and be the first to see and potentially purchase the art work on display.There was a frenetic buzz around the fair today, seemingly more so than in recent years. Visitors from around the world decended on Basel which whilst it is growing as branded fair appears to be staying true to its roots.   The Art Newspaper Magazine Free with the June issue: Magazine on Venice and Basel – over 100 Biennale artists data. Subscribe now for online access to The Art Newspaper's magazine and the June issue. Subscribe for immediate access   The Art Newspaper 71 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RLRL