Art Basel Calls Off Three-Day Abu Dhabi Event, Citing ‘Short Timeline’ for Planning

Ever since it was first announced in September, Art Basel Inside, a three-day event due to take place in Abu Dhabi early next year, was shrouded in mystery. The fair, which runs annual editions in Hong Kong, Miami Beach, and Basel, Switzerland, did not offer many details about what, exactly, Art Basel Inside would be, and artists involved were never named. Now the fair has called off the event altogether.
In a statement sent to ARTnews, the fair said it had canceled Art Basel Inside, which it sa