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The weekend at Art Basel&nbsp;is upon us! Before heading to the show, browse our guides to the artists in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/news/unlimited-2019-highlights-valie-export-helio-oiticia-xu-zhen" target="_blank">Unlimited</a> sector and find out about&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/news/six-sculptors-to-discover-in-basel" target="_blank">sculpture</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/news/five-photographers-to-discover-from-czech-republic-to-dubai" target="_blank">photography</a> highlights. Mark your favorite pieces in&nbsp;our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/artworks?showIds=751" target="_blank">Online Catalog</a> and discover our artworld experts'&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/news/art-basel-basel-2019-online-catalog-live" target="_blank">highlights</a>.The Conversations program is not to be missed: hear Hans Ulrich Obrist talk exhibition-making&nbsp;with Dora Budor, Jacques Herzog, and Beatriz Colomina (Artists' Influences,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/events/detail/9256/Artist-Talk-Artists-Influences/5856" target="_blank">Friday at 1pm</a>). On the day that women in Switzerland strike for equal pay and fairer work conditions, collector and philanthropist Valeria Napoleone, gallerist&nbsp;Susanne Vielmetter, and artist Candice Breitz debate the artworld's&nbsp;gender price gap in a conversation moderated by Financial Times' art editor Jan Dalley (Mind the (price) gap - it is a gender thing,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/events/detail/9209/Art-Market-Talk-Mind-the-Price-Gap-It-is-a-Gender-Thing/5811" target="_blank">Friday at 3pm</a>). On Saturday, artist Douglas Gordon will reflect on the legacy of filmmaker Jonas Mekas with Michel Auder and&nbsp;Lolita Jablonskienė (Reminiscence of a Journey - The Legacy of Jonas Mekas,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/events/detail/9258/Art-History-Talk-Reminiscence-of-a-Journey-The-Legacy-of-Jonas-Mekas/5860" target="_blank">5pm</a>). Discover the full Conversations program&nbsp;–&nbsp;led for the first time by Julieta Aranda, co-director of e-flux&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/basel/conversations-show" target="_blank">here</a>, and stay tuned for the upcoming podcasts.Don't miss Saturday's Film program: at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/events/detail/9259/Film-Screening-Out-Takes-From-the-Live-of-a-Happy-Man/5814" target="_blank">6pm</a>, Jonas Mekas'&nbsp;Out-Takes From the Live of a Happy Man,&nbsp;a visual diary from the over 50 years of footage shot since his emigration to the USA in 1949, offers intimate insights into&nbsp;his personal life. Learn about the founder of Fluxus at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/events/detail/9218/Art-Basel-Film-Jeffrey-Perkins-George-The-Story-of-George-Maciunas-and-Fluxus-2018/5828" target="_blank">8pm&nbsp;</a>in&nbsp;Jeffrey Perkins's documentary portrait&nbsp;George – The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus. All screenings take place at Stadtkino Basel.&nbsp;Alexandra Pirici's performative environment Aggregate is&nbsp;staged daily in the white dome on Messeplatz between 4pm and 8pm on Friday and 1pm and 5pm on Saturday. Find out more about the piece&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/news/messeplatz-alexandra-pirici-glossary" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;Art Basel's Global Director Marc Spiegler shared insights into the show on our Instagram TV channel,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BylNf4Jhtwg/" target="_blank">watch the video here</a>. Keep an eye out&nbsp;for our interview with artist Jacolby Satterwhite, who will speak about his Unlimited sector project Birds in paradise (2017-19)&nbsp;a digital exploration of queer identity, live&nbsp;from 6pm on Instagram TV. Follow @artbasel on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for onsite coverage, from artworks to practical tips.&nbsp;&nbsp;More exciting events taking place around the show in the upcoming days can be found in our <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/events" target="_blank">Online Events Calendar.</a>Be sure to check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/basel/exhibitors#31364" target="_blank">Magazines sector</a> with its selection of cutting-edge publications, including magazines focussed on Chinese art.Finally, an overview of all practical information can be found&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/basel/at-the-show" target="_blank">here</a> as well as on our mobile app. Mark your favorite galleries to navigate the show floor with ease and find out where to eat – the raclette in the courtyard of the main hall is an Art Basel favorite.&nbsp;Top image:&nbsp;visitors in front of Tom Wesselmann's Still Life #60 (1973), presented in the Unlimited sector by Gagosian.

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