roots. and see trekking is a way to explore the world's wildest coastlines and feel quite literally at one with the elements. well there's only a handful of living artists whose works command tens of millions of euros jeff koons is one of them and if you have that kind of cash you can actually buy one of his pieces at the art basel and what's the world's premier art fair that just opened its doors on thursday where 290 galleries from 34 countries are peddling their wares and sales from last year tell us that the global art market is booming so for serious collectors it's the place to be. come to art basel with a suitcase full of cash and you can shop around in style and see anything you like called or. i should go. maybe this picasso.

she didn't do. because it was a woman with george can be yours for a cool 28000000 euros. and if you keep shopping you'll find even more big names here at art basel you can take home to spiro for 22000000 europeans. in the last years huge price tags have blown the global art market up to check against it proportions you see 2 years of consistent growth and occurred last year by about 6 percent so it's reached about 67000000000 sorry i mean you can see by size of learned it does spark the interest of the kind of mainstream investment community even at this stage it is it is a big business. in the same big names are selling for more and more. but overall many say the art world is in crisis small and medium galleries are struggling to stay alive but that doesn't mean much to ultra wealthy buyers hunting for museum quality goods. even fears of

a recession haven't stopped top and gallery ists and consultants telling rich investors to buy buy buy the truth is if you're worth a $1000000000.00 today and the market corrects by 30 percent and you're worth 3 quarters of a $1000000000.00 tomorrow it's not really going to stymie you too much from going ahead and purchasing work if you so choose to. the united states still dominates global arts it was with 44 percent of the market although china is catching up at 19 percent. this year is art basel shows many contemporary artists trending toward activism which works focused on climate change or the me too movement against sexual harassment and abuse. the art itself is becoming more critical political forward looking at the art market only has room for a few elites. and my colleague david leavitt's is here with more on this david

those are some unbelievably heavy price tags there is this what the art basel is now concentrating on really just the oh yeah this is i mean you know the art the art world these people that go around the globe air kissing their way around the globe from art fair to art fair art basel is where they come to target the chinese billionaires the oil sheiks the american tycoons and they bring their most valuable works with them and they choreograph this sort of feeding frenzy where the super rich buyers are racing to get the very best goods ok so let's talk about that because the art markets obviously getting very very expensive is an understatement it's incredibly exclusive very top heavy at the moment doesn't that mean huge pressure for new talent for instance it does well what's happening is actually the parts of the art market that foster new upcoming talent are being hollowed out because buyers now are only interested in the works that are worth millions they want to buy a picasso they don't want to buy the future. this is the next big stars so the art

market is huge right now but it's actually not very healthy it's just really about the rich getting richer yes so that is obviously really worrying the art basel is nevertheless the template for all the other fairs out there and this is actually the 50th edition and they have said that they wanted to rejuvenate you know how are they going about that well one thing they're doing is they're actually adjusting their prices to let in galleries that previously weren't there even if they have you know just a tiny booth so that is one step in the right direction and these galleries are bringing a lot of really great art with there's one thing that i really love is this 3 meter telescopes are by cuban american artist coco fusco works called 10 man of the 21st century you recognize that face care and that's. where you know 10 men in the wizard of oz didn't have a heart and needed oil there and didn't have a heart and needed us the message is pretty clear and one really good piece of news that's coming from art basel is that women are getting more and more representation

of this work by spanish artists at least from us it's called life dress these dresses are made of airbags to inflate and protects the wearer from unwanted touching in the workplace and then there's this need to archival project open secrets by andrea bowers it's been getting a lot of attention it's all about famous powerful man accused of sexual abuse i should say that another big problem in the art world it is it is disgustingly male dominated about 5 percent of the art that sold at auction is made by female artists but we are seeing that that is solely changing women are getting more and more recognition in the art world and especially as you know art basel this year so definitely some efforts to mix things out but there's a lot of the same battles being fought if i understand it frankly carol they will keep our eyes on that art basel on until sunday david love it thanks very much for bringing us the details to that backstory. also fighting for recognition

is sandra roy a classically trained violinist who has jazz in his blood roy grew up in a very musical sinti family where 1st street musicians regularly jammed in his parents' living room so at a very young age he mastered the art of improvisation and today he is a veteran of both classical and jazz music festivals and orchestras where he not only beguiles the critics but also gives the tradition of gypsy jazz the credit it is. sandra boyd performing with the munich radio orchestra at the famous prince reaching future in the unique. talents and determination have got roy where he is today the top of his field the violinist was born in germany his family was among the most famous of sinti musical families until the 19th when many of them were murdered by the nazis even today

prejudiced against the musicians remains. i know some very high level musicians who play with the best orchestras i won't mention names and they deliberately conceal their origins out of fear they might be disadvantaged at auditions someone might say they play mozart with duty remand has his own and they don't want to be put into that category they just want to play mozart without cliches just to play how they feel it. roy has already performed as a soloist with the hamburg based big band and with the german chamber orchestra braman is also performed for the german president but he's still a bit nervous this is his most important performance in munich so far and it's going to be broadcast live on the radio. to come. titled gypsy goes classic it's a step towards social emancipation message is that since we are not

a minority on the fringes of society but belong to the mainstream he says many things for roman musicians have improved still real recognition for roma people has not yet been achieved and the media are partly to blame. because what annoys me is that reporting when it comes to seem to you and roma is often just plain wrong people used to say that gypsies stole from clotheslines and that's a lie. when nothing but the very best clothes. but there are still lies being spread and i would like the truth to be sharpened. on this evening gypsy jazz was featured among classical compositions. in the music world gypsy describes virtue or so and multi-layered pieces but

elsewhere the word remains fraught with negative connotations sandro royal wants to be accepted for what he already is a highly talented musician. stuff well if you're looking for the ultimate in terms of our raw elemental experience see tracking just might be the answer this is a relatively new sport that combines land and sea trails with trackers covering coastal routes by swimming snorkeling free diving and hiking supplies are at a bare minimum and everything you need is carried in a waterproof pack so we got in on a sea trekking workshop in croatia. same trekkers get to enjoy deserted beaches stunning baggies and jaw dropping underwater worlds for days thanks paul coastlines diving hiking and swimming.

because the need is there i mean personally the ocean is sheer boundlessness in terms of brits in did a space you can never conquer and it's this in comprehensibility that draws me out there again and again that's absolute freedom absolute. for final piece of equipment for sea tracking is a kind of waterproof backpack it was developed by the hard fact that in itself. once everything is packed the rucksack is inflated now it has a streamlined shape and can be pulled behind the sea trekkers without much effort. and water currents are important factors to consider because sea trackers sometimes swim several kilometers per day and sometimes stop for some occasional free diving

. you can go see trekking pretty much anywhere of course we had to wild coastal regions because there's such an incredible gift and experience of nature lonely islands where no one else ever garters. spin the night in the jungle and the next day you dive right back into the coral reefs. unfortunately the next day the weather has worsened and swimming back to the waves is hard work. but everyone's really happy once they've made it. god guided through all of this was a great too this is even though the sea was a bit rough i have to say this was a great trip but. despite enjoying their nature trip most participants are also happy to return to civilization.

it was very bare bones indeed looks like a great way to escape but it's probably not for everybody and that brings us to the end of this shows up for myself and the crew all the best from us here in berlin and hope to see you next time.

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