The Digital Art Mile, Basel's first-ever digital art fair, opened its second edition on Monday at the city's Kult Kino Camera cinema, running through Sunday. Founded by digital art adviser Georg Bak and ArtMeta founder Roger Haas, the fair features panels, conferences on the digital art market, and the headline exhibition “Paintboxed,” which explores the history of the Quantel Paintbox. In a calmer, more academic atmosphere than Art Basel, ARTnews asked 10 prominent digital art figures to select their favorite artwork from the fair, with responses highlighting works such as Kim Asendorf's "Monogrid 90," XCOPY's "Last Selfie," and Matt Kane's "Gazers 200."
The fair matters because it educates the public about the decades-long history of digital art, countering the misconception that the medium is only a few years old. By bringing together collectors, curators, and artists in a dedicated venue, the Digital Art Mile helps establish a canon for digital art and underscores its growing legitimacy within the broader art world, as evidenced by the million-dollar sale of XCOPY's "Last Selfie" in 2025.