A small badge, inscribed with "Sorry, no comment," was pinned to the inside pocket of Emmanuel Perrotin's suit jacket during the most recent edition of Art Basel. Flashing that badge was a tongue-in-cheek way for Perrotin to ward off enquiries from inquisitive journalists during the world's largest contemporary art fair, held from 15 to 18 June.
The Frenchman, who opened his first gallery in 1990 at the age of 21, in a Paris flat he was renting at the time, had just shaken up the art world by announcing

