Berlin - Berlin lived up to its reputation as one of Europe's most vibrant artistic scenes at the weekend, as 40,000 artists, collectors and galleries from around the world attended the city's international art forum.

This year's event consisted of 110 exhibitors, selected from 300 galleries who applied for a stand at the Funkturm exhibition grounds in western Berlin.

The works on sale featured contemporary works since the 1960s, including artists Olafur Eliasson, Sol LeWitt and Joseph Beuys, as well as photographers Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton and Robert Applethorpe.

Individual works by Andy Warhol, Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso were also up for sale. In total, more than 2,000 artists from 18 countries were on display.

Prices ranged from a few hundred euros to the hundreds of thousands commanded by German postmodernist Georg Baselitz or painter Neo Rauch.

Artists and gallery owners enjoyed the opportunity to visit Berlin, where low rents and the legacy of Europe's Cold War divide have turned the city into a creative hub for European and international artists.