AMERICANWAY
NOVEMBER2015
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“MileyCyrusKissedParisHiltonWhile
PatrickSchwarzeneggerWatchedat
ArtBaselMiami”; “TheWolfofMiami!
LeonardoDiCaprio ‘SpendsAlmost$1
Million’atArtBaselDuringFirstDay”;
“AtArtBaselMiamiBeach,SqueezingArt
Outof thePicture.”
Mentiontheeventtoa friendandshe’ll
reply, “Oh, that’sthethingthatPharrell
goesto, right?”Yes,Pharrellhasattended
ArtBaseland itsmanyparties.DiCaprio
isaregular,as isSeanCombs.Kim
Kardashianstoppedbyaspartofhercon-
tinuedeffortto#breaktheinternet.Jay
andBeyhavealsodonea littleshoppingat
thehigh-endart fair.
Likethecity itcallshome,ArtBasel
MiamiBeach isglitzyandexpensive,
culturalandcool.Theart fairhasbecome
apop-culturephenomenonand isaspec-
tacleworthwitnessing.Basel isasmuch
aboutthepartiesas it isabouttheart.
Perhapsmoreso.Whetherornot itshould
bethatway isaconstantsourceofdebate.
ArtBaselbeganmorethan40years
agowitha fair intheSwisscityof thesame
name. In2002,ArtBaselMiamiBeach
launched,andoverthepast14years ithas
becomeapremier fairof theAmericas.
Heldthe firstweek inDecember, it lures
morethan70,000peopletothecityto
viewworksbymorethan4,000artists
reppedbymorethan250 local,national
and internationalgalleries.Whilethe
name
Basel
technicallyreferstothemain
fair, it’sbecomeshorthand foradizzying
weekof longdaysand latenightscentered
onart inMiami.MiamiArtWeek includes
morethanadozensatel-
lite fairssuchasSCOPE
andNADA(eachwith
exhibitorsnumbering in
thehundreds)andpar-
ties,parties,parties.
“There’sdefinitely
anelectricity to thecity
WHENITCOMESTOARTBASELMIAMIBEACH,
THEANNUALBLOWOUTOFWEALTH
ANDBEAUTYONTHEFLORIDACOASTEVERY
DECEMBER,THEHEADLINESWRITE
THEMSELVES:
TOPANDBOTTOM
:
“SunandStar”by
RuthAsawaat
ArtBaselMiami
Beach; atmo-
sphereatDom
Perignon
Celebrates
“Metamorphosis”
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