Art Basel Miami Beach

Fashion Freakouts at Basel Castle 2012

Another Art Basel Miami Beach week has come and gone. But while we definitely got our art on and loved every awesome musical act, we couldn't stop staring at what all those fancy motherfuckers were wearing! What can we say, we here at Crossfade are somewhat shallow. So we headed out to one of the ... More >>

Thurston Moore, Rat Bastard, and Kenny Millions Play Art Basel House Show (Video)

"Where's Thurston Moore?" That is the question we've been asking each other since the Sonic Youth frontman and South Florida native was first spotted at nontraditional art spaces around town during Art Basel Miami Beach week. He was in Miami to perform in honor of his late friend Kurt Cobain at t ... More >>

Cannibal Corpse at Grand Central Miami, December 6

Cannibal Corpse Grand Central, Miami Thursday, December 6, 2012 Better Than: Cardboard gun shop. Stuck precariously in the middle of Miami's yearly ascension to the international spotlight of artistic and cultural relevance (AKA Art Basel Miami Beach week) was a Cannibal Corpse tour date.

Fifteen Best Concerts During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012

Most art is silent. Even during Basel week. That's why we here at Crossfade -- an admittedly hopeless gaggle of noise junkies -- just can't get through the week without offsetting our 12-hour days at the art fairs with 12-hour nights at Miami's hipster bars, rock dives, and downtown concert hall ... More >>

A$AP Rocky Swarmed by Art Weirdos at Art Basel Miami Beach Show (Video)

Art Basel Miami Beach just seemed to work out magically this Wednesday night. Parking was shockingly easy to find. Thank you, dude-looking ladies who left early. You rule! Then I ran into a friend at the Bass Museum who was on the list for the A$AP Rocky party at the Delano Hotel, but he wasn't g ... More >>

UR1 Promises to Announce "New Festival Dates Along With Refund Procedures"

Promises. In July, UR1 Festival organizers pledged to bring "a true celebration of art and music" to this year's Art Basel Miami Beach week. But two weeks ago, after assembling an awesome two-day "EDM, pop, hip-hop, and rock" lineup led by Kanye West and Lou Reed, "The UR1 Music & Art Festival ... More >>

Danny Brown and Shepard Fairey Go Bananas for Art Basel at Bardot Miami

"Stank pussy smellin' like Cool Ranch Doritos!" That's what all the hip cats were screaming at Bardot last night, 'cause Danny Brown was in the spot tearin' it up on the carpet, among the people. The weed was in the air and the streets were representing for an intimate set from the loud and rowdy ... More >>

Matt & Kim Talks Basel, Art School, and Music

Matt & Kim should be commended for coming through on rescheduling a show they had to cancel after singer/keyboardist Matt lost his voice while on tour, a few months ago. What band suffers an illness, cancels a show, promises a make-up date, but never follows through? Most all of them, but not ... More >>

DJ Tennis Talks Dark Pop and Basel Life and Death Label Showcase

Life and death. Mortality. Pretty heavy subject matter for dance music, right? But then, it's not really conventional dance music that's being put out by the Life and Death label. This is heady, brooding, emotional stuff. It might be carried by that uhntz-uhntz beat, but it will bend your mind and ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 To Do in Miami This Weekend

The Art Basel Miami Beach drums of war pound an ominous rhythm as our checking accounts commit Hari Kari because of the holidays. So are you, like Crossfade, a Friday-night professional with more moths in your wallet than bills? Take a look at our ten best music-related activities under $10 going ... More >>

Three, Two, One, Art

Rakim Announces Concert With a Live Band at The Stage Miami During Art Basel Miami Beach

Backed by DJ Eric B's expertly sampled soul-funk-R&B ejaculations, late '80s rapper Rakim was a true hip-hop innovator who broke from the first wave's Mother Goose rhyme schemes and party-shout vocal delivery. The duo is regarded as one of the all-time greats. Rakim sans Eric B? That's a slight ... More >>

Clandestine Culture's First Show Highlights October's Wynwood Art Walk

UR1 Festival Tickets On Sale! Right Effing Now!

See also "Kanye West, Lou Reed, Offspring Headlining UR1 Festival" -- plus "M.I.A., Fun., Seven Others Added to UR1." Hey, kid. No more waiting for the man. The time has finally come. UR1 Festival tickets are on sale! Right effing now! The ambitious first-time art and music festival will be making ... More >>

Kanye West, Lou Reed, Offspring Headlining UR1 Festival in Miami During Basel Weekend

See also "UR1 Music Festival Promises Diverse Music Lineup, Art During Basel 2012 Weekend." There have been a few delays in announcing the lineup for the UR1 Festival, happening the weekend of Art Basel Miami Beach at Bayfront Park. But we here at Crossfade have finally received details about som ... More >>

Gentleman Jack's Art, Beats Lyrics Tour Brings Classic Beats to Art Basel Miami Beach

Gentleman, it's time to get Jacked. Coming at you live and direct from the aged barrel of golden delicious god-nectar, Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey is going on tour with Art, Beats Lyrics. Not to mention plenty of the good stuff. With eight stops across the country, Jack Daniel's and fr ... More >>

UR1 Music Festival 2012 Announces Venue: Bayfront Park

See also "UR1 Music Festival Promises Diverse Music Lineup, Art During Basel 2012 Weekend." "You are music. You are unique. You are diverse. You are love. You are life. You are one." That's the official mantra of Miami's newest superambitious music fest, UR1, a two-day concert event created by Go ... More >>

Santigold Announces Concert at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on January 19

​When Santigold called to tell Crossfade that she'd be in town for Art Basel Miami Beach, we squealed with delight like the Disney-fied version of those piglets penned outside Primary Flight. But after about 15 minutes, we got sad, thinking, "Well, she hasn't hit the Beach since ... November 2009 ... More >>

A Banana on a Penis? Is That Art? The Basel Food Weirdness Edition

​The 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach runs through December 4. With more than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa coming to showcase works by more than 2,000 artists, it's a pretty big deal. In fact, Art Basel itself says it's "the most prestigiou ... More >>

James Murphy and Pat Mahoney at Grand Central December 1

Salem at the Gusman Center December 1

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Music Guide: All the Acts Announced So Far

​Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we're talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to entertain all the jetsetters. And naturally, Crossfade is k ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach: Ten Places to Spot a Celeb Listening to Music

​Art Basel Miami Beach is a horrible, crippling beast. It stands, hovering over the first week of December, forcing free drinks down your throat, making you listen to terrible music and look at bad art. Sometimes, though, every once in a while, it takes a step back and shows you the light, somet ... More >>

Santigold and Wale Booked For Dirty Hairy's Art Basel Bash at LIV November 30

​Bribe the bouncer. Buy a dozen bottles. Get a job behind the bar. We here at Crossfade will personally do whatever's necessary to get our art-addicted asses past the velvet ropes at LIV on November 30. But you should probably just keep it legit and buy a pair of tickets. Right. Fucking. Now. ... More >>

Florida Room at the Delano Closing at the End of the Year UPDATED

Say goodbye to the lucite piano at the Florida Room.​As reported today on our food blog, Short Order, the Delano's basement bar and lounge, the Florida Room, will be closing right before the new year. We had heard rumors that the Lenny Kravitz-designed space was facing closure, but this is the fir ... More >>

Kreyol Comeback

Tesla and Laurence Gartel Collaborate on Art Car That Doesn't Suck

​In a nice break from Britto-mobiles and Stephen Gamson Lambos, electric car makers Tesla have unveiled a car collaboration with an artist that doesn't offend our sensibilities. They commissioned painter Laurence Gartel to design a costume wrap for their Roadster model.

BooksIIII Bischof: Street Vendor

Strike a Pose

Perry Farrell Presents Precision Guided Musicians Art Project at Bardot December 2

Photo by Ian WitlenPerry Farrell and wife Etty performing at Ultra Music Festival 2009.​Finally, we are getting news about performances during Art Basel Miami Beach. It's confirmed that Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell and his wife and collaborator Etty Farrell will be performing at Bardot ... More >>

Hit-and-Run Fun

Hold the Pretense

Old PS14/Max Fish Space Reopening January 18 as ... Bar!

Photo by JipsyAn interior view of the Max Fish pop-up bar during this past Art Basel Miami Beach.​Finally. A place to hang out in downtown Miami that's not a club or a "lounge" or a restaurant or a venue of any kind, just a bar, and one that's cheap but not depressing and full of bros. Okay, okay, ... More >>

Top Local Stories of the Decade

​It's just about 2010. Here are my choices. What do you think?1. After being snatched by federal authorities, Elian Gonzalez is sent home to his father in Cuba on June 28, 2000.2. Art Basel Miami Beach starts in 2002, an offshoot of the Swiss affair, it changes Miami's cultural life forever. 3. No ... More >>

Art Basel Leftovers: Max Fish, Kid Sister, Le Baron and Primary Flight

Oh, you thought the slideshows we posted up yesterday was the end of our Art Basel Miami Beach coverage? Hahaha! Oh, sweet Jesus! Absolutely not. Seriously, we could close out the month of December and still not cover everything we saw and did last week.So here are a few bonus galleries from last we ... More >>

Your Art Basel Week Music and Club Itinerary For Tonight, Wednesday, December 2

OK Go plays tonight at Design Miami/.As the week wears on, every morning we'll post our recommendations for the best public music-related and club events taking place during Art Basel Miami Beach.Wednesday, December 2-6:30 to 7 p.m.: OK Go performs at Design Miami/. Click here for full details.  ... More >>

Food of MOCA North Miami Reach of Realism Vanity Fair Opening Party

Jacob KatelHummus Crostinis.​Last night, MOCA North Miami teamed up with Vanity Fair magazine to kick off Art Basel Miami 2009 with a big time opening party for their "Reach Of Realism" exhibit. The show examines and questions realism in the age of digital manipulation and staged reality. It was s ... More >>

Sugarcane Raw Bar & Grill Coming to Midtown via Sushi Samba Creators

The raw space for Sushi Samba presents Graffiti Gone Global for Art Basel Miami '09.​The Sugarcane Raw Bar and Grill is a new concept from the creators of Sushi Samba that will premiere during Art Basel 2009 in Midtown Miami and function in coercion with the Sushi Samba presented Graffiti Gone Glo ... More >>

Ultra 2010 Early-Bird Tickets on Sale Today at Noon -- Seriously

​I have a personal pledge not to think about Winter Music Conference until, shit, at least Art Basel Miami Beach, and, ideally New Year's are both over. Still, if you are absolutely, totally positive you will be attending both days of the Ultra Music Festival in 2010, this early-bird ticket specia ... More >>

Your Second Saturday Guide, Now with 40 Percent More Art Gluttony

Start massaging your art belly because this weekend's buffet of openings is going to stretch your ocular capacity. (Mixed metaphor disaster...Campbell McGrath, I have failed you!) Tomorrow is the first Second Saturday of the fall season, as gallery owners and artists return from vacations, fellowsh ... More >>

Ready to Be Even More Tired after Art Basel This Year? First Annual Miami Music Festival Scheduled for Dec. 10 to 12

​Almost right after this year's edition of Art Basel Miami Beach -- which everyone knows is largely about the satellite parties and concerts, anyways -- comes a new shebang. The first annual Miami Music Festival is scheduled for December 10 to 12. Well, Basel goes from Dec. 3 to 6 this year, so th ... More >>

No Sugar on my Walls, Thanks

Mary Kidder, a trustee of the Columbus Museum of Art, strolled through Art Basel Miami Beach this past December and out of all the work there decided she really liked this piece by William Cotton called "Ribbon Candy." It is a portrait of a woman with ribbon candy festooned to her head. Mary Boone ... More >>

Art Basel's Winners and Losers

No more art, please! Our eyes have had enough. Really! Between the fairs, we were tempted to take naps in the car. But thankfully everything is back to normal and we can look back at the art orgy that is Art Basel Miami Beach and the satellite fairs. Yes, now it's time to assess the good, the bad, a ... More >>

A Tribute to the Campy Plastic Pink Flamingo

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