Art Basel's celeb quotient has been a little low this year, but look who the paps spotted on Miami Beach yesterday: America's sweat heart Mary-Kate Olsen! She's looking even more homeless than usual, as in she doesn't have on the trademarked fly-eyed sunglasses or Balenciaga shoes that would help differentiate her from all the other vagrants wondering around SoBe. It is a brave style statement about the state of the economy, surely, but we're kind of amazed the paparazzi was able to identify h
Riptide cares about celebrities in the same way most celebrities care about Art Fairs: We will use them for shallow reasons. Celebrities need publicity and free drinks and, most of all, attention. Riptide needs things of local relevance to blog about. So with out further ado, here is your Art Basel 2008 celebrity gossip round up. Underwear, an over sized t-shirt, and a ski cap is the kind of things Sorority girls wear the morning after schlupping some frat boy. Pamela Anderson decided this would
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, and the downright ugly things we observed last week. Warning: We aren't talking about only art here; the winners and losers extend far beyond the pieces on display.The Winners1. Chinese Artists: Seriou