A few weeks before Art Basel’s arrival, I noticed Vice’s infamous “I Don’t ‘Get’ Art” article being shared on Facebook. In the piece, Glen Coco (best pen name ever, by the way, and probably written by West Coast editor Jamie Taete) admits he cannot grasp what contemporary artists are trying…
This year of Art Basel has been the year of the pop up, but at least one fair during Art Week Miami has thrown out the idea of a typical white tent and instead has taken over an entire hotel. Aqua Art Miami has once again transformed the Aqua Hotel…
The second edition of The Miami Project opened Tuesday night with a preview of contemporary and modern art from 60 galleries from across the country. For a rookie fair, it attracted a fairly large crowd, considering bigger veteran fairs like Art Miami and CONTEXT were also showing next door…
Art Basel has “art” in its name, but fashion is just as much a part of the celebration. Fashion is the art we live in, an outward expression of our inner selves. So what happens when the medium we use to express our emotions becomes flat, preconceived, status-quo? “When daily…
Last night was supposed to be a night full of celebrity stalking and creeping. We donned our camouflage gear and headed to Wynwood in hopes of catching a glimpse of an earthly god: Yeezus. Yesterday, we told you that if you didn’t see Mr. West last night, you weren’t trying…
Uh-oh. Guess what day it is! Guess what day it is. Eh? Anybody? Mike. Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike. What day is it, Mike? That’s right. It’s your Art Basel hump day. No, it’s not Wednesday. But after the last couple days of VIP parties and satellite fair openings, today…
An empty storefront at the corner of 16th and Washington has transformed into a neon arcade wonderland for Art Basel, as the FAILE & Bast Deluxx-Fluxx Arcade Miami 2013 (Presented by Perrier) opened to a game- and art-starved public this week. The front room featured a series of arcade cabinets…
If you peruse the exhibits of this year’s Scope Art Basel, you’ll notice the unmistakable influence of Andy Warhol throughout the displays. From sequined cereal boxes to giant soup cans and even hashtag-swag art you can wear, Warhol’s posthumous reach is endless. But nowhere is Warhol’s presence felt more deeply…
Art Basel brings the art world together in a very literal sense. Artists from all over the globe create works specifically to display during Basel, and the latest visual spectacle to fly in from over seas really glows. No, literally. GLOW Gallery is “an independent visual arts brand that redefines…
Don’t tell Kenton Parker that love means never having to say you’re sorry. On the contrary. For the 45 year-old West Coast artist, apologies when sincere are the weft and weave of romantic purity. During a recent visit to Primary Projects’ sprawling new space in Downtown Miami, Parker was knee…
The development of retail space in Wynwood is inevitable. Of course, nothing would spark more outrage than the presence of say, a Victoria’s Secret (or perhaps a Ducati dealership) smack dab in the center of Miami’s art and cultural hub, but when a development project is placed in the right…
You know how when you go to a museum and find a fascinating piece of art hanging on the wall, you can stare at it for hours and find something new with each passing minute? Well, artist David Datuna has created the ultimate viewing experience that actually interacts and talks…
Yes, we cut in front of the paparazzi to take a shot of Kevin Spacey posing with Tracey Emin. And what? The black walls inside the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami are glowing and buzzing with Tracey Emin’s work. Lines like “People Like You Need to Fuck People Like…
The big news at Art Miami and CONTEXT this year fell into two camps. Scornful street art aficionados have railed against the fairs’ showing — and this year, selling — of works by the anonymous street artist Banksy ever since they first appeared at the event last year. Meanwhile, art…
The decorative arts sort of get a bad rap. But while everyone oohs and aahs at the blue-chip pieces for sale at Art Basel, you can’t sit on a Picasso — well, you can, but it’s not going to be worth much once you stand up. That’s why Design Miami…
Two thousand words is too many for a Wednesday morning, but too few to do the new Pérez Art Museum Miami justice. So we’ll put it simply: the new Herzog and De Meuron (HDM) edifice on museum island is, no exaggeration, exquisite. Naturally, in this story, we’ll be describing the…
The walls of Miami’s buildings are now covered in murals, created by artists who have returned to Miami on their annual rotation just in time for Art Basel. They invade our city like locusts — albeit suave, good-looking locusts. On any given Taco Tuesday this gang of sun-kissed, paint-speckled artists…
Maybe you’re not interested in the upper crust Art Basel scene. Maybe you find the exclusive opening parties to be vapid and overblown. Maybe you hate drinking for free in a room full of bizarrely dressed strangers. Or maybe you just forgot to RSVP this year. Either way, if you’re…
Miami will get a taste of the British Isles when Art Britannia presents Britain’s contemporary art scene. The show, curated by Ben Austin and produced by Karelle Levy, will be one of the many art events occurring during Art Basel. The show will feature some of Britain’s exciting artists, including…
Sure, there’s a fair amount of Art Basel events this week that seem better suited for New York Fashion Week. But while some argue that these grandiose fashion parties are not exactly art-related (cough, cough New York Times), even the most artistically astute know that fashion is, in fact, art…
Last year, popular art themes during Art Basel included Warhol, guns, Warhol, street art, and more Warhol. But if the UNTITLED art fair is an indicator of this year’s offerings, 2013 will be the year of new technology. (And also B-list celebrities. Hello, Val Kilmer!) UNTITLED opened last night with…
Every year, people complain that Christmas preparations are beginning earlier than the last. But somehow, nobody ever stresses about Art Basel, which has expanded from a weekend event into a weeklong fest full of events, parties, fairs, shows, movie screenings, and more. Once upon a time, you had to wait…
