It happened quickly – Art Basel 2010 has come and gone. By now Miami Beach is just another pre-holiday beach town with reindeer and pink flamingoes decorating the front yards.
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Monarch by David Herbert Photo: Miami New Times
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I’ve heard nothing but good reports coming out of Miami this year. If Zatista’s coverage of the fairs wasn’t enough for you, there’s plenty of information out there on the Miami season. To save you some time, I’ll link you to my favorite tidbits so you can get a feel for what a great experience Art Basel Miami can be.
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Mappenmonde by Adel Abdessemed
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The General Sense of Things: It may have felt like a slow fair since many of the long lines and crowds of previous years weren’t there, but art was selling none the less. The
Wall Street Journal reported that Steve Cohen bought Adel Abdessemad’s “Mappemonde” for approximately $300,000 at David Zwirner and a work by Tim Hawkinson for $180,000 from the gallery Blum & Poe. The
New York Times had some good insights on the temperature of the fair too.
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'Educate, Agitate, Organize, 2010' by Andrea Bowers, Andrew Kreps Gallery Photo: WSJ
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2. The Financial Outlook: Art is back and it’s a buyer’s market. So, feel free to shop, look and buy, buy, buy! If you need proof, check out what the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are saying.
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art at by Patrick Brill aka Bob and Roberta Smith
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A performance by artist Mariah Robertson at the Delano. Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times
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Best Nightlife: Who can sleep? The Miami art fair season is one big party. Get details and see photos of some of the posh events
here.
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Gimhongsok's "Canine Construction, 2010" Photo: Amanda McCorquodale for Miami New Times
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Most Popular Artwork: Top 10 art works from Art Basel plus a catty Best Dressed award from the
Miami New Times.
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work by artist David Dreban at Scope Art Show
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Best Absurd Post: An R rated link to
“How To Get Laid During Art Basel Week.” I didn’t know you could put words like this in a blog! For the record, you didn’t find out about this from me. Wink, wink.
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en route to The Island by Shamin Momin Photo: Oscar Hidalgo for New York Times
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Best DIY Art Installation: A group of artists took over Flagler Memorial Island to create
The Island exhibition. Shamim Momin, the curator who conceived the show left the
Whitney Museum of American Art last year to found
LAND, a kind of guerrilla nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster site-specific public art around the country and eventually, around the world. For another first person review of what it was like click
here.
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Exhale Pavillion by Rachely Rotem and Phu Hoang
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Coolest Looking Thing I Found Photos of Online: An art installation by
Rachely Rotem and
Phu Hoang. Dubbed the
Exhale Pavilion, the open-air installation featured seven miles of reflective and phosphorescent ropes that interacted with the wind to create a dynamic space that changed with the weather.
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Street.Art.Cycles: Art Basel Edition
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Jennifer Rubell's "Just Right" food installation Photo: Paula Niño
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