Art Basel Miami Beach | Under Construction
December 4, 2008
“Hello Meth Lab in the Sun #13,” 2008. (Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe and Alexandre Singh/Courtesy of Ballroom Marfa)
Maybe it’s a reflection of the current economic black cloud — with the construction of ubiquitous luxury buildings coming to a near inevitable halt — but what I can best describe as “construction-chic art” events are all the rage. During Frieze, White Cube threw an infamously wild party at an under-construction Georgian town house in Soho; now Joseph Cayre’s Midtown Miami development is the venue for an exhibition project taking place this week. Read the rest of this entry »
The Day In the Life of a Basel Player
December 3, 2008
A center piece created by the interior decorator Rick Clifton for the Art in America dinner in honor of its redesign. (Nick Hunt/PatrickMcMullan.com)
Where else in the art world do business and pleasure mix as effortlessly as at Art Basel Miami Beach? We asked Mariko Munro, a fair regular and the associate director of 303 Gallery, to report from the trenches. Her play-by-play from yesterday’s activities are below. Read the rest of this entry »
The Moment 