Category: Art Basel
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Notes: The Spectacular Moments That Defined Miami Art Week 2023
[ad_1] From Art Basel Meridians to a moody Philippe Starck and Mortlach dinner lit only by candles, a theatrical Sukeban wrestling pop-up under an overpass, White Cube’s annual beachfront bash, an elegant Ginori 1735 cocktail in a private garden, HigherDose and Muse at the Vivid Suite and more Villa Albertine and the Mobilier National, curator…
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2023: Alex Israel’s “REMEMBR: The Ultimate Memory Machine” Installation
[ad_1] Inside the Collectors Lounge, the acclaimed artist’s AI-powered experience draws inspiration from the all-electric BMW i5 Courtesy of BMW AG Future-forward art can be found everywhere at Art Basel Miami Beach—including throughout the Collectors Lounge. It was there that we got up close and very personal with “REMEMBR,” an AI-powered installation developed by acclaimed…
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Miami Art Week 2023: “8 Minutes and 20 Seconds” by Marjan van Aubel is Ready to Glow
[ad_1] Commissioned by Lexus for ICA Miami, a solar-powered sculptural artwork by Steve Benisty The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) will host a colorful new collaborative installation from Lexus and acclaimed Dutch solar designer Marjan van Aubel this Miami Art Week. The interactive work, positioned in the museum’s outdoor sculpture garden, will harness…
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The Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Starwheel Premieres – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] In Miami, Art Basel acts as a platform for every type of masterpiece. This year, Audemars Piguet—one of the most sought after Swiss horological brands, and a longtime official sponsor of the fair—used Miami Art Week to debut the unusual, mesmeric Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Starwheel. As far as introductions go, it is utterly poetic, impressively…
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Beyond the Art Fairs – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Anchored by the expansive, ever-inspiring Art Basel Miami Beach and the the illuminating Design Miami showcase nearby, Miami Art Week further flourishes thanks to the continued presence of Untitled, NADA, Scope and other powerful art and design fairs. To participate in this exhaustive artistic extravaganza and not step into one of Miami’s own world-class, permanent institutions is not only…
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Pulse Topology” with BMW at Superblue – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] 3,000 shimmering, suspended orbs speckle in the glossy darkness in one of Superblue Miami’s expansive gallery spaces. Together, these illuminated components—each glimmering to the rhythm of one of 3,000 recorded human heartbeats—form “Pulse Topology,” by prolific Mexican-Canadian mixed-media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Running from 17 November 2022 through August 2023, the installation arrived in Miami thanks to…
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Suchi Reddy’s Ethereal “Shaped by Air” Collaboration With Lexus – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Mist, leaves, sunlight and shadows all play intrinsic roles in artist and architect Suchi Reddy’s latest work, unveiled today at ICA Miami. While they might not be elements often conjured up when thinking about cars, the project is a collaboration between Reddy (along with her NYC-based studio Reddymade Architecture and Design) and Japanese carmaker Lexus.…
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] A profile of a successful education system, international art news, paramedical tattooing and more The Mental Magic of Paramedical Tattoos Tattoos, though cosmetic in nature, have a diverse and longstanding history of significant purpose. For Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio owner Eric Catalano, an unexpected request led to a moment of discovery: while tattooing fingernails…
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Miami Art Week 2019: Exhibitions On Sustainability
[ad_1] If artists, curators and gallerists all work from a place of expression, tackling subject matter that’s gripping their attention, there are few topics as personal—and universal—as our planet. This Miami Art Week was far from the first to address sustainability, but three large-scale installations handled several sub-topics with the necessary balance of intelligence, action…
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Miami Art Week 2019: Opulent Artwork
[ad_1] While it was a simple banana taped to a wall that seemed to steal the show at this year’s Miami Art Week, opulence abounded throughout the various fairs too. Many bold, beautiful pieces involved meticulous beading, weaving, and fringing. From fur to fluorite, tassels to tiger’s eye, the materials used in some of our…
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Miami Art Week 2019: Works From Wood
[ad_1] The oldest wooden sculpture that remains, to our knowledge, dates back 11,500 years. From providing shelter and sustenance, to providing wood for our homes, transportation and art, trees will never cease to inspire. This year’s Miami Art Week (and fairs ranging from Art Basel and Art Miami to NADA, DesignMiami/ and Untitled) hosted prime…
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Miami Art Week 2019: Sound Artist Jana Winderen’s “The Art of Listening: Under Water” Composition
[ad_1] 22 speakers, woven together with an advanced 3D-sound distribution system, whisper and rumble and crackle with life. Set inside the darkness of the concrete Collins Park Rotunda, opposite Miami’s Bass Museum, this technological immersion channels Norwegian contemporary artist Jana Winderen‘s site-specific installation “The Art of Listening: Under Water.” Commissioned by luxury Swiss watch manufacture Audemars…
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Miami Art Week 2019: From Western Europe to the Pacific Islands with Artist Zac Langdon-Pole
[ad_1] From peering through telescopes on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea summit at sunrise to manipulating tiny samples of sand from Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands, multi-disciplinary artist Zac Langdon-Pole‘s recent travels have revealed countless treasures pertaining to space, science, history, nature, migration and even religion. With celestial-mapping as his starting point for storytelling, Langdon-Pole ventured…
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Miami Art Week 2019: Art Basel’s Monumental Meridians Sector
[ad_1] On a second-floor “ballroom” at the sprawling Miami Beach Convention Center, set atop a carpet that’s fetching comments of its own, Art Basel Miami Beach‘s new Meridians sector features some of the most considered, engaging works found within all of 2019’s Miami Art Week. Not only are they, as the division stipulates, large-scale in format—they are…