Miami Art Basel
I just returned from a trip to warm and sunny Miami Beach, attending the greatest art event of my life...Miami Art Basel...and I'm wondering if there were any others here at LMM who may have attended last week? It's an international art show which attracts artists, collectors and patrons from around the world for four glorious days of viewing (and buying) thousands of pieces of amazing art! I didn't buy anything, just did the "looking." The big event takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center, but there were many other smaller events scattered around the city. The prices were VERY HIGH for everything, but needless to say, millions of dollars exchanged hands during this show. There were a number of "classic" pieces (Picasso, Miro, Chagall, etc.), but also many new artists showing their stuff. Hundreds of galleries from around the world apply for a space at this show, but only about 200 are selected. Many smaller galleries set up shop at one of the satellite events. This was a first for me, and I'm hoping to go back again in the next year or two. It is now a regular event every year the first week of December. We were allowed to take photos at the major event (Convention Center)...I've put together a short youtube video of some of the stuff that caught my eye. I'll post the link here, and in "multimedia."
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Comment by Greg Hanson on December 11, 2010 at 4:40pm -
Thanks everyone for joining me on this quick trip to Miami for some ART !! Who's going to be there next December ???
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Comment by Cosmosrose on December 11, 2010 at 4:14pm -
Thanks for the video, Greg. There are some pieces there that could be duplicated, but would you want to?
I'm thinking of interpreting one of those pieces into a fabric piece. One piece I want to forget is the lady in pink lying on the couch.
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Comment by Elke Trittel on December 11, 2010 at 3:53am -
great video,thanks for this quick trip to Miami....
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Comment by Greef on December 11, 2010 at 1:14am -
Brilliant Greg ;)
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Comment by Tammy Seaman on December 10, 2010 at 11:31pm -
Oh thank you thank you for posting this! Would have loved to go there! Such a great variety fo styles, excellent!
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Comment by Grant Dowling on December 10, 2010 at 11:25pm -
Fabulous variety there Greg... thanks for sharing. Good to see you are still keeping up the good (art) work.
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Comment by Lydia Doorman on December 10, 2010 at 8:15pm -
WOW it looks that you had a blast! I would love to go to something this big, the variaty of art is amazing! I love the video you made!
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