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  Art Basel

  Satellite fairs raise the curtain on Art Basel week

  Miami Beach and its environs are awash with art as the flood of dealers, artists and aficionados stream into town for Art Basel Miami Beach and its circuit of satellite fairs.
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  Andy Warhol makes a big pop at Art Basel Miami Beach 2011

  The King of Pop is back. No, not Michael Jackson — Andy Warhol. The white-wigged godfather of pop art and celebrity culture, who passed away in 1987, is the subject of three exhibits and an influence on two others at various events around Art Basel Miami Beach.

• Fast cars, fast art: Ferrari unveiled for Art Basel

  With their elegant Italian design, astronomical prices and devoted following among car collectors, Ferraris can pass for works of art — as they did Tuesday night at the much-anticipated party hosted by Peter Brant at his iconic art structure/parking garage on 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach.
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  ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH

  Miami collector brings innovative ideas, energy to Knight Foundation’s arts program

  As vice president of art for the Knight Foundation, Miami native Dennis Scholl brings innovative ideas and energy to the art world.

• ART BASEL/SOCIAL MEDIA

  Fairs encourage social media

  At this year’s Art Basel and surrounding satellite fairs, the challenge will be to keep visitors’ eyes focused on the art, not on their smartphones.

• Food for thought

  On every opening day of Art Basel Miami Beach, Jennifer Rubell — whose family owns a massive contemporary art collection housed in Wynwood — opens a culinary exhibition, studying the relationship between art and food and often, a larger social issue. Every year, she offers something more than breakfast.

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  Art Basel satellite fairs: Design Miami presents Buckminster Fuller exhibition

  If you've passed through the Design District in the last week, you probably noticed a seemingly alien spacecraft in an open field at 39th Street and First Court.

• Art Basel Miami Beach

  Your guide to a fashionable week

  Art Basel may be an art festival, but in Miami the week long celeb-studded affair has also blossomed into a fashion scene.
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  For the Basel crowd, sometimes the art is style

  From fashion to beauty to cars, labels will be trying to reach the Basel crowd this week
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  Art Basel Miami Beach and Related Events

  A selection of events and venues
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  The Art Basel effect: How the fair has impacted Miami’s economy

  Since 2002, the Basel “scene” has seen explosive growth, along with a brief bubble amid financial turmoil. But there’s no doubting the math: the Basel “effect” has transformed Miami-Dade County in December.
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  Yoga

  YogArt classes blend yoga, art and music at Art Basel

  YogArt merges fitness, music and art for the Art Basel crowd, giving them a chance to chill from the culture crunch.
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  ART BASEL

  Art Basel focuses on art — and business

  Art Basel Miami Beach is a serious business that rakes in millions in revenues.

• WYNWOOD

  Art Basel preview: 'American Exuberance' at the Rubell Family Collection

  "Exuberance" is one of the many "e"-words that aptly describe Art Basel Miami Beach, both the fair itself and the larger, enveloping phenomenon it encompasses. Indeed, "enveloping", "encompassing", "endless", and "exhibitionist" are also apt "e"s, as are "extravagant", "elephantine", and, ultimately, "exhausting".

• ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH

  A blogger's guide to Art Basel

  Have you noticed the increasingly pungent smell of French perfume in the Miami breeze? The sudden proliferation of scarves and Bauhaus eyewear? Yes, Art Basel Week is underway. With art world jet-setters converging on Miami like a volley of exquisitely tailored arrows, there is more action coming our way than in a Bruce Willis movie co-starring Jackie Chan. For those of you still hammering out your ABMB plans, the following links may help out.
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  Art Basel 2011

  The stars are coming!

  The list is growing longer than the collective facial hair on the neo hippies at Occupy Wall Street. But this is no hacky sack tourney, folks. This is Art Basel Miami Beach, where the 1 percent rub exfoliated elbows with the 99 percent, or, rather, the 10 percent of that 99 percent that manages to get into the parties and events. Says one Manhattan-based art world insider who preferred to remain anonymous, “Art Basel is just another thing ruined just like Sundance.’’ Speaking of all things wrecked, what follows is by no means a comprehensive list of Basel-bombast, but, rather, a sampling of celebrity-related parties, concerts, events and kibbitzing opportunities in no particular order:
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  Art Basel Miami Beach

  Mini Cooper Art Basel campaign: Art or commerce?

  A rolling exhibit of art-wrapped Mini Coopers will invade Miami this week, promoting businesses as it zips through town.
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  ART BASEL

  What to pay for art? It all depends

  While observers outside the art world might scratch their heads at giant price tags, art experts say there are usually several reasons.
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  Art Basel

  Brazilians courted during Art Basel Miami Beach

  Not only is Brazilian art hot, but everyone from real estate agents to art galleries will be wooing Brazilians during Art Basel Miami Beach.
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  Art Basel

  The trend is no trends, contemporary art experts say

  Looking for orientation as the vast aesthetic whirlwind of Art Basel descends on Miami, we asked a half-dozen art world players what they consider the most compelling trends today.
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  Art Basel Miami Beach at 10: The Basel Effect on Miami

  Art Basel Miami Beach opens its 10th fair to a city far more culturally aware than it was a decade ago. The Swiss-run fair amped up the volume on Miami’s art scene and has helped it grow.

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