Monday, December 03, 2007

Art Basel: A Playground for the Picasso Set

The Wall Street Journal chimes in with an obligatory Basel-is-an-art-party-we-mean-uh-art-fair story.
In addition to the art-world set, a coterie of trans-Atlantic socialites, celebrities and hangers-on will fly into Miami during the coming days to indulge in what has become known as the wildest week of beach bacchanalia around. Last year, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Keanu Reeves and Kanye West made appearances at parties, and this year, David Byrne, Russell Simmons, Marc Ecko and Amy Sol are all expected to show up.
A quote from Jimmy Choo CEO Tamara Mellon:
Ms. Mellon, who bought a Basquiat painting two years ago and considers herself a sometime-collector, says that while she didn't buy any work last year, she has promised herself to shop more seriously this time around -- at least, when she isn't out partying at Soho House's late-night lounge on Collins Avenue. "I'm fascinated by the contemporary-art world," she says. "And I love the Miami fairs -- everyone is sitting outside the Raleigh, you see people you haven't seen in ages, it's all laughter and fun -- the whole thing is like a sophisticated, grown-up spring break!"

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