Adventures in Art Basel

Art Basel, where do I start? Definitely something I could get used to..  There was so much going on and so many options every single day!! We started off the week right with some pre-Basel parties, the Gold for Life party and the Vanity Fair party at the MoCa.  The rest of the week was a whirlwind of galleries and parties.

We made to the MB Convention Center, of course, explored the Wynwood and Design District galleries, checked out the highly recommended Seven gallery, attended the Paper Magazine Party and Vogue Italia Party and even got to party right on our rooftop in Midtown.  Not bad for beginner Baselers!

Here is a quick look at our adventures through Art Basel.

Stardust by Adam Cvijanovic, 2010 at Seven

Both of these were VERY detailed in pencil and we saw them at Seven.  

In a Wynwood gallery.  The artist is named Calder.

More from a Wynwood gallery.

From the party in Midtown.

Only at Miami Beach Art Basel, temporary "ta-ta" tattoos!

This is an egg!!

The above three are from galleries in the Design District.

Vintage shopping!

The Vogue Italia party at SET.

Next  year's game plan - even more events and even less sleep!!  Basel tov!

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Things are finally starting to settle down for RFS in Midtown.  We had the grand opening party, got Rachael on board, got home for the holiday, and made it through our first Miami Beach Art Basel (which we will do a full RFS adventures through Basel blog post this week).

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Vanity Fair Party at MOCA

So, night two of the Pre-Basel events we attended the Vanity Fair Party at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami.

The party coincided with the opening of Bruce Webber's Haiti/Little Haiti - a series of photos of Miami's Haitian community in response to the U.S. immigration system in which Haitian citizens were detained indefinitely unlike refugees from other countries who were usually released to family or friends while awaiting asylum hearings.  

It also featured sculpture by Johnathan Meese, which are essentially "frozen surrogates" for Meese.  Against the opinion of a very sweet elderly named Myrtle, who was convinced that Johnathan Meese is a "Sicko" because of the abundance of male genitalia, we all really liked the work.

We left MOCA and made a stop at "Cheese Me", one of Miami's most talked about food trucks.  There is definite reason for the buzz.  The sandwiches were amazing!

The night continued with an after party thrown by the MOCA Shakers Bardot just a couple of blocks away from us in Midtown with music by AGAPE featuring Nadia Harris, who has an absolutely yummy voice even when she talks.  

Great time all around!

Some of the pics are by us, some are thanks to Llmar Saar.

Art Basel Kick Off with RFS

We’re back!

Back from NY and we’ve already attended our first Art Basel event, Gold for Life. To attend Gold for Life you could just give a standard donation or you were able to donate your old gold jewelry as your donation to the Art Basel kick off party. After our donation, we walked through a bevy of clipboard carrying, shimmering, young women that directed us to the “backyard” of the “venue”, which was a Palm Island mansion (if your in the market, its available through real estate big shots The Jills), where there were PLENTY of glittering Art Basel lovers, artists, socialites, and golden painted and bikini clad women surrounding a mosaic tiled pool littered, if you will, with paintings and surrounded by art! We were able to meet with a couple of the featured artists. There were a couple small jewelry vendors, complimentary 42 below cocktails, much needed espresso, and Sephora goodie bags on the way out.

The entrance to the Palm Island mansion.

The fountain area overlooking the intercoastal and downtown Miami.

Behind the mansion. Picture courtesy of Julian Sala, http://www.juliansula.com/.

View from the fountain over the pool towards the mansion, courtesy of Julian Sala, http://www.juliansula.com/.

RFS ring Rachael wore to the event.

Tara and Rachael of RFS.

View of the fountain and some of the models from the pool house.

The golden event benefited “A Gift for Life”, which funds research for pediatric cancer founded by Paula Roldos and “United Aliens Artists” fund which teaches art to underprivileged children around the world, founded by Olga Ortiz Mera.



All in all we officially have our first Art Basel event under our belts and will be checking out the International Vanity Fair party/reception tonight at the MoCa to let everyone know about RFS!