Art Basel parties 2009
Tuesday, December 1
Afternoon, 3 pm launch of Arik Levy’s new product for Vitra, a desk! Hey, it’s Tuesday afternoon.
Opening party, Friends With You boutique, 3930 Second, Design District, 6 to 10
MOCA opening party. Always a great occasion. Just so far away. North Miami.
Opening Art Miami, $25, benefit for Lotus House, Midtown
Opening Photo Miami, 6 to 10, Midtown
Design Miami opens. 6 to 10 pm. Design District. No one notices.
Bisazza’s new store opens, with glitter from Studio Job, 7 to 10 Design District
Private dinner for the Jacques Grange and Mattia Bonetti at the Standard Hotel
“Official” welcome party at the Mondrian, which means this must be the NetJets party. (Always worth crashing: the real buyers will be here.)
MOCA Shakers after party. 10 pm to 1. Louis at the Gansevoort
Wednesday, December 2
Margulies Collection, 9 to noon, Wynwood
Scope VIP preview, 11 am to 6 pm, Soho Studios (Ditto Art Asia). Wynwood
Early bird stampede at the Convention Center: noon, 2 pm, 4 pm, Miami Beach
Vernissage for everyone else, 6 pm to 8 pm, Convention Center
Red Dot fair opens, 6 to 9 pm, Midtown Miami
Early bird at the W: Baxter & Cook art advisors of San Francisco, Living Room, 6 to 8
Jeffrey Deitch invitation-only opening party, Raleigh, with Santigold, Miami Beach
Larry Gagosian private dinner, Mr. Chow, W South Beach
Invitation only opening, Vito Schnabel installation, W South Beach, followed by barbecue
Art Nexus Collectors private dinner, WET bar, W South Beach
“Official” Art Basel Miami Beach Welcome private dinner, Solea, W South Beach.
Jeff Koons Ikepod watch launch, the Webster, 3rd floor, 6 pm to 8 pm, Miami Beach
On the beach: Art Basel concert: Amanda Black opens for Ebony Bones, 10 pm (Paper Magazine says this is the best live act they saw in 2009) Miami Beach
Peter Dundas at the Webster, private dinner, Miami Beach
Bass Museum bash, works in the collection of the Mexican billionaire, Eugenio Lopez Alonso, (Jumex juice), buy a ticket, Bass Museum, Miami Beach
Shepard Fairey private dinner, Mondrian, 7 to 10, Miami Beach
Audi, private dinner, Mr Chow, W South Beach
LA Band Cool Grenades performs at Bardot, just turn up. Wynwood
Thursday, December 3
Rubell opening breakfast. 9 am to noon
New de la Cruz Contemporary Art Space opens, NE 41st Street, Design District 9 to noon
6 to 8 pm Tomas Maier and Tom Binns, double header, 170 NE 30th, Design District
The New York mega-collector Aby Rosen, private dinner, Solea, W South Beach
Vito Schnabel private after-party for above, at the W South Beach nightclub. Until whenever
Whitney Museum cocktail party (invitation only), bayside patio, the Standard, Miami Beach
Party in the lot next to Joey’s, Wynwood, to celebrate street art
MAM, Ticket. Party in the Plaza
Gen Art and Aqua Wynwood party, invitation, 8 pm to 11 pm, Wynwood
The “retro-cute” (says W) band Drums at Deauville, NADA, 7 pm, Miami Beach
Pucci trunk show and private dinner, Webster, third floor, Miami Beach
Whitney Museum cocktail party, the Standard, 7:30, Miami Beach
Ocean Drive private party (supposedly better than you would think), Miami Beach
Opening, the Verge art fair, the Catalina
Poliform private party, cocktails, 6 to 9, Design District
Stages private opening, Marina Blu, 8 to midnight Miami
Alex Gorlin, private architecture/design party at Aqua, Miami Beach
Luminaire, Design Plus, Luminaire Lab, Design District
Nocturne celebrated Maarten Baas, private invitation, 7 to 9, Design District
The Box (hipster strippers/burlesque) opens, buy a ticket, Nikki Beach, Miami Beach
Friday, Dec. 4
9 am to noon: brunch at CIFO, downtown Miami
Cartier (which dumped the Dome this year) dinner party at Mr. Chow, W South Beach
Pharrell Williams dinner, Casa Tua, Miami Beach
Tamra Davis’s not yet completed film about Jean Michel Basquiat, free, 8:30 to 10:30 Beach
Private dinner, Solea, for photographer Sante D’Orazio (nude Kate Moss, etc.)
G-Love performs at the Fountain Miami satellite, 2505 N Miami Ave.
Wolfsonian private party, Art of the Automobile Design, with Todd Oldham, Miami Beach
Neon Monster bash at the Raleigh
Invitation only book party, Bruce Webber, the Standard 6 to 8
Viktor & Rolf’s private cocktail party and dinner, Caviar Kaspia, the Webster, Miami Beach
UBS small dinner, with Creative Time, the Standard, Miami Beach
Saturday, December 5
The MAM ball of course at the Fontainebleau, sponsored by/with Vogue magazine
The Webster, cocktail party, Joseph Altuzarra
Reception, Carlos Betancourt, Diana Lowenstein, 7 to 11, Wynwood
Glenn Matlock and Brazilian Girls, We Rock the Arts, W South Beach
Sunday December 6
Scattered events: Frost Museum, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Lowe Art Musem, etc.
The traditional closing brunch at the Sagamore (but quieter than usual), Miami Beach
The official closing party at the W South Beach
Every night:
Le Barron, late at the Florida Room, the Delano, Miami Beach
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