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| Isabella Rossellini, private dinner, Wednesday night |
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Once again, events in red indicate invitation only, VIP or Press. Some events open to the public require buying a ticket. Read carefully.
"How Soon Is Now," and contemporary art from the collection of Jason Rubell. Rubell Family Collection. Free public access. 95 NW 29th Street, Wynwood Arts District, Miami. 9 am to 6 pm.
"InsideOut, Photography After Form," from the collection of Ella Fontanals-Cisneros. Free public access. CIFO, 1018 North Miami Avenue, Arts District, Miami. 9 am to 6 pm. Panel discussions at 10:30.
Margulies Collection at the Warehouse. African photography and video. Paintings. Large stone carvings. Large-scale sculptures. 591 NW 27th Street, Wynwood Arts District, Miami. Free public access. 9 am to 6 pm.
De la Cruz Collection, "Anchored in Surrealism." Free public access. 23 NE 41st Street. Design District. Miami. 9 am to 6 pm.
First View, Art Basel Miami Beach. A series of VIP invitations starting at noon, then 2 pm, then 4 pm. Don't even try to get in without the right color invitation. Miami Beach Convetion Center. 12 noon to 6 pm.
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| De la Cruz Collection |
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Bass Museum of Art reception, celebrating the Creative Caribbean Network and films like "10,000 Waves." For Bass Museum members, Bass Museum invitation, and VIP card holders. Invitation only. 2121 Park Avenue, 1 block west of Collins, Miami Beach. 8 to 11 pm.
Larry Gagosian invites the top collectors and artists and friends to dinner at Mr. Chow, in the W South Beach Hotel. Again, invitation only, 2201 Collins Avenue. 9 pm to late.
Annual Jeffrey Deitch party. He may no longer have his own gallery, but he does have his own museum. Deitch has shaken up Los Angeles with his innovating leadership at MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art. He is once again having his annual party at the Raleigh, 1776 Collins, Miami Beach, and it is often described as the best party of the week. Invitation only, and we mean it. 9 pm to late.
Art Loves Music. The annual free concert on the beach, near 21st Street. This year, the group is the new-wave band Metric, with singer Emily Haines, the daughter of the poet Paul Haines. Wednesday night, a cold snap is expected to pass through, so bring a sweatshirt. Free and open to the public. 10 to 11 pm.
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| Alchemist at 1111 Lincoln Road |
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| Oh wait. Did we say the Jeffrey Deitch party on Wednesday was going to be the most talked about? Well, maybe we misspoke. Around a year ago Herzog & de Meuron finished their parking garage at the corner of Lincoln Road and Alton Road. The groovy Alchemist store took up residence in a gorgeous glass box on the fifth floor, designed by the Miami architect Rene Gonzalez. And tonight the cars will be moved off this part of the garage, and the catering trucks will arrive with the tables and white table cloths and flowers. And here people will dine al fresco, but under the sheltering roof of the parking garage. (And keep in mind that the developer behind the parking garage, Robert Wennett, has a penthouse on the roof also designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Very very invitation only. 9 pm to midnight.
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And finally, an event that is theoretically open to the public. The portable night club Le Baron, based in Paris, takes up residence at the Florida Room in the Delano Hotel. (The rest of the year, the Florida Room is known as Lenny Kravitz's ode to a Cuban nightclub.) It opens late, and runs later. Our prediction: a running battle over smoking. There is a guest list. You will have a tough time getting in, unless you are art-world famous or gorgeous and, ideally, both. Best suggestion: go early in the week, so they recognize you later in the week. Le Baron, the Delano Hotel, 1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. 11 pm to 5 am.
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