{"id":21625,"date":"2018-12-23T12:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T17:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=21625"},"modified":"2023-03-01T00:32:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T05:32:09","slug":"art-basel-miami-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/23\/art-basel-miami-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Basel Miami Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is no better contrast than going to Art Basel<\/a> before getting on a cruise ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The venue in the U.S. is adjacent to Miami’s Holocaust Memorial:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Swiss bank is a sponsor, but they’re not interested in money per se<\/em>. It is more about “women are who making a difference and those who are helping to rectify imbalance across all industries”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A one-day ticket is $60. There is no discount for identifying as female.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each gallery has its own section of the convention center floor. Just as in a traditional art gallery, a slender person sits typing at a computer and ignores customers. (There is an episode of Absolutely Fabulous<\/a><\/em> in which Edina tells a snobby art gallery clerk something like “drop the attitude; you work in a shop.”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Shrigley describes our house (except for the “large” and “fancy” parts):<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ai Weiwei is not impressed with the World’s Greatest Democracy (this was pre-Trump!):<\/p>\n\n\n

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Success does not require spending a lot on art supplies:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Service animals get more unusual every year:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Do not let the kids pack up for your cruise:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The motivation you’ve been needing for that standing desk:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Important Hanukkah public service safety message:<\/p>\n\n\n

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They didn’t have enough neon to spell “rainforest”:<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you missed Burning Man, David Batchelor has you covered with LED sculpture:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Why isn’t the global douchebag circuit<\/a> dominated by folks wearing Art Basel T-shirts? There is no gift shop! Taschen, however, operates an awesome shop with books that you wouldn’t have seen even if Amazon hadn’t killed your local bookstore. A large-format Hockney celebration and a book of Ferrari photos encased in a mock Ferrari engine ($30,000 complete with exhaust pipe stand, but sold out; the $6,000 engine-cover-only version remains available). Don’t forget the white gloves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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