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Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.

4 December 2013

It starts with the wonderful Tracey Emin’s amazing opening at MOCA, Miami.

Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
She was an absolute star and the Neon show was outstanding. We partied the night away in Soho Beach House till 4am!!!
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Two big Tracey fans Peter Fleissig in a Margate T-shirt and Hamish McAlpine.
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
I had time before we arrived at the fair to check out Sam Falls’ beautiful flower paintings, they were all sold out before I arrived!
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Then it was the art fair and as usual I had that feeling of a kid entering a sweet shop. This year the diversity on sale was incredible. My first stop was to check out Naomi Fisher and Jim Drain’s hidden bar, ‘Paradise Working Title.’
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
There were some serious gems and one lucky person went home with this genius Josh Tonsfeldt from Simon Preston gallery, which was also sold before I arrived!
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Fantastic ‘Different Strokes’ by Robert Heinecken from 1970 at Petzel Gallery
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Sam Durant at Sadie Coles had something to say.
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Also at Sadie’s was Adriano Costa’s underwear piece ‘Rosa,’ which put a big smile on my face!
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Sam Gilliam’s ‘Red Stanza’ 1969 at David Kordansky was quite outstanding. An artist I need to research.
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Argentinian gallery Ruth Benzacar was showing some great works by Carlos Huffman.
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
My favourite work by Hans Op De Beeck, ‘Circular Pond’
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Then quite a moment at Almine Rech gallery with Ida Tursic and Wilifried Mille, so refreshing to see a new discovery!
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Tom Friedman’s Hamburger was once again begging for attention at Luhring Augustine.
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Tracey’s sculptures at Lehmann Maupin were endearing.
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
My favourite work in the whole art fair was Ryan Gander’s wondering eyes, they followed you around the room. So alive!
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
The stars were out, Leonardo Di Caprio, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and here is P. Diddy checking out some paintings with Gavin Brown.
Beautiful Sunny Miami and the games begin.
Tiffany and Adam Fields posing in front of another version of Rob Pruitt’s panda. According to my UP band I had walked 9KM, my legs feel like two lumps of concrete!