Miami Basel

8 December 2013

NADA was a triumph. Such a relief after the hard hitting Basel Art Fair. The atmosphere was younger and much more relaxing and there was some wonderfully refreshing art to be seen.

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I loved the XYZ collective from Japan.
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Soshiro Matsubara showed me his wonderful double fried eggs
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and his partner offered me his house keys so I could live in his house in Japan!
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Alex Freedman at Freedman Fitzpatrick Gallery introduced me to the Swiss artist Tobias Madison, I found their take an art refreshing.
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There was a great atmosphere all around Paradise Garage run by Liz Craft and her husband.
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Liz had her lips with money scattered all around the booth.
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The art scene was buzzing and in the Lobby of the W I bumped into my old friends Jérôme Sans and Peter Doreshenko.
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Max Wigram hosted us for the evening in a fabulous kind of Mexican/Cuban-esque Macdonalds type of taverna with huge fluorescent lights and great food. Jumex Foundation Director, Patrik Charpenel posed for me with Jose Dávila.
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At David Gryns bash to celebrate his marathon of films at Art Basel Charles Atlas paid us a visit.
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David making a very good attempt at impersonating James Bond.
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I also had the pleasure to meet the artist Dara Birnbaum, she is quite the lady and the curator, Karen Archey.
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Roy and Tiffany were bouncing around on the Friends are Us installation at the Mondrian, was quite a show stopper I thought.