The street artist Invader first landed in Miami in 2010 and returned in August of this year. You may recognize some of his tiled space invaders that have popped up across the city (like on the side of the new Miami Children'sMuseum).
Is This Art? Neon bench is part of a three-bench installation called 'Street Lamp' by Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith. One of the benches was damaged when an Art Basel visitor sat on it.
This guest post comes to us from Florencia Jimenez-Marcos.
Is it art?
There is no easy way to define "art." Any attempt at simplification risks making the writer sound uninformed at best. There are countless experts and publications who have created an industry debating what is true art, though the discourse these days seems to center more on economic rather than artistic value.
Stuck at your home or office for Art Basel weekend? Fret no more because we have summed up the hottest social media spots to place you front and center in the galleries and parties.
[Message from Arianna Prothero]: Not sure if it's supposed to be art or not, but Pulse Art Fair has several red hammocks strung up in its courtyard. whatever the intent/purpose, they sure do make a great place to relax and digest all that art you've been looking at (or nurse a hangover).
You'll find the Pulse at 1400 N. Miami Ave. It's open until 7 p. m. today and from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sunday. General admission is $20, $15 for seniors and students and $10 each in groups of 10.
MAN WITH THE MONEY: Hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen hasn't been seen at Art Basel. At right, something from Cohen's collection, Roy Lichtenstein's 'Popeye.'
Shoppers from every financial stratum are stalking Art Basel, which the New York Times is characterizing as among "the most glamorous doorbuster sales in history."
But the man from the very apex of the art food chain is glaringly missing. Hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen has not been seen and the sinking feeling in the pit of many a gallery owner's stomach is that legal issues related to a supposed insider trading scheme at Cohen's own firm may have sidelined one of art's richest and most reliable collectors.
That's not a sophomoric intellectual challenge as much a realization that it doesn't always require the product of an artist's hand to inspire and refresh the human soul.
Occasionally, it takes no more than an urban sunset or a wide shot of the beach.
These photos from the periphery of Art Basel are from our @WLRN staff and tweeters @ArtObserved and @eddiehah.
