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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. 

Hashtags To Follow On Twitter

#ArtBasel

#ABMB

#ArtBaselMiami

#ArtBasel2012

#ArtBaselProblems

#OverheardAtBasel

#BaselPic

People To Follow On Instagram (According To Guest Of A Guest)

@blkdnm - Johan Lindeburg

Thanks to @ScottLinnen on Twitter, view this exclusive clip of Baslers driving around Art Basel style:

Kafka'n dope bugs everywhere. #ArtBaselMiami youtube.com/watch?v=3sKDln…

— Wile E. Quixote (@ScottLinnen) December 8, 2012

Art Basel goer @kbmiami tweeted an overheard comment:

Someone just told me #artbasel is like spring break for the over 40 crowd.A week of constant & decadent partying.#ABMB @wlrn

— Karen Burkett (@kbmiami) December 8, 2012

[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.

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.

Tweeter @EstrellaSibila expresses her frustration with fellow Baslers:

Need to see more art and less party people! #artbaselproblems

— Counselor @SibilaLaw (@EstrellaSibila) December 8, 2012

Ba·sel [bah-zuhl] verb: To visit and enjoy the Art Basel event creatively, knowledgeably and efficiently.

Baseling is an acquired skill arising from  the instant culture that has enveloped Miami Beach and the downtown Art District. There is much to see and do at Art Basel -- perhaps too much -- and the prospect can be daunting without proper guidance.

Enter Twitter.

One of the great things about Art Basel week in South Florida is you get to see a lot of strange things in the form of both art and people. After a few Basels, you may start to feel like you’ve seen and done it all.

But I’ll bet you’ve never had your fortune told by a gigantic, smoke-breathing dog named Gypsy.

Artist Desi Santigo has created an epic-sized installation at the Lords Hotel on South Beach. Called “The Black Lords,” it is a giant, inflated black dog with glowing red eyes wrapped around the outside of the hotel.