With the weekend came more Art Basel Miami Beach parties. GenArt's Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair got an early start with an opening party on Thursday. Vogue's cocktail party—which included a Versace fashion show—followed on Saturday night. And Wynwood's O.H.W.O.W. Gallery hosted nightly entertainment at a pop-up re-creation of New York bar Max Fish. Here are some of the highlights.
GenArt hosted its annual opening night party for its Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair on Thursday at the Aqua Art Miami space in the Wynwood arts district. More than 1,500 people attended the event.
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Bands JESP (pictured) and White Light Syndrome performed at GenArt's Vanguard Art Party on Thursday night.
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O.H.W.O.W. gallery's creative directors recreated New York City's Max Fish bar in Miami in honor of the venue's 20th anniversary. The pop-up ran from December 2 to 6, with performances nightly from December 2 to 5.
Photo: Kevin Tachman
The pop-up Max Fish bar was set up in the space that formerly housed dive bar PS14 in Miami's Wynwood arts district.
Photo: Kevin Tachman
Framed art and photographs covered the walls of the pop-up Max Fish, similar to the real bar's decor in New York's Lower East Side neighborhood.
Photo: Kevin Tachman
Multiple bands and DJs such as Gang Gang Dance and DJ Tim Barbar performed nightly at the Max Fish pop-up.
Photo: Kevin Tachman
Vogue hosted a cocktail party on Saturday night for more than 350 people in the garden area of entrepreneurs J.R. and Loren Ridinger's house in Miami Beach. Versace's 2010 spring/summer collection had its U.S. debut in a 15-minute fashion show, coordinated by Nicole Munder LLC, inside the main tent in the garden.
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3B Productions set up two sets of glowing green bars—sponsored by Stoli Vodka and SmartWater—under the tented areas of the Ridinger's backyard for Vogue's party.
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Stoli girls served the night's three specialty cocktails—the martini-esque Stoli Fashionista, bubbly Stoli South Beach Sparkler, and straight-up vodka and olive juice Stoli Basel Masterpiece—which the company collaborated with Vogue to create for the event.
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