Art Basel parties took place throughout Miami Beach this past weekend, spreading across Biscayne Bay into the Wynwood arts district. Interview's events continued Friday afternoon when the magazine paired up with Ben & Jerry's and the Morgans Hotel Group to stage a more than 500-person dance performance on the sand behind the Delano and Shore Club hotels. That night outerwear purveyor Moncler hosted a private dinner a block west of the hotels to celebrate its partnership with Pharrell Williams.
Further north on the beach, the annual Miami Art Museum Ball took place on Saturday night at the Fontainebleau. That same night in Wynwood, Converse held an interactive art and music shindig at the Awarehouse. Here's a look at the parties.
Converse's paint-by-numbers wall at the Awarehouse
Photo: Bryan Derballa
Morgans Hotel Group, Interview, and Ben & Jerry's organized an interactive performance art demonstration entitled PDA-Peace Dance Art on Friday afternoon. Coordinated by curator Natalie Kovacs, the dance incorporated more than 500 people and took place on the sand behind two of the hotel group's South Beach properties, the Delano and Shore Club.
Photo: Joe Schildhorn/PatrickMcMullan.com
Synchronized swimmers performed in the pool at the Shore Club as part of the Peace Dance Art performance Friday afternoon.
Photo: Joe Schildhorn/PatrickMcMullan.com
Moncler hosted a private dinner at restaurant Casa Tua in Miami Beach on Friday night to celebrate the brand's partnership with Pharrell Williams.
Photo: Courtesy of Moncler
Casa Tua seated guests for Moncler's party indoors and in the courtyard.
Photo: Courtesy of Moncler
Event design company J Group used various arrangements of white calla lilies to decorate Blue Bar at the Fontainebleau hotel for the cocktail reception during the Miami Art Museum Ball on Saturday night.
Photo: Elizabeth Renfrow for BizBash
The largest floral arrangement in the Fontainebleau's lobby bar incorporated 11 cylindrical vases filled with water, calla lilies, and floating faux-candles.
Photo: Elizabeth Renfrow for BizBash
J Group used blue uplighting and candles on all the dinner tables to illuminate the ballroom for the Miami Art Museum Ball.
Photo: Elizabeth Renfrow for BizBash
Converse's Art is for Everyone event, produced by Lisa B. Events, took place Saturday night at the Awarehouse in Wynwood. The art and music event incorporated alternative Latin music performances and interactive painting elements.
Photo: Bryan Derballa
Amy Rauner, a in-house artist for Converse, created a paint-by-numbers design on a 25- by 8-foot canvas for guests to fill in as the night progressed.
Photo: Bryan Derballa
Party guests used Cray-Pas oil pastels to draw on the solar-powered video units that made up Converse's "This Is Not a Gallery" exhibition in Awarehouse's garden.
Photo: Bryan Derballa
