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Art Basel Satellite Fairs in Miami Beach Transform the Tourist Mecca

By B. Caplan
Dec 5, 2013

Fine, so the name Art Basel comes from Europe. But in Miami, saying "I'm going to Basel" doesn't imply you're headed to a city in Switzerland where you can't get a legit colada and the drivers don't know to turn on their hazard lights when it rains. No, "Basel" means...
Miami Art Week Has Galleries Galore

By B. Caplan
Dec 5, 2013

Art Basel and its satellite fairs get a ton of buzz during Miami Art Week. But during the other 51 weeks of the year, Miami still boasts a vibrant art scene, largely supported by its galleries. Wynwood rightly gets much of the attention, but there are other parts of town...
Spinello Projects Returns to Art Basel With Intense, Eclectic Works

By B. Caplan
Dec 5, 2013

Four glass jars filled with plush animal eyes are lined up on a table in the corner of Agustina Woodgate's studio in El Portal. "There are so many other parts," Woodgate says. "But I have bigger plans for the eyes." She is on all fours amid green and blue scraps...
Art Basel Satellite Fairs on Mainland Miami Entice Even the South Beach Art Snobs

By B. Caplan
Dec 5, 2013

We all have reasons not to go to Miami Beach. Maybe your 300-inch spider heels designed by Louise Bourgeois don't do so well on the sand. Maybe you are a superstitious bicyclist who knows he won't be able to hold his breath all the way across the causeway. But this...
The Devil Wears Vomit: How Evil Dead Director Fede Alvarez Reimagined the Classic Splatterfest

By B. Caplan
Apr 4, 2013

For a guy who has spent a lot of time planning how to brutally murder people in the woods, the most shocking thing about Fede Alvarez is his well-adjusted nature. As the co-writer and director of Evil Dead (in theaters Friday, April 5), the new remake of the 1981 gore...

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