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Attending Art Basel Miami Beach

Roy Zipstein Inside Cesar Pelli's long-awaited and controversial Carnival Center for the Performing Arts

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Miami was founded on the fun-above-all principle of nightclubs, and the idea that the august Swiss art fair would pick the city as its sole satellite has a certain loopy logic. Despite the fair’s focus on edgy contemporary art, Basel itself was (and remains) the polite embodiment of old-line Europe, with Miami the tropical frontier--and the ideal blank canvas.

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Inspired by: Art Basel — by Tom Austin, Published Nov. 2006

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Hotels (9)

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    The National Hotel South Beach

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    Gansevoort South Hotel, Spa & Residences

    The property is Stephen B. Jacobs and Andi Pepper’s remake of Roney Plaza. Take a nighttime ride on one of the hotel's two two Puma Stealth Visibil

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    The Standard, Miami

    Hands down, the Ritz-Carlton is Miami′s best full-service resort, with tropical gardens, a tennis center, a 20,000-square-foot spa, kids′ programs,

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    Fontainebleau Resort & Spa Miami Beach

    This crescent-shaped landmark hotel has a longstanding reputation for grandeur. Recently, more than $200 million was poured into an elaborate renov

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    The Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach

    In South Beach’s Art Deco district, the sleek oceanside resort has 93 suites and an infinity pool. Art Highlight: Iván Navarro’s Red Ladder, an eig

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    The Shore Club

    The hotel is perfect for people watching. The lobby is the place to see and be seen, then go up to the Art Lounge for the real party. More
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    The Delano

    This Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck collaboration, which launched modern South Beach in the 1990's, offers everything mod all at once: flowing wh

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    The Raleigh

    A 1940 Art Deco masterpiece that served as a backdrop for many Esther Williams films, this hotel delivers the grace and pure fantasy of old-line Mi

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    The Setai

    With some 40 floors, the Setai rises over South Beach like an opulent obelisk, serving as a playground for damn-the-expense visitors. Adrian Zecha

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    Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant

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    Karu&Y

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    Evolution

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    Casa Fendi

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    Pulse Contemporary Art Fair

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    NADA Art Fair

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    Design Miami

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    Rubell Family Collection

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    Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

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    MoCa at Goldman's Warehouse

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    Marguiles Collection at the Warehouse

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    Carnival Center for the Performing Arts

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    Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation

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