L'Officiel's best takeaways from the 22nd edition of Miami art week.

<h4 class="hero__title" style="text-align: center;">D&rsquo;Puglia &amp; The Green Hearts' "Flags For Future" Kicked Off Art Week at The Standard Spa Hotel</h4>

Ahead of the rush of events throughout Art Basel Miami Beach week, on December 1st, <a href="https://www.dpuglia.com/">D&rsquo;Puglia</a> and <a href="https://thegreenheartsgala.com/">The Green Hearts</a> kicked off their "Flags For Future" exhibition ci-curated by UT&Ouml;PIA and ISTANBUL'74 at The Standard Miami, under the theme "Go Where The Wind Takes You" ("Va dove ti port il vento" in Italian), a project where art and environmental advocacy intersect, celebrating unity, hope and setting sail to change. Nestled on Belle Isle on the Venetian Causeway in the heart of Miami Beach, the week-long programme was a memorable gathering of people committed to preserving cultural heritage and fostering positive change.included a kick off garden party cocktail, an auction held in collaboration with Lind Surf, and a celebratory candle lit dinner, with San Marzano wines.&nbsp;

Photo Credits:  Federica Livia Giangregorio

The Standard hosted an exclusive evening entitled &ldquo;A New Way To Play&rdquo;, which brought together innovators, artists, and philanthropists in celebration of the D&rsquo;Puglia mission. The night started at sunset with guests being whisked away on a special yacht experience courtesy of Vanquish Yachts - certainly a memorable affair. &nbsp;Ut&ouml;pia &amp; Istanbul'74 presented a unique exhibition and auction featuring 20 one-of-a-kind LIND electric surfboards, each designed by world-renowned artists. Proceeds from the auction were donated to Oceanic Global, supporting ocean conservation, and Save the Olives, in an effort to protect the ancient olive trees of Puglia from the Xylella epidemic. Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed wines from San Marzano and Ethica Wines, as well as cocktails featuring Montenegro Amaro and SELECT Aperitivo. D&rsquo;Puglia proposed a different art week experience with creative innovation in the context of a larger social impact, with a shared commitment to the future, bringing together a community united by purpose and passion.

Art Basel Miami Beach Is Only Speeding Up, Not Slowing Down
The global art market might be experiencing a sizable slowdown and cooling-down period in art sales, but the 22nd iteration Art Basel Miami Beach was buzzing more than ever, sending a strong message that Art Basel is moving in the opposite direction: expanding, innovating, building its momentum and velocity. 
The fair brought together 286 galleries - including 34 new galleries - from 38 countries and territories, two-thirds of which hail from the Americas, and it attracted an overall attendance of more than 79,000 throughout its VIP and public days, including leading art patrons and private collectors from across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

This year&rsquo;s edition returned in full force, steered by the fair&rsquo;s new Director, Bridget Finn, after being appointed in July 2023.&nbsp; Finn brings with her a fresh and forward-thinking perspective, an emphasis on embracing emerging galleries, and introducing new innovations and flair into the fair. She repositioned the Meridians section dedicated to large-scale installations, and the UBS VIP Lounge section, to the opposite side of the fair adjacent to the Positions section dedicated to solo presentations by emerging talent.&nbsp; A way to bring together the well-established with the art world&rsquo;s most promising creatives who will shape the future of the art landscape.&nbsp; 
Under Finn&rsquo;s direction, the show presented new exhibition concepts, exceptional proposals across the show's six sectors, and new collaborators. Props to the unexpected Chiquita Bananas partnership and activation, which we believe was a wink and a nod to Maurizio Cattelan&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Comedian&rdquo; duct taped banana which first debuted via Perrotin gallery at the fair in 2019, and sold for $6.2-million at auction on the secondary market via Sotheby&rsquo;s this November.

Art Basel unveiled its 3rd edition of a the fair group's new &ldquo;The Shop&rdquo; concept store led by legendary Parisian concept store Colette Co-Founder and Brand Consultant, Sarah Andelman.&nbsp; Andelman, a master of curating everything cool, has spearheaded the launch of the Art Basel brand&rsquo;s first foray into the retail/lifestyle sector, editing a bespoke selection of special edition collectibles, sculptures, clothing, design pieces, artistic curiosities and published works, along with &ldquo;AB by Art Basel&rdquo;-branded products. The first two iterations of the pop-up took place at Art Basel and Art Basel Paris earlier this year.
The shop features products that intersect art with fashion, design, literature, and everyday practical items (that are anything but practical in style).

Aesthetically, the pop-up boutique evokes the fun vibe of &ldquo;Miami Vice&rdquo; with its colour scheme of light pink, mint green, and white. 
The collective of items for sale included Takashi Murakami, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf products, a capsule collection by emerging Brazilian artist Paula Nimer Pjota, and artist JR.&rsquo;s book titled &ldquo;Can Art Change The World?&rdquo;&nbsp; Artist JR. made a special appearance for a book signing event celebrating his book &ldquo;Can Art Change The World?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Elevating art is important, but it&rsquo;s also vital for the art world to break down some walls,&rdquo; says Andelman of the shop&rsquo;s mission.

Art Basel's The Shop. Photo courtesy of Art Basel.

Microsoft and Art Basel came together to debut the fair group's new AI-Powered App
With Art Basel Lens, built in collaboration with Microsoft, fairgoers had the opportunity to leverage the use of artificial intelligence-powered computer vision to quickly scan the artworks on view for more information.

Art Basel Lens, built in collaboration with Microsoft

UBS Art + The UBS Lounge Exhibition
In an exhibition focused on textiles-based art, UBS unveiled a new commission and the largest work to-date by Sagarika Sundaram. The UBS Lounge featured a group presentation titled Threads, bringing together works from the UBS Art Collection by artists who take an innovative approach to textile and craft-based art to explore traditional distinctions between art, craft and design.
UBS also continued its collaboration with ARTNOIR for solo presentation of works by Sarah Zapata at the UBS Art Studio. &nbsp;

UBS Art Collection: "Threads" at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

UBS also continued its collaboration with ARTNOIR for solo presentation of works by Sarah Zapata at the UBS Art Studio. In Zapata's work, she explores the transformative power of craft and textiles in contemporary art through an immersive, interactive installation titled &lsquo;Upon the Divide of Vermilion&rsquo; at the UBS Art Studio. A textile-based artist who weaves cloth by hand to create her large-scale installations, Zapata uses her practice as a way to engage her multicultural identity and challenge material stereotypes. The installation was presented in collaboration with ARTNOIR and curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah and explored themes of identity and transformation, the installation uses new and existing pieces to build on Zapata&rsquo;s series of sculptures inspired by ancient ruins &ndash; all while using the familiar medium of cloth to forge new connections between past and present.

Caption: UBS Art Studio at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 ‘Upon the Divide of Vermilion’  presentation by textile-based artist Sarah Zapata, presented in collaboration with  ARTNOIR. Photo credit: Casey Kelbaugh

A New Curator Brings A New Format Of Meridians Section To Art Basel Miami Beach
For the first time, Yasmil Raymond served as curator of the fair's sector dedicated to large-scale, institutionally-minded monumental works.&nbsp;
The fair has moved its section for large-scale installations to a more prominent location in the Miami Beach Convention Center. Further changes have been made to support Art Basel Director Bridget Finn's objective to &ldquo;maximize at every turn the opportunity for surprise encounters and revelatory discoveries.&rdquo; 
This edition&rsquo;s theme titled &ldquo;State of Becoming&rdquo; hosted 18 works by artists Andrea Chung, Rachel Feinstein, Marguerite Humeau, Jos&eacute; Parl&aacute;, and more.

"The title is an allegory for the formal language embodied in the artists' work," Finn explained in a statement. The installations will explore anything from the "physicality of regeneration and transformation' to 'the entropy and the sublimation of organic materials."
For the 2024 Meridians section, Raymond searches for a connection between all the very different artists featured. Although the works are broad and varied in aesthetics and subject matter, scale is the one thing that continues to be the link. Raymond&rsquo;s interest in scale reflects a profoundly humanitarian concern for the sociopolitical issues that demand big thinking. &nbsp;

Franz West, Urs, n.d., presented by Van de Weghe In the Meridians section. © Art Basel

Lee ShinJa, Dawn (1980s), Tina Kim In the Meridians section of Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Yuichi Hirako, Seeding (2024) Installation in the Meridians section of Art Basel Miami Beach

Rachel Feinstein, Metal Storm (2024) Installation in the Meridians section of Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Roberto Huarcaya, Amazogramas (2014) In the Meridians section of Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Chiachio & Giannone, La Famille Dans La Joyeuse Verdure (2013-19) installation in the Meridians section of Art Basel Miami Beach

In Perrotin booth this year, Danielle Orchard presented a solo exhibition of paintings that reimagine the female nude in moments of solitude and personal reflection. Drawing inspiration from her experience with motherhood, Orchard&rsquo;s work explores themes of corporeality, identity, and the complex journey of womanhood. With sharp cubist lines and symbolic floral imagery, Orchard&rsquo;s figures reflect both the emotional intensity of solitude and the resilience of women.

Highlights of the White Cube&nbsp;booth's presentation&nbsp;include Jeff Wall&rsquo;s photographic work &lsquo;Insomnia&rsquo; (1994), sculptural works by Danh Vo and David Hammons, and paintings by Howardena Pindell, Etel Adnan, Danica Lundy and Ilana Savdie, whose latest work will be on display at White Cube New York in 2025.

Hauser &amp; Wirth&nbsp;featured historical masterworks by Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston, alongside contemporary works by Mark Bradford, William Kentridge and Thomas J Price.&nbsp;

Gagosian presented&nbsp;an extensive group presentation of modern and contemporary works. A selection of artworks by artists including Helen Frankenthaler, Andreas Gursky, Roy Lichtenstein, and Rick Lowe.

Art Basel Miami Beach, 2024, installation view Photo: Owen Conway Courtesy Gagosian

At the Deitch&nbsp;booth, a riveting selection of Robert Longo works took center stage, with the addition of extraordinary pieces from some of our favorite artists, including Bisa Butler,&nbsp;Joe Coleman, Sharif Farrag, and Lady Pink.

Deitch booth art Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Deitch booth at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Ruinart's Carte Blanche Series "Conversations With Nature" Features Henrique Oliveira
For every edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, Maison Ruinart aligns with an artist to participate in the house&rsquo;s Carte Blanche series, where the artist is commissioned to bring to life their own unique interpretation for a limited edition champagne. &nbsp; This year&rsquo;s theme is &ldquo;Conversations With Nature&rdquo; and for Art Basel Miami Beach, a freestanding tree sculpture handmade by Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira was front and centre. At first glance one might believe that the tree trunks were naturally formed but when you look closer, you realize each of his works of art have been human made, sculpted and crafted. He uses recycled plywood, paper-m&acirc;ch&eacute; reinforced by an internal metal structure, and finishes the trunks off with real bark.&nbsp; The sculpture will be installed in the Coeur d&rsquo;Honneur of Maison Ruinart&rsquo;s headquarters in Reims.&nbsp; The underlying symbolism of his work is our connection with nature.

Solana Artists Take Centre Stage By Embracing Digital Transformation
Solana's "Artists in Residence" exhibition returned to Art Basel Miami Beach with three new digital artists. Leo Caillard, is a contemporary artist internationally recognized for the quality of his marble sculptures as well as for his digital creations at the cutting edge of new technologies, mixing figures from ancient statuary and abstract digital forms. Laura El is a New York City-based artist known for her intricate line work and narrative-driven illustrations. An alumnus of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, Culture Hacker Is a storyteller and media artist, working across film, theatre, games, and code and is recognized as a pioneer for his innovative blending of storytelling, art, and technology.

Leo Caillard's on-chain artwork at the Solana exhibition

Lance Weiler's (Culture Hacker) on-chain artwork at Solana's "Artists in Residence" exhibition at Art Basel Miami Beach

Laura El's on-chain artwork at Solana's "Artists in Residence" exhibition at Art Basel Miami Beach

Fashion House Rabanne Makes Its First Foray Into Art Fairs, Partnering With Art Basel 
Rabanne's partnership with Art Basel is part of its mission to support underrepresented artists and create a more inclusive future. The program aims to support the next generation of digital creatives by providing a platform for their work. &nbsp;In January 2024, Rabanne and Dazed called for entries from artists to "visualize new realities". The six finalists were selected from Dazed Club and Community, as well as art schools in London, Paris, and Florence.&nbsp;
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Chubb Showcased Seven Chubb Fellows Emerging Artists&nbsp;
As part of its commitment to promoting emerging artists, Chubb returned to the 2024 fair to showcase the work of seven New York Academy of Art Chubb Fellows: the highest honour to be awarded to post-graduate students.&nbsp; Fellows featured this year were: Manuela Caicedo (2025), Claudio Cecchetti (2024), Jane Philips (2024), Laura Romaine (2024), Kylee Snow (2024), Benjamin Staker (2025), and Brendan Sullivan (2025).
The booth was designed in collaboration with Sasha Bikoff Interior, immersing visitors in an inspiring space dressed in world representative of talent who will help to shape the future of the art world.

The BMW M1 Returned with Kith Founder Ronnie Fieg Reimagining the Classic Supercar
One of the last of 453 M1s built by BMW has received a complete makeover 43 years after leaving the assembly line. The German luxury brand had the opportunity to work once again on its one and only supercar. Manufactured in 1981 &ndash; the final year of production for the E26 &ndash; this supercar belongs to Kith Founder and American footwear and clothing designer Ronnie Fieg. On display on the seventh floor of the 1111 Lincoln Rd parking garage,&nbsp;BMW did more than just repaint the car and call it a day. The M1 has been fully rebuilt, using original components. Fieg asked BMW to redo the interior with Individual Grey Merino leather and the car has Kith branding cleverly laced throughout. Predictably, The company&rsquo;s logo appears debossed on the middle panel, seats, headrests, gear shift, floor mats, and door panels.

The BMW M1 Returns: Kith and Ronnie Fieg Reimagine the Classic Supercar.

Samsung Art Store
Samsung was named the official display partner of Art Basel Miami Beach and launched its first Gallery Collection on The Frame. &nbsp;As part of the partnership, Samsung Art Store unveiled the first-ever Art Basel Collection, bringing premier gallery works into homes worldwide.

Samsung Art Store Unveiled The First-Ever Art Basel Collection, Bringing Premier Gallery Works into Homes Worldwide  Samsung Named Official Display Partner of Art Basel Miami Beach, to Launch Gallery Collection on The Frame

Faena Art Presented Exhibits Featuring Nicholas Galanin, Marina Abramović and Lyra Drake
"Seletega" by Nicholas Galanin Sets Sails On The Beach
Faena Art Project Room, Massimo Dutti presented an exhibition by Marina Abramović titled Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places. The artist gives exhibition visitors a peek behind the curtain: a voyeuristic view into her archive, coinciding with the release of her coffee table book of the same title. &nbsp;The show offers a rare glimpse into Abramović&rsquo;s artistic process, exploring the creative journeys she&rsquo;s undertaken through four decades&rsquo; worth of drawings, poetry, photographs, and reflections. &nbsp;In her book, readers and page flippers find&nbsp;prints of the artist&rsquo;s original drawings and doodles&mdash;some of them casual and spontaneous, others unveiling a creative mind at work. Some are scribbled on hotel stationery, capturing the roads she&rsquo;s taken over the decades: a piece of Venice&rsquo;s Bauer Hotel note paper is traced with outlines of her hand and foot, while another doodle under the letterhead of Brazil&rsquo;s Fasano Hotel offers the cryptic phrase: &ldquo;&hellip;if you could see.&rdquo;

Marina Abramović Gave Us An Insider&rsquo;s Look Into Her World At Faena Miami Beach
In the Faena Art Project Room and in partnership with Massimo Dutti, through an exhibition titled &ldquo;A Tribute to the Nomadic Spirit,&rdquo; legendary performance artist Marina Abramović gave everyone in Miami a rare opportunity to look behind the curtain, and peek into her artistic process over the years, exploring the creative journeys she&rsquo;s undertaken through four decades&rsquo; worth of drawings, poetry, photographs, and reflections. The exhibition coincided with the release of her coffee table book, &ldquo;Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places.&rdquo;&nbsp; In &ldquo;Nomadic Journey&rdquo; are prints of the artist&rsquo;s original drawings and doodles&mdash;some of them casual and spontaneous, others unveiling a creative mind at work. Some are scribbled on hotel stationery, capturing the roads she&rsquo;s taken over the decades.

Installation view of “Marina Abramović & Massimo Dutti: A Tribute to the Nomadic Spirit” at Faena Art Project Room. Photo courtesy of Massimo Dutti.

Cover of Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places. Photo courtesy of Massimo Dutti.

Marina Abramović’s sketches on hotel stationery. Photo courtesy of Massimo Dutti.

Lyra Drake presented "Infinite Faith In A World" at Faena Cathedral<a href="https://www.faenaart.org/lyra-drake"></a>
Drake's "Infinite Faith In A Finite World" groundbreaking interactive sculpture that she deems an "AI oracle," inviting visitors to reflect on the nature of faith in an era of technological mediation. &nbsp;This exhibit marks a transformative moment in the intersection of art and technology, powered by PREM AI's innovative AI solutions.

The Rubell Museum Opened Its 2024 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition: Vanessa Raw "This Is How Light Gets In"
The Rubell Museum unveiled new, textured dreamscapes by its 2024 artist-in-residence Vanessa Raw, as well as solo presentations of recent acquisitions from Omari Douglin, Cajsa von Zeipel, and Michelle Uckotter, among others.

Reflecting the Rubell Family&rsquo;s passion for art and artists across nearly six decades, the Museum also presents a new installation of collection highlights featuring works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cecily Brown, Marlene Dumas, Rashid Johnson, and many more. Also, the museum is opening its new restaurant, Jon &amp; Vinny&rsquo;s, for Art Week.

The Rubell Museum's installations. Photo credit: Chi Lam. Courtesy Rubell Museum.

Superblue Miami debuted "Lightfall" - an immersive installation by Studio Lemercier that explores the interplay of light, water, and air.&nbsp;
The immersive "Lightfall" experience by Studio Lemercier is a new multisensory commission in collaboration with ambient electronic musician Murcof. The beauty of this work doesn't come from the use of technology, but it emerges from the motion of water particles, from the turbulences of the air flow, from the difraction of light though the atomized water.

Studio Lemercier, Lightfall (2024) at Superblue Miami. Image courtesy of Superblue, ©Mind The Film

Co-Founders of Studio Lemercier: Independent curator Juliette Bibasse (Left) and Joanie Lemercier (Right); Musician/collaborator on the project, Murcof (Middle)

P&eacute;rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
P&eacute;rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) unviled Jos&eacute; Parl&aacute;&rsquo;s first solo museum exhibition in his hometown. Featuring a new series of never-before-seen works and a site-specific mural, Jos&eacute; "Parl&aacute;: Homecoming" ultimately mirrored the artist&rsquo;s studio. An elaborate, two-part exhibition allows visitors to observe Parl&aacute;&rsquo;s dance-like technique in real time as he paints a site-specific mural for the first iteration of the exhibition. The second iteration saw the museum gallery transformed and converted into Parl&aacute;&rsquo;s studio&mdash;a room full of paint-covered tables, a lively Cuban-inspired record collection, and decades of Parla&rsquo;s archival memorabilia.

José Parlá painting onsite at PAMM. COURTESY OF LAZARO LLANES

José Parlá. “Return to Miami’s Ancestral Circle,” 2024

José Parlá. “Heritage Trails, Journeys of Hope and Renewal,” 2024. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND PARLÁ STUDIOS

José Parlá. “Breath of Life, Inhale and Exhale,” 2024. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND PARLÁ STUDIOS

José Parlá. “American Mindscape,” 2024. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND PARLÁ STUDIOS

José Parlá. “A Life of Memories Racing Through Art Deco Miami Beach Avenues,” 2024

José Parlá. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND PARLÁ STUDIOS

The Bass Museum Welcomes Art Week Goers To Its Feature Exhibition: Rachel Feinstein: The Miami Years
Rachel Feinstein: The Miami Years is an exhibition that spans almost three decades of work by the New York&ndash;based artist, and her first major exhibition in her hometown. Displaying Feinstein&rsquo;s multidisciplinary approaches to sculpture&mdash;which have encompassed painting, video, performance and installation over the course of her career&mdash;The Miami Years reflects on themes of intimacy, vulnerability and abjection, exploring Feinstein&rsquo;s examination of societal factors that shape human behavior and female identity. Feinstein&rsquo;s exhibition includes The Bass&rsquo; site-specific commission of massive painted mirrored wall panels spanning thirty feet, where the artist prods the contradictory nature of Miami&rsquo;s decadence and sophistication.&nbsp; The works showcase the artist&rsquo;s recurring use of scenography, specifically the theatrical flat, as a form that both exposes and reinforces the notion and structures of artifice. The exhibition debuted in September of this year and runs through to August 2025.

Rachel Feinstein: The Miami Years at The Bass Museum is organized by James Voorhies, The Bass Chief Curator, and Claudia Mattos, Associate Curator of New Media Art. This exhibition is presented with support by Gagosian, Givenchy and PHILLIPS. Additional support is provided by Arison Arts Foundation, Funding Arts Network, The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and Zaytinya.THE BASS

The Most Buzzed-About Large-Scale Installations Around The City
A Herd Of Elephants Hit The Beach: The Great Elephant Migration&nbsp;
The most buzzed about large-scale installation of the week was a herd of 100 wooden elephants on the beach between 36th and 37th streets that formed &ldquo;The Great Elephant Migration&rdquo; The installation has been literally migrating throughout the USA since July the 4th starting in Newport, Rhode Island, followed by The Meatpacking District in Manhattan, and then touching down in Miami Beach to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach week. Its net stops include Montana and Jackson Hole, Wyoming before landing in Los Angeles in July 2025.

The Great Elephant Migration was created by the Coexistence Collective of 200 artisans based out of India, and designed by Schubert Nayar.&nbsp; The collective has spent the past five years handcrafting each of these elephants are modeled after actual individual elephants from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve that they live alongside.&nbsp; Each elephant is for sale ranging from $8,000 for the little guys to $22,000 for the adult male tusks. To date, more than 250 sculptures have already sold. The sculptures are made from lantana camera, an invasive weed threatening to overtake the natural habitat of Indian elephants.
Ganesh launched the traveling art project as part of her work with the Real Elephant Collective, a nonprofit she started with elephant researcher and scientist Tarsh Thekaekara. All the elephant sculptures are for sale, with proceeds going to 22 partnering conservation non-governmental organizations, or NGOs&mdash;benefitting elephants, but also other species. The aim is to promote a mutually beneficial coexistence between humans and nature.

“The Great Elephant Migration” in Miami Beach. Photo by Lee Smith.

Gucci, Pucci, Fendi, Cartier, Margiela (All The Best Fashion Installations and Debuts)
In true fashion (pun intended), a slew of Fashion and Luxury brands took advantage of Art Basel Miami Beach to pop-up exciting presentations and throw fabulous parties. Here are a few of our favourites from the week.
Bringing the holiday spirit to art week, Gucci took over Sweet Bird North in the Design District, just a stone&rsquo;s throw away from their boutique in the form of gargantuan snowglobes and a food truck serving pastries and coffee.

Gucci's giant snow globe holiday installation at Sweet Bird North Plaza in Miami’s Design District. Photo courtesy of Gucci.

Alessandra Ambrosio. Photo courtesy of Gucci.

Eiza González. Photo courtesy of Gucci.

Gucci ad in the Miami Design District. Photo courtesy of Gucci.

Pucci came to play at Miami Art Week this year, bringing a Fun Fair to the Miami Botanical Gardens facing the front entrance of Art Basel Miami fair.&nbsp; The one-night-only pop-up festival was splashed with colourful Pucci-branded and signature coded activities for guests including a fortune teller, carnival games, and included fair-going delicacies including gelato, cannolis and cotton candy.

Margiela debuted the maison&rsquo;s signature White Icons pieces, this time with a tattoo twist in collaboration with Bozo.

Cartier&rsquo;s Trinity 100 Celebration pop-up touched down in Miami following stops in Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo.&nbsp; The immersive experience was devoted to celebrating the 100-year anniversary of one of its most iconic pieces: the Trinity ring.&nbsp; In 1924, Louis Cartier, the grandson of the maison&rsquo;s founder, designed the piece that is representative of the Cartier brand and its heritage.&nbsp; The ring&rsquo;s signature design includes three interlocking bands - one yellow gold, one platinum and one rose gold.

Photo: DANIEL SALEMI/Cartier

Fendi celebrated the grand opening of its new Miami Design District boutique during Art Basel Miami. The evening was hosted by Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou, CEO, and Silvia Venturini Fendi, Artistic Director of Accessories and Menswear. Isabella Massenet provided the DJ set.

Photo courtesy of Fendi.

Design Miami Presented The 2024 Curatorial Project "Flowers Season" by Multidisciplinary French Designer Mathieu Lehanneur
Fresh off of designing the Paris 2024 Olympic torch, relay and flying cauldrons, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur presented the 2024 Design Miami Curatorial Project titled &ldquo;Flowers Season.&rdquo;&nbsp; In the middle of a hectic art week of organized chaos, his presentation was a breath of fresh air, bringing nature, beauty and contemplation and infusing whimsical, aesthetic poetries. The commissioned immersive installation was inspired by this year&rsquo;s Design Miami theme &ldquo;Blue Sky&rdquo; - it was a triptych centered on themes of sky, clouds, and lightness, and featuring a cascade of ceramic flowers - white tulips - frozen in space.&nbsp; Evoking a pearlescent aura, Lehanneur&rsquo;s installation also debuted new functional collectible designs&mdash;a dresser, floor lamp and cabinet, among others&mdash;merging solid forms with fluidity.

Rendering. French multidisciplinary designer Mathieu Lehanneur, presented the 2024 Design Miami Curatorial Project

French multidisciplinary designer Mathieu Lehanneur, presented the 2024 Design Miami Curatorial Project

Bottega Veneta Showcased "The Ark" Collection By Zanotta at Design Miami 2024
At Design Miami 2024, Bottega Veneta presented &ldquo;The Ark&rdquo; a limited-edition lounge chair collection inspired by the Zanotta Sacco.&nbsp; Commissioned by Bottega Veneta Creative Director Matthieu Blazy, the new limited edition collection is a lively and playful reinterpretation of the Sacco which was first designed in 1968 by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and Franco Teodoro.&nbsp; The Sacco shares the same softness, anti-formalism, and fluidity that characterized Bottega Veneta&rsquo;s earliest bag designs. Blazy&rsquo;s reinterpretation has infused childlike creativity into the original Sacco chair&rsquo;s malleability, metamorphosing its shape into 15 playful animal forms including a dog, panda, rabbit, ladybird, snake, bird, chicken, dinosaur, otter, elephant, cat, fox, bear, horse, whale.&nbsp; A light grey rabbit and white chicken were exclusively available at the Design Miami fair.

Kohler And Remedy Place Social Wellness Club&reg;️ Did Our Bodies Good&nbsp; By Helping Us To Stay Balanced In Style On The Beach&nbsp;
Global kitchen and bath design leader KOHLER and Remedy Place Founder Dr. Jonathan Leary recently joined forces to develop innovative self-care products and experiences. Kicking off their venture together, they have launched the KOHLER X Remedy Place Ice Bath. &nbsp;Miami art week proved to be the perfect opportunity to get people to literally jump in and take the ice baths for a spin. Together they created an immersive pop-up to bring a whole new social self-care experience to Design Miami in the form of the KOHLER X Remedy Place Beach Club at The Miami Beach EDITION hotel. &nbsp;. The activation showcases the design-focused Ice Bath, a collaboration between the brands. &nbsp;Guests were given the opportunity to use the new Kohler x Remedy Place Ice Bath and experience its thoughtful design and innovative features. The social wellness event features guided breathwork and ice bathing sessions, complemented by live music and wellness-enhancing food and beverages.

Dr. Jonathan Leary, Founder of Remedy Place

Luminaire And Loisir Gallery Presented Three Artists
In the Design District, as part of their long-term joint venture, multi-brand design company and lab Luminaire and LA-based Loisir Gallery came together to exhibit the works of three leading artists within the context of the showroom&rsquo;s curated interiors and furniture by world-class architectural and design firms. Talent on show included: multi-award winning artist Todd Williamson, whose accolades include having been awarded three times by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and being one of 20 artists to have an official exhibition at the 58th Venice Biennale; Contemporary&nbsp; Expressionist painter Ian Rayer Smith, who has hown in leading galleries around the world and had been collected by prominent collectors and spaces such as the Tiffany &amp; Co flagship in Manhattan; and contemporary abstract expressionist painter Fontaine Scarelli who is gaining recognition for his large-scale abstract paintings.

Fontaine Scarelli "Drifting Shards 2" on display at Luminaire in partnership with Loisir Gallery

Todd Williamson "Distant Horizons" on display at Luminaire in partnership with Loisir Gallery

Ian Rayer Smith “A good Feeling”  on display at Luminaire in partnership with Loisir Gallery

Alessandra Distaso, Courtesy Of Nuova.

SCAD At Miami, Fall 2024. DESIGN MIAMI Alumni Booth. Anya Molyviatis, BFA Fibers (FIBR) 2021; Eny Lee Parker, MFA Furniture Design (FURN) 2018, MA Furniture Design (FURN) 2016, BFA Interior Design (INDS) 2011 – Miami, FL – Photography. Courtesy Of SCAD.

A Delicately Layered Chandelier By Jane Yang D’Haene Suspends Over A Dining Table From Piet Hein Eek, Courtesy Of The Future Perfect.

PRATT CHAIR NO.7 BY GAETANO PESCE, PRESENTED BY PULP GALERIE AT DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024 Photo © Ivan Erofeev for Design Miami

Devin Sao Courtesy Of USM.

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FIRE OPENS STONE BENCH BY SAMUEL ROSS, PRESENTED BY FRIEDMAN BENDA AT DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024 Photo © Ivan Erofeev for Design Miami

Pharrell’s Echoes” by Roham Shamekh at Design Miami. PHOTO: RUDOLF AZZI

Fendi’s ænigma by Lewis Kemmenoe  Image may contain Furniture Table Accessories Bag Handbag Person Teen Desk Clothing Footwear Shoe and Cabinet Photo: Robin Hill / Courtesy of Fendi

The uncharacteristically cold "sweater weather" in Miami may have been an accurate reflection of the art world's cooling period in 2024, but it certainly could not keep Art Basel Miami Beach Week 2024 from heating up our livelihood or from everyone putting on their party attire.&nbsp;

Art Basel Miami Beach Week 2024: The Art, The Installations, The Pop-Ups and Parties

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