Team Gallery’s José Freire made one sale at the 2002 fair: Banks Violette’s "Budweiser (X-ray)", 2002

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Art Basel Miami Beach pioneers on how the fair and its satellites defied the sceptics (Team Gallery’s José Freire made one sale at the 2002 fair: Banks Violette’s "Budweiser (X-ray)", 2002) From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition.
Published online: 3 Dec 11
From the fair daily edition

Harlem keeps faith (but not Ringgold) in museum

Children’s art museum, designed by the architect David Adjaye, will be named after the Sugar Hill neighbourhood instead

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 3 Dec 11

Cartier boss launches “think tank”

New contemporary art association will explore the issues of tax on art across Europe and droit de suite

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 3 Dec 11

Spreading the word

Language-based works are much in evidence at this year’s fair, but selling them can still be a challenge

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 3 Dec 11

Public service or private passion?

Can Miami’s wealthy collectors and public museums work together to deliver art to the public

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 3 Dec 11

Artists are a-changing

Why rising stars and established names are shopping around for new representation

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 2 Dec 11

Our art will fund medical research

Norman and Irma Braman plan to sell their modern and contemporary art rather than give it to a museum

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 2 Dec 11

Vezzoli’s pop-up museum in Paris

The Italian artist plans to open a 24-hour-only museum at the Palais d’Iéna in Paris

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 2 Dec 11

Upbeat mood, stylish setting and steady sales

Collectors welcome greater range of classic and contemporary design

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 2 Dec 11

Artists add lustre to luxury brands

Collaborations between fashion houses and contemporary artists can benefit both parties

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 2 Dec 11

Miami’s critical mass

Why the city’s art market remains small despite leading Miami-based collectors and Art Basel Miami Beach

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 2 Dec 11

My kind of architect is…

Famous name or talented newcomer? Picking the right one to build your art museum is fraught with difficulty

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 2 Dec 11

A happy medium

Why painting is all over the floor at this year’s fair

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 1 Dec 11

Arman family divided

Split over museum loan

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 1 Dec 11

Sold on a jpeg?

Before fairs, most dealers send out images of the works they will offer

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 1 Dec 11

The Abramovic stare in moving pictures

A preview of a feature length documentary that explores four decades of the artist's performances is being shown tonight

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 1 Dec 11

Sixty museums in search of a purpose

An analysis of the mission statements of leading US art museums yields some surprising results

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 1 Dec 11

Buckminster’s pioneering eco dome rises again

One of only three prototypes of the inventor’s “autonomous dwelling machine” comes to the Design District

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 1 Dec 11

Collecting grows among West’s wealthy

Art fairs expand VIP opening hours to make the experience more attractive

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 30 Nov 11

Rubells’ Spain loan

The Miami collectors are sending 200 paintings to the Fundación Banco Santander in Madrid

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 30 Nov 11

Gulf takes to Hirst

Qatar will stage a major survey of the British artist's work in 2013

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 30 Nov 11

Deconstructing Art Basel Miami Beach

This fair is one of three to be studied in a Swiss sociology project

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 30 Nov 11

Controversy over planned Marc Jacobs show

Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris is being accused of a “conflict of interest”

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 30 Nov 11

How Miami became an artistic hotspot

Since its first edition in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach has been a catalyst in transforming the city

From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition. Published 30 Nov 11

Diary

Rappers’ delight

ABMB no longer does its “Art Loves Music” performances on the beach—remember Iggy Pop? The New York Dolls?—but it doesn’t really need to because clearly music now loves art. On Thursday night, Perrier sponsored Spotify’s “Music Loves Art” party at Ricochet Lounge, with sets by Theophilus London and Nas, who, in the middle of a rousing performance of “Made You Look”, was moved to create a painting, which sold in short order for $14,000, with the proceeds going to charity, as artists like Rashid Johnson looked on. And Friday night, P. Diddy, Usher and Mary J. Blige hosted a 29th birthday bash for producer Rico Love at Vic & Angelo’s in South Beach, then Diddy, left, with artist Damien Hirst, moved on to a dinner at the W Hotel hosted by dealer Andy Valmorbida and music mogul Jimmy Iovine, who has worked with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, and signed Lady Gaga. He has also worked on a book project with artist Raphael Mazzucco, who was being honoured at the dinner.