Art Basel in Miami Beach opened to VIPs on an overcast Wednesday morning, but there were plenty of sunny faces to lighten the mood. We spotted curators, collectors, artists and, of course, celebrities—although the ever-present actor and collector Leonardo di Caprio evaded our lens.
Jennifer Lopez and Alexander Rodriguez Photo: Gareth Harris
Touria El Glaoui, the founder of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair © Vanessa Ruiz
The US artist Stephon Senegal © Vanessa Ruiz
Storm Janse van Rensburg, the head curator at Georgia’s Scad Museum of Art, with fellow Scad curator Humberto Moro © Vanessa Ruiz
The UK artist Marc Quinn © Vanessa Ruiz
The art collector Maja Hoffmann © Vanessa Ruiz
The British-Liberian visual artist Lina Iris Viktor © Vanessa Ruiz
Justine Ludwig, the director of the New York-based non-profit arts organisation Creative Time © Vanessa Ruiz
The US conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas © Vanessa Ruiz
The performance artists and regular fair-goers Eva & Adele © Vanessa Ruiz
The US artist Charles Gaines © Vanessa Ruiz
The US painter Amy Sherald Photo: © Gareth Harris
Alan Faena, the Argentine art collector who launched the first Faena Festival this week © Vanessa Ruiz
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First on to the floor: we spot VIPs at Art Basel in Miami Beach
7 December 2018
