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Interestingly quite a few of the collectors subject to this treatment, however anonymously, actually enjoy it, thus proving there is more than a little BDSM in the peculiar world of contemporary art. >> Read more

Miami starts with parties and champagne and ends with blood and rain. As the deluge descended and the drains spewed, we huddled around an ATM with a homeless guy, or maybe he was a performance artist or kooky billionaire—no he was just homeless. >> Read more

It’s that time of the year again: Art Basel lands in Hong Kong this week—bringing along with it a flutter of art openings, dinners, parties and talks, with collectors and scenesters flocking in... >> Read more

Art Basel Miami beach is traditionally seen as the glitzy, snowbird relative of Basel proper, with attendees in significant part accounted for by East-Coasters flying South for the winter, their leisure time and money conspicuous under the glare of the Miami sun. Signs of change are in the air, however, for Miami’s reputation... >> Read more

Randian looks ahead to Art Basel Miami Beach 2014.  
 
 
 
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Security cameras at the Perez Museum on Sunday caught Miami-based artist Maximo Caminero as he walked into an exhibition, picked up an Ai Weiwei art work, and dropped it nonchalantly on the floor. >> Read more

For no matter how big the fair is (258 galleries, 31 countries), how many satellite fairs sprout up (more than 20, but only a few worth going to), or how many celebs are spotted (Leonardo DiCaprio, Cindy Crawford, Glenn O’Brian), the thing about fairs is they are always going somewhere else. Somebody is always getting left behind. >> Read more

David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of new photographs by Stan Douglas—the artist’s fourteenth solo exhibition with the gallery—at 525 West 19th Street in New York. >> Read more

Simon Lee Gallery New York is pleased to present The Leftovers, a group exhibition organized by Franklin Melendez and Romain Dauriac which explores ideas of shelter. >> Read more

Michael Werner Gallery in New York is pleased to present Foreign Body, an exhibition of new paintings by Hurvin Anderson. This is Anderson’s second solo show with the gallery. >> Read more