Before Art Basel Miami Beach (Dec. 5 – 8) officially opens to the public, the week’s events will have already started. Each year we try our best to get to everything, knowing full well it will be impossible. Here’s what we’ll try our best not to miss. These events are by invitation only.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2
Fendi Welcome Cocktail for DesignMiami/
7:00PM
W SouthBeach, The Grove
2201 Collins Avenue
UNTITLED Preview Hosted by Marina Abramovic
To Benefit Elton John AIDS Foundation and Marina Abramovic Institute
7:00 – 9:00PM
UNTITLED
Ocean Drive at 12th Street
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3
Venus Over Manhattan Presents “Piston Head: Artists Engage the Automobile” with Ferrari to Benefit the Art Production Fund
6:00 – 9:00PM
1111 Lincoln Road
7th Floor
Antoine Arnault Cocktail to Celebrate Maarten Baas for Berluti
6:30 PM
Berluti Boutique
161 NE 40th Street
Best Buddies Art + Friendship Auction with Stephanie Seymour & Peter Brant and Alina & Anthony K. Shriver
7:00 – 9:00PM
Hosted by Sara and Ugo Colombo
5020 North Bay Road
MOCA + Vanity Fair Party in honor of Tracey Emin’s exhibition “Angel without You”
7:00 – 9:00PM
MOCA North Miami
770 NE 125th St. North Miami
YoungArts & Visionaire “Portrait of Marina Abramovic” by Matthu Placek screenings
7:30PM – 12:00AM
The Jewel Box at YoungArts Campus
2100 Biscayne Boulevard
NOBLE WHITE Party with Whitechapel, Beluga, & Whitewall
9:00PM – Late
Delano Hotel
1685 Collins Avenue
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4
Flaunt Magazine & Wildfox Opening Night of “Affordable Care” Group Show with Vanessa Beecroft & Kanye West Performance Piece
6:00 – 9:00PM
Mana Wynwood
318 NW 23rd Street
Opening of Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Premier of “Suspension of Disbelief”
7:30 – 9:30PM (screening at 8:30pm, 10 minutes long)
PAMM
1103 Biscayne Boulevard
Bass Museum of Art reception for “Piotr Uklanski: ESL”
9:00PM – 12:00AM
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave.
Nicole Ehrlich, Paddle8, 5D-Society, and Whitewall party for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation
11pm – Late
5D-Society at the form Playboy Plaza Theater
5445 Collins Avenue
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5
Warner Bros. Pictures & Annapurna Pictures Screening of “Her,” a Spike Jonze Love Story Moderated by Jeffrey Deitch
6:30PM
1120 Lincoln Road
Maison Martin Margiela & Swarovski Event with Baptiste DeBombourg
7:00 – 9:00PM
930 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami Design District
Wallpaper* Handmade with Jaguar in Miami
7:30 – 11:00PM
3841 NE 2nd Avenue, #103
Miami Design District
Le Baron Pop-Up event at the former Playboy Plaza with 5D-Society and Whitewall
11:ooPM – Late
5D-Society at the form Playboy Plaza Theater
5445 Collins Avenue
PAMM’s Big Jam
8:00 – 11:00PM
PAMM
1103 Biscayne Boulevard
Dom Perignon Presents Jeff Koons’ Limited Edition Balloon Venus
11:00PM – Late
The Wall, W South Beach
2201 Collins Avenue
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6
Whitewall’s Michael Klug & Jorge Perez celebrate MAREA with Perrin Paris 1893
5:00 – 7:00PM
Artists and Champagne reception
91 Collins Avenue
Alexandria Hilfiger Art Exhibition Cocktail Event
5:00 – 9:00PM
The Riviera Hotel
2000 Liberty Avenue
Audemars Piguet & Galerie Perrotin Celebrate KOLKOZ “Curiosity”
9:00PM – Late
Miami Marine Stadium
3501 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne
PULSE After Party
9:00PM – 12:00AM
The Shore Club, poolside
1901 Collins Avenue
