Art Miami - YAY and BOOOOO
I was really looking forward to a weekend of fun at Art Miami. Friday night at the Convention Center turned out to be a success considering (1) it was FREE (2) the art was interesting and (3) the art fair was small enough to appreciate.
Oh, and I was in the company of some fun people - Pinc, Superbee and Elad. With this group I could have been sitting in an empty room and had a great time!
We also got to see this now famous picture:
Just as cool in real life. Santa Angelina indeed.
I headed out with the same crew from Friday night to the Saturday night event in the Design District. Sadly, Saturday night was a BUST. We hyped up this design district thing hoping it would be half as cool as the art basel event - and when we showed up we found very small groups of people wandering around probably thinking exactly what we were thinking - where is everybody?
Many stores/restaurants were closed - some galleries were open but people were not around to see anything. I saw a live band performing on one street corner but I wasn't feeling it. No bars set up - no djs - nada. We found a table that looked like it had booze and all he had was some straight up liquor (he said he ran out of all mixers). I have a feeling we missed the entire event - but that is a shock considering it was only around 10pm. After being dissapointed we headed to Stop Miami and had a drink and called it a night. That saved the night for me so I won't say Saturday was a complete waste.
The design district has so much potential!!! Why don't more places open up and people go there more often? Come on Miami - this is probably our only hope to being more than just a cheesy tourist destination - so where is everyone???
Oh, and I was in the company of some fun people - Pinc, Superbee and Elad. With this group I could have been sitting in an empty room and had a great time!
We also got to see this now famous picture:
Just as cool in real life. Santa Angelina indeed.I headed out with the same crew from Friday night to the Saturday night event in the Design District. Sadly, Saturday night was a BUST. We hyped up this design district thing hoping it would be half as cool as the art basel event - and when we showed up we found very small groups of people wandering around probably thinking exactly what we were thinking - where is everybody?
Many stores/restaurants were closed - some galleries were open but people were not around to see anything. I saw a live band performing on one street corner but I wasn't feeling it. No bars set up - no djs - nada. We found a table that looked like it had booze and all he had was some straight up liquor (he said he ran out of all mixers). I have a feeling we missed the entire event - but that is a shock considering it was only around 10pm. After being dissapointed we headed to Stop Miami and had a drink and called it a night. That saved the night for me so I won't say Saturday was a complete waste.
The design district has so much potential!!! Why don't more places open up and people go there more often? Come on Miami - this is probably our only hope to being more than just a cheesy tourist destination - so where is everyone???
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posted by Shawn at 11:59 AM
1 Comments:
I thought the fair at the Convention Center was quite good. The work wasn't as pretenious as self-absorbed as a lot of the Basel stuff. the student work by the FIU students was a definite standout. There were a couple other booths or showcases that were totally worth the gas. On Saturday, just like New Year's actually, good company saved a potentially disastrous night.
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