A really expensive snack at Art Basel Saturday afternoon costing $120,000. But don’t worry, once eaten it can be replaced, according to the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and titled “Comedian.” The work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin shows off ‘Comedian,’ a work by Italian bad-boy artist Maurizio Cattelan that consists of a banana taped to the wall. The piece, one of three bananas on exhibit at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair, sold for $120,000
Lourdes Leon has appeared nearly nude in a simulated orgy at Art Basel in Miami - all in the name of art.
Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon has taken part in a simulated orgy for Desigual fashion show called “Love Different” . It’s “a representation in which the Catalan artist affects the most basic and universal act of love: the kiss”. The 23-year-old kissed and undressed another female model as the space transformed into an elaborate orgy. Models simulating sex acts on one another.
A Traffic Jam on the Oceanfront
The Argentine conceptual artist Leandro Erlich has turned one of Miami’s beaches into a traffic jam. Erlich’s work feature 66 life-size sand sculptures of vehicles, bumper-to-bumper along the beach.
Intersection of Fashion and Art
The Russian-born designer Harry Nuriev has collaborated with one of Paris’s most esteemed houses to create “Balenciaga Sofa”. The sofa which is covered in transparent vinyl and stuffed with fabric scraps is on view at Design Miami.
Fashion designer Thom Browne debuted his first public artwork at the Moore Building, named “Palm Tree I” (2019). The 21-foot-tall sculpture is made from pastel-hued seersucker, corduroy and gingham oxford fabrics also used in his clothes — is shaped like a palm tree.
Virgil Abloh X Baccarat
Virgil Abloh recently revealed his latest collaboration with French fine crystal purveyor Baccarat. Collection of ideas titled “Crystal Clear”. Abloh and Baccarat announced the “collection of ideas” in separate Instagram posts. It features sneak peeks of a Baccarat chain-link.
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