[credit provider=”BFA/Joe Schildhorn “] Art Basel Miami is an international contemporary art fair held each year in Miami Beach.Since it began in 2002 as an offshoot of the annual art fair in Basel, Switzerland, Art Basel Miami Beach has become as much about the parties celebrating art and artists as the art itself.

Prolific art collector Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire founder of $14 billion SAC Capital Advisors, is absent from this year’s Art Basel, the New York Times’ David Segal reports. 

[credit provider=”Bugatti”] The prestigious Art Basel Miami Beach show starts on Friday, and supercar maker Bugatti will be on the scene with what it calls the “fastest artwork ever.”To take an already beautiful Veyron Grand Sport and give it some credit as a piece of art, Bugatti teamed up with […]

[credit provider=”Facebook/artbaselmiamibeach” url=”http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150375171074643&set=pb.52860439642.-2207520000.1354559368&type=3&theatre”] Art Basel begins on Thursday, and that means that Miami will transform into one big art-fest.Artists, gallerists, celebrities, and fashionistas will descend on the city to see edgy art exhibitions, attend chic parties, and dine in the city’s hottest restaurants.

[credit provider=”via Art Basel” url=”http://basel.artbasel.com/go/id/oyq/page/1/”] For modern art aficionados, Art Basel is all that and then some [think: the Super Bowl meets Woodstock meets the Academy Awards].Better yet, the contemporary art showcase is happening RIGHT NOW in Basel, Switzerland and there’s a veritable cornucopia of top-flight creative design on display […]

[credit provider=”Joe Raedle / Getty”] Walking around Miami Beach last weekend, taking in the 10th edition of its extravagant Art Basel art fair, you sensed something strange in the air. Patou’s “Joy” drifting off the pashmina? Polished walnut wafting out of the Bentleys?More basic than either: the ineffable aroma of […]

Exis Capital founder and noted art collector Adam Sender will put his massive contemporary art collection up for display during Miami’s upcoming Art Basel event, according to Gallerist NY.

[credit provider=”Courtesy of Bloomberg” url=”http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-10/scene-last-night-at-robin-hood-bundchen-lady-gaga-einhorn-cohen-och.html”] Gallerist and art dealer Larry Gagosian is a name known to any genuine art collector on the Street.Gagosian is a regular presence in the New York social pages, and is often snapped in pictures alongside his friend and client, SAC Capital chief Steve Cohen.

The highlight of the international art show circuit, Art Basel, is taking place in Switzerland at the moment, so of course art aficiondo Steve Cohen is on location.

[credit provider=”Vanity Fair”] The trustee trying to recover funds for victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme is suing JPMorgan for $6.4 billion.Hedge fund Gartmore might layoff 35 employees. Potential victims were told yesterday their jobs were “at risk.”

Art Basel, the famous art fair in Miami, just wrapped up and the damage really wasn’t so bad. (Or, was it?) Attendance was only down to 40,000 from 43,000 from the year before. But, keep in mind that this was at the main fair. The event has, in recent years, […]

We’re one day into Art Basel, and so far, no sales. Why? Simple, the Russians—apart from Naomi Cambell’s boyfriend—haven’t shown up yet.

UBS may be the chief sponsor of Art Basel, but the investment bank insists it had nothing to do with a half-naked dancer at an Art Basel party.

The annual lavish art market, Art Basel, opened today in Miami. So far, there have been a few parties, but the buying, hopefully, begins today. We’ll see how much people want to drop on paintings and sculptures.

Seriously, couldn’t he just pay someone to do the punching for him? But, we guess that the couple which assaults together stays together.

Counting your pennies and suddenly realised you do have enough money to buy some art in Miami? Well, fear not; you can still go to the prestigious Art Basel festival in Miami. Despite the presence of Naomi Cambell-dating Russian billionaires, the turnout is still sufficiently low to leave high-end rooms […]