Once again, the temperate city of Miami proved to be a breeding ground for all manner of art-world excess during the week of Art Basel Miami Beach, which this year was notable for having more actual art parties than fashiony hoo-has, car launches, fancy-watch soirées, and what have you. Here are photos from a few of the signal events.
To see pictures from the art parties, scroll through the slide show above.
The Week in PicturesThe Art and Parties of Art Basel Miami Beach 2013
The A$AP Rocky concert for DIS magazine at Story Miami
A view of NADA
A fairgoer
The Rob Pruitt Art Award for best art critic went to Gallerist's Andrew Russeth
Celebrating at the DIS Magazine party for the Rob Pruitt Awards
The victorious Andrew Russeth in his natural habitat, at NADA
Miami art fans posing with a piece at Piotr Uklanski's Bass Museum show
Another view of the Uklanski show
Klaus Biesenbach accepting the Medium Group's curatorial excellence award with, from left, Spike Jonze, Diana Picasso, Korakrit, and the Medium Group's Amani Olu
The Artadia cocktail reception at the SoHo House
Guests at the opening of the Rubell Family Collection's new "28 Chinese" show
Another gallery at the Rubell show
The Dom Perignon party at the Wall, thrown by Vito Schnabel
The classy taxis of Miami
Outside the Bass Museum
An Olaf Breuning sculpture and Kate Gilmore performance in Collins Park
Fairgoers at Pulse's Impulse section
Pulse's Ylinka Baratto
The rabid hoards entering Art Basel Miami Beach's VIP preview as it opened at 11 a.m.
An artist at the Untitled art fair
Paul Arnhold, Alison Chemla, Alexandra Chemla, and Maria Baibakova at ArtBinder's release party at Club Mango's
The scene at Club Mango's
