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Article: Art show confidential.(CULTURE)(Art Basel)(Brief article)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2007
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As the American Riviera's gilded gay mecca, Miami has long been synonymous with the flashy and the fun--Versace, the White Party, Rue McClanahan. But Art Basel Miami Beach--a contemporary art fair whose eminence has snowballed over the past six years--has helped Miami achieve a cultural cachet those in much larger cities would kill for. Art Basel isn't simply a trade show but the biggest art fair in the Western Hemisphere; without fail it attracts the giants of the creative world, including curators, celebrity buyers, and, of course, artists like Barbara Kruger and Doug Aitken. If you're exhibiting at Art ...