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The morning started with a lovely breakfast hosted by the Serpentine at Casa Tua.
Today was the opening of NADA Miami which is known as a feeder for Art Basel Miami Beach Art Fair, just as students of certain pre prep schools move onto St Paul’s and Eton College.
At Soft Opening we discover artist Stephen Polatch’s practice all about mythology and fantasy
The work of Rafa Esparza looked interesting, like this painting ‘took, Francisco Ramirez looking back (after June 30, 1947 cover of LIFE magazine)’
At Edel Assanti, Dale Lewis’ ‘The Herd’, from the body of work ‘Season’s Meatings’ was sensational and very brave
At Galerie Lefebvre et Fils was an interesting ceramist Laurent Dufour
At Artists Space we enjoyed the glass fish by Jana Euler
Loved this work
We headed to The Moore Building to see Jeffrey Deitch’s final show of Miami artists which I found very powerful. We all liked the work of Michael Vasquez, this piece is called ‘J NICS - Miami Gardens Carol City (17th Ave)’
We head to the Es Devlin installation hosted by Chanel to celebrate 100 years of Chanel No. 5 and we are immediately immersed into a forest of sounds and smells. Perfumer Olivier Polge produced the fragrance in molecules for the installation to reflect the soundscape and spectrum of light
Here’s Olivia finding a lovely spot to sit and reflect. With many pathways leading to a constructed landscape, over 1000 plants, shrubs and trees have been planted for Es Devlin’s installation and we are reassured they will be recycled and reused
In the design district are some large statues by artist, and fashion director, Virgil Abloh, who sadly passed away of cancer. It seems that he knew everyone I spoke to there. He had planned to stage the Louis Vuitton show in Miami, so the intention of the event was shifted as he passed away so suddenly. In the Maritime Marina we all paid tribute to his life
The highlight was seeing the work of Hugh Hayden in his exhibition, ‘Boogey Men’
Vernacular design is a recurring theme in the artist's work. He responds to personal experience, social and cultural issues
