ART BASEL 2010 WEEK COVERAGE: Art For Everyone...

If your excuse is “art is for rich people” or “I can’t buy any art”, you are lying to yourself. Even if you don’t buy art you can still come out and enjoy the art scene and a lot to see from major to emerging artist. Here are a few of our favorite:

Patrick McMullen: NYC most prominent celebrity photographer, Patrick McMullen showcases his famous images at the WEC gallery at Cafeina in Wynwood. December 2nd, 11PM-1AM

The launch of The Airline_09 Chair in partnership with Walt Disney signature at AVANT Gallery in The Miami Design District. December 2nd, 7-10PM

Check out Miguel Paredes will be showcasing his art:at the National Hotel on Miami Beach, opening reception, December 1st from 6-10pm

Check out international and emerging artist, showacasing art, photography, and sculptures at the 2010 Colored Thumb Art Expo in the heart of Wynwood (across the street from Bardot). Artist include: Laura Benson, Jessica Burnstein, Ed King, Tim McCarron, Manny Hernandez, Nora Meyer, and Delia Solari. FREE Admission. December 1-5, 10am-10pm, 3438 N. Miami Ave. MAPNOW


If you’re wondering those huge PINK Snails on Alton Rd. at the Miami Beach Golf course. CLICK HERE to find out what they are....

One of our favorites is the expansion of the Wynwood Walls project which extend to 3 more buildings, including another work from Kenny Scharf and on the walls of the new Goldman restaurant, Wynwood Kitchen. Opening party on December 2nd, 8-10pm, at NW 26 St.

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“If you don’t know Patrick McMullan, you ought to get out more!” –Andy Warhol

THE RITZ-CARLTON, SOUTH BEACH AND OCEAN DRIVE MAGAZINE HOST Glamour Girls
The Most Glamorous Women Of Our Day As Depicted by Legendary Lensman Patrick McMullan

The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, Ocean Drive magazine and socialites Tinsley Mortimer (Dior Beauty Ambassador) and Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos present Patrick McMullan and the debut of his latest book, Glamour Girls. The Dilido Beach Club, located seaside at The Ritz-Carlton South Beach will bring the pages of Glamour Girls to life at an invitation-only soiree playing to the who’s who of Miami. Fashion’s most evoking and provocative designer cocktails from Roberto Cavalli Vodka will mix up the night and will feature the latest “It” drinks.

Patrick McMullan is the photographer of fabulous events. From dazzling gatherings of Hollywood stars to the sophisticated galas of New York society, he has made an art of capturing beautiful and alluring people at their very best. McMullan’s photographs have an artistry all their own—he is a master at zeroing in on the magnetism of his subjects while also retaining an air of elegant spontaneity.

photo by Manny Hernandez for MHPIXS.com
Patrick McMullan’s latest book, one of the largest collections of his images ever published, focuses on sensational and stunning women—iconic Glamour Girls. GLAMOUR GIRLS (Pmc Publishing, distributed by Abrams, $75.00, hardcover, September) features over 1,000 color photographs spanning Patrick McMullan’s career. Gorgeous, confident women wearing dazzling clothing and jewelry leap from the pages of this spectacular, large-format book. Featured celebrities include: Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Christy Turlington, Jennifer Aniston, Chloe Sevigny, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johanssen, Penelope Cruz, Uma Thurman, Renee Zellweger, and many others. As Amy Fine Collins writes in the Introduction, “Every decade, every year, every season, it seems a new Glamour Girl emerges, rising like Venus from the foam, out of the movie studios of Hollywood, the designer ateliers of Seventh Avenue, the gilded co-ops of Park Avenue. And Patrick is there, shutter at the ready, registering their arrival.”

The lush, full-color photographs are accompanied by commentary from a range of notables such as Candace Bushnell, Dominick Dunne, Tom Ford, Aileen Mehle, Rex Reed, Jeff Slonim and Liz Smith.

Among guest at the Dilido hotel: Ocean Drive magazine's Glenn Albin and Eric Newill, author Brian Antoni, Neiman Marcus' Katharine Rubino, socialites Alison Zhuk with husband Mark Zhuk, Avenue magazine's Miami editor/furniture designer Daisy Olivera with husband Bernard, Karu&Y's Cesar Sotomayor, and Miami Herald's nightlife/celebrity columnist Lesley Abravanel.