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Basel-ed Out. Still.

For many, ART BASEL Miami is a massive PARTY. For some who are not buyers, yet MASSIVE fans of truly GREAT ART… this may have been the most exhausting but incredibly exciting week for you. And now that it’s over, we all still need a vacation.

But let’s not forget the art that we saw that came in from every corner of the earth. Here are some images we captured from galleries all across Basel…And we LOVED every minute of it!

Check it out!

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Marina Abramovic (Rhythm 4)1452203_10201503831093270_82938410_n

Jenny Holzer (Men Don’t Protect You Anymore)575310_10201503820973017_1912698743_n

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Daniel Buren1479459_10201503831933291_2134694445_n

Ai Wei Wei1470131_10201503834453354_447477375_n

I mean, is this not spectacular??? AND this is only a few of the hundreds of thousands of artists shown. And not only that, this is like .000000001% of the art shown.

Spectacular is an understatement. Was it worth the exhaustion? ABSOLUTELY. I would do it all over again in a he(ART)beat.

Well kids,

Have a FAB Holiday and New Years!

XX,

CHC (follow us on Instagram @CultureHeARTs)

Daniel Buren for Louis Vuitton

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Daniel Buren, a conceptual artist of the 70s, whose predominant work was that of almost protest art (especially in Germany when he was not allowed to exhibit in Bern in 1969 in the show When Attitudes Become Form with Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, and Lawrence Weiner) has now added to his resume the title of being a set-designer for Louis Vuitton. Buren, originally known for his signature stripes – which he posted around Bern covering up advertisements on the streets as a political statement saying that he is there (and then was arrested for his acts) – has now turned his vertical lines (which are ALWAYS the same width – picture above to the left from my latest trip to Paris) into a vertical fashion show using escalators to bring the models down to the catwalk.

Well dudes, don’t think Marc Jacobs is out of the picture. He was the one that came up with the almost cubist theme pattern (picture below). And Buren was keen to work with it, even though he had a very limited amount of time to set the stage for the show. He took the challenge and we think it was tres successful! What a great example of how conceptual art meets fashion!

XX, DP