14 Years Of Art Basel In 14 Minutes

Miami Conquistador has been part of the Art Basel scene since the first Miami Beach show back in 2002. In fact, we were ready for the 2001 show, but it was cancelled due to the events of 9/11.

Art Basle Miami Beach Begins December 1st. Below Are Public Viewing Hours :

Thursday, December 1, 2016, 3pm to 8pm

Friday, December 2, 2016, 12 noon to 8pm

Saturday, December 3, 2016, 12 noon to 8pm

Sunday, December 4, 2016, 12 noon to 6pm

Save Time And Avoid Lines.   Buy Your Tickets Here .

When Politics Were Simpler.

Super Avant Garde.

Tribal Surf.

World Art.

Andy 4Ever.

Effusive.

Sieg Meow.

Toro Toro Tiburon !

Pop On Top.

Medicine Jar.

Heel !

Miami - Center of The Music World

As Miami gets ready for another incredible WMC and Ultra , Miami Conquistador takes a look back at years past. Above, Roger Sanchez at the W Hotel back in 2011.

Here's Junior Sanchez at the W in 2011. 

                                                               Ultra 2010.

Lineup 2010. 

Mynt.

 Dubfire @ Mynt 2010.

Cal Cox On Stage.

Cal Cox Mixing It Up.

Carl Cox Closeup. 

Miami Art - 12 Years In 12 Minutes

Miami Conquistador has been attending Art Basel Miami Beach since its' inception in 2002 - when we came in right off the beach in our bathing suits ! We have all grown up now - Miami Beach, Art Basel and Miami Conquistador - and now arrive in hip and cutting edge fashion. Beginning in 2006 photos and video were taken in increasing frequency at all the December art shows - especially Art Basel, and the satellite fairs as well. This year we plan to cover every art work for sale -a formidable, but enjoyable task.

Play the video above for many of the past year's highlights.

Miami - Tourist Town To World Cultural Center In A Dozen Years

It is said that it takes 200 years for a city to become a cultural center like New York or Paris. 

Until the 1980s Miami was a town for tourism in retirement. Art museums were few and fr between,with uninspiring collections and galleries almost nonexistent. 

Then Cocadollars sitting in garages were put to work building a skyline. Shortly thereafter Miami Vice became the most popular show on TV. And people discovered Art Deco. 

                                        

Sophisticated clientele began arriving from Manhattan - then from European and South American capitals as well. 

But still , it was all about the party and the beaches. 

In 2002 Art Basel arrived.Admission was $ 5 and people walked out with Picassos to take home to their Art Deco houses and condos. 

                                         

The Show began to grow exponentially. 

                                                 Big Money Started To Change Hands

                                                        Miami was becoming beyond cool.

                                                         Miami was becoming cultured.

                                                           Art Basel Was The Impetus.

 

                                                The Largest Modern Art Fair In The World.

                                   Art Acceleration. Everyone in the Art World has to have a Miami plan.

And while Miami is a very new reinvented city.

Miami Became The Center of the Modern Art World.

A Cultural Center In 12 Years , Not 200. 

Art Basel - A 2013 Retrospective

Art Basel Miami Beach opens for the 12th year in a row on Thursday, December 5th and runs through Sunday, December 8th. Miami Conquistador and Miami Metroblogging have attended every year since 2002, when the show took up only half of Hall D at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Art Basel is like going to the greatest modern art museum in the world - where you can buy whatever you like right off the walls. Selections range from the sublime -

To the controversial.

                                    To the Bizarre. This walking exhibit is not for sale.

All ages are welcome, though some parents may need to be open minded. 

Modern art does not mean just from yesterday - it can really go back to 1900 or so - when Picasso got his start. Keith Haring's work , over 30 years old ,is still considered relatively new. 

Best of all - Ar Basel has put Miami on the culture map - and Jet Setters from round the world fly in for the world's biggest modern art fair. 

Surfcomber !

Here Is This Year's Lineup: 

Saturday March 16th: 

All Gone Pete Tong Pool Party Presented by EVOLUTION Featuring Pete Tong and Friends

 

Sunday March 17th:

Hierbas Ibicencas Launch Party Starring Funkagenda , Robbie Rivera, Norman Doray, David Tort, Wally Lopez, David Solano and Anna Lunoe

Tuesday March 19th: 

2GTHR with Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, Stacey Pullen vs Josh Wink, Guti vs Reboot, Martin Buttrich vs Subb-an, Robert Dietz vs Luca Baccetti, Heidi vs Huxley, Ida Engberg vs Andrea Oliva, Mark Fanciulli vs Edwin Oosterwal, Maher Daniel vs Daniel Dubb

Hosted By BPM Magazine

Thursday March 21st: 

Circoloco Miami Starring Seth Troxler Maceo Plex, Davide Squillace, Matthias Tanzmann, Tania Vulcano, Ellen Allien, Dyed Soundorom, Dan Ghenacia, Tale of Us, The Martinez Brothers and Clive Henry

Friday March 22nd;

All Gone Pete Tong Pool Party Presented by EVOLUTION Featuring Pete Tong and Friends

Saturday March 23rd:

9th Annual Get Wet Pool Party Starring Boris, Roger Sanchez, Chus and Ceballos and Louie Corrales

Sunday March 24th: 

MMC Closing Featuring Loco Dice and Friends Presented by Hierbas Ibicencas Starring LOCO DICE, MARTIN BUTTRICH, tINI, GUTI, JUS- ED, ROBERT DIETZ, YAYA

WMC Events

Here's A Heads Up For Upcoming WMC Events

Paul Oakenfold

March 16 – National Pool

March 21-  Soho House

March 22 – Clevelander (Perfecto & APA Pool party) 

March 22 – Arkadia

March 23 – Fifty Miami (Electric Splash Rooftop Pool party)

March 24 - Mekka (Mixology closing party)

Steve Angello

March 15 - LIV

March 21 – Size Matters @ Fontainebleau Pool

March 23 - Size Party @ Wall

Thomas Gold

March 15 – Space – Thomas Gold Presents Fanfare (w/ special guests Feenixpawl & Otto Knows)
March 16 – Wall – Thomas Gold & Friends (w/ special guests Sick Individuals & Deniz Koyu)
March 17 – Ultra Megastructure Stage
March 20 – Fanfare Bus
March 21 – Fontainebleau – Size Matters (w/ Steve Angello + more)
March 23 - Mynt – Thomas Gold & Friends (w/ special guests CLMD, Arno Cost & Norman Doray)
March 24 – Ultra Main Stage

Sasha

March 23 – SLS – Pool party

March 24 - Set – Official Involver 3 release party

Sander van Doorn

March 16 – Ultra

March 16 – LIV

March 24 – Ultra (main stage)

Robbie Rivera

March 21 - Juicy Beach @ Nikki Beach

March 24 - Cameo

Laidback Luke

March 16 – Ultra

March 20 – LIV - Super You & Me

March 21 - Mixmash Records Pool Party

March 23 – Ultra Main Stage

John Dahlbäck

March 20 – Mutants and Rising Party @ Set w/ Chris Lake

Kevin Saunderson

March 20 – Tree House (Detroit Premiere artist showcase)

March 22 – Ultra (headlines the techno stage)

Boris

March 24 – Get Wet with Boris @ Surfcomber Pool w/ Roger Sanchez

Junior Sanchez

March 17 – Shelborne (w/ AN21 & Max Vangeli)

March 23 - Size Party @ Wall (Tim Mason, Third Party, Qulinez, Wayne & Woods, Junior)

W&W

March 17 – Mansion (w/ Morgan Page, Mord Fustang and Beltek)

March 23 – Ultra (A State Of Trance Stage)

Sandro Silva

March 21 - Juicy Beach @ Nikki Beach

Oliver Twizt

March 20 – LIV - Super You & Me

CLMD

March 19 – The Shelborne (w/ AN21 & Max Vangeli)

March 23 – Set – Together We Are

March 23 – MYNT (w/ Thomas Gold, Arno Cost and Norman Doray)

Beltek

March 19 – Mansion (w/ Morgan Page, W&W and Mord Fustang)

March 23 – Ultra

The Flexican

March 19 – Miami Massive @ Nikki Beach

Popular Blog Returns to Life

After several months of dormancy, due to other projects , I decided to look over statistics for this blog. To my pleasant surprise, over 7000 visits have been made to the site in the past month,even without any posts. People are  looking for the real Miami action and we are going to give it to you, especially as Ultra and the Winter Music Conference begin to heat up. This March ,with Two Ultra Weekends and 15 days of top DJs and their followers from all over the world,will be the wildest Miami has ever seen. Miami Conquistador is on the ground and ready to go.