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    Design and Architecture

    L.A. Galleries Head to Art Basel Miami Beach

    At least 70,000 people are expected to descend on Miami Beach for four days of partying, viewing and art buying at Art Basel Miami Beach . But why does this fair matter so much? And what are art fairs doing to the experience -- and business -- of art? Is the art world mostly producing “inoffensive tchotchkes for billionaires?”

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    By Frances Anderton • Dec 2, 2014 • 1 min read

    At least 70,000 people are expected to descend on Miami Beach for four days of partying, viewing and art buying at Art Basel Miami Beach. But why does this fair matter so much? And what are art fairs doing to the experience -- and business -- of art? Is the art world mostly producing “inoffensive tchotchkes for billionaires?”

    DnA got some answers, from L.A. gallerists Tim Blum (Blum & Poe), Michael Kohn (Kohn Gallery) and Mieke Marple (Night Gallery), and critics Shana Nys Dambrot and Carolina Miranda.

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    L.A. Galleries Head to Art Basel; Pershing Square Redesign?
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    2. 14:49Will Pershing Square Get a Design Overhaul?
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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    L.A. Galleries Head to Art Basel; Pershing Square Redesign?
    1. 1:01L.A. Galleries Head to Art Basel Miami BeachYou’re reading this
    2. 14:49Will Pershing Square Get a Design Overhaul?
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