Each year, art-market influencers — and those who aspire to influence — gather in the hometown of Trick Daddy and Pitbull to enjoy themselves while enjoying art. This year, Miami Art Week, the largest art event in the United States, takes place December 4-11, boasting hundreds of exhibitions and thousands of artists via multiple concurrent art fairs, the chief of which is Art Basel (most of the satellite fairs are commonly lumped in under the “Art Basel” name, even if they’re completely separate events). The gravitational pull is felt in the Atlanta arts community around this time of year through the recurring question, “Are you going to Basel?”, which is bandied about from the moment the remaining Thanksgiving leftovers have been polished off.

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