All the Luxury Automakers at Art Basel Miami Beach


Like Pebble Beach, the purview of Art Basel Miami has extended far beyond its original content area to incorporate other realms relevant to the needs of the globe-trotting legion of luxury lifestyle bacchanalians. Fashion, retail, hospitality, and, yes, cars, have all joined the party. But why are they there? And what, if anything, are they adding to the artistic conversation?

Read my thrilling reportage of all the on-site automotive art activations, along with my typically blt¢hy commentary.

Cadillac Restores a Mid-Century Modern Masterpiece

Long, low, and horizontal, the serene and distinguished Eero Saarinen-penned space—formerly an executive dining room—retains its original 1950s travertine and terrazzo floors and walls of colored glazed brick, as well as a bright, golden, 36-foot-long decorative metallic screen by famed Modernist designer Harry Bertoia. All of this is framed within a geometric cadence of black-mullioned, floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows that look out at both GM’s Technical and Design campuses.

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