2024-12-24T13:10:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/74170538/art-basel-comes-to-hong-kong Evan Chakroff 2013-05-30T15:20:00-04:00 >2017-01-24T18:44:26-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cm/cmvtzw8850p7dw1y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>During the yearly art fair in Basel, Switzerland, the city is activated and reconfigured, and art is brought to the forefront of civic discourse. What, if any, impact could the fair have on daily life in a city of 7 million? How would this art world mega-event translate to the Hong Kong context?</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/49458/designmiami-the-infiltration-of-artbasel-miami-beach-december-8-10-2006 Archinect 2006-12-20T18:08:00-05:00 >2020-02-03T12:13:31-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/o1/o1s9q0kjs02hucwb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> The distinction between art and design is certainly becoming more and more of a vague science. Last week, Miami played host not only to ArtBasel, but also to its little sister art fair: <a href="http://www.designmiami.com/" target="_blank">DesignMiami</a> . Under Zaha Hadid&rsquo;s amazing Elastika installation in the Moore building deep in Miami-&rsquo;s design district, eighteen galleries curated mini-exhibitions of architectural elements, furniture, and various objects d&rsquo;art. The traditional rules and customs of fine art were in full effect here, making us wonder if the traditional retail environment still holds court in the world of high design.</p> <p> <em>by Zo&euml; Coombes</em></p>