"First it was the November evening sales in New York, and this week it was the Miami fairs. It so happens that our Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia is a Miami native who knows the city beyond this once-a-year escapade for art worlders. She was there this week to cut through the BS and see through gimmicks ranging from a revolving library on the beach to Beeple's robodogs of famous men."
"Pope Francis's camera selling for $7.5 million and new photos of a creepy mask room at one of Jeffrey Epstein's mansions were just the beginning. In the same week that the American president calls all Somali immigrants "garbage," Pantone chooses a white shade as its color of the year, for the first time in history. Our staff writer Rhea Nayyar has some strong thoughts about that."
Miami fairs emphasized market activity and featured public-facing gimmicks such as a revolving beach library and Beeple's robodogs. The art market saw extravagant sales, including a $7.5 million sale for Pope Francis's camera, and publications released photos of a creepy mask room at a Jeffrey Epstein mansion. Pantone's choice of a white shade as color of the year provoked critique amid presidential insults toward Somali immigrants. Curatorial silence about threats to democracy and disparities in the reception of Black American art internationally sparked concern.
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