Last week, ARTnews and Robb Report held the most recent version of its Art of Luxury collection coinciding with Miami Art Week and Art Basel Miami Beach.
The occasion, held at a non-public residence on Palm Island in Miami, featured a panel dialogue moderated by ARTnews editor-in-chief Sarah Douglas on the intersections between artwork and shopper luxurious industries, the speedy growth of the artwork business, and the way social media and the web at giant are altering the how artists are found, vetted, and finally signed by galleries.
Panelists included: textile artist Qualeasha Wood, who was featured on the quilt of Art in America’s New Talent difficulty final yr; Cindy Susilo, the advertising and marketing director for Roche Bobois, which not too long ago collaborated with Wood on a one-of-a-kind BUBBLE sofa titled “A Window Seat (But You Can Sit Next To Me); Arthur Lewis, the creative director of United Talent Agency Fine Arts and ARTnews Top 200 Collector; and Devon Rodriguez, a Bronx, New York-based artist who has cultivated an enormous following on social media with his realistic portraits of New York City Subway passengers.
Guests loved the night, with a choice of whisky tastings and Old Fashioneds by Glenfiddich, cocktails by Brugal and wine by Penfolds at a stunning Miami villa offered by Douglas Elliman. (And, in case you might be out there for a extra everlasting location forward of subsequent yr’s Miami Art Week, the home is on the market too — simply ask Elliman’s Lourdes Alatriste.