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Nickolas Calabrese on Miami: "Luring its viewers into a numbed parade of 'high culture,' ABMB keeps reminders of political realities both inside and outside the art world at bay."

View of Art Basel Miami Beach 2014

Check out Calabrese’s wrap up on Art Basel Miami Beach on Art-Agenda.

Calabrese brings up a salient point: when half of the art world was partying in Miami, there were protests about the police killings of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Eric Garner happening throughout America. For those who went to Miami–was this a topic of conversation there, or was it all just business as usual?