The Cartier party was one of the social highlights of Basel, but those going and expecting to see loads of jewels (a la the Cartier Dome from year's past) may have been a little let down. Instead there was a one giant installation amidst a grey concrete and white walled space where the once-so-expensively built out Vino E Olio once stood. The party's highlight? Some SERIOUS jewels around the necks of party goers. One necklace worn by an acquaintance, was estimated (by a friend who knows about such things) to be $500,000! Oh, and the presence of a jovial Christian Slater -- who has a pad on Miami Beach and is dating a local girl.
Beatriz Milhazes (http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/beatriz-milhazes/) has for a long time been a big fav of mine. I was speaking with someone in the Latin American art collecting community the other day and he referred to her as a Latin American artist. I guess that is true, but to a New York centric like me, she is like Michael Jackson: a smooth crossover.
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