Art Basel
Art Basel Miami 2021
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Highlights from Art Basel Miami
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Our newest BUS STOP shoe boutique for women Team member Grace hopped a flight from chilly Philly & headed to sunny, warm Miami to experience Art Basel 2021. She is our guest blogger today!
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Here is her diary entry from her time absorbing brilliant & inspiring art, memorable fashion, bold streetwear, delicious food, & lots of healing sunshine.
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Meet Grace:
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I have always been a nomad of a sort. I get lost easily// but traveling roots me down to my core. It’s like life-work-heart suddenly coming to a clear focus. New places// yes but my regular haunts feed a certain part of me. I go to LA for Chinese food. I fly to Texas for Austin// to see Jane + my sister. And Miami// I go there in December for a breather.
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For 80 degrees. For a Cuban sandwich. For some beach + blue skies. But mostly for some otherness// for art. Not sure if it was this odd persistent pandemic or suddenly approaching 45. I was determined to go this year, even if it was by myself + for only a day// Sometimes you just have to leave the cold behind.
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As a creative //Design Miami sets my intentions for a new year. It feeds my mind + heart with possibilities // It solidifies vague notions from years of collected thoughts while launching new ones. I read somewhere the other day that Art is Fluid communication// There is an unusual synergy + bond that happens when you come here in person. Something is communicated in the silence of seeing, wandering. Often without words.
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ART BASEL MIAMI 2021
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01 the view from my window // sometimes you have to leave the cold behind// doubt + practical coats + the general pending unknown 02 Balmain X Scope Art Show // there is something amazing about seeing art on the beach // commit to doing this every year 03 @congruentspace // there is plenty of space for you// just finish designing your one rack 04 Es Devlin // five echoes // chanel // The forest of symbols chanting in the background // complete your own forest of symbols. Complete your mobiles of paintings 05 Balenciaga // hack away until you make it 06 Nancy baker cahil, mushroom cloud, 2021 // seeing art through an app// there is something secret + also communal about it. while the couple laid there in the sand. I saw something else. // what secret communal thoughts do I want to share in 2022? 07 Design district //love shopping in beautiful places// Find more restful shopping next year 08 shoes+bus stop boutique on my mind //how will we build together this coming year? 09 highsnobiety pop up //streetwear YES 10 dior chairs // make it art. Make all of it art. 11 louis vuitton // objets nomades // speaking my language // what is my version of nomade? 12 Pilar zeta // hall of visions // Faena Hotel //what will my Faena MOMENT be? What visions will you lay out ?
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Thanks for being our Guest Blogger Grace! We loved having you & we're inspired by your artful gaze and the way you see the world. The rest of the BUS STOP Team (Elena, Aubrié, & Aubrey) look forward to joining you in sunny Miami at Art Basel 2023!
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