Miami Art Week 2014: Theo Jansen’s Dream Machines

Whimsical, moving sculptures at the oceanfront Strandbeest pop-up exhibition

For anyone attending Miami Art Week, the pop-up exhibition, Strandbeest, blends the best elements of the week—sun, sand and powerful, innovative art—into one one. Presented by luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet and the Peabody Essex Museum, Strandbeest is a collection of large-scale sculptural works by Dutch artist Theo Jansen. They are mesmerizing, moving creations that smoothly step forward when the wind blows from their oceanfront …

FAVD + The Miami Beach Edition Travel Guide

Explore Art Basel based on carefully selected recommendations from your social network

After a successful soft launch during the most recent fashion weeks across NYC, Paris, London and Milan, web and iOS travel app FAVD is heading south to Miami for Art Basel. In addition to offering carefully tailored guides from trusted voices (be that individuals or organizations), FAVD allows users to follow their friends’ favorited locations on a shared map, forming a personalized recommendation guide of …

Creative Time’s Fall Ball Cocktails

Mastermind Alex Ott delivers three (and a half) Absolut Elyx mixed drinks with a mission

For their annual Fall Ball, NYC-based arts production organization Creative Time hosted a slumber party. Andsince it was created by the people who brought Kara Walker’s epic Domino Sugar Factory exhibition to Brooklynthis was no ordinary sleepover. Rather, it was an event with cots and noise-canceling headphones, art experiences and extraordinary performance programming across the floors of Neuehouse. There, with Absolut Elyx, they hosted an …