Madonna Gets Into the Art Basel Groove in Miami—Plus More Celebs Partying Down South
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Miami still gets a bad rap for being the home of lewd behavior and tacky neon lights. But once a year, a drove of expats mix in with seriously sophisticated locals to remind us that unlike the days of Miami Vice, the city has become the home of what often feels like a mini cultural renaissance.
That’s what happened last week in the Magic City, where art buyers, fashion editors, celebrities, and party revelers looking for a good nightcap crossed the MacArthur Causeway in search of all things Art Basel Miami. The week-long event itself is essentially a massive showcase of seemingly priceless art that actually does fly off the walls. However, it’s not just the great works of Damien Hirst or David LaChapelle that have transformed the decades-long festivity into what feels like a tropical, steamy version of New York Fashion Week.
On Saturday, Madonna channeled Miami’s frenetic energy behind the gilded closed doors of Faena Miami Beach, a massive, multi-building hospitality complex that feels like King Triton’s IRL layer. Décor aside, the Material Girl herself invited A-list friends like Leonardo DiCaprio, Adriana Lima, Dave Chappelle, and Ariana Grande for a James Corden-hosted gathering to raise funds for Raising Malawi, Madonna’s non-profit that supports orphans overseas.
Dressed in a carnival-like pink, black, and white clown costume, she took the stage to perform favorites like “Holiday” and politically driven songs like “American Dream.” She even delivered a paced-down version of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.”
Jeremy Scott took over The Surf Lodge’s 305 pop-up at The Hall, where the designer greeted guests in one of his kaleidoscopic prints and Paris Hilton kept it hawt. Public School designers Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow, who just announced their resignation at DKNY, were in celebratory spirits at a dinner they hosted inside of The Confidante, while Audrina Patridge made us pine for a Miami-based resurrection of The City as she bopped from party to party.
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Scroll down to see more stars across the Art Basel Miami late-night circuit.
Adriana Lima
at Madonna's Raising Malawi fundraiser inside the Faena Miami Beach.
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JAMES CORDEN
at Madonna's Raising Malawi fundraiser inside the Faena Miami Beach.
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Ariana Grande
at Madonna's Raising Malawi fundraiser inside the Faena Miami Beach.
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Chris Rock and Courtney Love
at Madonna's Raising Malawi fundraiser inside the Faena Miami Beach.
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MADONNA
at her Raising Malawi fundraiser inside the Faena Miami Beach.
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Bethenny Frankel
at Madonna's Raising Malawi fundraiser inside the Faena Miami Beach.
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Chris Rock
at Madonna's Raising Malawi fundraiser inside Faena Miami Beach.
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Madonna
on the red carpet at her Raising Malawi fundraiser inside Faena Miami Beach.
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Audrina Patridge and Petra Nemcova
at DuJour Media, Gilt and JetSmarter's Art Basel kickff party.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
at the opening of L'Eden by Perrier-Jouët in Miami.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
in a pink Dolce & Gabbana dress at the opening of L'Eden by Perrier-Jouët in Miami.
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Chelsea Leyland
at the unveiling of Dior's Lady Art inside the brand's Design District boutique.
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Petra Nemcova
at the unveiling of Dior's Lady Art inside the brand's Design District boutique.
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A$AP Rocky and Sasha Lane
at the 7th annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finale.
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Timo Weiland
at the 7th annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finale.
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DJ Mia Moretti
at Surface Media's Party Vol. 2 at the at the Faena Art Time Capsule.
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Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chao
at Public School and The Confidante's private dinner in celebration of the launch of WNL Radio.
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RJ King
at Public School and The Confidante's private dinner in celebration of the launch of WNL Radio.
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Grace Mahary
at Public School and The Confidante's private dinner in celebration of the launch of WNL Radio.
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Tyson Beckford and Alexandra Richards
at Soho Beach House's for Prabal Gurung's Samsung Gear 360 exhibition.
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Prabal Gurung
at Soho Beach House's for his Samsung Gear 360 exhibition.
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Paris Hilton
at Jeremy Scott's Art Basel party.
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Paris Hilton and Jeremy Scott
at Scott's Art Basel party.
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Leigh Lezark
at Jeremy Scott's Art Basel party.
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Rosario Dawson
at AWGE's private dinner.
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Jon Bon Jovi
SiriusXM-hosted Bon Jovi concert at the Faena Theater.