Star-Studded: The Best Parties of Art Basel Miami Beach

By Jonathan Borge

Updated Dec 08, 2017 @ 4:30 pm

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The goal for any gallerist showing at Art Basel Miami Beach is to get a bajillionaire to purchase a one-of-kind piece from your booth but after hours it’s not all about the art hanging on the wall.

Paris Hilton and Jourdan Dunn reminded us of that this week in Miami, where celebrities and yes, artists too, have all flocked for the annual fair. The DJ and model duo posed together inside the Eden Roc Miami Beach at a party hosted by Moschino in celebration of the brand’s new fragrance, Gold Fresh. There, they were joined by Creative Director Jeremy Scott and the Billboard chart-topping artist that right now can make any party lit: Cardi B.

Speaking of models, Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova, and Petra Nemcova turned to sexy, slinky, high-slit dresses at the Creatures of the Night party, while Lima also caught up with Rita Ora at the Carsten Höller and Prada Double Club. Jonathan Anderson welcomed guests like Caroline Vreeland to Miami’s Loewe store for a peek at the “Chance Encounters III” exhibition, and even Gwyneth Paltrow influenced the week with a soireé in celebration of her Goop Gift pop-up down south.

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Outside of Miami, Karl Lagerfeld hosted a dinner for Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show in Hamburg while the fashion set celebrated their wins following the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards in London.

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Cardi B

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at the Moschino Gold Fresh Art Basel Miami Beach fragrance launch at the Eden Roc Miami Beach.

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Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova, and Petra Nemcova

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at the Creatures of the Night late-night soireé hosted by Chopard and Champagne Armand de Brignac.

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Rita Ora and Adriana Lima

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at the Carsten Höller and Prada Double Club.

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Nicolas Ghesquieré

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at the Carsten Höller and Prada Double Club.

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Caroline Vreeland

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at the Carsten Höller and Prada Double Club.

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Erin Foster, Karolina Kurkova, Sara Foster

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at the GOOP Gift Miami opening at Craig Robins's home, co-hosted by Bumble.

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Caroline Vreeland

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at the opening of Loewe's "Chance Encounters III" exhibition.

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Aimee Song

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at the opening of Loewe's "Chance Encounters III" exhibition.

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Virgil Abloh

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at the launch of Social Studies Miami with Baque Creative, Miami Design District, and Angelo Baque.

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Laure Hériard Dubreuil and Ricky Martin

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at Dior Homme's Black Carpet and Art Basel party.

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A$AP Rocky

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at the Artsy Projects Miami party presented by Gucci and Bombay Sapphire Gin.

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Hannah Bronfman

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at the Artsy Projects Miami party presented by Gucci and Bombay Sapphire Gin.

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Jaime King

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at WWD's The Art of Fashion exhibit with Belvedere Vodka.

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Sara Foster

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at the Gucci x Artsy dinner at the Faena Miami Beach.

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Diplo

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at the Gucci x Artsy dinner at the Faena Miami Beach.

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Harley Viera-Newton

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at Saatchi Art's Pantone Color of the Year party at the Eden Roc Miami Beach.

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Laure Hériard Dubreuil

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at the Institute of Contemporary Art's opening reception hosted by Ketel One Family-Made Vodka.

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Sita Abellan

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at the ACLU's Speak Up Pop Up Shop dinner.

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Evan O'Hara and Gigi Burris

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at the Superga x Sant Ambroeus launch party at The Webster.

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Hannah Bronfman

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at the Cos x Studio Swine event.

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Issa Rae and Olivia Culpo

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at the 8th annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finale.

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Drake

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at the American Express Platinum House at The Miami Beach Edition.

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Virgil Abloh

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at Nike's Jersey Culture and Uniform workshop with Social Studies.

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Olivia Culpo and Michael B. Jordan

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at the American Express Platinum House at The Miami Beach Edition.

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Kristen Stewart, Karl Lagerfeld, and Lily-Rose Depp

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at Chanel's Métiers d'Art dinner in Hamburg.

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