Trickle-Down Theory
Blame the Rain Up North—Many Art Basel Regulars MIA on Fair's First Big Party Night
Calvin Klein, Ben Stiller, Julian Schnabel, and Isabella Rossellini have already toured the booths at Art Basel Miami Beach, but the party scene is taking just a little longer than usual to heat up. It's not so much the weather down in Florida as the wind and rain up in New York, which kept Eddie Borgo, for one, grounded, and made him late to the cocktail party he was co-hosting for The Last Magazine at The Webster last night. Editor Magnus Berger was presiding over a one-night exhibition of materials featured in the latest issue, from cover pieces by Graeme Armour and Altuzarra to a racing suit and helmet belonging to 12-year-old go-kart phenom Santino Ferrucci. "We wanted to bring the magazine to life, put it in a space where you can experience it and touch it," Berger explained. Given all the flight delays, Cecilia Dean, Camilla Stærk, and co. were probably just happy to be there. As was Arden Wohl, who enthused that her recent graduation from the French Culinary Institute has put her on a new career path: "I'm a pastry chef!" Just not for the next few days.
Up Collins Avenue at the Raleigh, L.A.'s MOCA was throwing a backyard bash with help from Maybach and Grey Goose. The museum's new director, Jeffrey Deitch, busied himself welcoming Lance Armstrong and Dasha Zhukova, while his door crew kept the eager crowds at bay. (Overheard at the gates: "This is a party for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, not Miami.") LCD Soundsystem was the main attraction, and its hour-long set got both trustee types and younger fans bouncing. "I hope you got in, if you tried to get in," is how the band's front man, James Murphy, greeted the revelers. As for everybody else? Better luck tonight.
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