Instagram Takeover — Art Basel Miami Beach for American Photo

During Art Basel 2015, I covered the fairs, events, art walks and collections for American Photo's Instagram. American Photo interviewed me about the experience. Below is a recap of the fairs through my lens. These images were cross posed to my Instagram account.

Hey @americanphotomag followers — I'm @harlanerskine and I'm a Brooklyn based artist and photographer. I'm doing the takeover this week and touring around #Miami for #ArtBaselMiamiBeach and the related #ArtFairs and events. I'll be using the tag #APArtBasel. Greeting us as we leave the airport is "Meltdown" a mural by friend and artist @jenstark

A photo posted by American Photo (@americanphotomag) on Dec 1, 2015 at 6:15pm PST

I just arrived to Miami tonight in Miami's Design District. There are a handful of pre-Basel art openings. I have work in a group show called #100DegreesInTheShade. If you're in Miami come by 3900 North Miami Avenue. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Here is a shot from inside #100DegreesInTheShade This is an installation by the @tmsisters Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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At the main #artbaselmiamibeach fair. Today is the #vernissage when the fair is only open to invited collectors, VIPs and media. This is when you hear a lot of large numbers flying around and the biggest hottest art is sold. This picture is row N of the fair which includes 267 galleries from 32 countries. The main convention center part of the fair includes 191 galleries. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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There are lots of photographs spread throughout #artbaselmiamibeach - Here is one of the many blue chip examples. This photograph by #AndreasGursky ("SH IV" created in 2014) is one of the largest in the fair, measuring 120 7/8 x 89 x 2 3/8 inches. It shows a towering building containing a Hermes store on the lower left with #TobyMcGuirre inside the store and #SpiderMan on the outside window shopping. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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More art from the floor at #artbaselmiamibeach. This is artist #MatthewBarney, "In vain produced, all rays return, Evil will bless, and ice will burn," 2015 Four #Woodburytypes on copper mounting with electroformed copper, nickel and 24 karat gold, in red oak frame, edition of 12. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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More art from the floor at #artbaselmiamibeach. This is the #GavinBrown's Enterprise booth with work by #RirkritTiravanija Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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#Wynwood is a warehouse neighborhood in #Miami that has blossomed since #ArtBasel began. It is now a major outdoor gallery of murals. #Wynwoodwalls is a trending hashtag tag on @Instagram. The art is amazing and the variety and quantity is huge! This image is from inside a former #RCCola plant that @manawynwood has taken over. Just outside the empty plant hundreds of artists are painting and a crew of people are preparing for a block party. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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The #NADAartfair is one of the original satellite fairs of #ArtBasel (starting in 2003). This year's fair is in the famed #Fountainbleau hotel, run by the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), a non-profit "arts organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art." Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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#NADAartfair one of my favorite finds is at #NewYork based #RecessActivities booth with this series by #RittaIkonen and #KarolineHjorth "Eyes as Big as Plates." Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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While not officially part of the #NADAartfair, finding this #JamesTurrell - "Third Eye," 2008, installed in the #Fountainbleau hotel was a fun accidental discovery. Amazingly there was no line to take selfies in front of the art. #hotlinebling #1800hotlinebling Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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The new building for the #PAMM museum (locally known as #MAM) is a showstopper. I made this photo last night at their gala event. The building designed by Swiss #architects #HerzogdeMeuron references south Florida buildings like Stiltsville to create a must see space for any museum lover. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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At the #PAMM museum gala (locally known as #MAM) – I was happy to run into my photography professor's work. #PenelopeUmbrico, "28,524,323 #SunsfromFlickr (partial)" Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Last night #Jamiexx brought the house down. Jamie played on the second night of the #iiipoints #artbasel festival held at #manawynwood Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Got to give @uber credit. They won for the media opportunity of #artbasel in #miami with their #uberboat. For $35 an SUV picks you up on one side of Miami, delivers you and up to five others to a #yacht for your #imonaboat Miami experience. On the other side, they have a car waiting to bring you to your art destination. We got lucky and timed our boat trip just as the skies cleared a little. This Art Basel has been plagued with heavy rains. #🌧 Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Back exploring the vast convention center at #ArtBaselMiamiBeach. New York gallery #MatthewMarks is exhibiting this massive photograph by #ThomasDemand. "#Altier" (2004) measures in at a gigantic 94.5 x 134.25 inches. It is tack sharp and flawlessly produced. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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No, my image is not out of focus. But this large photograph by #CathrineOpie @csopie is. At Los Angeles based gallery #ReganProjects this is "Untitled #15" (2015). This pigment print measures in at 77 x 51.25 inches. Photographing this famous landscape of #YosemiteNationalPark is a healthy challenge to the thousands of images that tourists make. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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At #ArtBaselMiamiBeach not all the photography is large. Here is a classic spotted at #EdwynnHoukGallery from #RobertFrank "#Parade – #Hoboken, NJ" (1955) this #gelatinsilverprint comes in at 8.125 x 12.375 inches. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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One of the more talked about walls at #ArtBaselMiamiBeach was by artist /Photographer #LeighLedare. HereLedare presents a series of intimate portraits of his mother. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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In the corners of #ArtBaselMiamiBeach's Convention Center there are small green oasis parks with rolling hills, trees and space to decompress. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Visiting the #untitledArtFair a major satellite #artfair in during #ArtBaselMiamiBeach. It's relaxing here because the fair's tent is right on the #SouthBeach sand. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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@theholenyc had one of my favorite spaces at #untitledArtFair or and #artfair. Also, they have one of the best sales dogs, @bertiebertthepom.

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This studio photography creation by #RodrigoValenzuela at #untitledArtFair was quite compelling. The artist made landscape photographs, printed them and then rephotographed them in a studio. Cross-posted for @americanphotomag #artbasel #ArtBasel2015

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Roaming the floor of the #untitledartfair was a book cart by @exilebooks. That's @edau signing a copy of his new artist book. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Last stop of the night #scopeartshow - another satellite #airfair just down the #beach from Untitled. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Big crowd around this oversized hyper realistic #FriedaKahlo #sculpture at #scopeartshow. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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The fairs are over but I have a few more highlights to check out if you're visiting miami anytime a soon. This is the @rubellcollection one of the preeminent private art collections is the world. Their current exhibition #NoMansLand" has many fantastic examples from women artists in their collection. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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One of the many compelling works in the @rubellcollection exhibition "#NoMansLand" were these "fifty-seven digital ink jet prints by #RachelHarrison - "Voyage of the Beagle" (2007). Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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The #wynwood area of #miami is always changing every time I visit. This sign is new to me as well as many of the murals. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Around the corner from that last #wynwood #miami image is this classic mural boom box. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Near #wynwoodwalls the old #RCcola plans sits as a rotting shell. Now a mural museum, it was recently purchased and is part of @manawynwood — I look forward to seeing how they change the area. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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A block away from the former RC Cola factory in #wynwood is the @margulieswarehouse / #marguliescollection one of the premier art and photography collections in the world. Currently exhibiting a large show of mixed media artist #AnselmKiefer. This #sculpture is called "Sprache Der Vöge" (1989) and has a 17 foot wingspan. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Here is another mixed media creation in the @margulieswarehouse / #marguilescollection's #AnselmKiefer show. This creation is called "Ödipus auf Kolomos" (2008) and it is made from a large #assemblage of #photography, #brambles, #acrylic, #fabric, #emulsion, #charcoal in a steel and glass frame. Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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I was first introduced to the #marguliescollection when they were mostly a photography collection that was overflowing with images. They have since rehung their warehouse several times, each time creating a more curated space. This room is in the back of the warehouse. On the left there is a #photography show with work by Willie Doherty, Ursula Schultz Dornburg, Domingo Milella, Jackie Nickerson, Wael Shawsky, Simcha Shirman, Michael Spano, Alec Soth, Pavel Wolberg, and Manabu Yamanak. The #redneon #sculpture on the back wall blinks between #breath and #death. It's by #KendellGeers and titled “Et in Arcadia Ego” (2005). Photo by @harlanerskine #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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Big thanks to all the @americanphotomag followers and to @jeanettedmoses and @debbbieg for giving me this opportunity to share #artbasel through my eyes. Please keep in touch and follow me over on my page @harlanerskine. This is me in front of 3 images from my series #tenconvenientstores at the group show #100degreesintheshademiami. Thanks to curator @janehartinmiami for putting together this show. #📷 by @crissachappell #APArtBasel #ArtBasel2015

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