
Vogue 100, Cult Gaia and Rebecca Minkoff, among other brands, all co-sponsored soirées on the yacht, where guests sipped the star’s tequila and posed with the Miami Beach scene in the background.īrugal Dominican rum unveiled a limited-edition collection of 11 custom-designed 1888 bottles designed by Alexander Mijares, whose work appears in several celebrity art collections including that of Justin Bieber. The Drop is a set of five 10-milliliter bottles of the precious cognac, each labeled with its own essence - Loud, Glow, Bold, Smooth and Bright.Įva Longoria’s Casa del Sol tequila brand hosted a multi-day cocktail party aboard a yacht in front of the Fontainebleau - as is typical with most Art Week boat parties, the vessel never left the dock. LOUIS XIII shared its newest creation The Drop with its Miami audience, partnering with Patron of the New for a backyard cocktail lounge. Pours centered around their newest expression Casa Dragones Mizunara, a 100 percent Blue Agave Reposado sipping tequila, the first tequila exclusively rested in a rare oak native to Japan and traditionally used for aging Japanese whiskies. This year, it was Sean Kelly Gallery stars Awol Erizku, Hugo McCloud and Janaina Tschäpe who made appearances alongside Bertha Gonzalez Nieves, founder of Casa Dragones, the Bob Pittman-backed tequila brand, which is a multi-year Art Basel sponsor. Over the course of the annual three-day Casa Dragones pop-up, notable artists guest-bartend and present a cocktail they’ve created in the space. Dishes such as a “mousse of roasted hopes,” “a pearl that tastes like the first time you ever bit your lip” and a tart that evokes the “whistle that the wind makes through a door lock on a cold autumn afternoon” were savored in tandem with their visual, immersive interpretation.Īrchitect Tatiana Bilbao at Casa Dragones Tasting Room at Collectors Lounge, Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 Mad Wolf Photography/Courtesy of Casa Dragones

With a menu from lauded New York City chef Chintan Pandya (Semma, Dhamaka and Adda), the experience produced by Flavor Five Studio invited groups of up to 16 guests to enter the dining room of the future and wear Meta Quest 2 VR headsets, embarking on a culinary journey narrated by food writer Gail Simmons.

Across the city, art patrons came out to eat and explore the area’s food scene, which was recognized this year for the first time by the Michelin guide.Īerobanquets RMX By Mattia Casalegno at Superblue Miami, a gallery that focuses on large-scale immersive art work, gave a select number of guests a taste of what it’s like to dine in a mixed-reality environment.

Food is art, too, and nowhere is that statement more on trend than during Miami Art Week.
