ART BASEL 2017

Diplo, Chloe Wise and More Toast the Opening of ICA, Miami’s Newest Museum


ICA Miami & W Magazine : Private Dinner
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During Art Basel Miami Beach, the art in question is sometimes an after thought to all the parties, openings, and corporate sponsorships that seem to explode during this annual extravaganza by the water. But on Tuesday night, it was the work that was under the spotlight: A brand-new museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art, or ICA, opened in the heart of this tropical city’s Design District. As Baselistas flitted between shindigs at the Prada and Loewe stores nearby, a phalanx of celebrities and art connoisseurs toured the palatial new facility and its inaugural show organized by rock star curator Gartenfeld, “The Everywhere Studio,” which brings together 20th century masters with contemporary artists, like the German Anna Oppermann—whose work is exhibited in an immersive gallery—and the Haitian-American Miami artist Tomm El-Saieh, who was being shown in a museum for the first time. Petra Levin, one of the museum’s board members and among its most prominent advocates, followed the opening with a dinner co-hosted with W and editor-in-chief Stefano Tonchi at her home, which once upon a time was owned by Alex Rodriguez and features an art collection that is easily more expansive than some museum’s. Perhaps it was those blue chip pieces that drew the blue chip crowd, including Diplo, Jeremy Scott, Laure Heriard Dubreuil, model Isabeli Fontana, and art world movers and shakers like Zoe Buckman, Maria Baibakova, Chloe, Wise, Casey Fremont and Daniel Arsham.

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Diplo at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Zoe Buckman at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Chloe Wise, right, at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Isabeli Fontana at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Zani Gugelman, right, at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Laure Heriard Dubreuil at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Jeremy Scott and Diplo at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Petra Levin, Stefano Tonchi and Ellen Salpeter at Levin’s home for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Casey Fremont and Daniel Arsham at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Brant Cryder and Sylvia Mantella at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Alex Gartenfeld and Maria Baibakova at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Abigail DeVille and Ellen Salpeter at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Jean Pigozzi at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Elisa Estrada and Joe Sheftel at the home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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The home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

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The home of Petra and Stephen Levin for a dinner co-hosted by W magazine to celebrate the opening of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art.