Art Basel is gaining international popularity, raising the question: Is it highlighting a robust international art scene—or burying the one that helped make Miami great?
Focused on contemporary, Basel has become known all over the country not just for some of the most sought-after pieces in the world but also for its ability to go viral. This year, it was an installation featuring a banana duct taped to a wall that sold for $120,000.
A member of Art Basel's selection committee since its inaugural event in 2002, Snitzer has seen the impact the event has had on the city. But a few rows down, a different exhibit is ripe with attraction: Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's installation of banana duct taped to a wall, which is coyly titled"Comedian."
"You want to talk to me about bananas? Well, I think that's a diversion," Juste told"Nightline.""People like me cannot afford [that]… I'm an immigrant. I'm an American. I got a lot of living to do it. Bananas [are] not gonna cut it." "This mural kind of represents…little Haiti [and] all its prominent, various individuals that really fought...not only for the name but for the identity of this immigrant community," Juste said."Tourists come here and they take an image or selfie. So this is our meeting point. This is a welcoming mat for tourists and visitors."
Back then, Little Haiti was a lot bigger. But with increased development across the city, the claws of gentrification have crept in. "As a kid, it was wonderful running in the rain. Seeing palm trees, eating mangoes, jumping in people's pools of the playground, every one of us. That was my playground," he said."I…credit my parents for that because they developed a community in which I can identify people who look like me. Regardless what the media was saying at the time."
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