Four of the iconic BMW Art Cars are making an appearance at Art Basel in Miami Beach this weekend, including the first of the series made by Alexander Calder that debuted in 1975 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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It worked: Chicago dealer Kavi Gupta took one look at the towering wooden "thrones" that Gates started building and agreed to take a group to the country's pre-eminent art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, in 2009.

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Art Basel Miami Beach fair (ABMB), housed in the Miami Beach Convention Center, is not for the faint of heart.

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Eventually, too, the new owners may well switch its timing from May to February, to sit comfortably between Art Basel Miami Beach in December and Art Basel in June.

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In Uncovering treasures at Art Basel Miami Beach, Nicole Berry provides tips on navigating the more than 250 exhibits in this year's Art Basel, one of the biggest art events of the year.

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Hotels are expensive and usually booked well in advance for Art Basel Miami Beach.

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The group that plays host to the Art Basel contemporary-art fair at its home in Switzerland each June the world's largest art show for the past four decades and to Art Basel Miami Beach, a sister show started for the Americas in 2002 and held each December, will now have a third leg, in Asia.

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While auctions continue to define the company, Cappellazzo, who began her career as a curator and worked on the tremendously influential Art Basel Miami Beach fair before coming on board at Christie's in 2001, understands their limitations.

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Thousands of art enthusiasts will flock to Miami from 2 to 5 December during the ninth run of Art Basel Miami Beach (the sister event of the 41-year-old Art Basel fair which takes place in Switzerland every June).

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