Art Basel Miami Beach opens to VIP guests on Wednesday, but there was no shortage of previews and parties leading up to the main event. Below, a look around some of the events Tuesday evening in Miami Beach. Among the offerings: a DJ set by Lady Bunny, ice skating in short shorts, and more. See more in Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
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A security guard keeps watch at an entry to the Art Basel welcome reception in Collins Park.
A videographer capturing the action at the Art Basel welcome reception at Collins Park, outside the Bass Museum.
Tony Tasset, Arrow Sculpture, 2016, and a trombone player in Davide Balula's Interrupting Words with Burp Sounds, 2014-16, in Art Basel's outdoor sculpture presentation "Art Public" in Collins Park.
Lady Bunny performing Lady Bunny's Intergalactic Disco at the Bass Museum.
A young admirer stands next to Ugo Rondinone's Miami Mountain, 2016.
Attendees at "Jungle Jaguar" by Katherine Bernhardt, an event by Venus Over Manhattan & Canada Gallery at the Miami Beach Edition hotel.
Collectors Susan and Michael Hort at the Rubell Family Collection.
Naama Tsabar performing Composition 18, 2016, at the Art Basel welcome reception in Collins Park.
Bowling at Affidavit's launch Party in the basement of the Edition Hotel.
Ice skating at the Affidavit party.
Viewers mull over Jeff Koons's Dirty-Jeff on Top, 1991, at "Desire," a show presented by Larry Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch, and curated by Diana Widmaier-Picasso.
Rob Pruitt's Stretch, Grill and Chill at the Art Basel welcome reception.