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# Art or Home Decor? Art Basel Miami Is Your One-Stop Shop
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-or-home-decor/
- Published: 2009-12-05T19:26:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:03:18.000Z
- Description: In an attempt to answer the age-old question -- Is it art or home decor? -- I perused the halls of Art Basel Miami to see how galleries are serving the lifestyle needs of the rich and famous.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Art, #image-position-hidden, Feature, Review, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

[![Tweet-art-basel](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2009/12/picture-5-277x59-custom.png "Tweet-art-basel")](http://twitter.com/hragv/status/6282106653?ref=hyperallergic.com)

In an attempt to answer the age-old question — *Is it art or home decor?* — I perused the halls of Art Basel Miami to see how galleries are serving the lifestyle needs of the rich and famous.

[![Picture 9](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2009/12/picture-9.png "Picture 9")](http://twitter.com/hragv/status/6277286544?ref=hyperallergic.com)

My apologies to those of you who may have seen these before on my Twitter feed [(@hragv](http://twitter.com/hragv?ref=hyperallergic.com)) but they’re too good not to compile in one place. Apologies for the low quality images since they were all taken with my camera phone.

First up, [Ry Rocklen](http://twitter.com/hragv/status/6281125748?ref=hyperallergic.com) at Bernier/Eliades: carpet & tile shop or contemporary art?

![These floor samples look great.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2009/12/46818215.jpg)

Is there a discount if I buy these floor samples?

Next, [did Urban Outfitters just set up a booth at Art Basel](http://twitter.com/hragv/status/6276011483?ref=hyperallergic.com) or is Jorge Pardo auditioning to be their window dresser?

![Jorge Pardo's display even came with mannequins though I couldn't find the ironic tshirt racks.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2009/12/46783758.jpg)

Jorge Pardo's "Untitled" (2009) display even came with mannequins though I couldn't find the ironic tshirt racks.

This one is a classic. I couldn’t tell if this booth was selling bookshelves, tiles, or Donald Judd knock-offs.[\*](http://twitter.com/hragv/status/6275746722?ref=hyperallergic.com)

![Can I get the green painted blue please and do you have other sizes in the back?](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2009/12/46782015.jpg)

Can I get the green painted blue please and do you have other sizes in the back?

And finally, I swear I’ve seen this mirror before in a midtown Manhattan hotel bathroom.[\*](http://twitter.com/hragv/status/6275798915?ref=hyperallergic.com)

![This would look great in my bedroom!](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2009/12/46782394.jpg)

This could look great in my bedroom!