One girl, four Art Basel parties, and a determination to find out what an NFT is. sangeetaskurtz writes
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images, Courtesy of Tim Bengel There is no $120,000 rotting banana that takes this year’s Art Basel by storm. Throughout the week, people can be seen lining up for several hours to get a colorful newspaper from a Saint Laurent activation on the beach and/or carrying the Ruinart tote featuring David Shrigley’s worm painting.
One of those influencers, who I believe is named Camila Coelho, looks dazed when I mention NFTs, but soon I bump into my friend Chris*, the perfect person for my inquiry. He has a babyish, cherubic face, mostly wears Louis Vuitton tracksuits, and is always in the market for the next big thing.
I eventually give up on the bathroom and head to the Big Party at Soho House. Hosted by luggage brand Rimowa, I hadn’t planned to go because why would I go to a suitcase party? Nevertheless, several people I spoke to this evening said it’s “going to pop off.” When I arrive, I see the door is blocked by a heaving crowd of influencers , and I get very tired. A publicist who attended later tells me that it was “a lot” with a significant look. That, and there were no suitcases.
The woman cake. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. Cardi B enters with her posse and everyone who isn’t recognizably famous is kicked out to the first floor, where two mostly naked people are sitting on and also eating a life-size, woman-shaped cake. Outside, a dancer dressed like a sexy alien is thrashing and moaning in a fountain as celestial music throbs in the backdrop.
_ Saturday morning begins on a Dom Pérignon “Yacht Concierge” cruise around Biscayne Bay. I learn a lot of interesting things about Champagne during the ride, like that Dom Pérignon was actually a French monk and what happens when you drink 14-year-old wine on an empty stomach. I forget to ask anyone about NFTs.
The Bronx Mule. Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Whipshots A kid named Ray Mancini who “finessed” his way into the party by jumping the fence tells me he’s getting his dad, Ray Mancini Sr. , into NFTs. “There’s a company that wants to make NFTs for fighters, so I go, Pops, we’re going to do this. He has artwork made of him. Action shots. So they want to collaborate with that and somehow just make an NFT.
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