Art Basel Miami Beach 2019: Violet Chachki Hosts Art Basel Dinner for New Fragrance
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As Art Basel heads into the weekend, the VIP crowd tends to thin out. But as an upside for the brands hosting later-in-the-week events, there’s also less competition.
On Friday night, Violet Chachki gathered a lively group at the newly opened Gitano at Casa Faena for a dinner celebrating her newly released fragrance, Dirty Violet. Friends including Caroline Vreeland and Leigh Lezark, who was cohosting the event, stopped by for margaritas and guac.
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“I really love Miami and I’ve been coming to Basel — this is my fourth year I think — and I’ve never really done my own thing; I’m always going to other people’s things,” said Violet Chachki of hosting the celebration in Miami. “It’s just a good excuse to get out and see art, and I kind of think of myself as a walking piece of art, so it just seems appropriate. All my friends are here.”
As for whether she’d been wowed by any art during the fair (a $120 million banana, perhaps?) Violet Chachki pointed to the totality of the Basel experience.
“I just like seeing all the pieces — I walk around, there’s so much art everywhere you go,” she said. “And when you least expect it, you’ll turn a corner and there will be something epic.”
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