Bass Museum’s “A Night At The Museum”
Voguish event included a private preview of Vanitas: Fashion and Art


Naeem Khan, Silvia Cubina and Harold Koda
The Bass Museum of Art, one of Miami Beach’s key cultural landmarks, along with a select group of the city’s leading arts patrons, socialites and tastemakers hosted its annual fundraiser, “A Night at the Museum,”. The event, sponsored by Vogue México and Latin-America and in part by Escada, attracted more than 650 guests who received a private preview of Vanitas: Fashion and Art.
While enjoying cocktails, refreshments, Chateau D’Esclans rosé at the Escada Escape Lounge and beats by DJ Mauricio Parra, attendees explored the institution’s latest exhibition, Vanitas: Fashion and Art. Continuing its mission to “inspire and educate by exploring the connections between our historical collections and contemporary art” Vanitas: Fashion and Art explores the theme of vanitas as expressed in avant garde ready-to-wear and haute couture as well as in contemporary paintings, sculptures, industrial design and new media.
The exhibition includes works by contemporary designers and artists such as Isaac Mizrahi, Damien Hirst, Elsa Schiaparelli, Yohji Yamamoto and Iris van Herpen, among others. Pieces from the world of fashion will be in contrast with film and video works by Sam Taylor-Johnson and Greta Alfaro, photographs from Pinar Yolacan’s Perishables series, and Ori Gersht’s Blow Up, a large scale photograph of an elaborate floral arrangement based on a nineteenth-century still-life by the French painter Henri Fantin-Latour, captured at the moment that it explodes.

Paul & Trudy Cejas
Attendees also participated in a silent auction including art, experiences and luxury items.
Vanitas: Fashion and Art is on view through Sunday, July 20, 2014. Museum hours are Wednesday to Sunday from 12-5pm; Friday 12-9pm Cost of admission is $8 for adults, $6 for students with identification and free for members, Miami Beach residents and children under six.
Christina Getty, Criselda Breene and Soledad Picon
Suzanne & Tom Murphy
Marvin Ross Friedman & Adrienne Bon Haes
Alan Randolph, George Lindemann and Marc-Andre Tremblay
Amaris Jones, Andrea Noboa, Barbara Becker and Arielle Croonenberghs
Siri Wolloch, Tenelle McCormack and Nadya Leikina
Kelly Talamas & Harold Koda
John Lin & Stephanie Hirsch
Veronica Bilbao & Danel de la Vega
Diane & Alan Lieberman
Jennifer Sazant, Sheila Elias Taplin, Harold Koda and Cricket Taplin
Anthony Spinello, Cristina Lei Rodriguez and Agustina Woodgate
Sandy Schreier, Naeem Khan and Kelly Talamas
William Yates & Julia Ellis
Emmett Moore & Sarah Newberry
Tyler Emerson-Dorsch & Brook Dorsch
Marc-Andre Tremblay, Alan Randolph and Steven Rodriguez
Daniel & Marcella Novela
Naeem Khan & Ranjana Khan
Jack Benmeleh, Tara Sokolow Benmeleh and Pepe Mar
Soledad Picon, Ranjana Khan, Christina Getty, Naeem Khan, Criselda Breene and Hugh Bush
Nahila Campos, Malena Assing, Vicky Montoya & Carmen Suarez
Tui Pranich & Naeem Khan
Liz Ferrer, Mia & Brandon Opalka and Jillian Mayer
Naomi Fischer & Jim Drain