50 Must-See Art Pieces at Art Basel Miami Beach 2013

Here's how you navigate the main fair.

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Celebrities, collections, press people, students, and art fanatics have descended in Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach. The main fair is the focal point of the week, with endless rows of booths by the biggest names in the art world. Leading galleries like Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner, and White Cube are buzzing with visitors. VIPs like P. Diddy were spotted browsing the fair, and on view are some of the most famous artists of our time.

The fair is filled by shiny sculptures by Jeff Koons and polka dot works by Yayoi Kusama. There's something about art fairs that invites reflective surfaces, and Doug Aitken's silver texts are just as popular as Jeppe Hein's abstract mirrors (both perfect for #artselfies). Fair favorites like Nir Hod, Kehinde Wiley, Richard Prince, Nick Cave, and Ed Ruscha are all represented strongly across different galleries, and every so often, there appears an original Andy Warhol, Kazimir Malevich, or other lesser-known work or sketch from modern art royalty.

Isa Genzken, who is currently having a retrospective at MoMA and was previously overlooked by her male contemporaries, is finally getting due credit. There are multiple compositions of everyday objects arranged in surreal forms by the artist on view at various booths.

Amid the usual spectacles, like Damien Hirst's huge arrangement of dead but very real insects at White Cube, are pockets of less famous artists and galleries. Ingleby Gallery has recreated the Antigua shack of recluse and artist Frank Walter, the delusional eccentric who painted and typed away 25,00 pages of history and philosophy over his lifetime.

From blue chip galleries to lesser-known artists, browse what the fair has to offer. Here's the highlights with our list of 50 Must-See Art Pieces at Art Basel Miami Beach 2013.

Art Basel Miami Beach runs until Sunday, Dec. 8. 

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Untitled by Barry McGee, 2013

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Wrecking Ball by Jeff Koons, 2003

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FedEx Golf Bag Box by Walead Beshty, 2010

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Frank Walter's House

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artforum by Olaf Metzel, 2013

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03.07.2003, 17:32 by Alicja Kwade, 2013

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Untitled by David Zink Yi, 2013

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Stranded by Marilyn Minter, 2013

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In Our Dreams We Have Seen Another World by Jake and Dinos Chapman, 2013

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Untitled (black sneakers) by Haim Steinbach, 2013

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Baroque Egg with Bow (Turquoise/Magenta) by Jeff Koons, 1994-2008

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Door by Stefan Bruggemann, 2013

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When I ate you by Douglas Gordon, 2013

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George Condo, 2013

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Untitled (Don't shoot) by Barbara Kruger, 2013

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Pumpkin S60 by Yayoi Kusama, 2013

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Magnus Opus by Ryan Gander, 2013

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Forever by Ai Weiwei, 2013

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Untitled by Carlos Amorales

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MORE (X4) by Doug Aitken, 2012

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Ash and Crystal Eroded Laptop by Daniel Arsham, 2013

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This World and the World Beyond by Takashi Murakami, 2013

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Geometric Mirrors IX by Jeppe Hein, 2013

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Oxycodone by Paul Chan, 2013

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Untitled (Charcoal Blocks) by Tom Friedman, 2013

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Sorry by David Renggli, 2013

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No, IT IS- Triptych of three flipbook flims: Workshop Receipts, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Practical Enquiries by William Kentridge, 2012

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If I could tell the story in words... by Hank Willis Thomas, 2013

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Turn the other Way by Haroon Gunn-Salie, 2013

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Mother and Child III by Walter Oltmann, 2012

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Political Persuasion (Thug Life) by Brett Murray, 2013

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Measurement from evaporating oceans by Reena Saini Kallat, 2013

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Soundsuit by Nick Cave, 2013

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Modulo by Eduardo Basualdo, 2013

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The bees made honey in the lion's skull by Jose Dåvila, 2013

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Zero Noon by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, 2013

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Archaeological Storm by Leandro Erlich, 2013

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Renew I by Mariko Mori, 2013

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Untitled by Os Gêmeos, 2013

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The Gypsy Fortune Teller by Kehinde Wiley, 2007

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Departures by Siebren Versteeg, 2013

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Get Under the Rock of his Reason by Luis Gispert, 2013

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Eye of History by Marc Quinn, 2013

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Untitled by Taner Ceylan

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Once Everything Was Much Better Even The Future by Nir Hod, 2013

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American Box by Gavin Turk, 2013

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Pipe Dream by Gavin Turk, 2013

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Cork Dome by David Nash, 2012

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Night Friend by Sarah Braman, 2013

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Open Geometric Structure IV by Sol LeWitt, 1990

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