Art Basel Miami Beach: The Parties

Art Basel Miami Beach opened this week with a mixture of excitement and cautious hope. Our friends at Plum TV are in Miami checking out the scene and they've shared some video with us. The overall mood seems to be fairly festive this year. Plum TV is covering both the art and the always entertaining nightlife, starting with the VIP Pre-Vernissage Preview Party on Wednesday night, shown above. Plum TV has a designated Art Basel Miami page with regularly updated videos and information as well as links to their Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Check out snippets of fashionable celebrities including Calvin Klein, Naomi Campbell and Lorenzo Martone, the art-savvy boyfriend of designer Marc Jacobs in the first video after the jump.