GM.co - Art Basel Miami Beach 2023

It's all about Art Basel

Art Basel returned to Miami Beach this year for another spectacular showcase of modern and contemporary art. With hundreds of galleries and artists on display, patrons from around the globe descended on the balmy beach-town in their thousands and enjoyed an abundance of installations, exhibitions, panels and parties at what is considered to be the ‘pre-eminent art fair in the Americas’. 

In recent years, digital art and web3 blockchain offerings have seen a remarkable rise at Art Basel Miami Beach, and 2023 expectations were high for an extravaganza that keeps getting better and better.

GM.co was in attendance to experience everything Miami had to offer. 

The team started the week with an event hosted by Tezos blockchain at Nautilus Sonesta, where they were in the audience for panel discussions on what was an apt topic for the week - ‘Art and Culture’, at an event that champions creation and innovation across multiple spheres and platforms. 

Later, GM.co attended the World of Women Artfest Exhibition, an event that showcased multiple creators and builders of different disciplines, with traditional, digital and immersive art experiences all on show for the attendees to explore.

There was a chance to catch up with our PXN holders for some food and drinks at Yard House, before attending a BBQ and mixer the following day, hosted by DeGods and Kraken. The night was spent in the company of our friends and partners Pudgy Penguins where GM.co was lucky enough to see a sneak-preview of the ‘Pudgy World’ video-short, before it was revealed to the wider web3 world at the Pudgy Penguins party held the next evening, of which GM.co was one of the principal sponsors. This highly-anticipated event brought together many web3 communities, and the attendees were transported to their very own ‘Pudgy World’ winter-wonderland.

It was a jam-packed few days of networking and socialising. The weather was glorious (not everyone gets to see sunshine in December), and the thousands of attendees once again proved that the crypto-industry, through adoption at events such as Art Basel, is going from strength to strength. The ever-growing number of builders, innovators and creators embracing crypto and blockchain technology is a clear indication that web3 is a place people want to be part of.

It was always about the art, right?