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Dwyane Wade Makes Dramatic Art Basel Entrance on a Yacht

By: Emily Smith
December 3, 2014

The stars aligned for the first big night of Art Basel parties Tuesday.

As numerous events were held throughout South Beach and fashionable Design District, top dealer Larry Gagosian hosted a dinner at Mr Chow at the W South Beach, attended by Owen Wilson, Alex Rodrigues, art dealer Adam Lindemann, New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, top collectors Tico Mugrabi and Aby Rosen, philanthropist and investor Nicolas Berggruen and China Chow.

Over at Thompson Miami Beach, Interview Magazine and DSquared2’s Dean and Dan Caten hosted a private dinner followed by a packed party celebrating Performa’s 10th Anniversary, where guests included supermodel Karolina Kurkova, Paris Hilton, Interview chairman Peter Brant, David Arquette, Lance Bass, Leigh Lezark and James Goldstein.

Meanwhile, the Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade hosted the Haute Living and The Webster party to celebrate the launch of his sneaker collaboration with designers Alejandro Ingelmo and Li-Ning. Wade made a dramatic entrance with Ingelmo on a yacht, then mingled with a crowd that included heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, the Heat’s Udonis Haslem, DJ Khaled, Jonathan Cheban, and the project’s architect, Italian designer Piero Lissoni.

The night ended at Wall nightclub for celeb favorite artist Mr Brainwash’s party. Leonardo DiCaprio held court with his close pals Tobey Maguire and Lucas Haas, Hilton was spotted in the DJ booth preparing for her headline set at Wall on Friday, A Rod popped Champagne with friends, and Zoe Kravitz chatted with Joe Jonas, while Brandon Davis, Arquette, and the newly slim rapper Rick Ross were all spotted.