The famous Art Basel marched on with its head held high despite the current economic woes. Browse through the 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach photos of over 2,000 artist’s exhibitions from 266 international galleries. Forms of art you will find in these 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach photos include quality paintings, drawings, installations, sculptures, Anime, photography, street art and video. It seems as though a lot of the younger, controversial artists where replaced with safe bets this year in the relevant events in Miami.

Although sales were down, these 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach photos will show it was a good year for art. This year art collectors were able to talk to the dealers with an absence of chaos. The events in Miami crowd was overall more toned down that in previous years. There were a few celebrities browsing the exhibits and attending the events in Miami. A few were Jay-Z, Beyonce, Brad Pitt, Pharrell, Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson. There were some particular pieces that stood out including a humungous painting by Hernan Bas displayed in the Fredric Snitzer Gallery and a special exhibit in memory of Robert Rauschenberg, an Art Basel regular who died in May.

In one of the tributes to Rauschenberg, seven of his works were shown for the first time since the 1980s. There was an innovative retrospective of Naomi Campbell as well as an amazing photography exhibition of the supermodel. Other great pieces displayed in 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach photos included works by Scott Campbell, Barry McGee, Friends With You, Chiho Aoshima, Richard Prince, Mark Ryden, Barbara Kruger, Hyungkoo Lee, Josh Keyes, Robert Williams, Tomoo Gokita, Colin Christian, Raymond Pettibon, Eric White, Usugrow, Chris Mars, Fafi, Dash Snow, Todd James, Ron English, KAWS, Dearraindrop, Tony Oursler, Aurel Schmidt, Phil Frost, Shepard Fairey, The Clayton Brothers, Takashi Murakami and Kehinde Wiley.

If you plan to attend this event next year, you should make your Miami hotel or Miami Beach vacation rental reservations as soon as possible.