Moonan wrote her weekly Times column for 12 years until “philosophical differences” led to a parting. Moonan also writes for Architectural Digest.

South Beach Days Inn. $114 rooms available.

Arrived in Miami Tuesday afternoon. Visited the beach. Checked out the new sleek W Hotel, stocked with Warhols, Hirsts and other high-octane names. Rooms still available for the weekend, according to reception desk.

Enjoyed cocktails at the Betsy where passersby included Larry Warsh, Cristin Tierney and Suzanne Egeran. Last night attended crowded opening of the Art Miami fair where a mixed bag of exhibitors showed off wares.  Afterwards hit a cocktail party at the Rubell Family Collection. Mera Rubell sported a spiky black wig.

South Beach Days Inn. $114 rooms available.

Arrived in Miami Tuesday afternoon. Visited the beach. Checked out the new sleek W Hotel, stocked with Warhols, Hirsts and other high-octane names. Rooms still available for the weekend, according to reception desk.

Enjoyed cocktails at the Betsy where passersby included Larry Warsh, Cristin Tierney and Suzanne Egeran. Last night attended crowded opening of the Art Miami fair where a mixed bag of exhibitors showed off wares.  Afterwards hit a cocktail party at the Rubell Family Collection. Mera Rubell sported a spiky black wig.

Opening night Art Miami

Edelman Arts stand, Art Miami

W.M. Hunt at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler stand, Art Miami

Dealer and collector cocktail at Rubell Collection, hosted by U.S. Trust

Sushi spread at Rubell party

Mingling at the Rubell party

Jennifer Rubell's wall of doughnuts

Art adviser Todd Levin defends the wall of doughnuts

Will Cotton with a tart at Partners & Spade

Will Cotton fan at Partners and Spade admires tasty window display

Readers: confession. I devoured a chocolate chip meringue for breakfast. But let me explain. The confection had great provenance. I purchased Sunday afternoon at the quirky Partners and Spade gallery on Great Jones Street during painter Will Cotton’s afternoon bake-off.

Will Cotton bakery at Partners and Sons

The artist, who paints glamorous pin-up gals wafting in fantastical candy lands, wore an…

The defunct Bridge Art Fair, a non-profit memorable for dubious art,  has been reincarnated as Verge and comes to Miami Dec. 3-6 at the Catalina Hotel.

The fair has been trimmed down to about 20 exhibitors. The selection committee boasts notable names including Richard Feigen, Dan Cameron, James Yood and Beth Rudin DeWoody.

Exhibitors:

Antidote          Brooklyn, NY
Carl van Brunt     Beacon, NY
ecoartspace     NY, NY
Front Room Gallery     Brooklyn, NY
Galerie CP     Paris, France
Gitana Rosa     Brooklyn, NY
MANIAC     Los Angeles, CA
Nroom Artspace     Tokyo, Japan
Max Protetch     NY,…

ATM and Freight and Volume have announced an “alliance.” They will be operating from 542 West 24th Street (ATM is moving into Freight and Volume’s digs) to “consolidate our talents and reach an even broader audiences,” according to an email from ATM gallery.

ATM was located at 621 W. 27th Street.

The galleries will continue to present separate exhibitions in one venue. ATM is to be renamed ATM-Bill Brady.

The exhibit pulled together 200 outsider artworks from Brett’s collection, alongside commentaries by other artists, curators and cultural figures including David Byrne, Ed Ruscha and Annette Messager.

Wall text near the start of the show explains it all:

“For these artists there are no studios, no press junkets, no art fairs, no magazine spreads. Instead there are treasure troves of untrained work, discovered under rocks, in basements and attics, its creators often unaware…

Fragrant Frieze loo, the world's fanciest Port-O-Potty

Frame section's David Berezin and Claudia Altman-Siegel of SF's Altman Siegel Gallery

David and Claudia with their Frieze badges

Golden Murakami on Gagosian stand

Christoph Büchel's 2009 "Socks" for sale at Hauser & Wirth stand for €20,000

Visitors beside Ida Applebroog's "Monalisa" at Hauser & Wirth

Ryan Gander's "We are Constant" portraits of people looking at their favorite artworks, hung in entrance corridor

Gander's portrait of art dealer Cay Sophie Rabinowitz

Gander's portrait of writer Sarah Thornton

Gander's portrait of art adviser Thea Westreich

Gander's portrait of art dealer Alex Logsdail

For rent sign at 1040 Madison Avenue

A ground-floor space on the corner of 79th and Madison, long occupied by Asian art dealer E & J Frankel Ltd, has been cleared out and is hung with a for rent sign.

The gallery’s website gives no indication whether the gallery is moving or has closed.

The gallery was founded 42 years ago in 1967 by Edith and Joel Frankel.

Donna Karan meets John James Audubon

Large posters based on artworks from the New-York Historical Society give a lift to window displays at Saks Fifth Avenue.

St. John Meets Thomas Cole

Derek Lam and Audubon

Marc Jacob, Helmut Lang go Luminist

Hudson River landscape and outerwear