Admit it, you’re little tired. This was no ordinary Basel. Every marketing guru and PR genius in America decided to spend their event budgets in Miami this year and that translated to roughly 15 events each night. Some struggled, some prospered, and many stood out. Here are our 2011 Basel citations! Best artist cameo: Damien Hirst, who stopped by a few bashes including the Swarovski dinner, Diddy hosted Mazzucco meal at Mr. Chow, and then swallowed some glow-sticks at White Cube. [caption id="attachment_13413" align="alignnone" width="425" caption="Damien Hirst (Photo: BFAnyc.com)"][/caption] Best nail art lover: Tilda Swinton, who flew into Basel for one short day (for the Pringle event) and still managed a sparkling nail session with Dzine at The Standard. “I became officially obsessed,” she told us. “It felt like a nail salon from a different, wonderful planet.” Best dinner food: Stone crab buffet at White Cube’s disco SoHo Beach house BBQ. Best product collaboration: Anselm Reyle for Dior. “I worked on this for sixteen months with Dior,” the artist told us at the dinner. “So I hope at least all the women in my world like it.” Dinner guests got to take a bag home. [caption id="attachment_13414" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Fabiola Beracasa, Jeanette Hayes, Jack Donogue (Photo: Patrick McMullan)"][/caption] Best dinner swag: See above. Best party accessory: Red scarves (to help battle the wind at 1111 building) at Ferrari/ Interview bash. [caption id="attachment_13416" align="alignnone" width="366" caption="Val Kilmer, Brett Ratner (Photo: Patrick McMullan)"][/caption] Best party location: Pretty much anything that was inside, due to this year’s cruel wind conditions. A heater on top of the Raleigh almost injured someone at some point after falling over during one of the many cocktails and one W events had to be cancelled. Lanvin’s party was moved inside too. Best proclamation: “I’m 65 and I feel divine,” Marina Abramovic at her Nowness party at SoHo Beach House. Best designer line-up: Donna Karan and Calvin Klein combo (who didn’t attend any other bashes) at Dewar’s/ MOCA Miami opening. [caption id="attachment_13418" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Calvin Klein, Donna Karan (Photo: Patrick McMullan)"][/caption] Best celebrity buyer: Diddy who shelled out a cool $45K on Tracey Emin during the VIP preview. [caption id="attachment_13420" align="alignnone" width="366" caption="P. Diddy, Vladimir Doronin, Pharrell Williams (Photo: Patrick McMullan)"][/caption] Best dinner craving: Honey biscuits at the Aby Rosen’s Dutch dinner. Best celebrity Vernissage booth: Tony Sharfrazi of couse, who attracted Val Kilmer (!), Naomi Campbell, Dasha Zhukova, Pharell Williams, and Tamara Mellon just to name a few. [caption id="attachment_13421" align="alignnone" width="366" caption="Tony Shafrazi, Maria Bell (Photo: Patrick McMullan)"][/caption] Best overall Vernissage booth (tie): Lehmann Maupin’s showcase and our personal favorite: a banana truck installation by Brazilian artist Paulo Nazareth. Best random cameo (tie): Sean Penn coming to the Dom Perignon Aby Rosen dinner after-party for the second year in a row, Will Smith at the Raphael Mazzucco dinner, Ivana Trump at the Phillips de Pury party, and Paris and Nicky Hilton at the MOCA bash. [caption id="attachment_13427" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Robin Thicke, Will Smith (Photo: BFAnyc.com)"][/caption] Best occupied hotel: W South Beach, for the third year in a row. Guests included everyone from Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas to Julian Schnabel to Stefano Tonchi to you get the point. Book your rooms for next year now, because they’ll be sold out by February. Best DJ: Venus X at Richard Phillips Exhibition A/ Details party. She pumped out the crowd with best hip-hop of the week, even through a rain delay at The Standard. Best Live Performance: (tie) Salem at The Delano, Brazilian Carnival Dancers at the Visionaire Bash, also at the hotel. Best Tribute to Andy: A flash mob at the Interview bash at The Standard.

Olafur Eliasson's  incredible floating fortress design for a Danish corporation's new HQ.

Leonardo da Vinci's star power and Ai Weiwei's shocking arrest dominated the art headlines this year.