Miami Beach, FL – December 5, 2014 – Niche Media, the premier regional, luxury lifestyle publishing company and Art Basel magazine, its custom magazine for the Art Basel Miami Beach contemporary art fair, celebrated the industry’s most influential women in the art world at their exclusive luncheon on Friday morning at Katsuya at the SLS Hotel. The afternoon celebration was hosted by Art Basel magazine Editor-in-Chief, Sue Hostetler, with partnership by presenting sponsor Baha Mar. Four women whose careers have made a long-lasting impact on the art community were celebrated. This year’s honorees included: Lynda Benglis, American sculptor and visual artist; Teresita Fernandez, contemporary sculptor; Madeleiene Gyrnzstejn, the Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago; and Brooke Neidich, philanthropist and co-chair of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Guests of the fete included international luminaires incorporated leaders across art, culture and technology.

Angela Nazarian & Brooke Neidich

Brooke Neidich & Sue Hostetler

Angela Nazarian & Brooke Neidich

Tracey Emin & Sue Hostetler

Sue Hostetler & Madeleiene Gyrnzstejn

Sue Hostetler, Teresita & Dolores Fernandez

Sue Hostetler, Jessica Lichtenstein, & Natasha Schlesinger

Marianne Boesky, Sue Hostetler, Marcia Dunn, & Felicia Levy

Sue Hostetler & Courtland Lantaff

John Cox & Tracey Emin

Brooke Neidich, Teresita Fernandez, Madeleiene Gyrnzstejn, & Sue Hostetler

Sara Fitzmaurice & Rebecca Taylor

John Cox

 Teresita Fernandez 

Madeleiene Gyrnzstejn

Sue Hostetler

Teresita Fernandez 

Patricia Hanna, Michele Oka Donner, & Allison Goldberg

Jorge Perez, Patricia Hanna, & Courtland Lantaff

Jared Shapiro, Debora Halpert, & Courtland Lantaff

Michelle Oka Donner & Jared Shapiro

Carrie Mae Weems, Amanda Coulson, & John Cox

Royann Dean & John Cox

Michelle Oka Donner & Jorge Perez

Courtland Lantaff, Jorge Perez, & Kevin Systrom

Courtland Lantaff & Kevin Systrom

Nadja Swarovski & Sue Hostetler

Amanda Coulson, Bibi Gritti, & Anne Shelton Aaron

Stefano Tonchi & Nadja Swarovski