........................................................................................................................................................................................ Nuria V by Jaume Plensa, Galerie LeLong, The art world let out a collective sigh of relief this week. With galleries reporting double-digit sales growth, Art Basel's annual show in Miami was not reflective of the US current recession. According to a Miami Herald survey, 75% of exhibiting galleries at Art Basel said sales revenue grew at least 15% compared to 2008. A third of these exhibitors reported a sales hike of more than 30%. ``Everybody's happy this year,'' Rachel Adler, owner of Adler & Conkright Fine Art in New York, said Sunday from her space across from two German galleries in the Miami Beach Convention Center. ``The people who buy art are not unemployed. They seem to be a little bit more secure.'' Read more... Source: Miami Herald Photo Source: Veronique Photo Source: Veronique Williams // // var LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_TOTAL_COLLAPSED_WIDTH = ...

........................................................................................................................................................................................ While LuxSecret Magazine endorses a luxurious style, we always find it important to give back to our global community and address humanitarian issues that present a call-to-action, doing our best to help those in need. This evening, the island nation of Haiti endured an earthquake like they have never experienced. The disaster occurred at nightfall around 5:50 pm and measured a record 7.0 magnitude, devastating Haiti, especially in Port au Prince, imploding the Presidential Palace and Petionville, where a hospital collapsed. Haiti, a nation also suffering from extreme poverty, has recently endured severe hurricanes and is in dire straits, to say the least. At this moment the victims are under the veil of night with no electricity, little help and barely any means of communication except for those fortunate enough to have an internet signal. The damage is overwhelming and it is feared that Haiti will ...