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Most of the conversation about Art Basel focuses on outrageous price tags, celebrity art buyers and the extravagant parties. But art is for everyone, and everyone has created art -- and arguably still does.To highlight the accessibility of art -- that it’s not strictly the purview of people who use only words that end in -ism or write checks with multiple zeros -- WLRN invites you to share your thoughts on #WhatIsArt?See our analysis here.We have two questions, one big and one small:- What was the first creative thing you remember doing? Ask your friends this too. The answers will surprise you.- What is art? In other words, how do you know whether you’re looking at or experiencing art instead of something else?Send us your thoughts over Twitter or Instagram at @WLRN with the hashtag #WhatIsArt. We’ll be sharing some of your responses on our website. And go interact with art!

Basel Recap: What We Saw And Heard

Art Basel 2013 is over. During it, Wynwood and Miami Beach were oozing with art, music, and people (some of whom could be considered art).

Even though some of Wynwood's and Midtown’s satellite art fairs might be pushed out soon, we thought Entitled, Spectrum, Art Miami and Miami Project were great this year. Check out some of them in the pictures above.

We also got to thinking about what defines art. Some of what we saw at Art Basel got us wondering “is this art or junk?” It may have been because we were deep into our #WhatisArt project, which got us remembering the first creative thing we ever did.

And, to conclude this year’s Art Week, we present a photographic recap and audio montage of everything we saw, liked and heard. Click through the photos and listen in.

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