9th annual New Art Dealers Alliance Miami Beach reports most successful year to date

MIAMI BEACH, FL.- The New Art Dealers Alliance presented its 9th annual NADA Miami Beach at the Deauville Beach Resort (6701 Collins Ave). The fair was widely praised by critics and exhibitors who have unanimously agreed that it was the fair’s most successful year to date. The record high attendance consisted of high caliber collectors including Susan and Michael Hort, Martin Z. Marguiles, Vito Schnabel, Mera Rubell, Adam Lindemann and a high volume of museum curators including Connie Butler, Scott Rothkopf, Paul Schimmel, [...]

Extraordinary works translate into strong sales at the 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FL.- The 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 4, 2011, with many galleries reporting strong sales. More than 260 leading galleries from 30 countries across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa exhibited works by over 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The show attracted a record of 50,000 visitors, which included 150 museum and institution groups from across the world. Renowned collectors from the Americas, Europe and emerging markets returned, and were [...]

Art Miami closes with record attendance of 55,000 and significant sales of blue-chip artists

MIAMI, FL.- Art Miami, the city’s longest running contemporary art fair and anchor fair to the City of Miami, announced a new record attendance of 55,000 and significant sales of blue-chip artists at the close of the five-day fair. Many galleries also reported strong leads from high-profile collectors, museum professionals and curators that will continue to foster sales in the days and weeks following Art Miami. Distinguished for its quality, depth and diversity, the 22nd edition of Art Miami presented an [...]

Collectors and museum professionals continue to show strong support for quality works at Art Miami

MIAMI, FL.- Art Miami, Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair and anchor fair to the City of Miami, is announcing a continuation of record-breaking sales at the close of Day Three of the Fair. Throughout the day, high profile collectors, museum professionals, curators, connoisseurs and artists engaged with exhibitors and acquired a wide range of superb quality works. Distinguished for its quality, depth and diversity, Art Miami presents an incredible showcase of works from internationally renowned modern and contemporary art from [...]

Miami Art Museum receives $35 million gift from Miami developer Jorge M. Perez

MIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum announced that long-time museum supporter and Miami-Dade County business leader Jorge M. Pérez has increased his contribution to the museum’s new downtown facility to $35 million. The gift includes $15 million in support to the institution’s Capital Campaign—on top of his original $5 million pledge at the campaign’s outset—bringing his total monetary support for the museum’s building project to $20 million–a 300% increase from his original pledge. The monetary gift brings the total amount raised for the [...]

SCOPE art show celebrates eleventh year with return to 2010 midtown Miami location

MIAMI, FL.- The art show that has established its name by curating cuttingedge contemporary art from around the world proudly returns to Miami for its eleventh year. Cementing its future with an 80,000 square foot pavilion SCOPE Miami’s high-profile venue is centrally located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District. Running concurrently with Art Basel Miami, SCOPE’s Midtown Miami home is just steps from The Rubell family collection, Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and the Goldman Collection. This year’s edition of [...]

Galerie Gmurzynska presents Yves Klein/ John Cage Playing with Fire at Art Basel Miami Beach

MIAMI, FL.- Yves Klein and John Cage are two of the most influential artists of their generation. And while each is widely recognized for his innovative and experimental artistic principles and practices— especially in his respective native country—rarely have they been seriously discussed together. The exhibition Yves Klein / John Cage: PLAYING WITH FIRE mines and explore one particularly intriguing affinity between these two formative artists: their attraction to and manipulation of fire as an art-making tool. Throughout their careers Klein [...]

Ferrari, Glenn Kaino, Ellsowrth Kelly, and Michael Dweck-Just some of the events at Art Basel Miami

MIAMI BEACH, FL.- Art Basel Miami’s tenth edition will hold several not to be missed events. Visitors to the art fair will have many options where to view art and party. Here are some of them: American photographer Michael Dweck’s personal exploration of Cuba, reflected in his most recent release, Habana Libre, will be presented at Base, 939 Lincoln Road in South Beach. Michael Dweck will be present signing books and then will head to Haven Lounge for an after party [...]

French cultural identity through design at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University

MIAMI BEACH, FL.- The Wolfsonian–Florida International University presents Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, an exhibition exploring French cultural identity through design produced from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The exhibition will be on view from November 25, 2011 through March 26, 2012 and is organized by The Wolfsonian from the collection of the Centre national des arts plastiques, France (National Center for Visual Arts or CNAP). The opening of the exhibition will coincide with the celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach/Design Miami [...]

The BMW Guggenheim Lab and BMW i will be present at Art Basel Miami Beach

MIAMI, FL.- The 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the most prestigious art show in the Americas, takes place from December 1st to 4th. More than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will showcase works by more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. This year, BMW will be in the show and also be in attendance as a guest with the BMW Guggenheim Lab. In addition, the carmaker will provide the VIP [...]

Puerto Rico: See Matthias Weischer’s exhibition at Museo de Arte de Ponce before or after Art Basel

PONCE, P.R.- Visitors to Art Basel Miami will have to add a stop on their itinerary to complete the feast of contemporary art, because in its tireless efforts to remain one of the trailblazing art institutions of the hemisphere, the Museo de Arte de Ponce announces the opening of the exhibition “Matthias Weischer: New Work” on Saturday, November 26, at 2:00 pm. This is the first individual exhibition in the Americas of one of the principal representatives of the New Leipzig School, which [...]

Art Public: Art Basel Miami Beach to transform Collins Park with a record 24 public art works

MIAMI, FL.- For the 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the show will collaborate with the Bass Museum of Art on the Art Public sector, which will transform Collins Park with a record number of public art works. Featuring sculptures and performances by renowned artists and emerging talents, the sector will open to the public with a specially curated program of performances by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine, and Alalâo presenting Ronald Duarte. [...]

Happy Ending: major solo exhibition by American artist Greg Miller at Scream London

LONDON.- Scream presents a major solo exhibition of new large-scale works by American artist Greg Miller. Although Miller has been exhibiting regularly and to critical acclaim in the USA since 1975, Happy Ending is surprisingly his first solo exhibition in the UK. Miller uses collage and paint to create large-scale works, which explore the urban streetscape within a broader historical context. His monumental paintings and eye-catching installations serve to capture for prosperity the most intangible aspects of American culture. His pop art-inspired [...]

Art Basel Takes Major Step Toward Expansion in Asia, Buys Hong Kong International Art Fair

BASEL.- Art Basel announced that MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd. – a MCH Group company, and the organizer of Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach – has signed a purchase agreement with Asian Art Fairs Ltd, the owners of ART HK – Hong Kong International Art Fair. As of July 1, 2011, MCH Group will take a majority ownership stake in Asian Art Fairs Ltd. The entry of MCH Group in the Asian art market marks a significant step [...]

Norton Museum of Art Creates Striking New Exhibition with Pieces from the Miami Beach Fairs

WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- Each December, the country’s leading contemporary art collectors, dealers, critics and fans engage in urgent, heated exchanges about what’s new, what’s good and what’s next at Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the world’s most influential art fairs. Began Wednesday, December 15, 2010, barely a week after Art Basel shuts down, the prestigious Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla. will propose some of its own answers to those questions in a special exhibition called [...]

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