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Aqua Art Miami 2015
VIP Preview, Access for Art Miami, CONTEXT and Aqua VIP Cardholders & Press, Wednesday, December 2, 3 pm – 10 pm
Thursday, December 3, 12 pm – 9 pm
Friday, December 4, 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday, December 5, 11 am – 9 pm
Sunday, December 6, 11 am – 6 pm
Aqua Hotel
1530 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
One-day fair pass (Aqua Only) $15
Multi-day fair pass (Aqua, CONTEXT and Art Miami) $85
Students 12-18 years and Seniors 62 years + $10
Children under 12 years accompanied by adult Free
Groups 10 or more (Online tickets only) $10
A One-Day Fair Pass provides admission to Aqua Art Miami only.
A Multi-Day Fair Pass provides admission to Aqua Art Miami, CONTEXT, and Art Miami.
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Art Miami/Context/Aqua 2015 Complimentary Day Pass

Aqua Art Miami, a boutique art exhibition and sister fair to the renowned Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami, has released its list of 45 international galleries for the fair’s 11th edition, taking place at the retro Aqua Hotel on South Beach from December 2 through December 6. Aqua Art Miami also announces the new director Katelijne De Backer, esteemed for her work with Art New York, Lehmann Maupin and The Armory Show, who carefully handpicked a dynamic range of galleries with strong emerging and mid-career artists.

“I am beyond thrilled to lead this year’s Aqua Art Miami as Director,” says De Backer. “Aqua is a little jewel of Miami Art Week—it provides exposure to the undiscovered works of young artists and galleries, which is a crucial aim of the fair and something that I personally love to support.”

With its intimate setting and refined presentation, Aqua Art Miami has cultivated a reputation as a fair to discover artists in the Aqua Hotel’s serene atmosphere. De Backer, a seasoned director, has been producing cutting-edge events since the beginning of her career. For over 10 years, she led The Armory Show to nearly triple in size and transformed it into one of the most important events on the international art marker’s calendar.

With all of her success, De Backer’s arrival to Aqua Art Miami will be sure to leave an indelible influence on this year’s fair. She has already made waves for the brand as the Director of the first-ever Art New York this past May, a position she will continue to lead into the following year. Under her direction, Aqua will host just over 100 artists with galleries from 28 cities and 10 countries.

Aqua Art Miami is billed to be one of the most highly anticipated contemporary art exhibitions in December. Opening night for VIP cardholders and select members of the press is Wednesday, December 2 from 3pm to 10pm. The fair will be open for public viewing starting Thursday, December 3rd from 12pm to 9pm and then through Saturday from 11am to 9pm, Sunday 11am – 6pm. There will be a daily complimentary shuttle service that will connect Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami with Aqua Art Miami. Single-day tickets to the Aqua fair exclusively are $15; and a multi-fair pass to Aqua Art Miami, CONTEXT Art Miami and Art Miami are $85, which can be purchased via Eventbrite, at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aqua-art-miami-2015-tickets-18244371406

The following galleries have been confirmed for participation at Aqua Art Miami in 2015:

57 Projects l Los Angles; Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art l New York; Art Center Allapattah l Miami; Artfactory Club l Vienna; Aureus Contemporary l Wakefield; Azart Gallery l New York; C. Emerson Fine Arts l St. Petersburg, FL; Cansio Contemporary l Miami; CASS Contemporary l Tampa; Derek Gores Gallery l Melbourne, FL; Elisa Contemporary Art l New York; Ernest G.Welch School of Art & Design, Georgia State University l Atlanta, Georgia; Everything is Art l Moscow; Exposure Gallery, Truth or Consequences; Fiercely Curious l Brooklyn; Fine Art Consultancy l London & Tokyo; Frantic Gallery l Tokyo; Gallery 300 l Santa Rosa; Gallery Marcoux l Ta’ Xbiex, Malta; Gallery on Wade l Toronto; Ghostprint Gallery l Richmond; Haiti Friends l Pittsburgh; Hamiltonian Gallery l Washington, DC; Hang Art l San Francisco; Huberty-Breyne Gallery l Brussels; j fergeson gallery l Farmville; Jenny Green Gallery l Bend; McCaig-Welles l Brooklyn; Morton Fine Art l Washington, DC; New Apostle Gallery l Brooklyn; Pele Prints l St. Louis; Projects Gallery l Miami; Rademakers l Amsterdam; Red Corridor Gallery | Künzell; Revision Space l Pittsburgh; S Artspace Gallery l New York; Sandra Lee Gallery l San Francisco; Space 776 l Brooklyn; Spacewomb Gallery l New York; SPiN Galleries l Shanghai; Studio 26 Gallery l New York; Signature l Atlanta; Vertical Gallery l Chicago; Victori + Mo l Brooklyn; Working Method Contemporary l Tallahassee

Scope Miami Beach
Platinum First View, Hosted by VICTOR Private Jet Charters, Invitation or Platinum VIP card for entry, Tue | Dec 1 | 12:00PM – 4:00PM
VIP | Press Preview, VIP card holders and Press only, Tue | Dec 1 | 4:00PM – 8:00PM
Wed | Dec 2 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Thu | Dec 3 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Fri | Dec 4 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Sat | Dec 5 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
Sun | Dec 6 | 11:00AM – 8:00PM
SCOPE
801 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Free for VIP cardholders
Platinum First View | Tue | $150
General VIP & Press | Tue | $100
Public | Wed – Sun | $35
Student | Wed – Sun | $25
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The SCOPE Miami Beach Pavilion will once again be situated on the sands of historic Ocean Drive, featuring a monumental entrance Atrium designed by Leeser Architecture. Celebrating its 15th anniversary edition, SCOPE will welcome 118 International Exhibitors from 22 countries and 57 cities. With many well-established galleries upgrading to larger booths, SCOPE Miami Beach will debut a more spacious pavilion to showcase a robust VIP program featuring three curated sections: Juxtapoz Presents, the Breeder Program, and FEATURE.

SCOPE Miami Beach opens on Tuesday, December 1, with its exclusive Platinum First View from 12 – 4pm followed by the VIP & Press First View 4 – 8pm. SCOPE will open to the general public December 2 – 5, 2015.

VH1, SCOPEÂ’s longtime media partner, will host a reception to close out Opening Day from 8-9pm in the SCOPE Atrium. SCOPE VIP cardholders and registered press are welcome to attend, entry based on capacity.

Event highlights include: The Platinum First View Brunch, on Tuesday, December 1, 12-4PM: Featuring complimentary cocktails and light fare. This event is free for Platinum VIP cardholders, by invitation, or $150 ticket at the door. Also on Tuesday, December 1, SCOPE welcomes registered Press and VIP cardholders to our Preview reception, with complimentary cocktails from 4 – 8PM.

Also on the calendar is the SCOPE Official Party, presented by BMI at Nikki Beach, on Friday, December 4, 8PM-12AM, featuring a live music performance from Mack Wilds and LilÂ’ Dicky. This event is by invitation and confirmed RSVP only.

With over 75 art shows spanning more than 15 years, SCOPE is the largest and most global art fair in the world, celebrated as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. Renowned for its uncanny ability to forecast new visual trends that are embraced globally, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales of over 1 billion and attendance of over 1.2 million visitors.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary edition in Miami and its third consecutive year on the sands of Miami Beach, SCOPE attracts 45,000 visitors over the course of 6 days. With an emphasis on activating the careers of emerging artists, attendees to SCOPE are seasoned tastemakers looking for new discovery. Our audience is a diverse crowd of stylish innovators, all of whom define our cultural landscape across a variety of creative disciplines.

SCOPE taps into the cultural psyche to present only the most pioneering work across multiple creative disciplines. With over a decade of critically acclaimed art fairs and non-profit initiatives that extend beyond the ordinary in contemporary art.

Satellite Miami Beach
Press Preview & Vernisage, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 – 4:00pm to 10:00pm
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 – 12:00pm to 9:00pm
Thursday, December 3, 2015 – 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Friday, December 4, 2015 – 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015 – 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015 – 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Exhibition Locations
Ocean Terrace Hotel
7410 Ocean Terrace
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Surf Med Pharmacy
7430 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL

The Parking Garage
6625 Indian Creek Drive
Miami Beach, FL

North Beach Bandshell
7275 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

The Deauville Hotel
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Ocean Terrace Hotel
Tiger Strikes Asteroid is pleased to announce its Satellite Art Show programing, that will focus entirely on the “artist-run space”, a thriving alternate model of support, exchange, and community to the established commercial market. From collectives with permanent spaces to one-person pop-up curatorial nomads, Tiger Strikes Asteroid will bring together an international representation of nearly 40 of these initiatives in our repurposed hotel. Each room will feature a different installation/environment by one of these groups.

Surf Med Pharmacy
Exhibition: Dimoda
Satellite is pleased to announce Transfers installation of DiMoDA – ‘The Digital Museum of Digital Art’ in conjunction with The Wrong New Media Biennale.
DiMoDA is a preeminent virtual institution and a virtual reality exhibition platform dedicated to the distribution and promotion of New Media Art. For it’s debut, DiMoDA will be presenting works by Jacolby Satterwhite (NY), Claudia Hart (NY/CHICAGO), Tim Berresheim (DE) and a project by Aquanet 2001 (Salvador Loza and Gibran Morgado) from Mexico City.

Fridge Art Fair : The Fridge Fudge Pop: Miami Beach & Pop Up At The Center
Thursday, December 3, press/VIP preview 5:00 to 7:00pm, Benefit Gala 7:00 to 10:00pm.
Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th, 11:00am to 9:00pm
Sunday, December 6th, 11:00am to 6:00pm.
Holiday Inn-Miami Beach
4333 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Suggested admission is $10
Advance general admission tickets

Fridge Art Fair is pleased to announce its third Miami Edition, The Fridge Fudge Pop, hosted at Holiday Inn-Miami Beach, steps from this year’s NADA and Pulse Fairs, with easy access to Art Basel, Scope and Aqua.

Opening day events include the VIP and Press Preview on Thursday, December 3, 2015 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Immediately following that, from 7:00 to 10:00pm, the opening benefit gala, The Grand Fudge Pop, will feature a special performance by NYC’s drag star Sweetie, and will benefit the LGBT Visitor Center of Miami Beach. Advance general admission Benefit Gala tickets are $35 and are available here. At the door, general admission tickets will be $45, a limited number of “rush” student/senior tickets will be $20 (with ID at the door at 7:00pm). The event will also include a raffle, music and more. RSVP: vip@fridgeartfair.com (VIP) or lynn@greengalactic.com (press).

Fridge Art Fair’s philosophy is to make the art fair scene accessible to diverse exhibitors and visitors alike. “Our booth fees are low,” said Eric Ginsburg, the Artist and Founding Director known throughout the world for his Dog and Cat paintings. Admission is ten dollars but on the door policy is: “No one is ever turned away. Generous donations will help keep this a reality.”

Fridge Art Fair celebrates creative freedom and diversity, encouraging exhibitors to explore all possibilities within their spaces as, in the words of Fridge Curator Linda DiGusta, “exploration, energetic participation and enthusiastic support create transformative energy, rules kill spirit.” Exhibitors are drawn from the world art community and include dealers, collectives and unrepresented artists – many “regulars,” and some new to Fridge.

This year the Fair welcomes a major collaboration with Art Shape Mammoth, who will curate and present large-scale sculpture, performances – dance and movement artist Laura Gordon will work with the large-scale paintings of new Fridge artist Iliyan Ivanov as a backdrop and Anna Marie Shogren will dance a durational performance – and guest artists from Shanghai, China in addition to their core program.

Special presentations also include an exhibition by students of Virginia Erdie’s youth art program in Miami, a screening of Katherine Delaney’s documentary/love letter to the drag world, Charmed Life, and works of Kazuko Miyamoto and Eva LeWitt presented by Gallery 128, the Lower East Side fixture and magnet that hosted the inaugural Fridge Art Fair in May 2013.

Founder renowned artist Eric Ginsburg http://www.worldoferic.com will present his signature pet portraits and accept commissions to benefit BARC Animal Rescue in Brooklyn, NY – bring a photo of Fido or Fluffy and save a life! His work will be featured in the exhibition. Additionally, a satellite exhibition curated by the Fair will open in November, hosted by LGBT Visitor Center, 1130 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Details to be announced.

Fridge Art Fair, a play on “Freeze,” was born in 2013 on the Lower East Side, as a satellite of Frieze New York. The inaugural Fair was filled to capacity with exhibitors who answered Founder Eric Ginsburg’s challenge, “Can you fit into the Fridge?” at Kazuko Miyamoto’s small but storied storefront, Gallery OneTwentyEight. The Fair has gathered a growing following of exhibitors, sponsors, and visitors through two more New York editions, as well as two previous Miami fairs in 2013 and 2014. The 2015 edition will mark Fridge’s Miami Beach debut, where the fair’s unique character will complement the offerings of the nearby Pulse and NADA shows, as well as Scope, Aqua and Art Basel in South Beach.

More information about exhibiting, sponsoring or visiting the Fridge at FridgeArtFair.com

o The LGBT Visitor Center in Miami Beach opens its door with Pride to thousands of tourists from around the globe each year. Situated in the historic Old City Hall building, we’re literally at the epicenter of LGBTQ activity in South Beach. The vibrant LGBTQ community helps make Miami and the beaches one of the top LGBTQ destinations in the world! A place of community, information and resources, we offer weekly support groups including Narcotics Anonymous and Smart Recovery, Yoga and Dance classes, Educational Workshops and an array of Social Events. The LGBT Visitor Center is operated by the MDGLCC Foundation, Inc., the 501c3 nonprofit foundation of the Miami Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

o Self-described “big titted, honky soul momma” Sweetie arrived in NYC at 19 having never been to the big city, but always knowing it would one day be her home. Seduced by the grit and glitter of New York by films like Midnight Cowboy and Taxi Driver, she escaped her suburban Detroit roots to study theatre…

o ArtShape Mammoth (ASM) is a nationwide organization supporting the development of artists by connecting them with new communities. ASM is designing a new structure of representation for artists, and is currently representing thirty artists, organizing curated exhibitions and artist lectures nationally and internationally. Additionally, ASM facilitates the ONE Arts Center gallery and workshop space in Vermont, the Visitor Center Artist Camp near-wilderness residency site in the UP of Michigan, an international Shanghai artist exchange program, and traveling experiential workshops in metal-casting and ceramics.

o BARC’s mission is to provide a safe haven for abandoned animals and to find permanent loving homes for them. While in our care, we provide them with quality food, shelter, medical attention, and the love they deserve. We are proud to be a no kill shelter.

o Virginia Erdie’s program

o Eric Ginsburg’s paintings of dogs and cats are exhibited and sold internationally, and will be featured alongside works by William Wegman in the November exhibition Man’s Best Friend at WAH Center. In addition to animals, he loves art and artists, and Fridge Art Fair is part of his mission to give back to that community.

o Miami native and photographer Cara Hunter Viera has been with Fridge since its inception and acts as Associate Director for Fridge Miami.

o Writer/curator/artist/dealer Linda DiGusta has worked within the contemporary art community in NYC since 2004. She joined Fridge as an exhibitor in 2013 and curator in 2014.

Art Basel Miami Beach 2015
Private View, Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 11am to 8pm (by invitation only)
Vernissage, Thursday, December 3, 2015, 11am to 3pm (by invitation only)
Public Days
Thursday, December 3, 2015, 3pm to 8pm
Friday, December 4, 2015, 12noon to 8pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015, 12noon to 8pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015, 12noon to 6pm
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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As the premier show of the Americas, Art Basel’s Miami Beach show presents established and emerging galleries from the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay alongside many of the most important galleries from Europe, Asia and Africa. In total, half of the participating galleries have exhibition spaces in the Americas.

First-time participants from North and South America include Arredondo \ Arozarena, Castelli Gallery, Cristin Tierney Gallery, Essex Street, François Ghebaly Gallery, George Adams Gallery, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, SIM Galeria, Thomas Duncan Gallery and Universal Limited Art Editions. The galleries from Europe showing in Miami Beach for the first time are: Beck & Eggeling, Galerie Gregor Staiger, hunt kastner, KOW, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Marcelle Alix, Mathew Gallery, Galerie Max Mayer, Mazzoleni, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Galeria Plan B, Project Native Informant, Vedovi Gallery, Vistamare and Robilant + Voena. From the Asia-Pacific region, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP and White Space Beijing will join the show for the first time. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/exhibitors.

Galleries, the main sector of the show, features 191 galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video and editioned works. In addition to a strong list of returning exhibitors, Vedovi Gallery and Mazzoleni will exhibit for the first time at Art Basel in Miami Beach, while Galerie Barbara Thumm and ProjecteSD return to the Galleries sector after a brief hiatus. Having previously shown in Nova, Positions or Survey, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Kerlin Gallery and Mendes Wood DM have graduated into the Galleries sector, where, for the first time, they will present a wider range of their gallery programs.

With 12 global leaders in the field of prints and limited-editioned works, the Edition sector is a perennial highlight. This year’s show features Alan Cristea Gallery, Carolina Nitsch, Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L. LLC, Pace Prints, Paragon, Paul Stolper Gallery, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Sabine Knust, STPI, Two Palms and Universal Limited Art Editions.

Following its well-received debut last year, Survey returns with 14 exhibitions of historically informed works. Presentations include work by Charles Burchfield (DC Moore Gallery), Peter Campus (Cristin Tierney Gallery), Gianni Colombo (Robilant + Voena), Roy DeCarava (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), Rosalyn Drexler (Garth Greenan Gallery), Dorothy Iannone (Peres Projects), Wang Jinsong (Beijing Art Now Gallery), Heinz Mack (Beck & Eggeling), Roberto Burle Marx (Bergamin & Gomide), Shinjiro Okamoto (Tokyo Gallery + BTAP), Miguel Ángel Rojas (espaivisor), Peter Saul (George Adams Gallery), Keith Sonnier (Castelli Gallery) and Ettore Spalletti (Vistamare). Further details on the individual projects will be announced in the coming months.

The 16 curated solo booths of Positions provide a focus on emerging artists. The sector features a study on Mexican symbolism by Fritzia Irizar at Arredondo \ Arozarena; an installation by Dan Bayles at François Ghebaly Gallery, which will evolve during the show in response to other works on display; work by Vittorio Brodmann at Galerie Gregor Staiger; and new paintings and mixed-media work by Jaromír Novotný at hunt kastner. Daniel Keller will explore ecological and technological developments at the stand of Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler; Marcelle Alix will show a veiled installation of ‘Opaque’ by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz; while Villa Design Group’s work at Mathew Gallery will question languages of design, violence, and subjectivity through an installation of 10 doorways that draw upon architectural details from the murder scene of Gianni Versace. As part of Positions, Galerie Max Mayer will present ‘Polyrhythm Technoir’, a three-part film by Henning Fehr and Philipp Rühr that allegorizes the present state of electronic music. The sector will further include an installation by Jiieh G Hur at One and J. Gallery; a new series of works inspired by nation-state branding campaigns by the artist collective GCC at Project Native Informant; a performance by Thomas Wachholz at RaebervonStenglin; and work by Andrei Koschmieder at Real Fine Art, examining the processes and systems by which the illicit is made useful and productive as it is integrated into the formal capitalist economy. SIM Galeria will present ‘Le carnaval des animaux’ by Romy Pocztaruk; explorations of the body by B. Ingrid Olson will be on view at Simone Subal Gallery; and Thomas Duncan Gallery will show mixed-media work by Sean Paul. At White Space Beijing, He Xiangyu will exhibit a series of ink on paper drawings.

Nova, which provides a platform for younger galleries to present new work by up to three artists, will feature 34 exhibitors. Freedman Fitzpatrick will present the set of a play in a collaboration between Tobias Madison and Matthew Lutz-Kinoy. On display at Take Ninagawa will be a group show featuring Elias Hansen, Shinro Ohtake and Aki Sasamoto. Luciano Figueiredo, Sandra Gamarra, Mauro Piva will convert Galeria Leme’s booth into a fictitious museum that challenges the artist’s position within the artworld. Continuing Nova’s reputation as a site of discovery, Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte will show Gustavo Speridião and Nuno Ramos; Essex Street will present works by Park McArthur and Cameron Rowland; Galeria Plan B will feature Ciprian MureÅŸan and Navid Nuur; and Hannah Hoffman Gallery will debut new paintings by Matt Sheridan Smith.

KOW’s presentation for Nova will feature Eugenio Dittborn, Heinrich Dunst and Michael E. Smith; while Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art will show a new film by Keren Cytter. Pilar Corrias will return to the sector with an exploration of the mediation of images through technology by Rachel Rose, Ian Cheng and Ken Okiishi. Related themes will be considered by Antoine Catala and Gregory Edwards at 47 Canal; Nicolás Bacal, Tomás Espina and Jorge Pedro Núñez at Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo; and Henry Chapman, Helen Marten and Tris Vonna-Michell at T293. History and symbology will also be a looked at, including works by Mandla Reuter and Armando Andrade Tudela at Francesca Minini; Felipe Arturo, Tania Candiani and Wilson Díaz at Instituto de visión; Nicholas Mangan at Labor; Carlos Motta, Rossella Biscotti and Teresa Margolles at mor charpentier; Sharon Hayes and Jimmy Robert at Tanya Leighton; and Asunción Molinos Gordo at Travesía Cuatro.

Compelling juxtapositions in the sector will include Austé and Emily Sundblad at Algus Greenspon; Nathan Mabry and Bernard Piffaretti at Cherry and Martin; Ian Wallace, Susanne M. Winterling and Julian Hoeber at Jessica Silverman Gallery; Néstor Sanmiguel Diest and B. Wurtz at Maisterravalbuena; Jorge Méndez Blake and Leon Vranken at Meessen De Clercq; Sam Anderson, Phoebe Collings-James and Noel McKenna at mother’s tankstation; Lucas Blalock, Andra Ursuta and Kaari Upson at Ramiken Crucible; Elena Damiani and Marlena Kudlicka at Revolver Galería; and Nelson Leirner, Marilá Dardot and Chiara Banfi at Silvia Cintra + Box 4. Through their divergent practices David Alesworth, Sudarshan Shetty and Avinash Veeraraghavan turn to craft as both a subject and conceptual framework at GALLERYSKE, while Stefan Brüggemann and Alejandro Cesarco consider a common interest in the formative aspect of language at Parra & Romero. Solo booths in Nova provide additional highlights, including Matt Hoyt at Bureau; Charlie Billingham with Supportico Lopez; Egan Frantz at Michael Jon Gallery; and Adrian Paci at Kalfayan Galleries.

In addition to showing premier artworks ranging from Modern masters to the latest contemporary pieces across five gallery sectors, many exhibitors will present works in Art Basel’s project-based sectors: Kabinett, Public and Film. Over the coming months, further details about these sectors as well as about the Conversations and Salon program of panels and talks will be released.

South Florida’s leading museums again time their strongest exhibitions of the year to coincide with Art Basel. Visitors from across the world will also have the opportunity to view the city’s internationally renowned private collections. This includes muchanticipated exhibitions at the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and the Rubell Family Collection. In December the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will present ‘Nari Ward: Sun Splashed’, ‘No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting’, ‘Firelei Báez: Bloodlines’, and project galleries by Sheela Gowda, Jeff Wall, Nicolas Lobo and Bik Van der Pol. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) will present ‘Shannon Ebner – A Public Character’ and ‘Alex Bag – The Van (Redux)’ while NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will show ‘Pablo Picasso: Painted Ceramics and Works on Paper, 1931-71’, ‘William J. Glackens: A Modernist in the Making’, ‘The Indestructible Lee Miller’, and ‘Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television’. Other highlights include ‘Margin of Error’ and ‘Philodendron: From Pan-Latin Exotic to American Modern’ at the Wolfsonian-FIU; ‘The Summer of ’68: Photographing the Black Panthers’, ‘Vincent van Gogh’s The Poplars at Saint-Rémy’, ‘Edgar Degas’ Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon’ at the Norton Museum of Art; and ‘Carlos Salas: Latin America and the Global Imagination’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). As the Bass Museum of Art is undergoing renovation, it has instigated bassX – a series of artists’ projects, exhibitions, events and education programs – in the Miami Beach Library, directly across from the museum. In December bassX will present a new performance by Sylvie Fleury.

Featuring the world’s leading galleries specializing in twentieth and twenty-first century collectible design, the 11th edition of Design Miami, the leading global forum for design, will take place from December 2 to December 6, 2015 at Meridian & 19th Street, opposite the Miami Beach Convention Center. For more information, please visit designmiami.com.

UNTITLED 2015 Announces Special Projects For Fourth Edition
Wednesday, December 2 – Saturday, December 5, 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 6, 11am – 5pm
On the beach
Ocean Drive and 12th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Admission:
General Admission: $28
Discounted Admission (Seniors and Students): $18
Miami Beach residents: $18
Groups of 15 or more: $18 per person
Children under 12: FREE
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UNTITLED’s curatorial team, Artistic Director, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, curators Christophe Boutin and Melanie Scarciglia, along with Programming Director Amanda Schmitt, have identified a selection of special projects and programming that will engage visitors in the exhibitors’ booths and at various locations throughout the fair, indoors and outside.

“Working closely with our exhibitors we selected a strong group of special works by artists that are cross-generational,” states Amanda Schmitt. “The special programming elements from our non-profit and artist-run participants are integrated into the fair’s layout, demonstrating UNTITLED’s commitment to creating an environment unlike other art fairs.”

Visitors will be greeted by three special projects selected from submissions by UNTITLED exhibitors. Near the entrance will be a large-scale sculptural installation by Ronald Bladen presented by Loretta Howard Gallery (New York). Bladen was an influential artist who inspired a younger generation of minimalists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre and Sol LeWitt. His work Chevrons (1974) explores the power and significance of this fundamental geometric shape, ubiquitous for its use in insignia, in language as punctuation, as a mathematical sign, and in design. The work consists of nine monolithic black sculptures that are arranged evenly in three rows, activating and highlighting the space between and surrounding the sculpture.

Los Angeles-based artist Scoli Acosta’s Earth Quartet (2013) is comprised of a series of pentagonal canvases, edged with jingles fashioned from flattened bottle caps. The work was inspired by Chris Marker’s documentary film, The Sixth Side of the Pentagon, that captures the 1967 Vietnam protest at the Pentagon. Acosta’s incorporation of playful bottle cap jingles also nods to Abbie Hoffman’s sarcastic attempt to levitate the Pentagon, in hopes it would turn orange and vibrate. Earth Quartet is presented by Galerie Laurent Godin (Paris).

Elise Ferguson’s paintings do not involve paint; she uses materials that are associated with sculpting: plaster and wood. Coloring the plaster with pigment, and layering the surface to a sculptural level, Ferguson’s work is based on mathematical puzzles, design and geometric variation. Ferguson’s Tess Ramble (2015), presented by Romer Young Gallery (San Francisco), is a three panel site-specific work that will be positioned in direct dialogue with the two other special projects, completing a minimal geometric trinity.

Miami Project & Art on Paper Miami
Opening Reception: Tuesday December 1, 2015, 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Thursday, December 3, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Friday, December 4, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015 — 11:00am to 6:00pm
Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33141
Free One Day Pass

Miami Project and Art on Paper Miami open Tuesday, December 1st at The Deauville Beach Resort in the heart of Miami Beach. Building on the strong success of their previous editions, these co-located fairs will feature the best in modern and contemporary art presented by over seventy galleries from around the world.

MIAMI PROJECT EDITION FOUR
Miami Project’s fourth edition will feature a unique confluence of historical and contemporary art, offering fair-goers a distinct Miami Beach experience. On the heels of Miami’s Unrealism exhibition – a direct response to one of the biggest new trends in the market today – and the figurative bend of MoMA PS1’s Greater New York show, Miami Project will include several of the world’s top figurative painting programs. The resurgence of this timeless form of art-making has found its new place at the foreground of the global art scene, and Miami Project’s leading galleries that focus on paintings of the person will be a must-visit stop for all those seeking pristine examples of bold figuration.

Joining Miami Project for the first time, New York City’s Hirschl & Adler Modern will show work by John Moore and Christopher Wilmarth. Fellow first-time exhibitor Jill Newhouse Gallery will exhibit rare works on paper by Pierre Bonnard and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Making its Miami debut, Lori Bookstein Fine Art will show mixed media on panel by Hiroyuki Hamada with a series of screenprints on steel enamel plates by Jennifer Bartlett. Robert Fontaine Gallery will present significant work by Robert Rauschenberg including the artist’s 2007 Expresser (From The Runts Series) and 1980’s mixed media work Rush 3. Deborah Force Fine Art joins Miami Project to exhibit Charles Ephraim Burchfield’s Butterfly Festival, 1949-56, and a rare 1929 Edward Hopper watercolor on paper. Catharine Clark Gallery will present sculpture by Wanxin Zhang, Masami Teraoka’s 1984 watercolor and pencil on paper Work Painting for Wave Series, and Chris Doyle’s 2014 video The Fluid. Claire Oliver Gallery will show an exhibition of photographs by Laetitia Soulier and oil on canvas by Matt Bahen. Nancy Toomey Fine Art will present works on paper by Lynda Benglis and Larry Bell. Winston Wächter Fine Art will show a new monumental work on paper by Zaria Forman, Richard Levy Gallery will present painting by Mel Davis and Matt Magee, and Sasha Wolf Gallery will show large scale photography by Doug Fogelson and Christopher Rodriguez. To learn more about Miami Project, please visit miami-project.com

ART ON PAPER MIAMI
A Time Out New York Critic’s Pick and one of The New York Times’ must see March 2015 art fairs, Art on Paper New York welcomed over 18,000 visitors and played host to compelling, large-scale installations and critically acclaimed exhibitions over four buzzing days. The fair’s fresh Miami counterpart will be a similar forum for the exploration of a medium – a space for intimate conversation between exhibitor and collector with a refreshing focus on the artwork itself. Sasha Wolf returns as the fair’s Artistic Director working with James Stroud of Center Street Studio to guide the fair’s tightly curated paper-based program. To learn more about Art on Paper Miami, please visit thepaperfair.com/miami

TOP FOOD AND DRINK
From December 1 – 6, The Deauville Beach Resort will play host to some of the country’s best food and cocktail programs. Miami’s renowned The Broken Shaker will take over the hotel’s beverage service, offering visitors the exclusive opportunity to experience the cocktail program recently voted this year’s Best Hotel Bar in America. New York City favorites Black Tree and Big Mozz will join the fairs to feature new menus crafted specifically for the Miami audience. Featuring two members of Zagat’s 30 Under 30, and one of the world’s best bars, The Deauville Beach Resort will be the ultimate Miami Art Week destination for top food and drink.