Category: Art Basel Miami Beach

Desert X Sunset Reception at Art Basel 2022

This year’s Art Basel Week brought forth some exceptional happenings like the invitation-only Desert X Sunset Reception hosted by Desert X President and Founder, Susan Davis and Executive Director, Jenny Gil at the Cadillac Hotel & Beach Club in Miami Beach for the upcoming Desert X 2023 exhibition.

Nick Frevola, Fabian Basabe, Susan Davis, Tara Solomon, Renato Freitas

Janina Lundy, Seble Tareke Williams, Erika Lewis, Goapele

Susan Davis, Karen Jones, Jenny Gil

Zoe Lukov, Susan Davis, Alia Al-Senussi

Susan Davis, Karen Jones, Jenny Gil

Devin Johnson, Jenny Gil, Sean McManus

Susan Davis, David Resnicow

Guerdy Abraira, Iva Kosovic Duvin, Tara Solomon

Davis and Gil welcomed guests including independent curator and board member Zoe Lukov, founder of the non-profit organization Art in Common and producer of Desert X documentary DX21 – The Film; founding director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Jérôme Sans; communications executive David Resnicow; art patrons Princess Alia Al-Senussi and Lauren Taschen; Ladygunn Digital Director Mateo Palacio; singer- songwriter Goapele; Nicodim Gallery’s Ben Lee Ritchie Handler with artists Nicolette Mishkan and Devin B. Johnson; Glass House Deputy Director Scott Drevnig; Prime Video & Amazon Studios Head of Emerging Audience Development/Marketing Janina Lundy; Bravo TV’s Real Housewives of Miami star Guerdy Abraira; Bravo TV’s Family Karma stars Vishal Parvani, Richa Sadana, Amrit Kapai, and Avni Parekh; Florida State Representative Fabian Basabe; and artists Allison Eden, Janine Antoni, Orlando Estrada and Typoe Gran.

The mission of Desert X is to create and present international contemporary art exhibitions that engage with desert environments through site-specific installations by acclaimed artists from around the world. Desert X 2023 will be curated by Desert X Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-Curator Diana Campbell. The exhibition will take place from March 4 to May 7, 2023 in the Coachella Valley of Southern California.

I definitely am adding Desert X 2023 to my travel wishlist of exhibitions to attend!

Photo Credits: Matteo Prandoni/BFA.com

December 21, 2022
Upcoming: Art Basel Miami Beach 2022

The 20th edition of the grande dame of art week season in Miami, Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 is the largest edition yet at the Miami Convention Center November 29th – December 3rd.

Featuring 282 exhibitors from 38 countries and territories, it serves as a dynamic platform uniquely bridging the art scenes from across the globe. In addition to its Galleries, Positions, Nova, Survey, and Edition sectors, the fair will host 20 large-scale projects as part of the Meridians sector, 29 curated installations within exhibitors’ booths in the Kabinett sector, as well as nine panels with leading art world voices in its renowned Conversations series.

For more details, click here.

November 27, 2022
Robot Heart Foundation Comes to Art Basel

The Robot Heart Foundation will host a public art showcase featuring a Brandt Brauer Frick Art installation, entitled “Multi Faith Prayer Room,” at The Annex Miami during Art Basel Dec 1st-3rd.

“Dance music culture has always served the purpose of bringing people together in almost a post-religious cathedral type setting – the club. A very open space, open to freedom of expression. The idea for ‘Multi Faith Prayer Room’ came about when I was at Heathrow Airport in late 2020,” said Daniel Brandt. “I had always seen signs for Multi Faith Prayer Rooms but this time the term stuck with me. I wanted to create a physical space that brings people together, brings different opinions together, without judgment.”

The art showcase, created through a significant grant from the Robot Heart Foundation, will be held over three days; from 3:00pm–8:30pm. It will feature three 30 minute shows at 3:30pm – 4:00pm, 4:30pm – 5:00pm and 5:30pm – 6:00pm. There will also be evening parties, from 7:00pm-8:30pm, with a sold out show featuring Afro House DJ Layla Benitez on November 30th. Shows featuring Brandt Brauer Frick will be on December 1st and West African DJ and producer AMÉMÉ will be performing on December 2nd, and play within the 360 surround sound experience.

For tickets to the showcase please visit: https://link.dice.fm/BBFRobotHeart

Visit robotheartfoundation.org for more information.

November 14, 2022
Design Miami/ 2019 returns to Miami Beach at the newly completed Pride Park

DesignMiami/ returns to Miami Beach next month December 3–8 for its fifteenth edition with some exciting changes. The fair will take place for the first time in the recently completed Pride Park, with its entrance now directly facing the entrance to Art Basel Miami Beach.

The fair is also opening its doors to the public in new ways: the reconfigured tent has a glass facade at the entrance to house the new Design Forum presented by SCAD, which will be open to the public throughout the week for cultural programming. The discussions taking place in the Design Forum will also be broadcast outside the tent for passersby.

“We are thrilled to present this edition of Design Miami/ in the newly completed, 6-acre park, named Pride Park. What once was a parking lot has been transformed into an additional public greenspace next to the Miami Beach Botanical Garden,” says Jennifer Roberts, CEO, Design Miami/.

Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators, and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Occurring alongside the Art Basel fairs in Miami, Florida each December and Basel, Switzerland each June, Design Miami/ is the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing, and creating collectible design.

November 23, 2019
New at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019: Disruptions Exhibition from Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires

Disruptions: a new exhibition in Miami Beach as part of the Art Basel Cities partnership with Buenos Aires

During the Art Basel Miami Beach 2019, Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires will present a series of large-scale sculptures by Argentine artists in Collins Park. Based on the curatorial vision of Diana Wechsler and Florencia Battiti, the park will be host to sculptural works exploring the concepts of context and site, and its potential to interfere with everyday life. Participating artists include: Matías Duville, Graciela Hasper, Marie Orensanz, Pablo Reinoso, Marcela Sinclair and Agustina Woodgate.

In the last phase of the partnership with Buenos Aires, Art Basel Cities has sought to bring Argentine artists of different generations, formations, and outputs to an international platform such as Miami Beach during Art Basel – allowing for new artistic discoveries, highlighting the strength, dynamism and vibrancy of the Argentine art scene. ‘Disruptions’, as its title suggests, focuses on intervening in an urban landscape enabling the viewer to
interact and be confronted with works outside the more traditional exhibition space. More than a merely aesthetic proposition, art in this space can become a tool for encountering, interacting, and questioning potentially overly familiar environment.

“While we appeal to the curiosity of the public, to their capacity of amazement, reflection, complicity, and surprise, ‘Disruptions’ also necessarily implies a commitment to the unknown, a rupture of the status quo,” explain curators Diana Wechsler and Florencia Battiti.

Further details on the artists and individual works can be found here.

Accompanying ‘Disruptions’, Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires will be presenting the following artist talks; all talks are free and open to the public.

Thursday, December 5, 2019: 4pm to 5pm: Marcela Sinclair and Agustina Woodgate in conversation with Florencia Battiti and Diana Wechsler

Friday, December 6, 2019: 2.15pm to 2.45pm: Pablo Reinoso; 4.15pm to 4.45pm: Matías Duville

Saturday, December 7, 2019: 2.15pm to 2.45pm: Graciela Hasper; 4.15pm to 4.45pm: Marie Orensanz

November 11, 2019
Rewind: Art Basel Miami Beach & Design Miami/ 2017

It’s been a tumultuous year in the design and art world. From superstar architect Richard Meier’s sexual harassment scandal to Banksy’s pranking of Sotheby’s, to the David Hockney painting’s record breaking 90.3 Million sale at Christie’s , the keyword for 2018 has been upheaval.

As Art Basel Miami Beach and Design Miami/ approaches, I’m taking a quick look back at last December’s editions. (more…)

November 22, 2018
Sean Kelly Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach 2017

Sean Kelly brings a superbly curated selection of works to his eponymously named gallery’s presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach 2017.

Included is work by Sam Moyer, who is also currently on show in a solo exhibition WIDE WAKE at Sean Kelly’s New York space, Antony Gormley who has just had a significant monograph by Martin Caiger-Smith published by Rizzoli and Kehinde Wiley, who has been selected to paint the official presidential portrait of Barack Obama.

SAM MOYER
Georgia, 2016
stone, marble, dyed canvas mounted to MDF
85 1/2 x 67 x 1 inches (217.2 x 170.2 x 2.5 cm)
© Sam Moyer
Courtesy: the artist and Sean Kelly, New York

Additionally, there are a selection of works from artists Marina Abramoviç, Los Carpinteros, James Casebere, Julian Charrière, David Claerbout, Jose Dávila, Iran do Espírito Santo, Antony Gormley, Laurent Grasso, Callum Innes, Hugo McCloud, Mariko Mori, and Alec Soth.

MARIKO MORI
Spirifer I, 2017
coated acrylic, Corian base
52 3/8 x 18 9/16 x 6 5/8 inches (133 x 47.1 x 16.8 cm)
edition of 8 with 2 APs
© Mariko Mori
Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

The gallery will also present works by Landon Metz and Janaina Tschäpe , two artists who are new to the gallery’s program.

Janaina Tschäpe
Enchanted, 2017
casein and colored pencil on canvas
painting: 58 1/4 x 58 3/4 inches (148 x 149.2 cm)
framed: 59 1/8 x 59 5/8 inches (150.2 x 151.4 cm)
© Janaina Tschäpe
Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

Located at Booth D14, make sure to add the Sean Kelly Gallery to your “must see” list while at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Featured Image Credits:
JULIAN CHARRIÈRE
Baker – First Light, 2016
large format color photograph, double-exposed through radioactive material, archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag, mounted on aluminum Dibond, Red Palmira veneered frame, Mirogard antireflective glass paper: 59 1/8 x 73 7/8 inches (150.2 x 187.7 cm) framed: 60 1/2 x 75 5/16 x 2 inches (153.7 x 191.3 x 5.1 cm)
unique
© Julian Charrière / VG Blid-Kunst, Bonn 2017
Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

December 2, 2017