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  • Met Breuer Opens March 18th

    Met Breuer Opens March 18th

     The Met Breuer media preview took place yesterday and what an amazing preview it was!

    Formerly the home of the Whitney, the Met Breuer in New York City is now the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new home for its modern and contemporary art collections.

    The Met Breuer’s program spotlights modern and contemporary art in dialogue with historic works that encompass the full range of The Met’s vast collection. The building will host both monographic and thematic exhibitions, as well as new commissions and performances. The two inaugural exhibitions at The Met are Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, a cross-departmental curatorial initiative that brings together works by some of the greatest artists of all time, from Titian to Louise Bourgeois, who experimented with a non finito style; and the largest exhibition to date dedicated to Indian modernist Nasreen Mohamedi. Additionally, a music installation by Artist in Residence Vijay Iyer will activate The Met Breuer’s Tony and Amie James Gallery in the lobby  throughout March.

    For those who could not be there in person, there was the Facebook Live live broadcasting a first look at the building and a walk through of the Nasreen Mohammedi (1937-1990) exhibition with Sheena Wagstaff, Leonard A. Lauder Chairman, Department of Modern & Contemporary Art and Brinda Kumar, who helped curate the show.

    The Inaugural Season features:

    • Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, major thematic survey featuring unfinished works of art from the Renaissance to the present day;
    • Monographic exhibition of Indian modernist artist Nasreen Mohamedi;
    • Continuous in-gallery performances by Artist in Residence Vijay Iyer (through March 31, 2016), a newly commissioned sonic experience by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams, and an all-day performance in The Met’s three locations of the U.S. premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen‘s composition KLANG;
    • Forthcoming exhibitions in 2016 season include rarely seen, early photographs by Diane Arbus (opening July 2016);
    • Mid-career retrospective of the contemporary painter Kerry James Marshall (opening October 2016), with a complementary “artist’s choice” installation of works from The Met collection;
    • Inhabiting Marcel Breuer’s Architecture, an exhibition of newly commissioned architectural photographs of four iconic Marcel Breuer-designed buildings (opening November 2016)

    I will be sure to be visiting there soon!

    More about the Met Breuer Inaugural Season here… (more…)

  • SCOPE Miami Beach 15th Anniversary

    Last year’s SCOPE Miami Beach was outstanding success with their over 100 exhibitors, 20 Breeder Program galleries, excellent social media outreach, innovative special programming and cool collaborations.

    Can’t wait till December to attend this year’s edition!

    SCOPE Miami Beach 2015 Info

  • Upcoming March Art Events : NYC

    March is the month to be in NYC if you are an art lover.

    Art on Paper (March 3-5) at Pier 36

    The Armory Show (March 5-8) at Piers 94 & 94

    PULSE New York (March 5-8) at the Metropolitan Pavilion

    SCOPE New York (March 6-8) at new location across from the Armory Show

    Hang Together Exhibition Panel & Reception (March 9) at the Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn

  • Upcoming Event: The Armory Show March 5-8

    Upcoming Event: The Armory Show March 5-8

    The Armory Show in New York City returns for its seventeenth edition! Make sure you add this international contemporary and modern art fair at Piers 92 & 94 to your calendar for March 5-8 as this year’s show promises to bring exceptional events and exhibitions during Armory Arts Week. (more…)

  • Pulse Miami 2012

    Pulse Miami 2012

    PULSE Miami 2012 delivered a dynamic art fair full of amazing contemporary works from artists from all over the globe.  They pretty much covered every aspect of international contemporary art. Looking for the best in emerging artists, they had IMPULSE – a section of the fair dedicated to galleries showing solo exhibits from emerging artists. Looking for innovative videos, they had PULSE PLAY, the fair’s ongoing video lounge series.  Looking for large installations, they had PULSE Projects.  The entire venue at the Ice Palace Studios was fully utilized, each section holding delights.

    So, it came as no surprise to me that the post show press release announced PULSE Miami 2012’s success:

    “PULSE Miami 2012, held from December 6-9th at the Ice Palace Studios in Miami, closed with a record number of visitors, up almost 20% from last year.Nearly 4,000 visitors passed through in the opening hours of the fair and the crowds steadily increased through Sunday. There was an overall buzz of excitement and vibrancy as multiple galleries reported significant sales on the opening day. The active selling was non-stop with particular interest from major international and U.S. museums and foundations.

    Looking forward now PULSE New York 2013 !

    Pics of Pulse Miami 2012 after the jump…

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  • The #Coolness – Pulse Miami 2012

    The #Coolness – Pulse Miami 2012

    Pulse Miami 2012 Dec 4-9 at the Ice Palace Studios in Miami is a definite must see.  Since it’s inception 8 years ago, this art fair has established itself as one of the leaders in the international contemporary art scene.

    “As one of the longstanding art fairs in Miami and New York to host local and international exhibitors, PULSE is
    oftentimes a barometer of the global art market. This year, PULSE Miami will feature a greater number of
    international galleries than that of other satellite fairs. Weʼve noticed a particularly growing presence of European
    galleries that are relying on a strong US market to sustain sales,” comments Cornell DeWitt, Director.
    “Headquartered in New York City, we also hope to provide a resurgence for our vital New York galleries suffering
    from the aftermath of recent Hurricane Sandy.”

    Further details after the jump… (more…)

  • The #Coolness – Miami Project

    The #Coolness – Miami Project

    Miami Project, the newest addition to  Miami’s contemporary art scene, will debut in a 65,000 sq ft tent in midtown Miami on December 4-9 and will feature curated presentations from 65 galleries, exhibiting leading emerging and mid-career artists from around the world.

    This is the latest project from the fabulous artMRKT team that has previously launched very successful art fairs in San Francisco, the Hamptons and Houston.

    As their press release states:

    “Miami Project’s open layout and intimate scale will create a welcoming and engaging atmosphere for visitors while offering unique surprises throughout.”

    A definite must see !

    *Image courtesy of Miami Project