Category: Exhibition

Miami Beach Community Health Center Through The Eyes Of Love Exhibition 11/29/11 – 12/3/11

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Miami Beach Community Health Center Through The Eyes Of Love Exhibition
HIV/AIDS Inspired Art Exhibition And Quilt Opening Ceremony To Recognize World Aids Day
Dec. 1 at 9 a.m.
Miami Beach Community Health Center
South Beach location
710 Alton Road.

Open-to-the public commemorative AIDS Memorial Quilt Display Opening Ceremony
In conjunction with the NAMES Project Foundation, this event will bring together a host of other HIV/AIDS related organizations and supporters to recognize those who have lost the battle against AIDS over the years. Select quilt panels will be on display.

Opening Reception, Tuesday, November 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 2 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Miami International University of Art & Design
1501 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami
The admission-free showing

Miami Beach Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center and respected not-for-profit comprehensive health care network established in 1977, will pay tribute to World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 with the fourth installment of its thought-provoking “Through the Eyes of Love” juried art exhibition and AIDS Memorial Quilt Opening ceremony. This spotlight on HIV/AIDS is vital as 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection, 1 in 5 are unaware of their infection and approximately 50,000 Americans are becoming infected with HIV each year.*

Miami Beach Community Health Center’s Through the Eyes of Love art exhibition will feature select works of art by esteemed artist Barry Gross, who discovers images that visually provide us with positive experiences dealing with the outer world of mankind and the movement inward toward the spirit. Gross, who recently opened his own gallery in Fort Lauderdale, is a recognized artist with past exhibitions in leading galleries throughout the country, including Ceasarea Gallery in Boca Raton, Florida; Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York and The Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as works in the Hartsfield International Airport and many private collections.

The art exhibition, symbolizing the depth of local artists’ thoughts and feelings as it relates to HIV/AIDS, will also include a diverse display of paintings, drawings and sculptures by other area artists including Alejandro Cuadra, Ali Miranda, Janet Muller, Noah Jones, Jonathan Brooks, Marco Gonzalez and more. Select artists will receive cash prizes for their work. In addition, there will be a red ribbon inspired fashion collection created by students from the Miami International University of Art and Design.

About Miami Beach Community Health Center
Miami Beach Community Health Center is a fully integrated health care network providing quality, affordable medical and support services. Board certified specialties include family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, dental, geriatrics and behavioral health. Presently, MBCHC serves over 25,000 residents a year. Miami Beach Community Health Center provides Miami-Dade residents with free HIV testing and ongoing HIV/AIDS medical care, plus is an enrollment site for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) that provides free medication for patients living with HIV/AIDS.

Miami Beach Community Health Center, a member of Health Choice Network, operates centers in South Beach, North Beach, and North Miami-Dade. For more information about Miami Beach Community Health Center’s World AIDS Day events, please visit www.miamibeachhealth.org or call 305-538-8835.

Photo Caption:
Artist: Barry Gross
Titled: Eternal Energy
Materials: Oil on Belgium Linen

*As reported by the Centers for Disease Control

New Installation of works from the de la Cruz Collection 11/29/11 – 12/4/11

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New Installation of works from the de la Cruz Collection
Tuesday, November 29 through Sunday, December 4, 2011 from 9am to 3pm

Rather than doing a traditional thematic exhibition or creating a dialogue between the individual artists, this year’s overall pattern could be interpreted as a large puzzle that transcends preconceived notions of authorship.

Some of the walls in the space will be installed reminiscent of salon style. At first glance the viewer will be overwhelmed by color and pattern, On closer observation, the pattern dissolves and the individual works reveal themselves becoming more familiar.

The de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space opened in December 2009 in Miami’s Design District. This museum, privately funded by Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, serves as an extension to their home, where their collection has and continues to be shown by appointment for the past 20 years. Besides exhibiting the collection, this new space has a strong educational programming that includes lectures, artist residencies and student workshops. As an initiative to support the local art scene, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz established student and artist travel programs as well as scholarships for high school graduates.

Admission and all programs are free of charge year round.

Project Room: Maintain Right, a performative installation by Miami artist collaborative Justin H. Long and Robert Lorie (Funner Projects).

Wine by the Bay Celebrates Art Basel Miami 2011 12/1-10/11

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Wine by the Bay Celebrates Art Basel Miami 2011 A Showcase of Works by Warhol, Rauschenberg, Slonem, and Sultan
December 1 to 10, 2011 between 12:00 and 9:00 p.m.
Wine by the Bay
888 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 112
at Marina Blue
Miami, FL, 33132.

In the spirit of Art Basel Miami 2011, Wine by the Bay will stage some of the store’s best wines with a backdrop of works by renowned American artists Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Hunt Slonem, and Donald Sultan.

Recently opened, Wine by the Bay is a fine wine and art boutique hosting an ever-changing art exhibition and regular wine tasting events. The boutique will also serve as a venue for cultural events such as poetry readings and lectures on the visual arts. The wine inventory will satisfy the connoisseur or simply curious (in both price range and selection) with a collection of Burgundies, Bordeaux, Montrachet, and top end Italian and California wines.

Wine by the Bay owner, Stefano Campanini’s merges two of his greatest pleasures: collecting art and wine. Campanini’s career as a gallerist began in New York and since 2004 he has co-owned Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District.

Commenting on being a part of a rapidly developing area Campanini remarks, “I love the crowd and the energy of Downtown Miami. An art and wine store across from the Miami Art Museum, the Miami Science Museum, next to the Genting Resorts World Miami, and the Freedom Tower is beyond what I could have ever imagined. Many upscale restaurants and bars have moved their headquarters there because soon it will be the top area in our city. The energy in Downtown is unique – you can’t find this vibe anywhere else in Miami.”

Located on 888 Biscayne Bay at the Marina Blue, Wine by the Bay overlooks the bay directly across from the American Airlines Arena. The 1200 square foot boutique will serve Miami’s downtown area and become a functional part of city’s new cultural identity. For more information on future events, visit www.winebtb.com.

Photo: Wine by the Bay located in Downtown Miami showcases renowned American artists: Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Hunt Slonem, and Donald Sultan. Photo is “Red and Blacks” by leading contemporary still life artist, Donald Sultan (83×59”.)

Primary Projects Here Lies Georges Wildenstein Exhibit during Art Basel Week 11/28/11 – 12/4/11

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Primary Projects Here Lies Georges Wildenstein Exhibit during Art Basel Week
Monday, November 28 to Sunday, December 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Primary Projects
4141 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 104
Design District, Miami
www.primaryprojectspace.com and www.primaryflight.com.

Primary Projects presents: Here Lies Georges Wildenstein a new exhibit debuting during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
Wednesday, November 30 | Noon to 5:00 p.m. | Private Collectors Preview
Thursday, December 1 | 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. | Opening Reception
Daily, December 1 – 4 | 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. | the Daystarter. Complimentary coffee and pastries

An ambitious collection of works from fifteen artists builds to a fever pitch with Here Lies Georges Wildenstein at Primary Projects. Touching on the senses of repulsion and fascination felt within the highest circles of the art world, new works from artists who bridge a solidly established academic practice with a sexy, devil-may-care attitude are unveiled exclusively during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. The title echoes the dubious, often scandalous, activities of the 20th century’s most influential family of dealers and researchers whose influence was so entrenched into the visual arts consciousness, that even allegations as being Nazi collaborators could not quell the media’s fascination with their limitless professional and personal clout.

Prompting a range of piercing questions, do artists allow their works to be swept up in the mass of collectors, curators, museum trustees (those who wield considerable socio-political powers over them) or do they throw a defiant, metaphoric spit in the face as their work critiques the ‘establishment’ they love and loathe? There’s no clean description of the works or artists, themselves. This is quite literal with Miru Kim’s performance piece of ‘The Pig That Therefore I Am’, as she comes into intimate, often dangerous, contact with a caged throng of live pigs. A self-professed hygiene freak, the performance emerges as a catalyst and nightmare for the 30 year-old photographer, lauded and decried for photographs placing her naked body set against forgotten industrial and urban landscapes.

The institutional stature of Ancient calligraphy and the clandestine nature of ‘cholo’ graffiti are meshed together by Retna, swathing available surfaces with his cryptic text. A dedicated approach to poetry binds elegant visual content with potent urban rhythms, drawing viewers from the social gutters all the way to the cosmos.

Installation artist Marc Bijl’s black pyramid raises and violates the public monument as a single gesture; the sanctity of a structure intended for intellectual praise and reflection is defaced with mark-making vandalism revealing its own dark truth. Further, Shelter Serra’s pure white resin casts of wilted roses, a noose and an Hermès Birkin bag are veritable ‘death masks’ of common objects carrying associations of privilege, excess and emptiness.

Regardless of the artist’s intentions, a highly cultivated audience is addressed, forced to confront a bold visual representation of greed, luxury, deceit, politics and entitlement that accompanies the ‘old money’ social strata comparable to that of Wildenstein, Rockefeller and Getty. The honesty of the works and their creators ultimately end up on the walls and collections of those who pointedly lack the artist’s creative powers. The aesthetic context is a broad chronology of power plays and behind closed-door contemporary art commerce. Deploying the concealed dynamics driving the most influential, seemingly unbreakable personalities in the art world towards their loftiest ambitions, the exhibition embodies the brash processes of manipulation that historic dealers, curators and artists, themselves, have engaged with for over three centuries. In this space, intelligent design and sheer creative force will come together with disturbing, intriguing and shocking results.

Here Lies Georges Wildenstein features new works from: Marc Bijl, Retna, Michael Vasquez, Miru Kim, Cleon Peterson, George Sánchez-Calderón, Manny Prieres, Andrew Nigon, Scott Shannon, Christina Pettersson, Shelter Serra, How & Nosm, Kenton Parker, Cole Sternberg, Jel Martinez and Edouard Nardon.

Primary Projects is a multidisciplinary space, positioned at the heart of Miami’s Design District, which aims to explore and promote multiple forms of aesthetic expression from established and emerging artists, alike. Utilizing extensive, and wholly specific, experience in producing street-level curatorial endeavors in Miami, the creative forces behind Primary Projects unites the commercial and critical efforts of artists, critics, curators, professionals and patrons; the result is the vital presence of an intelligent, alternative arts environment with an bold urban sensibility delivered through a diverse range of media. Here Lies Georges Wildenstein is curated by BooksIIII Bischof, TYPOE and Chris Oh.

Powered by artistic collective Primary Flight, Primary Projects is a multidisciplinary 4,000-square-foot space, exploring and promoting multiple forms of aesthetic expression from established and emerging artists. Utilizing their extensive experience in producing street-level curatorial endeavors in Miami, the creative forces behind Primary Projects (BooksIIII Bischof, TYOPE and Chris Oh) unite the commercial and critical efforts of artists, critics, curators, professionals and patrons resulting in a vital presence of an intelligent alternative arts environment with a bold, urban sensibility delivered through a diverse range of media. Since 2007, Primary Flight has brought together more than 150 of the world’s most influential artists to install their bodies of work live in the streets of Wynwood, the Design District and greater Miami-Dade. Serving the Miami contemporary art community as an incubator, the collective delivers a distinctive brand of outdoor and gallery-based works harboring the defiant spirit of counter-culture presented to the public through a sophisticated cultural outlet.

Solo Exhibition of Rodrigo Echeverri at Ideobox Artspace 11/29/11 – 12/4/11

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Solo Exhibition of Rodrigo Echeverri
Ideobox Artspace
2417 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

Show will run until February 20, 2012

During the week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Ideobox Artspace, an experimental art space in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District, will present internationally renowned Colombian artist Rodrigo Echeverri in his first solo exhibition in the United States.

On Tuesday, November 29, Ideobox Artspace’s Co-Founders & Directors, Tanya Brillembourg Capriles and Herman Leyba will host an exclusive, enchanting evening for their collectors, VIPs, and special guests to preview Echeverri’s latest collection alongside the recently published catalogue of his life and work titled Astilla en el Ojo (Splinter in the Eye).

Echeverri’s artwork is constructed with various types of mediums from acrylic/oil paints to wood dye on canvas, medium density fiberboard, and wood. With these materials, he creates the illusion of celestial bodies of boxes colliding and floating into larger entities, referring to an idea of chaos linked to moments of crisis and destruction. It is a gesture that paradoxically has been compiled from geometric order. His approach evokes different perspectives of suspended boxes depending on the angle from which they are viewed. His work eliminates the boundary between painting and sculpting as it unilaterally displays two-dimensional and three-dimensional points of view. Echeverri’s interest in texture and form begins with a cube shape that is ordinary, yet he uses colors such as red to create depth and illusion.

The exhibition will continue to be on display throughout the week and during the open-to-the-public event that Ideobox Artspace is hosting along with ZYR Vodka for Pop-Up Piano Miami on Saturday, December 3 from 8:30PM – 11:30PM, where there will be surprise guest performances. Pop-Up Piano Miami is a public arts project where ten pianos customized by different artists will be strategically placed throughout Miami. Additionally, Echeverri was carefully selected by a host committee to participate in the project by designing one of the pianos.

Lastly, Ideobox Artspace will also be hosting an Art Basel recovery party the following Saturday, December 10th during Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk. All ten pianos will be on display and guests will have the opportunity to view Echeverri’s solo exhibition.

Art Public: Transforming Collins Park with 24 Public Art Works 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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Art Public: Transforming Collins Park with a record 24 public art works
Dec 1 – 4, 2011, 24 hours.
Opening Night: November 30, 2011, 8pm – 10pm
Collins Park

More information and a description of each project is available at artbasel.com/public.
Art Public is free and open to the public

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.

Curated for the first time by Christine Y. Kim, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Co-founder of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), this year’s Art Public reflects a shift toward expanded conceptual, performative and temporal works. Focused on a strongly defined but varied exhibition area, the grouping of 24 artworks responds to reflections on the art practices of previous decade, leaning toward Los Angeles and the West Coast.

Art Public will open on November 30 with a selected program of performances. The Art Public Opening Night will feature Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, who will respond in song and verse to the works of Art Public in an art-historical and monastic manner. The evening will also include an evocative experimental performance by Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine combining images of punk, funk, film noir, sci-fi, with traditional Samoan dance, Buddhism and original video content and music. The Alalâo collective, founded in January 2011 by Marcio Botner and Ernesto Neto of A Gentil Carioca and the artist Marcus Wagner, will present ‘Nimbo Oxalà‘ by Brazilian artist Ronald Duarte and will bring the Carioca spirit of Rio de Janeiro to Miami Beach. The additional performances as part of Art Public – ‘Transformer Display of Community Information and Activation’ by Andrea Bowers and Olga Koumoundouros, ‘Iemanjá’ by Jen DeNike, and ‘Levitating the Fair (The Flying Merchant Ship)’ by Glenn Kaino – will open on Wednesday and continue throughout the duration of the fair. These performances will be complimented by works in a variety of media, ranging in date from Bruce Conner’s ‘LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS’ (1959-1965) to the present.

List of Art Public artworks:
Darren Bader: my aunt’s car / Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Nina Beier: The Demonstrators, 2011 / Standard (Oslo), Oslo
Chakaia Booker: Holla, 2008 / Marlborough Gallery, New York
Andrea Bowers & Olga Koumoundouros: Transformer Display of Community Information and Activation, 2011 / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Bruce Conner: LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS, 1959-1965 / Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
Kate Costello: Untitled, 2011 / Wallspace, New York
Jen DeNike: Iemanjá, 2011 / Mendes Wood, São Paulo
Gardar Eide Einarsson: Untitled (Apparatus), 2011 / Team Gallery, New York
Rachel Feinstein: Gargantua, 2011 / Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Theaster Gates: Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage, 2011 / Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
Antony Gormley: Strain, 2011 / Sean Kelly, New York
Damien Hirst: Sensation, 2003 / L&M Arts, New York
Thomas Houseago: Rattlesnake Figure, 2011 / L&M Arts, New York
Zhang Huan: 49 Days No. 1, 2011 / Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Richard Hughes: If I was where I would be, here I would be not, 2011 / Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Robert Indiana: ART, 1972-2001 / Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich
Glenn Kaino: Levitating the Fair (The Flying Merchant Ship), 2011 / Marlborough Gallery, New York
Anish Kapoor: Black Stones, Human Bones, 1993 / L&M Arts, New York
Robert Melee: It Sitting, 2008 / Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Anthony Pearson: Untitled (Transmission), 2011 / David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
George Rickey: Two Lines Oblique Gyratory II, 1989 / Marlborough Gallery, New York
Eva Rothschild: Living Spring, 2011 / Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Eduardo Sarabia: Snake Skin Boots with Snake Head. White Quarry Stone 21st Century. Northern Mexico, 2011 / Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
Banks Violette: Not yet titled, 2011 / Team Gallery, New York

The Co11ective opens during Art Basel 2011 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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The Co11ective opens during Art Basel 2011
December 1-4, from 3pm to 2am
The Co11ective | Kohn Compound
215 NW 24 Street, Miami
Wynwood Arts District

Wednesday, November 30th
Golden Ticket VIP Preview / Must Have Golden Ticket
Media please RSVP to rsvp@jl-pr.com
Music by DJ Rage Johnson

Thursday, December 1st
Kick Off Party / Red Bull Through My Eyes Reception
Zona De Bomba (Traditional Puerto Rican Bomba), Lance-O, The Brass King

Friday, December 2nd
Sno White, DJ Tom Laroc

Saturday, December 3rd
Brimstone 127, DJ Le Spam

Sunday, December 4th
Keen One

The Co11ective launches with 11 renowned bi-cultural artists ranging from street art to photography, stellar DJ’S and special exhibits during Art Basel Miami Beach in the heart of Wynwood arts district for an unparalleled event

The Co11ective Presents Murals, Art and Installations by Trek Six, Lizzie Easton, Lauren Webb Harris, Celso Gonzalez, Rimx, Larregui, SK545, Osunlade, La Pandilla, Bik Ismo, Shaun Thurston with Special Exhibits by Infamous Magazine,
Red Bull Through My Eyes, HVW8, Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez

The world renowned Art Basel, the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas heads back to South Florida for a supreme exhibition of our world’s most exquisite and prominent artists. Among those uniquely special presentations is The Co11ective, an Art Basel satellite event that has been carefully curated to include some of the most talented veterans in their respective areas of visual art. The Co11ective features artists who form part of a conglomeration of bi-cultural visionaries known to employ distinctive skills and vision whether in the murals, structures or canvas they coat with their muse or in the mysteriously profound photographic statements they capture. The Co11ective will showcase murals and installations by famed artists Trek Six, Lizzie Easton, Lauren Webb Harris, Celso Gonzalez, Rimx, Larregui, SK545, Osunlade, La Pandilla, Bik Ismo, Shaun Thurston with special exhibits by Infamous Magazine, Red Bull Through My Eyes, HVW8 and Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez.

Adding to this fascinating weekend showcase is the musical expressions of inspiring musicians DJs, true masters of the decks and turntables for a true audiovisual experience. The Co11ective will have “golden tickets” attached to original work by The Co11ective artists throughout the city of Miami as part of their social media scavenger hunt. Clues will be posted on The Co11ective Twitter and Facebook sites for art enthusiasts to discover where the pieces are located. The artwork will include entrance to all events including the Golden Ticket VIP Preview on Wednesday, November 30th and serve as a memorable keepsake of Art Basel 2011.

Maison Martin Margiela Presents Love, etc. 11/29/11 – 12/3/11

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Maison Martin Margiela, LOVE, etc. Exhibition
On-Going Exhibition: Tuesday, November 29 through Saturday, December 3 – 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Cocktail: Thursday, December 1st – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
4141 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137

In-Store Cocktail : Thursday, December 1st – 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
3930 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137

At Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Maison Martin Margiela will present Love, etc., an off-site installation in the Miami Design District situated near its Miami retail location. This exhibition will feature the Maison’s Line 13, dedicated to objects & publications. Line 13 also explores the Maison’s relationship with interiors.

The use of mirrors, whether authentic or imitated, and the play of symmetries have always been integral components for the Maison when working within the interior design arena. These components are evident in Maison Martin Margiela stores worldwide, the brands’ showrooms, and even partly at the Parisian hotel, La Maison Champs-Elysées, redesigned by Maison Martin Margiela this year.

Seven large panels will be displayed in the Miami exhibition space. Each of these panels will consist of a different image of the interiors at La Maison Champs-Elys̩es. Every panel will be comprised of two parts Рprinted with the same image, and placed face to face in order to reproduce a mirror effect.
Each panel will also host a white object belonging to the design objects collection from Line 13. Such objects will also be displayed twice in order to reinforce this mirror sequence.

Among the objects displayed in the installation, there is a limited-edition nightlight exclusively produced for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 and will be solely available at the Maison Martin Margiela store in the Miami Design District.

This nightlight is a handmade gypsum casting of a porcelain wall light and its bulb. Urals gypsum is a naturally phosphorescent material which absorbs light during the day. At nightfall, the white object transforms into a nightlight.

A cocktail reception celebrating the Maison’s first ever Line 13 exhibition during Art Basel will be held on December 1st, 2011. In conjunction with this cocktail reception for Love, etc. invited guests will also be welcomed at the Maison Martin Margiela boutique where they may preview the brands’ Spring Summer 2012 collections of apparel and accessories for men and women. Additionally, these guests will have the opportunity to preview an array of Line 13 objects, including an exclusive, limited-edition Line 13 object created solely for Art Basel 2011.

Line 13: Besides the conception of its collections, the unique identity of the Maison has been clearly recognizable in its various spaces – from showrooms to shops – with signature elements such as the use of whites, cotton fabrics, ‘trompe l’œil’, mix of styles and époque, and hints of humor creating a distinctive atmosphere. Line 13 – objects & publications – was introduced in 1999 with a selection of home objects.

Hotel ‘La Maison Champs-Elysées’ : The hotel ‘Maison Champs-Elysées’ commissioned Maison Martin Margiela to reconceive, renew and create a new interior design of the entire ground floor – reception area, bar, smoking room and restaurant – together with 7 suites and 10 guest rooms.

UR New York Breaks Into Art Basel Week With Breaking And Entering 12/1-4/11

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UR New York, A Collective Urban & Street Artist Duo, Breaks Into Art Basel Week With Breaking And Entering
Thursday, December 1st, Noon – 4PM
Friday, December 2nd, Noon – Midnight
Saturday, December 3rd, Noon – 10PM
Sunday, December 4th, Noon – 4PM
2412 North Miami Avenue
Wynwood District.

Thursday, December 1st
*General Admission Noon – 4PM
· Private Preview Reception – By Invitation Only / Media Invited 6PM – Midnight
– Music by Darvin Silva
– Appetizers Courtesy of Mercadito
– A surprise libation by one of our favorite liquor brands and Liquid Lightening
– Event filmed by Hot Mop Films

Friday, December 2nd
*General Admission Noon – 4PM
· Grand Opening Event – Open-to-the-Public from 6PM – Midnight
– Music by Darvin Silva
– Appetizers Courtesy of Mercadito
– A surprise libation by one of our favorite liquor brands and Liquid Lightening
– LIVE painting by Sofia Maldonado
– Event filmed by Hot Mop Films

Saturday, December 3rd from Noon – 10PM
· LIVE installation by UR New York – Open-to-the-Public

Sunday, December 4th
*General Admission Noon – 4PM
· Closing Reception – Open-to-the-Public from 6PM – Midnight
– Music by Darvin Silva
– A surprise libation by one of our favorite liquor brands and Liquid Lightening
– LIVE painting by UR New York

Presented by POP International Galleries

During the week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Breaking And Entering, presented by POP International Galleries, will be a demonstration of UR New York’s vast range and ability to continuously produce groundbreaking urban inspired art. Artists Michael Baca – aka “2ESAE” and Fernando Romero aka “SKI” are committed to “breaking and entering” into the mainstream – letting their art loose on the world, all the while breaking the status quo and entering the art world on their own terms — offering intensely personal and vibrant works with universal appeal.

UR New York tells the stories of a new generation of artists. They are talented urban and street creators generally hidden in the shadows and more often than not arrested and punished for expressing their talents. Exhibiting in shows and collaborations globally, with companies such as Nike, VH1, and Pop International, these two authentic, skillful and versatile artists disrupt the stereotype of struggling artists. Rather than hide in obscurity, Baca and Romero break and enter into the professional art world. BREAKING AND ENTERING will be the first time they will present an entire solo collection making them some of the first artists ever to sponsor their own show in Miami around Art Basel in the Wynwood District.

BREAKING AND ENTERING has pieces inspired by experiences of traveling the world and interacting with people who have touched their lives. UR New York returns home from their travels, with an approach to art that relies heavily on their New York City heritage and the people and cultures abroad to which they’re paying homage. The artists will be releasing over twenty limited edition miniature trucks which they have painted to mimic the life-size NYC trucks they painted last year. There will also be merchandise so that exhibition visitors exit with mementos of their gallery experience.

Baca and Romero will be hosting a series of private and open-to-the-public events. The gallery will remain open through December 15th.

UR New York has grown up on the streets of New York City – Fernando grew up in Queens and Mike grew up in some of Brooklyn’s most notoriously tough neighborhoods. In the aesthetic allure of the street, Mike and Fernando started their own “gallery stand” on the corner Prince and Greene Streets a few years ago in SoHo, the originating point of New York’s hip, avant garde gallery district. Since claiming the street corner, Ski and 2ESAE are now fully represented by Pop International Galleries on West Broadway.

Founded in 1997 by Jeff Jaffe, Pop International Galleries – aka “The Pop Gallery” – is an exciting art gallery on West Broadway in the heart of SoHo, in New York City. Pop International specializes in Pop Art, Urban Art and art and photography that is derived from, or influenced by, popular culture.

AOA Tribal Art Miami 2011 at Adrienne Arsht Center 12/1-4/11

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AOA Tribal Art, Miami 2011 Show
Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 4
Carnival Studio Theater in the Ziff Ballet Opera House
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
Box Office: 305.949.6722
www.tribalartmiami.com

The first AOA Tribal Art, Miami 2011 fair is a selection of private dealers showcasing museum quality traditional art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

Explore how modern art was conceived. At the end of the 19th Century famous artists work from the likes of Picasso, Matisse and Braque were all profoundly influenced by the Art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

This is the first exhibition ever in Miami during Art Basel Week to feature high quality traditional art from native cultures and first nations.

With a prime location inside the Adrienne Arsht Center, AOA Tribal Art, Miami boasts some of the most famous names in the International Tribal Art Community. Dealers like Wayne Heathcote (UK) have been dealing in these native treasures for some 40 years.

View African masks, oceanic shields and house panels, as well as ancient zoomorphic vessels from pre-columbian peoples. All for sale these rare items are some of the last high-quality pieces of tribal art on the market and not in a museum.

For more information and tickets, CLICK HERE

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Etra Fine Art Presents Highlights for 2012 Art Basel Showcase Opening 12/1/11

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Etra Fine Art Presents Highlights for 2012 Art Basel Showcase Opening
Etra Fine Art
50 NE 40 St.
Miami, FL, 33137

December 1, 2011 through to January 2012

Featuring Zuniga, de Syszlo, Slonem, Negret and others

Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District will present “Highlights for 2012” during Art Basel Miami 2011 until the end of December. This exhibition showcases the gallery’s most recent international acquisitions.

Included are two works by Francisco Zuniga – a Costa Rican and Mexican artist known for both his painting and sculpture. Zuniga’s works have been displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; and in many other major institutions throughout the world.

The gallery will also feature several works that represent the span of Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo ‘s career. Throughout his career, De Szyszlo became a major force for artistic renewal in his country and is one of the most renowned Latin American Artists.

Part of this acquisition includes an important collection of several works by Hunt Slonem. Since 1977, Slonem has had over 150 solo exhibitions. Over 75 museums worldwide exhibit his work in their collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Guggenheim Museum.

“As part of the Miami art fair season, we want to attract a wide and chosen audience,” comments Stefano Campanini, owner of Etra Fine Art. “We are known for representing exceptional international artists: from Botero and Francisco Toledo to many European and American masters. Last year we had a successful solo show of Robert Indiana, and this year felt that a group show would be a welcome change and one that reflects our evolving and dynamic city!”

After nearly two decades in Soho, New York, owners Stefano Campanini and Alicia Restrepo relocated to Miami in 2004 to open Etra Fine Art in the Design District. The gallery has a reputation for featuring avant-garde collections by well-established contemporary artists and a permanent collection of works by internationally renowned artists. For more information, visit www.etrafineart.com.

Photo: Edgar Negret, “Mask-Metamorphosis” – 1980, 86 x 86 x 30 cm

David Bromstad Body, Money, Death Exhibition 12/2-3/11

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David Bromstad’s “Body, Money, Death” art exhibition to celebrate Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
December 2 & 3, 2011, 5-8pm
Z Ocean Hotel, South Beach
1437 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.bromstad.com

Artist, Interior Designer and HGTV personality David Bromstad will celebrate Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 with his art exhibition, titled “Body, Money, Death,” at Z Ocean Hotel on December 2 and 3, 2011 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm each day. It is free and open to the public.

Fernando Mastrangelo Black Sculpture 11/29/11 – 12/4/11

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Black Sculpture
November 29 – December 4 / 10am – 6pm
Charest-Weinberg
250 NW 23rd Street, #408
Miami FL, 33127

Charest-Weinberg is pleased to present “Black Sculpture,” an exhibition of new work by New York-based artist Fernando Mastrangelo. The exhibition will open to the public on Tuesday, November 29th and will be on view through February 29th, 2012. There will be an opening reception on November 29th from 6-8pm.

Mastrangelo approaches sculpture as a communion of concept, form and materials. Over the years, he has become known for using unexpected materials that heighten his work’s critical effect. Avarice, 2008, is based on the Aztec calendar, made entirely from white Mexican corn, and critiques NAFTA and the U.S. corn farming institution. Felix, 2009, is a life-size statue of a Colombian coca farmer cast from pure cocaine. Following that, he spent a year in Los Angeles, documenting the El Salvadorian gang MS-13 and casting relief sculptures based on their tattoos from human ash. This oeuvre is much more than a laundry list of Hispanic social problems; it represents art at once socially responsible and aesthetically formidable. It comes as no surprise that Mastrangelo was an assistant for Matthew Barney from 2004-2005. But whereas the older artist used materials metaphorically in order to create an esoteric cosmology of meaning, Mastrangelo remains conceptually and materialistically literal.

For “Black Sculpture,” Mastrangelo focuses on art history for the first time. After creating exact molds based on the work of Frank Stella and Ad Reinhardt, Mastrangelo casts his reliefs out of compacted gunpowder. The pieces teeter on the precipice of annihilation; by forging the work of canonical artists in gunpowder, Mastrangelo simultaneously pays homage to the work of earlier iconoclasts and seeks to destroy them for himself. “Black Sculpture” takes on previous Oedipal crises, such as Rauschenberg’s Erased De Kooning, 1953, and adds an element of contemporary spectacle. Yet the pieces are not simply bombastic; they are firmly embedded in recent narratives-both the modernist quest for reduction and a knowing appreciation for appropriation and found imagery. Furthermore, submerged beneath the tense potential for destruction is an elegiac calm. They give form to the Existential angst that inspired their Cold War-era predecessors. Ad Reinhardt once said, “I am sure external agony does not enter very importantly into the agony of our painting.” The black gunpowder, coupled with the Reinhardt’s cruciform and Stella’s teleological line work, firmly suggests an end of something.

Fernando Mastrangelo received an MFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004. He has exhibited internationally, and is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum. “Black Sculpture” is his first solo exhibition with Charest-Weinberg.

Christopher Janney New Permanent Art Installation at Miami International Airport Dedication During Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 11/28/11 – 12/4/11

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Christopher Janney New Permanent Art Installation at Miami International Airport Dedication During Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
November 28 – December 4
The Moore Space
Miami Design District
4040 NE 2nd Avenue

Nov 29 – Dec 4, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM – Architecture of the Air, a traveling exhibition about Janney’s work will be on view.

Friday, Dec 2, 9:00 PM – Concert featuring Janney’s studio music entitled “Disembodied Instruments (Dance Version)” with The Persuasions and other musicians from Boston and New York.

Saturday, Dec 3, 3:00 PM – Panel discussion related to contemporary issues in art, design and music, moderated by art/architecture critic Beth Dunlop with Janney, Gustavo Metamoros and Vito Acconci.

9:00 PM – Screening Janney’s recent film “What is a Heart?” with performance clips by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sara Rudner (Twyla Tharp Dance). The evening will open with a live set by The Persuasions and close with live music by L.A.-based, Indie rock band Y LUV, featuring Freddy Janney.

For more information please visit: http://janneysound.com/ and facebook.com/janneysound

New, Interactive Art Installation At Miami International Airport By Artist Christoper Janney To Be Dedicated During Art Basel Miami Beach

– Also, Janney’s Architecture of the Air Exhibition to be on View in The Miami Design District from November 29-December 4, 2011

Harmonic Convergence, the newest, large-scale art installation by artist, architect and composer Christopher Janney, is nearing completion at the Miami International Airport. Janney terms Harmonic Convergence “an abstraction of South Florida in color and sound.” The official dedication of Harmonic Convergence, hosted by Miami-Dade County’s Art in Public Places, will take place in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach and Design Miami 2011, December 1-4.

Harmonic Convergence features a 72-foot-long window wall with diamond-shaped panes of colored glass in front of a white structural steel “X-Bracing” frame. With a palette of over 150 transparent colors, Janney has created a gradually changing pattern ranging from deep reds to bright violets, similar to a rainbow.

The project is part of Miami-Dade County’s Art in Public Places program and is located in the passenger connector walkway that is the entrance into the airport from the new the “MIA Mover” automated transit system. As travelers enter the space, they will hear a complex set of sounds Janney recorded during trips to the Florida Everglades, scuba dives in the ocean, and other natural environments of South Florida. In addition, two video cameras installed in the ceiling feed information to the computer regarding the pedestrian activity within the space, influencing the density of the sound-score. At the top of each hour, a short composition with percussion instruments plays, marking the time of day.

“This is my fifth project in South Florida,” Janney states. “It is one of my favorite places in the world. I love the sounds of the subtropics most particularly the Everglades, the ocean shore and underwater sounds, especially sounds both real, as in whales and porpoises, and imagined, i.e. mermaids and Atlantis.

Harmonic Convergence is a replacement for Janney’s 1997 airport commission Harmonic Runway, which was removed from Concourse A after changes to the airport occurred due to 9/11 security. That former artwork had become an icon of South Florida, featured in numerous magazines and on film including the Harrison Ford feature, “Random Hearts” and the Nicholas Cage film, “8MM.”

In addition, Architecture of the Air, a traveling exhibition about Janney’s work will be on view in the Miami Design District at 4040 NE 2nd Avenue from November 29-December 4, 2011. The exhibit highlights projects from Janney’s three principal areas of focus: “Urban Musical Instruments”, “Physical Music”, and “Performance Architecture.” It explores his concept of total immersion through models, photographs, drawings, video, and a site-specific piece “Touch My Building: Miami.”

In conjunction with the exhibition, three exciting events will be held at the exhibition space. On Friday, December 2 at 9 pm, Janney will present a concert of studio music entitled “Disembodied Instruments (Dance Version).” Performers include members of the A cappella group The Persuasions along with a group of special musicians from Boston and New York. On Saturday, December 3 at 3 pm, a panel discussion moderated by renowned Miami art/architecture critic Beth Dunlop with Janney, and fellow artists Vito Acconci and Gustavo Metamoros, will discuss contemporary issues related to art, architecture and sound. On Saturday night there will be a screening of Janney’s recent film “What is a Heart?” which has been called a “meditation on creativity and mortality” with performance clips by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sara Rudner (Twyla Tharp Dance). The evening will open with a live set by The Persuasions, who also perform in the movie, singing music specially arranged for the occasion by Janney. The evening will close with music by L.A.-based band Y LUV, which features Janney’s son, Freddy, who also appears in the film.

Trained as an architect and jazz musician, Janney is an American artist whose work explores the relationships between sound and architecture, often-transforming otherwise ordinary spaces into “hyper-reality” environments.
Educated at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Janney has explored the intersection of architecture and music for over thirty years, creating temporary and permanent installations throughout the United States and Europe. Sometimes he tries making architecture more like music as in his Soundstair on the Spanish Steps in Rome and Sonic Forest at the Bonnaroo and Glastonbury Music Festivals. At other times, he has attempted to make music more like architecture as in his HeartBeat performances. He is well known to Miami sports fans for his Turn Up the Heat interactive “anemone” scoreboard created for the Miami Heat’s American Airlines Arena.

Art Whino Art Basel 12/2-4/11

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Art Whino: Art Basel
Friday Dec 2rd and Saturday Dec 3rd, Noon-8pm
Sunday Dec 4th, Noon-5pm
425 NW 26th St
Miami, Florida 33127
Free Admission
More Info

Show Reception Saturday Dec 3rd, 8pm-Midnight
RSVP Only Event: RSVP to ArtBasel2011@artwhino.com
Live Painting by participating artists, Open Bar, Music by DJ Adrian Loving

3 Day exhibit during Art Basel Miami
In conjunction with Art Basel, Miami and its surrounding Art Fairs, Art Whino will present three exhibitions unified in one space. The focus this year will be to present New Brow’s distinct subcultures to the Art Basel world. The custom vinyl exhibit will showcase the premiere artists in this genre. With a series of large scale murals, we will bring street art indoors and accompany each colossal piece with smaller works by each artist. Finally, we will team up with Hope Gallery to bring Quick & Painful. This exhibit will feature the work of more than 15 important artists and designers with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, and illustration in a unique exhibition where Fine Art becomes tattooed skin. The exhibition will be located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District along with other accompanying art fairs.

Also in front of the exhibit participating artists will be painting Large Scale Murals on the outside of 10 buildings stretching from NW 2nd Ave to NW 5th Ave. Participating Mural artists include Angry Woebots, Pixel Pancho, J*Ryu, KaNO, Jim Mahfood, Josh Taylor, Lou Pimentel, Mauricio Murillo, Tobar, Sket One, Ritzy Periwinkle, Tristan Eaton, Charlie Owens, Czr Prz, Boosher, LEZA ONE, Jeremiah Ketner, Joe Iurato, Steve Lew and Many More!

Tattoo Artists on the premise Friday-Sunday to immortalize your favorite piece! $40 Tattoos will be provided by industry elites Joe Capobianco, Jesse Smith, Eric Merrill, Christian Perez, Scott White, and Jason Stephan.

Outdoor Murals and Aleloops Mini Showcase Reception Friday Dec 2nd, 4pm-8pm
Live Painting of murals by participating artists on over 10 walls in front of the exhibit.
Check out Aleloops tricked out 10 Mini Coopers!
For more info on Aleloops Minis click here
Get refreshed with Complimentary Izze!

Art Whino is a DC based art gallery whose mission is to bring together the freshest and rawest talent from around the world. With over 1200 artists in the Art Whino arsenal, ranging from California to New York, Germany to Japan, and beyond, Art Whino has become an all encompassing force in the art world. Exhibitions cover the whole spectrum of new art forms ranging from exposing emerging stencil and wheat pasting artists to showcasing the most skilled leaders of many different genres.
http://www.artwhino.com/

Kondoit is a not for profit organization whose purpose is to expose artists within its collection to the Art Community and to encourage discussion about art culture and art business. For Art Basel Miami Kondoit will share works from its personal collection including pieces by Jennifer Roberts Kokay, Mars 1, Tiffany Bozic and a brand new sculpture titled “Courage” by Peeta.
www.konodit.com

Mural Show: Large scale has a powerful effect on its viewer, creating an other worldly because of its larger than life size. This mural show allows each artist to take on the challenge of creating a mural piece, providing the viewer the opportunity to see the work like never before. Accompanied by smaller pieces, one is also able to see each artist exhibit as an art installation, where mural and conventional piece work together to bring forward the artist’s point of view.
Mural Artists; Angry Woebots; Blaine Fontana; Charlie Owens; Pixel Pancho

Custom Vinyl Show: D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) Vinyls are the blank canvas of collectible toys. Starting as a lifeless shape, artists conjure up characters with their creative tools, transforming these figures into unique toys bearing the mark of their creators. While most shows that feature these artists’ D.I.Y.s show several artists’ versions of the same given blank toy, this customized vinyl show will turn the tables by highlighting the work of this medium’s leading artists with various toys. Art Whino will team up with Vinyl Artist, Sket-One to show the countless possibilities explored by these artists; from simply painting the figures such as KidRobot’s Munny, to morphing the collectibles beyond their vinyl beginnings.
Vinyl Artists; Andrew Bell; Angry Woebots; BabyVtec; Beast Brothers; Brent Nolasco; czr prz; Dust; JRYU; Jared Deal; Jeremy “MAD” Madyl; Jesse Smith; Jim Mahfood; John”Spanky”Stokes; Josh Taylor; Julie West; KaNO; Keithing; Kelly Vivanco; Kevin Gosselin; Lou Pimente; Luke Chueh; NIC ONE; Pocket Wookie; Ritzy Periwinkle; Rob Stull; Sket-One; STEVE “KID” LEW; Task One; Tristan Eaton; Yosiell Lorenzo

Quick and Painful Show: Marrying low brow art to tattoo flash, Quick & Painful, is a traveling exhibition and tattoo event where 15 artists and designers (with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, and illustration) present their own special take on classic tattoo design sheets. All of the flash sets will be available for purchase and attendees will be able to choose their favorite designs from the sheets off the walls and get them tattooed by renowned artists Joe Capobianco, Eric Merrill, Jesse Smith, and more to be announced.
Quick and Painful Artists; Alex Pardee; Amanda Visell; Brandt Peters; Kathy Olivas; Camilla d’Errico; David Horvath; Devilrobots; Frank Kozik; Greg “Craola” Simkins; Huck Gee; Joe Ledbetter; Junko Mizuno; Pete Fowler; Ron English; Sam Flores; Tado; Tara McPherson; Tokidoki

Blooming Design And Johnnie C. Cope Inc. Present Elements 11/30/11 – 12/4/11

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Blooming Design And Johnnie C. Cope Inc. Present Elements
November 30 – December 4
Miami Art Space
244 NW 35th Street
Miami, FL 33127
Five Nights Of Art And Culture During Art Basel Miami 2011

Private Cocktail Reception Vernissage to feature curator Adriana de Moura and headlining artist Henrique Souza

Blooming Design in collaboration with Johnnie C. Cope Inc. has announced it will kick off Art Basel Miami 2011 with a private Cocktail Reception Vernissage on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, at its innovative space in Miami’s Wynwood Art District. The event begins a five-night show called “Elements,” a celebration of the earth and organic beauty through art and cultural traditions, headlined by Brazilian-born artist Henrique Souza.

Local celebrity and founder of her own art gallery in Coral Gables, FL, Adriana de Moura has been selected as the official curator of the Vernissage, a role with which she is very familiar. “I am very excited and honored to be a part of the ‘Elements’ opening night reception, as my career in the arts has been devoted to giving emerging artists a voice in the competitive art industry,” de Moura says.

The real star of the evening is Mother Earth. The award-winning Souza will be showcasing his “Just Add Water” exhibition, an ethereal collection of color images that embraces the elements of nature. Ecuadorian artist Francisco Chediak will showcase his latest series of paintings, titled “Unveiling Maya,” a collection of abstract paintings and photographic interventions of urban-scapes. In addition, Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi will be presenting her series titled “Rituals,” in which her knowledge and views of cultural traditions come to life through mixed media oil paintings.

“Elements” event schedule:
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011—Private Cocktail Reception Vernissage 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.: Featuring an exhibit by headlining artist Henrique Souza, works by Francisco Chediak and Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi, a custom display from Vertical River and an evening curated by Adriana de Moura. Includes specialty cocktails courtesy of Syltbar, sweet treats by Cioccolada and a VIP lounge created by Blooming Design.

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011: An evening of cocktails, music by famed DJ Lina Bradford and a fashion show featuring the spring/summer 2012 collection by Brazilian design sensation Marcelo Quadros.

Friday, Dec. 2, 2011: “Brazilian Showcase,” a Brazilian-themed cocktail party with music by world-renowned Brazilian DJ Myrthes and complimentary caipirinhas provided by LeBlon Cachaça and light bites by chef Sergio Silva.

Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011: A day of performance artists that will include music by international artist and musician Gil Bitton from his latest album Ne Me Quitte Pas, a collection of classical French remakes, and the performance art of Bill Spring, featuring his one-person spoken narrative/movement piece titled “The Prehistoric Zipcode of Water.” The evening will also feature culinary artistry by celebrated Chef Michael R. Shikany of SHIKANY.

Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011: VIP cocktail hour from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to honor the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Community.

Pianos Pop-Up Art Basel Week 2011 12/1-10/11

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Take Note And Tune In During Art Basel Week As Steinway Piano Gallery Of Miami Presents Pop-Up Pianos Miami A Public Art Project Made Possible By The Black Key Group
The Launch Event
Thursday, December 1st.
Louis Bar-Lounge at Gansevoort South
Miami Beach
Jacob Jeffries Band will play along with a surprise guest performance.
Private Event

The Closing Party
Saturday, December 3rd
Ideobox Artspace
Wynwood District
Piano donations will be announced including a special LIVE performance.
Open-to-the-public

Art Basel Recovery Party
Saturday, December 10th
Ideobox Artspace
During Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk where all ten pianos will be on display.

PIANO LOCATIONS & ARTISTS
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (Downtown) – Krave & Surface Merchants
Bakehouse Art Complex (Wynwood) – Brian Butler
Gigi’s Restaurant (Midtown Miami) – Arnaud Pages
Living Room presented by AlmostFamous.com (Design District) – GG
Louis Bar-Lounge (Miami Beach) – Lebo
Mary Brickell Village (Brickell) – Alouishous San Gomma
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus (Downtown) – Rodrigo Echeverri
The Collective (Wynwood) – Trek Six
Village Green Park sponsored by Art in Public Places Board (Village of Key Biscayne) – Kazilla & Lorie Setton
Zadok Gallery – Miguel Paredes

PERFORMANCE DATE & TIMES

Thursday, December 1
5:00PM – Suenalo
Location: Zadok Gallery (2534 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Miguel Paredes

*LAUNCH PARTY (invite only / media please RSVP with media contact)
9:00PM – Jacob Jeffries Band (Doors open to the public at 11pm)
Location: Louis Bar-Lounge at Gansevoort Miami Beach (2325 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139)
Piano artist: Lebo

· Friday, December 2
1:00 PM – Performance by renowned “Rockjazz” pianist ELEW
“Food Truck Fridays” at the Adrienne Arsht Center – 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Free event: Gourmet food trucks, performances, art & giveaways – open to the public!
Piano artist: Krave and Surface Merchants
Location: 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132. Lot C at NE 2nd Ave. between 12th and 13th streets (South side of Ziff Ballet Opera House)
www.arshtcenter.org

5:00PM- Brendan O’Hara
Location: Gigi’s (3470 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Arnaud Pages

8:00PM – Juke
Location: The Collective at The Kohn Compound (215 NW 24 ST, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Trek Six

· Saturday, December 3
12:00PM- Raffa and Rainer
Location: Living Room presented by AlmostFamous.com (North Miami Avenue and 40th street in Design District)
Piano artist: GG

5:00PM- Elastic Bond
Location: Bakehouse Art Complex (561 NW 32nd Street, Miami, FL 33127)
Artist: Brian Butler

*CLOSING PARTY (open to the public)
10:00PM- Afrobeta
Location: Ideobox Artspace (2417 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127)
Piano artist: Rodrigo Echerverri

· Sunday, December 4
12:00PM – Duran Blu and Big Brooklyn Red
Location: Village Green Park sponsored by Art in Public Places Board, Village of Key Biscayne
Piano artist: Lorie Setton & Kazilla

For more information about additional locations and performances, visit www.PopUpPianoMia.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

During the week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami presents the premiere of Pop-Up Pianos Miami 2011 (PUPM), a public art project made possible by The Black Key Group and a host committee of young, local professionals. The concept of Pop-Up Pianos is inspired by the New York City organization Sing for Hope. Sing for Hope mobilizes professional artists in volunteer programs that benefit schools, hospitals and communities. Sing for Hope’s Pop-Up Pianos celebrate the vision of arts accessibility for all. The inspirational project motivated the Co-Founders of The Black Key Group, Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker, to bring Pop-Up Piano to Miami with the support of Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami.

Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami is a factory-owned retail location for Steinway & Sons, maker of the world’s finest pianos. They have donated ten pianos to be strategically placed throughout locations in Midtown Miami, Downtown, Wynwood District, Brickell, and Miami Beach.

Ten artists have been carefully selected to customize each of the pianos based on their particular style of art, ranging from graffiti and acrylic paints to 3D sculptures. The Black Key Group and host committee have taken great strides to include a mix of prominent and local artists, all of whom reflect some aspect of Miami culture including Lebo; Surface Merchants and Krave; Rodrigo Echeverri; GG; Reinier Gamboa and Jose Mertz (Creative Native); Arnaud Pages; Alouishous San Gomma; Kazilla & Lorie Setton; Brian Butler; and more.

While there will be important announcements of specific concert dates and times where musicians will perform, Art Basel week spectators will have the chance to tickle the ivories in between performances. In addition to the local talent, various nationally acclaimed artists’ “Pop-Up” performances will also be announced via social media outlets throughout the duration of the installation.

After Art Basel week, the pianos will be donated to Miami-Dade Public Schools with arts programs, local charities, organizations and/or music venues, enriching the cultural and arts community of South Florida.

Stay tuned for musician announcements and event details as well as the specific locations where the pianos will be placed. For more information, visit www.PopUpPianoMia.com. To keep track of piano locations, artists, and musicians, please follow Pop-Up Piano Miami on Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare (during Art Basel week).

Timothy Feager, General Manager of Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami, stated “Steinway & Sons is very excited about getting behind Pop-Up Pianos. We need to bring more awareness to the arts, and this is a great and fun way to accomplish this task.” In its 158th year, Steinway & Sons was founded in 1853 by German immigrant Henry Engelhard Steinway in a Manhattan loft on Varick Street. Over the next thirty years, Henry and his sons, C. F. Theodore, Charles, Henry Jr., William, and Albert, developed the modern piano. They built their pianos one at a time, applying skills that were handed down from master to apprentice, generation after generation. Steinway is dedicated to the ideal of making the finest pianos in the world. The result is instruments renowned for their unsurpassed quality. Pianos with such superior sound and responsive touch they enchant the most demanding pianists to date.

Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker, Co-Founders of The Black Key Group, an artist marketing management company that strives to discover, promote, and revive the local music scene in South Florida. For more information, visit www.theblackkeygroup.com .

The Black Key Group (Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker) created a special host committee of young, savvy professionals throughout South Florida to assist in creating, executing, and facilitating Pop-Up Pianos Miami. From curating artists to securing locations for the pianos, the following list of people volunteered on the committee: Yuval Ofir (yo-miami.com); Gaudi Castro (HEARD.); Meris Thomas (Freelancer – Event Production); Arnaud Pages (The Black Key Group – Graphic Designer, Videographer, and Artist); Daniel Rivero (WLRN); Andy Bilbao (Made You Look); Myk Likhov (Authentic.ly); David Yaffe (No Vacancy Films); and Jessica Wade Pfeffer (Jessica Wade Inc.).

Opened in 2008 by founder/partner, Tanya Brillembourg Capriles and director/partner, Herman Leyba in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District, Ideobox Artspace is an experimental space where artists, collectors and art lovers interact to live and consume contemporary art. From its inception the space has held innovative exhibitions and represents a diverse range of artists from around the world. Ideobox is a postmodern concept where art can be created, appreciated and enjoyed. The intent of the space is to bring the most cutting edge work to the forefront transforming the consciousness of the art community. Guests are welcome to lounge in the space and become a part of the dynamic environment. With two exhibition areas under one roof, the space represents artists in solo and group shows. In addition, Ideobox contributes to the art community by actively participating in philanthropic endeavors in affiliation with organizations such as, SaludArte Foundation, founded by Tanya Capriles Brillembourg, who also acts as an Honoree Advisor for the art space. For more information, visit www.ideobox.com.

The Opium Group is one of the country’s most successful hospitality conglomerates, operating Miami’s top Mansion, SET, Louis Bar-Lounge at Gansevoort South, Cameo Theatre, and Mokai as well as Opium at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL. A driving force behind South Beach’s ongoing cultural renaissance, The Opium Group has been heralded by Harpers’s Bazaar, Travel & Leisure, People, Time, The Miami Herald, and numerous other publications for drawing A-list celebrities and the international jet-set to Miami Beach.

Sing for Hope is a non-profit organization that mobilizes professional artists in volunteer service programs that benefit schools, hospitals, and communities. Each Sing for Hope program is defined by the needs of the community, the service of professional artists, and our belief in the transformative power of the arts. To learn more, please visit www.singforhope.org.

Burst Project Art Fair 11/30/11 – 12/5/11

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Burst Project Art Fair
November 30 – December 5, 2011
Art Deco Center / Ocean Drive / Miami Beach
Public Art Locations around Wynwood
1001 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach FL 33139
www.burstartfair.org

Burst Project Art Fair is an innovative presentation of contemporary art stretching from Miami Beach to Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. Featuring painting, surreal pop art, sculpture, mixed media, photography and video and street art – Burst Project presents a selection of exceptionally talented rising artists and galleries from around the world. Additionally, Burst Project is very proud to be able to present new public art installations from Master Artist Carlos Cruz-Diez.

Burst Project Art Fair is a contemporary art celebration founded by artists Gabriela Sanchez-Vegas and Rudolf Kohn. Burst Project Art Fair was created to give emerging artists and galleries an opportunity to present new works during the annual Art Basel festivities in Miami Beach, and to reach beyond the ‘typical’ gallery confines to present art in public places and new unexpected venues. Burst is poised to become one of the leading platforms for inspired contemporary art and emerging artists, and this year’s the debut show is excited to feature a wonderful mix of superb talent.

Mr Somebody and Mr Nobody’s Amazing Afro Pop Up Shop Opens 11/4/11

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“Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody’s Amazing Afro Pop-Up Shop” Installation On View In The Wolfsonian’s The Bridge Tender House During Art Basel Miami Beach

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University hosts a site-specific installation by Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody, a project created by artists and South African expatriates Heidi Chisholm and Sharon Lombard. Chisholm and Lombard will transform The Wolfsonian’s Bridge Tender House, fronting the museum’s Washington Avenue façade, into an “Afro Pop-up Shop,” inviting passersby to purchase and take home a part of the piece.

The installation opens November 4, 2011, is on view during Art Basel Miami Beach, and remains on view through February 4, 2012.

Part art installation, part design exhibition, part commercial endeavor, and part souvenir stand with a twist, the installation, with its African-inspired, tongue-in-cheek goods, explores the notions of home, Africa, immigration, and globalization. Based on an African market stall, the Afro Pop-up Shop prompts us beyond the question, “Where are you from?” to more complicated questions regarding multiple migrations, invasions, post-colonial freedom, and the ability to board international flights. Aesthetically challenging yet instantly consumable, the installation is ultimately about transition, change, and making a home. Anyone interested in a preview of the Bridge Tender House installation can see a version of Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody’s Afro Pop-up Shop at the Wynwood Art Fair on October 21-23.

Chisholm, an acclaimed graphic designer, and Lombard, a fine artist grounded in performance and installation art, tap into their shared history as South African expats living in America in this immigrants’ paean to globalization. Both artists make objects that collapse the persistent dichotomy between the practical and the intellectual, art and design, craft and commerce, old and new, center and periphery, North and South, sense and non-sense, beauty and the bizarre.

Together, they create a fictional world, but with real world implications. It’s a world populated by chickens, fast cars, crocodiles, Ndebele airplanes, mischievous monkeys, flying lions, six fingers, and Santa in a devil suit. It’s al realm where their memories of home and African folk tales blend with Western insights to create new, playful narratives.

The works on display travel through the public and private geographies of citizenship, building homes made of memories and identity. A suitcase doubles as a container of multiple histories; exquisitely designed “khanga” cloths weave complex narratives; playful sculptures unseat African stereotypes; beautiful “heirloom” lace doilies become visas to the art of immigration. The artists remind us, through the eyes of their immigrant experiences, that we too must be our own expatriates if we are to navigate and survive the losses and gains of living through the changes and eruptions of globalization.

The company’s name is derived from the isiZulu proverb, “He arrives Mr. Somebody and leaves Mr. Nobody.” As the proverb/company’s name implies, the desire to fit in is universal and the process complicated. In keeping with their values, Chisholm and Lombard aren’t waiting for a reception, they’re extending the first hand and hoisting their own flag in a space that they describe as “Neither Here, Nor There.” “We are putting together a little souvenir stand of some of our experiences and memories, a market stall which reflects our lives as immigrants from South Africa,” Lombard explains. “We have invented a borderless country for this market, an explorers’ flag to be planted, and we have been designing and producing goods to sell in our installation stall, our Afro Pop-up Shop.” By creating a folklore out of displacement and change, Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody ultimately locates citizenship as fluid; home as where the heart is. Bewitching, irresistibly funny, always provocative, it offers proof that alienation, in the right hands, can be exquisite. Proceeds from the installation’s sales benefit The Wolfsonian. Although there is no salesperson stationed in the Bridge Tender House, the goods are available for purchase through The Dynamo Museum Shop.

For more information about Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody, visit the company’s website at www.mrsomebodyandmrnobody.com.

Aleloop Street Art Mobile Installation Art Basel 2011 12/1-4/11

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Aleloop Street Art Mobile Installation Art Basel 2011
December 1 – 4, 2011
Aleloop Mobile Art Installation – “Did You See Those MINIs?”
A Multisensory Flash Mob During Art Basel Miami Beach
artbasel.aleloop.com

During Art Basel 2011, pop surrealist artist Aleloop will present a one-of-a-kind interactive Mobile Art Installation that will have people asking “Did You See Those MINIs?” From December 1st – 4th, a caravan of 10 MINI Coopers wrapped with Aleloop’s hip, happy & playful art will be travelling through Miami & Miami Beach in the heart of the Art Basel action, making scheduled stops at the most popular art fairs, parties, galleries and restaurants.

At each stop, 40 energetic performers will pop out of the colorful cars creating a multisensory Flash Mob around the Aleloop MINIs. Performers dressed in Aleloop designed tees will engage Art Basel enthusiasts with a multitude of mediums – music, juggling, singing, magic, hooping, dancing, live art and of course fun take-aways for the audience. The carnival-like atmosphere at each installation will engage all five senses, creating one of the most memorable and talked about Art Basel experiences of 2011. A film crew will be documenting the entire Aleloop experience for “The Making of a Spectacle, a Documentary,” a movie that will chronicle this non-traditional traveling installation.

The 10 MINI Coopers will feature thematically designed artwork with whimsical characters created by Aleloop with their own personalities and stories. Featured themes include: Fine Arts, Grunge, Video Game, DJ, MINI ME, Free Hand, Comics, Pattern, Driver and Nature.

Aleloop is also giving one lucky fan the opportunity to win their own MINI Cooper wrapped with the Aleloop artwork of their choice for a year. To enter the pre-contest, visit http://ArtBasel.Aleloop.com and follow them on Facebook for real time updates. A full schedule of destinations for the Aleloop MINI Cooper caravan will be available soon.

About Aleloop: Between 2002-2009 Aleloop (a.k.a. Alejandra Leibovich) served as Senior Art Director of Creative Services for three of Viacom’s most popular brands in Latin America: VH1, Nickelodeon and Logo TV. Aleloop has also designed for Cartoon Network, Nicktoons Network, 7UP, Dr. Pepper, XBOX, iTunes, Ironman, X-MEN, TNT, The Academy Awards and Playstation in addition to several consumer product clients and music video producers. Her specialty for television, commercials and music videos is blending animated characters and animated “worlds” together with live action actors and elements. Her work garnered widespread industry recognition including more than 20 “Promax” awards, which is the television motion graphics industry’s highest honor. In 2009 Viacom decided to move its operation from Miami to Argentina, and Aleloop decided to take this opportunity to remain in Miami and enter the world of fine arts.

Now, less than two years later, collectors across the U.S. and internationally, have snapped-up more than 11 of her original pieces. Aleloop’s originals and her giclee-originals have appeared at Comic Con San Diego, Optic Nerve at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, G40 Art Summit, Art Whino, Art Link International, Pop Santa Fe, Lunar Boy Gallery, Multiversal and many many more. Demand for Aleloop’s original artwork has steadily climbed and “entry level” collectors now support a growing market for giclee-prints and giclee-originals, in addition to the limited but growing number of her original pieces. Aleloop lives and works in Coconut Grove, Florida and drives one of the most unique Mini Cooper S automobiles on the road anywhere in the world today.

Aleloop’s Art Basel Sponsors Include: Metro Wrapz, Art Whino and The Cheese Steak Gourmet

This Art is So Gay an LGBT Artist Exhibition 11/5/11 – 12/5/11

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This Art is So Gay an LGBT Artist Exhibition
Opening Reception – November 5th, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. (during Sleepless Night)
Closing Reception – December 4th, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. (during Art Basel Miami Beach)
LGBT Visitor Center
1130 Washington Avenue
First Floor
Miami Beach, FL
(Washington between 11th and 12th Streets)

South Florida LGBT Visual Artists
Exhibition Hours – Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 5 to Monday, December 5, 2011

All events and the exhibition are FREE and open to the public

Parking: 12th Street Municipal Garage & Metered Street Parking

Eleven local artists have been selected to participate in “This Art is So Gay,” a visual art exhibition at the Miami Beach LGBT Visitor Center, sponsored by MetLife. The exhibition will kick off with an artists’ reception during Sleepless Night, November 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with the artists in attendance and all art will be offered for sale with proceeds benefitting the not-for-profit MDGLCC Foundation for its LGBT scholarship program. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public with the exhibition running through December 5 during Art Basel. The LGBT Visitor Center is located at 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor, Miami Beach.

In addition to the visual art exhibition, the Sleepless Night kick-off reception will feature interactive “flash-mob” hurricane parties in celebration of “Captiva,” a new comedy that will be making its world premiere at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater. “Captiva,” from 2011 Carbonell Award recipient Christopher Demos-Brown, explores what happens when a family is stranded together on that western Florida island during a hurricane and they are forced to face each other with honesty and bottles of wine.

“We encourage the community to come out and support our local LGBT artists at this amazing exhibition’s unveiling reception,” said Steve Adkins, chairman of the board of the MDGLCC Foundation, Inc. “There won’t be a better way for people to kick off their Sleepless Night art experience.”

Exhibiting artists selected by the panel of judges are:
Lewis Aqui, photography
Carla Fache, abstract painting
Raul Frontal, photography
Pete Halpern, landscape paintings
Marcelo Holzinger, contemporary paintings
Ali Miranda, photography
Alfredo Perez, etched oil on canvas
Dale Stein, photography
Tolibia, mixed media
Evelyn Valdirio, painting
Alex Vera, painting

“The response to the call-for-entries from the LGBT artistic community was overwhelming,” said Cindy Brown, executive director of the LGBT Visitor Center. “There will definitely be more art exhibitions at the Center in the future.”

The MDGLCC opened the country’s first-ever Chamber-sponsored LGBT Visitor Center last November. The Center is open to the public five days a week and has been the venue for special events for the MDGLCC, MetLife, Florida Grand Opera, Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and Miami Beach Gay Pride, just to name a few. The LGBT Visitor Center, sponsored by MetLife, is located in Miami Beach’s Old City Hall at 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor North, Miami Beach, in the heart of South Beach.

Art, Women & Revolution: Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi Miami Beach satellite Exhibit of How I Lost My Accent 10/5-28/11

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On view October 5 to October 28
ArtCenter/South Florida
924 Lincoln Road (1st Floor Vitrines)
Between Michigan and Jefferson Avenues
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Tel: 305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

How I Lost My Accent: Caged Identity by Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi – an epilogue to the artist’s Black and White Series currently on exhibit in Miami’s Design District. Moreno-Yaghoubi will create five installations in the first floor vitrines at ArtCenter/South Florida’s 924 Lincoln Road building, using bird cages, found women’s clothing and photographs to produce abstract representations of gender identity.

With worn and dated antique dresses enclosed behind glass, vintage portraits of women will be scattered on the floor and birdcages will be hung in the place of their heads. Several human-like hands will appear to be escaping from the cages, symbolic of the struggle women have endured for equality and autonomy. In Caged Identity, Moreno-Yaghoubi strives to promote a new definition of today’s woman, reflecting upon feminism through hand-crafted manikins.

“We live in a modern society where gender oppression still exists. Through my art, women can break free from social expectations and reinvent themselves in their own realm of possibilities,” said Moreno-Yaghoubi.

Sagamore Hotel Features Artist Will Ryman 22ft Rose Bed for Art Basel 11/ 27/11 – 12/4/2011

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Colossal Rose Bed To Bloom On South Beach
Sunday, November 27 through Sunday, December 4, 2011
Sagamore
1671 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.sagamorehotel.com

Sagamore, The Art Hotel, Announces Will Ryman as Featured Artist for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 In honor of the hotel’s 10th anniversary of the Annual Art Basel Brunch

Internationally acclaimed artist to install 65th Street Last seen in the U.S. in New York City

South Beach is coming up roses, literally, as Sagamore, The Art Hotel on Miami Beach, along with its owner, Martin Taplin, art collector and curator Cricket Taplin, and the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, announce Will Ryman’s 65th Street to be publicly installed on the hotel’s beachfront for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. A towering sculpture with one bud reaching as high as 22 feet, the exhibit reflects Ryman’s flair for the dramatic and absurdly wonderful.

The dwarfing blossoms will spring up from steel stems on Sunday, November 27, and remain on display through Sunday, December 4, 2011. A fanciful and colorful display of flora blooming on white sand beach and set against the Atlantic’s perpetuity, the installation will enamor viewers with its larger-than-life landscape.

Offering a bug’s-eye-view of the world, 65th Street will feature four colossal pink and red buds, ranging from five to ten feet in diameter, with the tallest bud inhabited by a brass aphid and beetle. Ryman, familiar with non-traditional materials, utilizes stainless steel, yacht-grade fiberglass resin, automotive paint and brass to create sculptures designed to withstand the elements.

Will Ryman is the latest in a long list of distinguished artists to exhibit at the South Beach hotel. Since the inception of Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002 when the international art market incorporated the city of Miami as a prime art venue, Sagamore, The Art Hotel, has hosted celebrated artists from around the world including Massimo Vitali, Yoko Ono, Spencer Tunick, Olaf Breuning, Elliot Erwitt and Roxy Paine, among others.

“Will Ryman is one of the most important artists of our time; his art will make history and we are extremely fortunate to celebrate his amazing talent at the Sagamore,” says Cricket Taplin.

This year Sagamore, The Art Hotel, will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Annual Art Basel Brunch. One of the most sought-after Art Basel events – which commenced in 2001 despite the events of 9/11 canceling the launch of Art Basel Miami Beach– the hotel partners with six local museums including the Bass Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, Miami Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art at FIU, the Wolfsonian-FIU and Lincoln Center in New York City.

“It is a privilege and an honor to have Will as the featured artist of our 10th anniversary,” continues Taplin. “My husband and I began collecting his work in 2006; we have followed his career since and are constantly impressed with his larger-than-life concepts and ideas. He takes everyday objects that are often overlooked, blows them up and places them center stage, reminding you, literally, to ‘take time to smell the roses.’”

A native New Yorker, Will Ryman is internationally known for his large-scale figurative sculptures based on urban scenes and oversized flora. His work steadily incorporates a range of materials including plaster, fiberglass, stainless steel, paper machê, magic sculpt, brass, copper tubing, and cast aluminum. A writer turned artist, Ryman’s work is heavily influenced by the works of absurdist playwrights and philosophers.

Miami Home Design and Remodeling Show 9/2-6/11

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Miami Home Design and Remodeling Show
September 2-6
(Labor Day Weekend)
Miami Beach Convention Center

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Get fresh new ideas for your home improvements, decorating, remodeling, and landscaping.

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Featuring One Stop Shopping for EVERYTHING for your home…inside and out!
Learn helpful tips in free seminars including design tips from HGTV’s Steve Duncan, Candice Tells All
Enjoy healthy cooking demos in the ALL NEW Culinary Experience featuring:
– Chef Ralph Pagano
– Chef Hugh Sinclair
– Chef Wayne Bryan
– Chef Paulette Bilsky
Walk through a lush landscape feature area, sponsored by Subaru
Talk one-on-one with home improvement and design experts
Enjoy piano concerts, courtesy of Piano Showcase
Relax with wine and cheese nights (Friday, Saturday and Tuesday evenings)
Win a $7,500 kitchen re-facing, courtesy of Florida Home Improvement Associates. While at the FHA display, design your dream kitchen and take home a free color computer print out of your design!

Miami Science Museum hosts special events showcase 9/1/11

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Miami Science Museum Hosts A Special Events Showcase
Special Events Showcase at Miami Science Museum
Open to the Public; Event Industry Professionals, Public Relation Firms, Corporate Planners, anyone planning a party
September 1st, 2011, 6:30-9:30pm
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33129
Cost: Complimentary

The days of utilizing conventional venues for events and weddings are over. More and more museums and cultural institutions are featured as or named “Best Venue” to host weddings, quinces, birthday parties, conferences, corporate events and much more. On September 1st, 2011, Miami Science Museum will host an event showcase to highlight various opportunities and different ways the venue can be utilized for events.

“In lieu of vast ballrooms and halls, smaller museums provide a variety of unique spaces throughout which the wedding event can unfold.” ~ MagnetStreet Weddings

Local caterers, photographers, production companies and other industry based businesses such as So Cool Events, Catering By Lovables and Sugarsweet Dreams Cake Company, will be featured in order to help showcase all the possible event opportunities the Museum has to offer. The venue will also be transformed into unforgettable “CUSTOM” interactive experiences that engage the senses for a full-body experience courtesy of Ramax Media.

Miami Science Museum aims to make a difference in people’s lives by inspiring them to appreciate the impact that science and technology can have on every facet of our world. For over 60 years, Miami Science Museum’s award-winning educational programs, family-focused exhibits, historic planetarium, and rehabilitative Wildlife Center and Clinic have enriched locals and tourists alike. In 2014, the legacy continues with the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, a new world-class, state-of-the-art facility designed by Grimshaw Architects in the heart of downtown Miami. Miami Science Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. For more information about the current Museum or our future home, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, visit www.miamisci.org or call (305) 646-4200.

Miami Science Museum is located at 3280 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33129. The Museum is open every day from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission is free for MiaSci members and children under 3; students (with valid ID), seniors (62+) and children 3 – 12, $10.95; adults are $14.95. Parking is free.

Miami Science Museum is funded with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

Always open at www.MiamiSci.org

Photographs from the Mona Lisa Unveiled at the Freedom Tower on 8/25/11

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Mona Lisa Unveiled at the Freedom Tower on Thursday, August 25, 2011.  What a great exhibition I really enjoyed seeing the different interpretations of the Mona Lisa through out the ages.  This is a must see!!!  Don’t forget to get your picture taken with the Mona Lisa.

This exhibition is co-presented by City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and City of Margherita di Savoia (Italy) Mayor Gabriella Carlucci. On loan from the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, Italy, the exhibition was created and inspired by Alessandro Vezzosi, the museum’s director, and Agnese Sabato, president of the museum’s International Association. In Miami, the exhibition has been made possible with the support of the Consul General of Italy, Marco Rocca, and Gloria Porcella, director of the Galleria Ca’ d’Oro in Rome and Miami.

Mona Lisa Unveiled is divided into two main sections. One part concentrates on the historical aspect and includes works and documents from the 16th – 19th centuries. The second part is more contemporary, charting the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911 and continuing with 20th century artists who reinterpret da Vinci’s painting. Featured artists range from Marcel Duchamp, Jean Margat and Salvador Dalì, to Romero Britto, as well as artists who have recreated Italy’s most famous cultural symbol with computers, videos and installation pieces.

The exhibition opens to the general public on August 26 and will remain on display through October 7, free and open to the public during gallery hours. As always, local schools will have the opportunity to schedule guided tours for teachers and students.

Margherita di Savoia is a seaside resort town located along Italy’s Adriatic coast, renowned for its salt marshes and beaches. At the exhibition’s opening reception, Mayors Regalado and Carlucci will sign a Collaborative Agreement between the two cities.

Miami Dade College

Miami Dade College has a long and rich history of involvement in the cultural arts, providing South Florida with a vast array of artistic and literary offerings including The Miami Book Fair International, The Florida Center for the Literary Arts, The Miami International Film Festival, the Cultura del Lobo performance arts series, The MDC Tower Theater Cinema Series, the Miami Leadership Roundtable speakers’ series, the National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower, numerous renowned campus art galleries and theaters, and the nationally recognized School of Entertainment and Design Technology. With an enrollment of more than 174,000 students, MDC is the largest institution of higher education in the country and is a national model for many of its programs. The college’s eight campuses and outreach centers offer more than 300 distinct degree programs including baccalaureate, Associate in Arts and Science degrees and numerous career training certificates leading to in-demand jobs. MDC has served nearly 2,000,000 students since it opened its doors in 1960.

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Photographs by Anthony Jordon of See the Sound MLK Community Mural Project Exhibit Opening on 8/17/11

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Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of the  See the Sound MLK Community Mural Project Exhibit Opening at the Little Haiti Cultural Center on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.  Had an amazing time!! The art and music were awesome, can not wait to go back during the Big Night in Little Haiti this Friday night  (happens every third Friday night).

Cultural Center presented, “See the Sound: MLK Community Mural Project Exhibit.” The exhibit features artists from the international program, the MLK “Moving the Lives of Kids” Community Mural Project. Bringing together artists and youth from across the world, the MLK Community Mural Project creates public art murals that preserve history, culture, and beauty. The works in the exhibit will reflect the collaboration of visual and musical art forms. Artists Included: Kyle Holbrook, Joy Taylor, Alex Douyon, Francesco Lo Castro, C. Purdy. Wolfgang, Luzalma Gonzale, Greg Pitts, Alex Dumas, Yasser Faraco, David Josef Tamargo, Morgan Defranco, Bayunga Kialeuka, Valentina Simon, Jennifer Vivian Duarte, Lorial Annie Wilson, Serge. Lordgyn Gino Belizaire, Nice The Artist and performances by Kaaren Styles – Dj Nasty Nate.

Sponsored by Status Vodka, Societe Perrier and Artisans Agency .

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.

Photographs of See the Sound MLK Community Mural Project Exhibit Opening on 8/17/11

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See the Sound MLK Community Mural Project Exhibit Opening at the Little Haiti Cultural Center on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.  Had an amazing time!! The art and music were awesome, can not wait to go back during the Big Night in Little Haiti this Friday night  (happens every third Friday night).

Cultural Center presented, “See the Sound: MLK Community Mural Project Exhibit.” The exhibit features artists from the international program, the MLK “Moving the Lives of Kids” Community Mural Project. Bringing together artists and youth from across the world, the MLK Community Mural Project creates public art murals that preserve history, culture, and beauty. The works in the exhibit will reflect the collaboration of visual and musical art forms. Artists Included: Kyle Holbrook, Joy Taylor, Alex Douyon, Francesco Lo Castro, C. Purdy. Wolfgang, Luzalma Gonzale, Greg Pitts, Alex Dumas, Yasser Faraco, David Josef Tamargo, Morgan Defranco, Bayunga Kialeuka, Valentina Simon, Jennifer Vivian Duarte, Lorial Annie Wilson, Serge. Lordgyn Gino Belizaire, Nice The Artist and performances by Kaaren Styles – Dj Nasty Nate.

Sponsored by Status Vodka, Societe Perrier and Artisans Agency .

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The Children’s Trust Miami Heart Gallery June 13 – July 29, 2011

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The Children’s Trust Miami Heart Gallery
June 13 – July 29, 2011 (Monday-Friday), 8a.m. – 5p.m.
Coral Gables Museum
285 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Donation will be requested at door.

The Children’s Trust Miami Heart Gallery, a traveling museum-quality exhibit featuring children in Miami-Dade’s foster care system who are available for adoption, will celebrate its fourth annual exhibit re-launch at the Coral Gables Museum. These children have been removed from their biological parents for reasons of neglect or abuse with no possibility of family reunification. Approximately half of the 155 children who have been featured in The Children’s Trust Miami Heart Gallery in the past three years have either been adopted or are in the process of being adopted.

Photographs of Exxxotica Miami Beach on 5/22/11

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Exxxotica Miami Beach at the Miami Beach Convention Center on Sunday, May 22, 2011.  I really enjoyed the convention this year!!!  I believe they had more booths and was a lot more fun this year.   Loved that they had male dancers this year along with the amazing female dancers!!!!!!!!  Fun for everyone :-)  Looking forward to next year.

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Photographs of Attila Lakatoush Miami Opening Reception at Cafeina on 5/13/11

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Attila Lakatoush Miami Opening Reception at Cafeina on Friday, May 13, 2011.

Attila, an artistic prodigy child, received a full scholarship to the Pratt Institute at the tender age of nine. While having illustrated for designers such as Cynthia Rowley, John Richmond, Vivian Westwood and John Paul Gaultier, he brings a style and flair that is both unique and captivating. Credited with the influencing the Miami Art scene in the 90’s along with the works of artists such as Kenny Scharf, NOEL and Laurence Gartel, Attila has returned from New York for his first show in South Florida in over a decade to promote his latest limited series prints of 30’s and 40’s Hollywood Icons.

The Attila Lakatoush Miami Show will run for 3 weeks in the Cafeina Gallery.  For private viewings please contact Mykel Stevens at (305) 450.5154

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Red Bull Illume Miami 5/12-22/11

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Red Bull Illume
May 12-22, 2011 at 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL
More Info.

The vivacious streets of South Beach were selected as the third stop in the U.S. leg of the global tour for Red Bull Illume, the world’s premier action and adventure sports photography contest and exhibition.

As dusk falls on South Beach on May 12th, a private gala will be hosted next door to the outdoor exhibit in the Miami Design Preservation Leagues’ Art Deco Welcome Center to kick-off the ten day display. While the gala ignites the exhibition, the public is welcome to check out the flipping of the switch at 8:00 pm on opening night as these stunning images illuminate the night sky.

Following the commencement, the exhibit will run from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm through May 22nd.

The winners of Red Bull Illume were chosen by a jury of renowned photography experts. By illuminating these breath-taking photographs, we honor the photographers who’ve traveled, faced physical dangers, scaled buildings and navigated waves all to capture magical moments.

Vibrant Lights Of South Beach Shine Bright On Red Bull Illume
Global Photography Exhibition Adds Visual Interest to Miami Nightlife May 13th – 22nd

The vivacious streets of South Beach were selected as the third stop in the U.S. leg of the global tour for Red Bull Illume, the world’s premier action and adventure sports photography contest and exhibition. Vibrantly filled with art deco design, nightlife, fashion and celebrities, Miami Beach is the ideal location for this striking outdoor visual art display that will be located along Ocean Drive between 9th and 10th Streets. Red Bull Illume will turn on the lights nightly May 13th – 22nd, from 7:00 pm-11:00 pm. A total of 50 photos will be on display in impressive light boxes that bring stature and significance to these works of art that capture the exuberant spirit of sport.

As dusk falls on South Beach on May 12th, a private gala will be hosted next door to the outdoor exhibit in the Miami Design Preservation Leagues’ Art Deco Welcome Center to kick-off the ten day display. While the gala ignites the exhibition, the public is welcome to check out the flipping of the switch at 8:00 pm on opening night as these stunning images illuminate the night sky. Following the commencement, the exhibit will run from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm through May 22nd.

The winners of Red Bull Illume were chosen by a jury of renowned photography experts. By illuminating these breath-taking photographs, we honor the photographers who’ve traveled, faced physical dangers, scaled buildings and navigated waves all to capture magical moments. The Red Bull Illume judging categories include culture, playground, energy, spirit, close-up, wings, sequence, new creativity, experimental and illumination.

The ten category winners are: Experimental – Daniel Grund (GER), New Creativity – Eric Berger (CAN), SanDisk Sequence – Miguel Lopez-Virgen (MEX), Energy – Stuart Gibson (AUS), Illumination – Chris Burkhard (USA), Playground – Tim Korbmacher (GER), Culture – Vincent Perraud (FRA), Spirit – Adam Kokot (POL), Wings – Marcel Lämmerhirt (GER), Close up – Nathan Smith (AUS) who was also named Athletes’ Choice winner. “I’m dizzy from the whole experience,” said Smith. “I’m humbled to be here and happy to have made the top 50 let alone win two awards that in my book are very prestigious. I’m in a room full of photographers who I look up to.”

For more information on the competition visit www.redbullillume.com.

Paintings dedicated to the Sites and Spirit of Miami were unveiled at the New World Center By Betty Alvarez

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Bernard Markowicz, owner of Markowicz Fine Art and U.S. Agent for French Painter and Sculptor Alain Godon, announced the catalog of premier architectural landmarks of Miami portrayed in a new collection of oil-on-canvas paintings. Godon has painted the sites and revealed the spirit of Paris, New York, Amsterdam and Le Touquet Paris-Plage, and recently added Miami to the prestigious list of international cities in his architecture series.

An exclusive preview of Architecture Collection “Miami” the night before the exhibit opened to the public took place on April 20 at the New World Center in Miami Beach. Paintings dedicated to the sites and spirit of Miami were unveiled during a collection debut: Where Art and Architecture Unite to Benefit the New World Symphony. The New World Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Architect Frank Gehry was presented as the architectural landmark introducing the Miami collection. There was live classical performance by New World Symphony Fellows. The artwork on view were ten original pieces (eight on oil canvas and two sketches) and 30 single edition Bildoreliefo transformed from the New World Center, Hotel Marseilles and Delano oil-on-canvas paintings, each featuring ten unique versions of color gradations.

A powerful master of color, Godon’s artwork captures the essence of a city- its people, culture, monuments and architecture- and his playful imagination infuses his paintings with expressive line and rich vivid colors. The exhibition will be on view from April 21st-May 15th at Markowicz Fine Art located in the Miami Design District. For more information please call (786) 362-5546 or visit www.markowiczfineart.com

Photographs by Betty Alvarez copyright 2011

Ann Storck Center to Showcase at The Galleria’s Spring for the Arts 4/15/11

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Ann Storck Center To Showcase Artwork During The Galleria’s “Spring For The Arts”
Fri., April 15, 2011
Young at Art Children’s Museum from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (adjacent to Dillard’s upper level)
Ann Storck Center from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (in front of Dillard’s upper level)
The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale
2414 E. Sunrise Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

An art show and sale by the Ann Storck Center. The Ann Storck Center is dedicated to enriching the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities and offers a fine arts program, which allows residents to develop physical movement and creative expression. There will also be a month-long children’s art exhibition, “Look Who’s Living in the Trees,” from Young at Art Children’s Museum.

The Galleria’s “Spring for the Arts” will unite Broward’s diverse array of arts groups from April 2 through April 30. The arts celebration was created to educate, inspire and motivate the community to embrace the arts. Spearheaded by The Galleria, this month-long program will provide a platform for local arts groups to promote their organizations, plus raise funds for Funding Arts Broward, which provides grants to further the arts in our community.

3rd Annual EXPOCOLOMBIA delights locals and tourist alike By Betty Alvarez

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The 3rd Annual EXPOCOLOMBIA International, a showcase of Colombia in Miami took place April 8-10 at the Miami Airport Convention Center (MACC), this international exhibition had over 200 exhibitors specializing in Tourism, Beauty & Health, Fashion, Luxurious Arts & Crafts, Real Estate, Finance, Entertainment, and Food & Beverage.

EXPOCOLOMBIA International reflected the entrepreneurial spirit and vast array of talent in the Colombian business community as well as the beauty and richness of the country and people. Within the three days of exposition a multitude of companies and government entities exhibited from Colombia, which gave international visitors the opportunity to expand, create business opportunities in new markets and create commercial ties.

Local, national and international visitors had the opportunity to purchase the highest caliber of Colombian products and services, all while they enjoyed the most exclusive collections by famed Colombian Fashion Designers being showcased on the Expo’s runways.

Unique Arts & Crafts from the country’s most skilled artisans, great investment opportunities in International Real Estate, undiscovered Tourist Destinations, expert advice and service in Beauty and Health from Colombia’s top medical professionals and institutions all awaited attendees. This was a great way promote this beautiful and vast country who is very well known for its great coffee!

Photographs by Betty Alvarez copyright 2011

EXXXotica Expo Miami Beach 5/20-22/11

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Exxxotica
May 20-22
Miami Beach Convention Center
exxxoticaexpo.com.

Entering its sixth year overall and eleventh show produced, Exxxotica is the largest adult consumer event in the country. Exxxotica Miami Beach, Victory Tradeshow Management’s flagship event, is the first show of 2011. Scheduled for May 20-22 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, it is expected to again have over 20,000 attendees.

Produced by Victory Tradeshow Management, Exxxotica is the nation’s leading adult consumer event, founded in 2006 in Miami Beach, FL. Currently, in addition to Miami Beach, Exxxotica has events in the largest three markets in the United States, New York/New Jersey, Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL. Each event attracts over 20,000 attendees eager to “Celebrate Sexy.” Exxxotica features a diverse array of exhibitors showcasing the newest and sexiest products appealing to like-minded adults, over 50 hours of informative seminars on a variety of topics, a non-stop schedule of shows and contests on the main entertainment stage, the fan favorite Exxxotica Hotties, and the top names and brands in adult entertainment. Previous shows have included major stars such as Jenna Jameson, Jesse Jane, Tera Patrick, Sasha Grey, Ron Jeremy, Stormy Daniels, Sunny Leone, Bree Olson and Jenna Haze. Exxxotica is a playful experience for women, men and couples to enjoy. For more information visit exxxoticaexpo.com or join their social network at facebook.com/celebratesexy or twitter.com/exxxotica.

South Beach Wine and Food Festival’s Grand Tasting Village rocks with foodies from around the world by Betty Alvarez

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It was a hot day indeed in Miami Beach but that did not stop many visitors and foodies to experience Saturday’s Grand Tasting Village. Locals and tourists from around the world cleared their calendars to be in this exclusive top notch gastronomical event. Their senses were awaken when they stepped inside the Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village. This universe of welcoming canopies, white-sand walkways, calming ocean breezes, and gently lapping Atlantic waves offers an incandescent celebration of the good life. Everyone definitely feasted as they strolled, partook of exquisite morsels and imbibed in some of the finest wines and spirits on the planet. Guests watched and listened as renowned chefs shared their culinary secrets and regale the audience with their stories. With the food and spirits that the village offered, the heat that the day brought was suddenly forgotten.

Each year the Festival highlights a different country’s wine and culinary contributions. For its 10th anniversary, the Festival dedicated a pavilion to the “Experience Italy” tent which showcased some of Italy’s finest wines as well as a wide range of specialty food products.

As a souvenir of one’s daylong “vacation,” when guests used their American Express card to purchase their ticket, they took home their own commemorative copy of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook with a foreword by Anthony Bourdain, a great reminder of their gastronomic world-tour launched on the shores of Miami Beach. The only place to get the book signed by all of America’s favorite chefs was inside the Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village.

The gods and goddesses of the culinary world walked and talked and cooked among us! It was a chance to catch one’s favorite Food Network stars, as well as famous cookbook authors and cocktail experts, as they shared their tried-and-true tips and amusing stories over a working kitchen. Visitors watched as they prepared favorite dishes and specialty drinks.

In the American Express Grand Tasting Tent, one Immersed themselves in pleasure. This grand tasting invited everything to experience unbridled deliciousness. A seemingly never-ending array of wines and spirits from some of the world’s finest producers offered the perfect accompaniment to the unusual appetizers, signature dishes, and delightful desserts presented by some of South Florida’s greatest restaurants. With generous samples of everything to please, the afternoon provided a unique opportunity to try the widest possible range of flavors representing innovations in wine and spirits making, new culinary trends, and exciting twists on global food traditions. South Beach Wine and Food Festival outdid themselves this year and we shall see what they have in store for us next year! Congratulations on the festival! Every year it keeps on getting better!

Photographs by Betty Alvarez copyright 2011

Miami Made Local Artists Showcase Their Works at The Adrienne Arsht Center 3/4-6/11

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March 4-6, 2011
Carnival Studio Theater & Peacock Foundation Studio
(in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House)
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132

Free Admission! First Come, First Served Entry Is Free!
Or Get Priority Access By Purchasing A Vip Festival Pass For $35
*To reserve your VIP Access Pass for $35 – click here!*

Miami Made Weekend 2011
A Festival of New Work by Miami’s Brightest Performing Artists
Featuring Four World Premieres
Commissioned for Here & Now: 2011 and
a Showcase of Three Works-in-Progress
from the Arsht Center’s Incubator Program
Plus,
Play Readings
Panel Discussions
Opportunities to Meet the Artists

A full weekend of Free events, the 2011 edition of Miami Made Weekend features world premieres by Miami artists, plus additional engaging events, spotlighting local artists:
-Works-In-Progress
-Play Readings
-Panel Discussions with top performing arts leaders
-Meet-and-greets with the artists
-Guest artist performance

Miami Made Weekend consists of three innovative initiatives: Here & Now is the flagship program, showcasing world premiere works commissioned, developed, and presented jointly by the Adrienne Arsht Center and Miami Light Project; Incubator engages local artists and presents works-in-progress that have been commissioned and developed by the Adrienne Arsht Center; and Outloud features readings of new plays by South Florida playwrights.

Miami Made expanded from a commissioning program into a full weekend of events in 2009. Each year, the selected Miami Made artists and their works represent a diverse mix of music, dance and theater disciplines.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, now celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season, and Miami Light Project proudly announces Miami Made Weekend 2011, an annual showcase of new, innovative work, created by artists living and working in South Florida. Taking place from March 4-6, Miami Made Weekend will feature the work of 11 immensely talented performing artists in our community who are continually expanding the boundaries of the traditional performing arts.

Miami Made Weekend 2011 will feature world premieres and works in progress as well as public readings of new plays by South Florida playwrights, panel discussions with performing arts professionals from all over the U.S. and meet-and-greet opportunities with the artists.

Admission To The Miami Made Weekend 2011 Events Are Free. Subject to availability.
A $35 VIP Festival Pass is also available and includes priority access and guaranteed seating to every Miami Made Weekend event.

Miami Made Weekend expanded in 2009 into a full weekend of performances. It now embodies two signature programs: Here & Now: 2011, the annual showcase of world premiere works commissioned, developed and presented jointly by the Adrienne Arsht Center and Miami Light Project; and Incubator, a series of works-in-progress developed through the Adrienne Arsht Center’s commissioning program.

Miami Made Weekend 2011 – Schedule

Friday, March 4
7:00PM, If you’re going to pull a knife, Usalo by Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud
Carnival Studio Theater

8:00PM, Fat Boy by Teo Castellanos
Carnival Studio Theater

9:15PM, Phallussy by Pioneer Winter
Carnival Studio Theater

10:15PM, The Body is Present by Ana Mendez
Carnival Studio Theater

Saturday, March 5
1:00PM, If you’re going to pull a knife, Usalo by Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud
Carnival Studio Theater

2:00PM, Fat Boy by Teo Castellanos
Carnival Studio Theater

2:30PM, Guest Panel Discussion
Peacock Foundation Studio

3:15PM, Phallussy by Pioneer Winter
Carnival Studio Theater

4:15PM, The Body is Present by Ana Mendez
Carnival Studio Theater

5:00PM, My Friend Nina by Sipiwe Moyo
Peacock Foundation Studio

7:00PM, Against All Odds by Beatriz Montañez
Carnival Studio Theater

8:00PM, Requiem for a Mustard Seed Closes in Song, Act 1 by Letty Bassart
Carnival Studio Theater

9:15PM, Clandestine by Liony Garcia
Carnival Studio Theater

10:15PM, Please Don’t Hate Me! by Octavio Campos
Carnival Studio Theater

Sunday, March 6
1:00PM Against All Odds by Beatriz Montañez
Carnival Studio Theater

2:00PM, Requiem for a Mustard Seed Closes in Song, Act 1 by Letty Bassart
Carnival Studio Theater

3:15PM, Clandestine by Liony Garcia
Carnival Studio Theater

4:15PM, Please Don’t Hate Me! by Octavio Campos
Carnival Studio Theater

5:00PM, Hang Time por Rubin Stacy! By Summer Hill Seven
Peacock Foundation Studio

Miami Made Weekend Main Stage Performances Include:
Si Vas A Sacar Un Cuchillo, USAlo / If you are going to pull a knife, USE it by Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud – World Premiere!
Commissioned for Here & Now: 2011

For their second performance collaboration titled, Si Vas A Sacar Un Cuchillo, USAlo / If you are going to pull a knife, USE it, Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud will employ the texts of Samuel Beckett to talk about the petroleum industry, unemployment-itis and mermaid suffrage.

A graduate of Instituto Superior de Arte de la Habana in Cuba, Carlos Caballero is the proud winner of the New Times and the Nuevo Herald “Best New Actor” Award. A performer with Teatro El Publico and La Ventana, Caballero has worked internationally in theater, film and television. Last seen in an adaption of A Streetcar Named Desire with Teatro Miami, Caballero is currently working on a theater production of Hilo. He is also working on another collaboration with Elizabeth Doud – Sipping Fury from a Teacup.
Director of the Miami-based Las Negras Theater Collective, Elizabeth Doud arrived in Miami via Spain and Brazil and joined forces with Giovanni Luquini Performance Troupe. Her works include a collaboration with partner Jennylin Duany on Cabaret Unkempt, which premiered at the Arsht Center, and the libretto for IDALINA, a dance-theater project between Miami Light Project and the Arsht Center, which received support from the MAPFUND. Doud’s writing has been published in various print and online journals. Most recently, she has developed a new work entitled Sipping Fury from a Teacup. Doud is a University of Miami graduate with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.

Fat Boy by Teo Castellanos – Special Guest!
Fat Boy is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Miami Light Project in partnership with Tigertail Productions, 7 Stages, Hip Hop Theater Festival and NPN. HHTF support made possible through the Future Aesthetics Artist Regrant (FAAR) program, funded by the Ford Foundation. Additional support provided by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County.

Written and directed by Teo Castellanos, Fat Boy, coalesces ritual and current art forms to tell a timeless and timely story. Fat Boy explores its theme of abundance and waste versus scarcity and economy through movement and thumping dub beats. By deconstructing the narrative elements of American consumerism and wastefulness juxtaposed with world hunger and poverty, Fat Boy tells its compelling story. Fat Boy is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Miami Light Project in partnership with Tigertail Productions, 7 Stages, Hip Hop Theater Festival and NPN. HHTF support made possible through the Future Aesthetics Artist Regrant (FAAR) program, funded by the Ford Foundation

Puerto Rican Actor/Writer/Director Teo Castellanos is the author of War, Revolution, and the Projects, a one-man trilogy, and NE 2nd Avenue, a one-man show based on Miami characters which was awarded the International Cultural Exchange Grant by Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs and the Fringe First Award at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

PhallussY by Pioneer Winter
Commissioned by Arsht Center’s Incubator
A lively cast featuring dancers, a musician, and a spoken word artist will take you on an interdisciplinary jaunt to convey the labeling and stigma that come with sexual roles and gender–from old-fashioned double standards, to dating, to orientation, to the death of chivalry. (Trust us, it’s a good thing it’s dead.) Ultimately, the audience will realize where the true fallacy lies and why sometimes the best thing one can do is get pissed, laugh, and finally let go. This performance contains nudity.

Miami native, Pioneer Winter choreographed an adaptation of Godspell, which was performed at the International Fringe Arts Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland (2007). Winter has trained extensively with Michael Langlois, Brigid Baker, Edwin and Gaile Holland. Most recently, Pioneer conceived and directed Reaching the Surface, a performance featured in The Miami Herald, South Florida Gay News and WLRN’s “ArtStreet.” He holds a Master of Public Health from Florida International University and a Florida Dance Masters accreditation.

The Body Is Present by Ana Mendez – World Premiere!
Commissioned for Here & Now: 2011
The Body is Present is a dedication in homage to Cuban-American artist, Ana Mendieta, who died tragically in September 1985. As told in dream, the performance explores the mystery of Mendieta’s untimely death, when she fell from a New York City apartment window.

Ana Mendez is a Miami native and graduate of the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in Dance. With Psychic Youth, Inc., a performance group collaborative, Mendez produced A Summoning and Walking Spell. Her commissioned works include Valley of the Queen at Miami Art Museum and Parrucca presented by DACRA. Her works have been showcased at the de la Cruz Contemporary Art Space, Locust Projects, Spinello Gallery, and at the Light Box with Miami Light Project.

My Friend Nina by Sipiwe Moyo
Presented by Arsht Center’s Outloud
An original, solo-performed theatre piece by Sipiwe Moyo, My Friend Nina is a journey of four characters that are linked through one unifying element: their love and admiration for Nina Simone. Listening to her soulful, loving, and often gut-wrenching melodies, “Nina” carries the characters through life and desperate circumstances. The characters have grown, loved, and cried with “Nina”. The stories in succession paint a picture of the complex human experience—the sublime, the unjust, and the downright sexy—trials which can only be appreciated and resolved by the diva messiah herself: “Nina”.

A graduate with honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Sipiwe Moyo holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and a minor in Applied Theatre. Trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Moyo practices health counseling when she is not dancing.

Against All Odds by Beatriz Montanez
Commissioned by Arsht Center’s Incubator
Theatre Of The Oppressed (TOP Miami) directed by Beatriz Montanez presents “Against All Odds”- the journey of an artist in our competitive money-driven society. An eclectic medley of Miami artists from all corners of the Americas join forces to explore the many challenges local artists face in our current economic climate. This revolutionary group fosters democratic and cooperative forms of interaction through theater. Join us for a stimulating theatrical dialogue that explores the future of the arts in our community, while being captivated by an enticing performance filled with imagery and color.
Trained by Prometeo, one of Miami’s premiere Spanish-language theater groups, Beatriz Montanez, has received several notable distinctions, including The Bill Hindman Award, “Theatre’s Top 10″ from The Miami Herald and “Top Break-Through Performance” by El Nuevo Herald. Montanez has collaborated with Megan Morrison and Tony Plana (Ugly Betty) at East L.A. Classic Theatre. She has also worked with various organizations throughout Miami including Miami Children’s Hospital, Coconut Grove Cares, The Barnyard, VSA Arts of Florida, Hollywood Arts and Culture Center, Arts for Learning, Creciendo Juntos, and In Synch. She has directed more than 100 productions in English and Spanish, to represent underserved communities.

Requiem for a Mustard Seed Closes in Song, Act 1 by Letty Bassart – World Premiere!
Commissioned for Here & Now: 2011

Requiem for a Mustard Seed Closes in Song ACT 1 is a dance theater work spurred by an investigation of items lost and found. The work will feature a cadre of movement artists, deconstructed Medea, musical installation, and series of maverick hand held icons.

New World School of the Arts and Barry University graduate, Letty Bassart, has developed multiple works, including Flower Chronicles (2007), Salt (2008) and 100 (2009). Bassart’s commissioned works include Good, God, Go Remnants and Umbrellas (2009), Inanimate Undertows (2005), and Toying with Amusement (2008). She is the proud recipient of the Artist Access Grant (2009), NEA Dance Journalism fellowship (2010), as well as a Miami-Dade Choreographer Fellowship (2008, 2010, 2011). In addition to her work as a choreographer, Bassart is a writer and Director of Artist Services with Arts for Learning.

Clandestine by Liony Garcia – World Premiere!
Commissioned for Here & Now: 2011
Clandestine, is a dance theater piece which uses montage, performance art, dance and theater to explore clandestine acts as a result of sexual suppression in individuals.
Miami-based, Cuban-born dancer/choreographer Liony Garcia is a founding member and current company member of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, whose work has been presented in 2009 and 2010 at the prestigious American Dance Festival and, in January 2011, at the Adrienne Arsht Center. As a member of the Los Angeles-based repertory company BodyTraffic, Garcia has premiered new works by choreographers Guy Weizman and Roni Haver. His choreography has been showcased at New World School of Arts, Florida Dance Festival’s Winterfest 2009, Dot51 gallery and Cando Arts Co-op. Garcia recently choreographed a solo performance in collaboration with New World Symphony Orchestra. Garcia is a graduate of New World School of the Arts and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance.

Please Don’t Hate Me! by Octavio Campos
Presented by Arsht Center’s Incubator
Please Don’t Hate Me! is a transdisciplinary campaign and series of cultural interventions, social experiments and performances conceived for the City of Miami by performance artist Octavio Campos and Camposition to promote acceptance, not intolerance – encouraging Everybody to look for the heroes within themselves to fight for equal rights creating a catalyst for social change. Funded by Arsht Center’s Miami Made Incubator and Miami Light Project.
For the past 20 years, Octavio Campos has been collaborating in theater, dance, music, television, circus, cabaret, film and the visual arts, with over 100 professional credits. He studied at SUNY Purchase, Martha Graham School , Folkwang Schule of Pina Bausch, and the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Campos has received numerous grants and awards for his work, notably at the Berliner Theater Festival 2001, World Expo Hannover (2002), Miami Choreographers Fellowship (2005 & 2009) and Interdisciplinary Arts Fellowship for the State of Florida (2009).

Hang Time por Rubin Stacy by Summer Hill Seven
Presented by Arsht Center’s Outloud
A dedication to the memory of Rubin Stacy, Hang Time por Rubin Stacy, is the account of a homeless South Florida tenant farmer who was lynched in 1935 by an angry mob en route from Fort Lauderdale to a Miami-Dade prison. This premier public sharing of Hang Time Por Rubin Stacy combines blues and hip-hop while fusing comedy, poetry, memoir, movement & tragedy to artfully explore race in America.

Summer Hill Seven builds on the genre of Poemedy he began with his first book – Notes of a Neurotic! and Platanos & Collard Greens (longest running play in the history of hip-hop theatre) with a tour of this new work throughout South Florida high schools, U.S. colleges and regional theatres.

Amor of Souls Studio D Group Art Show Feb 1, 2011- March 19, 2011

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“Amor of Souls” Studio D Group Art Show
Feb. 1, 2011- March 19, 2011, Tue-Sat.10:00am-4:00pm
Az the Wizard Custom Frame Gallery
275 Pineapple Grove Way(aka 275 NE 2nd Ave.)Esplanade Plaza 3 stores south of Post Office. Delray Bch FL 33444
www.studio-d-fine-art.com

“Amor of Souls” Studio D Group Art Show. Original art featuring Palm Beach artist Graciela Castro and Broward artist J. Harris also exhibiting in the art show are A. Levin, AM Campos and J. Lane. The exhibit is showing at Az the Wizard Custom Frame Gallery, Delray Beach. Select your art and have it framed at one location! Frame your new artistic treasure with an assortment of over 3,000 unique frames you can choose from made simple with a Digital Visualization Service. Ph:561-400-7764 “Like” us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StudioDdecor

Not the Usual Suspects: [new] Art in [new] Public [new] Places January 7 – February 20, 2011

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Not the Usual Suspects: [new] Art in [new] Public [new] Places
January 7 – February 20, 2011, Tues. – Thurs. & Sun. 12 noon — 10 PM, Fri. – Sat. 12 noon – 11 PM
ArtCenter / South Florida
800 Lincoln Rd
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.artcentersf.org

Not the Usual Suspects: [new] Art in [new] Public [new] Places will present forthcoming and recently completed projects from Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places. This exhibition will bring together a dynamic group of artists who are working to push the boundaries of public art and profoundly enhance the visual landscape of Miami-Dade County. Rendered in various media, from interactive video panels and new media technologies to highly integrated plaza and flooring designs, this exhibit will explore a cross section of innovative public art commissions currently being implemented in Miami-Dade County.

Featured Artists
Daniel Arsham/Snarkitecture
Carlos Betancourt
Edouard Duval Carrie
Carlos Alves and JC Carroll
Robert Chambers
Jackie Chang
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Ivan Toth Depeña
Red Grooms
Adler Guerrier
Christopher Janney
Roberto Juarez
Mikyoung Kim
Mike Mandel
Leonel Matheu
Christian Moeller
Michele Oka Doner
Tom Otterness
Po Shu Wang /
Louise Berterson
Michelle Weinberg

Photographs of Vatican Splendors at the Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale on 1/27/11

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Vatican Splendors at the Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale on Thursday, January 27, 2011. I have to say that this was one of the most beautiful exhibits I have seen. No matter what your beliefs are you really need to go see this exhibit, it really is amazing. Works that have never been seen outside the Vatican, pieces by Michelangelo and some wonderful art.

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GroveHouse Artists call for “non-artists” The Chair Affair 2011 Intake on February 26th, 2011

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Bring out your hidden artist…. just because you have a real job that gives you a pay check ( this is not a luxury that an artist enjoys – we are supposed to suffer for our art) – this event is opened to anyone who wants to have a good time and apply

GroveHouse Artists & The Shops of Mayfair Presents
The Chair Affair 2011 In Loving Memory of Shirley I. Marks
For application contact Barbara Tejada at ba.tejada@gmail.com.

Rules
Chairs can be an individual or a group effort
· Every adult & child size chair must be standard size, sturdy, in good condition &
completely dry
· No miniatures please
· You may design your own chair or start with a ready made chair
· Please remember that the chairs will be on public display, & this is a family affair
· You might want to consider putting casters or rollers on your chair to facilitate moving it, just a suggestion, but not a requirement

Registration
Pre-registration entry fee paid by February 18th 2011:
$ 25.00 for GHA members$35.00 for non-GHA entrants
Payment on February 26th 2011 at intake:
$35.00 for GHA members $45.00 for non-GHA members

Intake & Exhibit
Intake on February 26th, 2011
– in the GHA Gallery at 3390 Mary St., Unit 162, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
– on the Promenade in the Shops at Mayfair between 10 – 11 am
Chairs will be on exhibit until March 25th 2011
& must be picked up on March 26th between 10 – 11 am

Prizes for:-
First place – $300.00
Second Place – $250.00
Third Place – $150.00
Honorable Mention – $100.00
Mayfair’s Choice – $100.00
Lunatic Fringe- $100.00
will be awarded on March 5th 2011 at the Grove 1st Saturday Gallery Walk

Submit pre-registration forms & payment to:-
GroveHouse Artists
6880 SW 132 ST
Miami Fl 33156

The number of chairs will be limited

Photographs of Vatican Splendors Uncrating at Museum of Art on 1/20/11

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Vatican Splendors Uncrating at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, January 20, 2011.  The three pieces that were uncrated this morning were magnificent.  I am so looking forward to seeing the full exhibit which opens to the public on January 29, 2011.

Vatican Splendors presents spectacular paintings by artists such as Giotto and Il Guercino and sculpture by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, along with unique objects illustrating the Catholic Church’s impact on history and culture. Objects include paintings, mosaics, sculpture, Papal jewels, intricately embroidered silk vestments, uniforms of the Papal Swiss Guard, as well as an elaborately decorated gold and silver reliquary containing bone fragments of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

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Galerie-Lausberg from Dusseldorf and Toronto opens in Wynwood 12/4-5/10

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Prestigious gallery from Dusseldorf/Toronto opens in Wynwood
GALERIE-LAUSBERG: Dusseldorf/Toronto/Miami

During Art Basel December 2010:
Saturday 4, open 12 noon to 10 pm
Sunday 5, open 12 noon to 9 pm

Galerie-Lausberg – Miami:
1929 NW 1st Avenue, Miami FL 33136
WYNWOOD ART DISTRICT

Current Miami exhibition:
Michael Burges / Hebert Mehler
Reverse Glass Painting / Curved
On view from November 27th to January 17th

www.galerie-lausberg.com

Galerie-Lausberg was first founded in Dusseldorf, Germany, by Bernd A. Lausberg and today has two more branches, one in Toronto , Canada, and one in Miami, USA. The gallery serves as a forum for innovators in the field of contemporary art. Critical to the gallery´s choice of artists is the individual artist´s unnerving striving to establish new directions within established genres. This applies to those artists that are productive on and beyond the edge of the boundaries of painting, figure drawing, and sculpture as well as those whose conceptual and thematic creations serve as a bridge between 3-dimensional form and art of an installation character, or whose manifestation itself is a result of a particular engaged artistic and creative calling. New media, materials and techniques are welcome ingredients in this quest to enhance or broaden traditional means of perceiving art.

Galerie-Lausberg represents more than 35 international artists from diverse media and genre, who have in common their unique creativity, power for innovation and technical excellence, together with a consistent conception and visual approach.

Galerie-Lausberg is pleased to present for its first Miami exhibition two unique artists: Michael Burges / Reverse Glass Paintings and Hebert Mehler / Curved with an exquisite display that pleases our eyes and souls.

Michael Burges (b. Duesseldorf, Germany, in 1954):
His works are painted on the reverse of a glass surface with a vivid palette that sometimes indulges in tones of the same color or creates contrasts with a metallic gold or silver background. in other works equilibrate polychrome compositions attract the viewers’ eyes. Burges’ use of white and black reminds the beginning and end of color. He rises above the expressive quality of abstraction adding to it the innovative element of glass reverse painting, making his canvas brilliant and multidimensional. His balanced composition with the metallic background become a contemporary piece plentiful of luxury and refinement. In the artist’s words: his painting are created to have extraordinary color presence and impact, yet they do not intend a narrative meaning. Before personal interpretation, they are painted simulations of natural patterns. The background reality of our world, like a “visual sound” of potential macro and microcosmic structures. In this sense they are painterly analysis of phenomena, and at the same time an exploration of our interpretive perceptions.

Herbert Mehler (b. Steinau near Fulda, Germany, in 1949):
With a contrast between the organic and the geometric Mehler’s works highlight the geometric foundation of life form. Moreover, this contrast is insinuated by the sensual curves of the sculptures that extraordinarily oppose with the hard surfaces of the material in which the sculptures are done (Corten steel, welded and patinated). From far these artworks may look soft and light almost as a flower or shell like. From a closer look they attract you so much that you won’t stop to admire and enjoy them, wanting to touch them. Mehler’s sculptures accomplish the unique goal of defying gravity and logical order giving the most pleasurable feeling as you are confronted with their illusion of lightness and a vision of beauty. According to the exhibition catalogue: the idea behind Herbert Mehler’s sculptures is nature, the plant world, fruits and seeds. They appear to transform the weight of metal into soft and seemingly light shapes. Their rhythmic and fan-like structures at the same time is strongly suggestive if architectural and technical forms. This ambivalence makes his works so captivating.

Everybody Street, Anybody Avenue 12/3-5/10

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“Everybody Street, Anybody Avenue”
12/3-5/2010, 10:00am-10:00pm
J. Riggs Fine Art Gallery
2341 North Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33127
www.jriggsfineart.com

“Everybody Street – Anybody Avenue”
A 20 minute excerpt from a film by Cheryl Dunn
Featuring New York City Street Photographers, Curators and Historians from 1930 – 2010 including: Bruce Davidson, Martha Cooper, Bruce Gilden, Rebecca Lepkoff, Mary Ellen Mark, Jeff Mermelstein, Joel Meyerowitz, Clayton Patterson, Ricky Powell, Luc Sante, Jamel Shabazz.

Dunn’s video projection in J. Riggs Fine Art outside gallery is a filmic homage to the gritty city NY where the above photographers have scoured and documented with their unique visions for decades.

Dunn’s work is about waiting, it’s about seeing but most of all it’s about being out there, being part of the chaos, the beauty and the dance of our common urban space, everybody’s streets.
As Mary Ellen Mark says about street photography, “Sometimes you turn a corner and nothing is happening and sometimes everything is happening.”

Puma.Creative And Bass Museum To Open during Art Basel Miami Beach 12/2-5/10

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Puma.Creative And Bass Museum Of Art Announce Three-Year Partnership Focusing On Creativity From The Caribbean Region And Launch Creative Caribbean Network

Bass Museum of Art in partnership with PUMA.Creative presents the solo exhibition Isaac Julien/Creative Caribbean Network

PUMA.Creative and the Bass Museum of Art announce a three-year partnership as part of the launch of the Creative Caribbean Network, an initiative dedicated to promoting the work of Caribbean artists. This partnership will celebrate the rich artistic heritage of the Caribbean region and the Caribbean Diaspora by creating an international platform in Miami for photographers, performers, writers, musicians and other artists from the Caribbean region. An ongoing series of exhibitions, music performances, educational activities and other live events will take place at the Bass Museum site at key dates in the Miami cultural calendar over the next three years.

To launch the initiative, the Bass Museum of Art and PUMA.Creative are delighted to present, a solo exhibition of work by the celebrated artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien in a project entitled Isaac Julien/Creative Caribbean Network. Presented from December 2, 2010 through March 6, 2011, this exhibition will open to the public concurrent to Art Basel Miami Beach.

ISAAC JULIEN/Creative Caribbean Network is the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work in the last ten years. It showcases the US premiere of Julien’s critically acclaimed, nine-screen installation, Ten Thousand Waves (2010) as well as the film installations and photographic series Paradise Omeros (2002), Baltimore (2003) and Vagabondia (2000).

Julien is a British artist and filmmaker, of Caribbean heritage, whose work incorporates different artistic disciplines, drawing from and commenting on film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture, and uniting them to create a unique poetic visual language in audiovisual film installations. Julien is as equally acclaimed for his fluent, arresting films as his vibrant and inventive gallery

installations. His installations are presented on an epic scale; poetic and art-historical references are interwoven into frank portrayals of human drama.

“I am proud to be collaborating with PUMA.Creative and the Bass Museum of Art on this solo presentation of my work,” said Julien. “The support I have received from this new partnership has enabled the exhibition to come to fruition and given me the opportunity to present the United States premiere of my new nine-screen installation work, Ten Thousand Waves. The innovative Creative Caribbean Network initiative connects and supports artists of the Caribbean Diaspora and provides a much needed and high profile forum to celebrate our rich artistic output. The Bass Museum of Art’s dedication to realizing this ambitious project has been second to none. Their partnership with PUMA.Creative has proved dynamic and productive and has created a unique platform for this important survey of my work. It is an honor to have my exhibition launch the Creative Caribbean Network.”

“The Bass Museum of Art is pleased to collaborate with Julien and PUMA.Creative on this exhibition. Miami is an ideal platform for the investigation into artists and art forms from the Caribbean and we are looking forward to a rewarding three year experience,” said the Bass Museum’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Silvia Karman Cubiñá.

ISAAC JULIEN/Creative Caribbean Network commemorates the launch of PUMA.Creative’s online social networking website and cultural directory, www.CreativeCaribbeanNetwork.com. A live and virtual platform connecting the creative world in and outside of the Caribbean, the website and live programs give visibility to the talents working in architecture, dance, design, fashion, film, fine art, literature, music, new media, performing arts and photography. This network will enhance, celebrate and honor existing Caribbean and related cultural networks. As a key tenet of PUMAVision, PUMA.Creative’s formal launch of the Creative Caribbean Network in partnership with the Bass Museum of Art will bring together individual artists and organizations, offering creative exchange and international exposure.

“As a Sportlifestyle brand, PUMA has long standing ties with the Caribbean. Through ongoing PUMA.Creative programs we are dedicated to creating platforms for engagement and generating awareness of the artwork and artists who hail from the region,” said Jochen Zeitz, PUMA Chairman and CEO. We are honoured to work with our friend Isaac, to help commemorate the launch of our partnership with the Bass Museum and promote awareness for the Creative Caribbean Network.”

Cash For Your Warhols 12/2/10

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Cash For Your Warhols
12/02/2010, 10:00am
J. Riggs Fine Art Gallery
2341 N Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
www.cashforyourwarhol.com

Geoff Hargadon (Cash For Your Warhols) will be giving free appraisal estimates Thursday 10am-12pm. Bring your Warhols! Top price paid! Any currency!

Geoff Hargadon on the project:
“Cash For Your Warhol started out for me with the idea that it’s TOTALLY NUTS that anyone would actually call a random phone number on a street pole and try to sell them their house. But apparently people do that. It turns out people aren’t shy about selling their Warhols that way either – I have had a bunch of serious offers (the discussions have been lengthy and well-documented, but there are no trades yet)…
CFYW seems to strike a nerve with people who are tuned into the economy’s chaos, and with artists who are feeling the pinch in a contracting art market… Separately, it refers to a Warhol as a commodity rather than a piece of art – I don’t believe it is, but many do. It’s a good that is bought and sold. It raises the idea of what a Warhol is worth rather than what it is.”

Appropriated, Manipulated, Destroyed: The Art of N! Satterfield Art Basel Hours 12/2-5/10

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Appropriated, Manipulated, Destroyed: The Art of N! Satterfield
Open Through Jan 3, 2011, 11A – 11P (through Dec 5) Saturdays 11A – 6P
Harold Golen Gallery
2294 North West 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127

www.haroldgolengallery.com
www.nsatterfield.com

In his own words:
With that you’re probably wondering, “What the heck is N!?”, or possibly, “Who is this N! person?”.

You see, some folks believe I am a graffiti artist or a stencil artist because of the tools and techniques I employ, but graffiti is a pretty vague term and stencils are simply mark-making tools. Granted, I’ll admit to creating quite a bit of stencil graffiti in my time on the planet but that’s only a small part of the picture. Somewhere in the process I became more interested in using the tools of the trade (spray paint, caps, stencils, attitude) to make something more visually pleasing.”So it’s pop art?” Well, I do veil my subversive tendencies in the veneer of tiki imagery and thereby gain the ability to comment on it. And it’s certainly as pretty as it is confrontational, but it’s basically an exercise in culture jamming and as such is social commentary.

I can take any image or symbol (or symbolic image for that matter), re-contextualize it, and ultimately liberate it. By ingesting the wash of pop cultural debris and regurgitating it back to the masses I’m able to point out the humor in it, address it’s shortcomings, or simply allow the viewer to reflect on their own relationship with it.

I defy common perceptions of what spray paint is “supposed” to look like and have a loads of fun playing with the results. Quite frankly, I like things that way. I simply refer to it as “urban folk art” and I really hope you enjoy it.

Angelique Euro Cafe showcases Valentina Ramos 12/2/10

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Angelique Euro Café proudly showcases the original and uplifting art work by local Venezuelan artist, Valentina Ramos.
Thursday, December 2nd , 2010, 6:30pm
117 Miracle Mile Coral Gables, FL. 33134
AngeliqueEuroCafe.com
Facebook: Angelique Euro Café
Twitter: @AngeliqueCafe

Angelique Euro Café Brings Art Basel to the Mile Coral Gables restaurant kicks-off Art Basel & celebrates their one-year anniversary with art work by Valentina Ramos along with their renowned wine tasting series & live music on Thursday, December 2, 2010.

Angelique Euro Café is excited to bring a little piece of Art Basel to Coral Gables on Thursday, December 2, as they proudly showcase the original and uplifting art work by local Venezuelan artist, Valentina Ramos; which will remain in display through the 5th of December. Angelique invites its patrons to celebrate their one-year anniversary and enjoy an evening filled with art, wine and live music beginning at 6:30pm with the sultry notes of RK Duo. At 7pm, the Battle of the Grapes wine tasting will begin as Angelique highlights California’s other grapes.

About Angelique Euro Café: Angelique Euro Café was born in the cobblestone streets of Madrid, the boulevards of Paris and around the fountains in Rome. It embodies the unique and complete European neighborhood cafe experience – a welcoming place where guests can indulge in simple and alluring flavors, sip favorite beverages and socialize with friends. Angelique Euro Cafe serves an eclectic blend of neo-classic European favorites from the Mediterranean Riviera focusing on flavorful preparations of cuisine from Spain, France, Italy and Belgium.

About Valentina Ramos: After 15 years working as a graphic designer, Valentina Ramos started to create other arts and crafts. From these creations, Valentina Design was born: her world of fantasies and dreams; where her uplifting drawings and designs took shape. Valentina enjoys working with different materials, however, black ink is one of the mediums mostly used in her original prints, paintings. Her love for artworks with little, intricate details are a signature of her own drawing style. For more information, please visit www.valentinadesign.com.

Primary Flight and Street.Art.Cycles Guided Bike Tours of Wynwood Murals 12/2-4/10

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Primary Flight And Street.Art.Cycles Present A Curated Bike Tour Through The Streets Of Wynwood During Art Basel Miami Beach
More than 50 Murals to Visit During Three-Mile Tours Based Out of Cafeina
December 2 – 4, 2010
Tours will be held daily December 2 to 4, 2010, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,
Start location: Cafeina, 297 NW 23 Street, Miami
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Primary Flight teams up with Miami’s cycling culture leaders, EMERGE, to present Street.Art.Cycles: Art Basel Edition – a guided exploration through the main streets and back roads of Wynwood Arts District. Street.Art.Cycles will offer bike tours visiting more than 50 significant murals sites by established local and international artists. Guided by Dario Gonzalez and Olga Cano of EMERGE Miami, this initiative offers bikers a curated encounter, providing information about how the outdoor mural movement has taken shape in South Florida over recent years, and with commentary about the featured artists and sites.

Tours will be held daily December 2 to 4, 2010, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on a three-mile route originating from Primary Flight base at Cafeina (297 NW 23 Street, Miami). The Green Mobility Network will provide complimentary bicycle valet at Panther Coffee (2390 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami), and bike-checks are a quick, convenient and inexpensive solution to urban mobility. For more information call 305.283.0255 or visit www.primaryflight.com and Street.Art.Cycles on Facebook.

Since 2007, Primary Flight has been dedicated to developing the largest, multi-site, street mural installation in the country. Joined by independent artists, gallerists and developers, Miami’s street movement has rapidly grown into a picturesque collection of outdoor masterpieces. Giving residents and visitors of the Wynwood area a visual experience beyond Art Basel, the innovation behind graffiti culture and urban beautification has become an integral part of the city’s artistic identity.

The graffiti bike tours by Street.Art.Cycle promote cycling as an alternative form of transportation and exercise, creating a simple, effective means of embracing a healthy, community-driven lifestyle. This will be the second bike tour of this kind organized by Primary Flight and Street.Art.Cycle.

Primary Flight is a collaborative curatorial organization dedicated to the production of site-specific, street level, mural installations. Since its inception in 2007, Primary Flight has brought together more than 150 of the world’s most influential artists to install their bodies of work live in the streets of Wynwood, the Design District and greater Miami-Dade. These projects often function as a catalyst for developing arts communities. For more information please visit www.primaryflight.com.

Primary Flight thanks the following organizations for their generous support: The City of Miami and Wynwood Arts District Association; 33Third; Anthony Spinello Gallery; Beats by Dre; Cafeina; Contra; CPOP Gallery; DACRA; JillArt Studios; David Lombardi; Juxtapoz; Metro I Properties; Morgans Hotel Group; MTS; Subversive Media; Katherine and Dan Mikesell and The Fountainhead Residency; The Rushmore Collection; Todd Adel; Causa Design Group; the Margulies Collection; Bakehouse Art Complex; Fred Snitzer Gallery; The Electric Pickle; Martha Cooper; Thea Goldman; Bonnie Clearwater and MOCA; Private Cotton; our Moms and Dads, and last but not least . . . Vandalism.

GAB Studio presents Artist 12/2-5/10

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GAB Studio presents: Artist
During Art Basel weekend in Miami. December 2 – 5, 2010
12:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m
GAB Studio
105 Northwest 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
www.gabstudio.com
marguliesagency.com

A Special Jazz Night on December 4th,7pm- 12am
featuring Shira with Double J and the Legendary DJ George

GAB Studio shows a collection of varied emerging artists who aspire to make our visitors understand the relationship between an artist and his or her medium. The group consists of painters, photographers, mixed media and graffiti writers. GAB Studio will draw your attention on an international level.

Our artists will present some of the finest work you will see outside of the Convention Center. The gallery will have its eccentric group of artists on hand to take the time to talk to visitors and show their thought processes behind their art and their medium. Some of the artists will be painting live murals throughout the city and will let you come and watch the process of art while it is happening.

The artists participating in our show will be: Alex Yanes (painter), Ross Ford (painter), Bridges Aderhold (photographer), Greg Pitts (painter), Alan Stewart (mixed media), Carlos Alves (mixed media), Jaime Adrover (painter), Lorie Setton (painter), Cp1 (graffiti), Brian Buzzella (painter), James Brutus (painter), and Ian Swain (painter).

Expect eye-catching visual artwork on the outside of the building. GAB Studio has graffiti murals that have been painted by local graffiti writers and will have 30 ft. tall balls of joy.
We look forward to hosting visitors to our great city and art lovers from around the world.
GAB Studio will be open from December 2 – 5, 2010 during Art Basel weekend from 12:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. If you would like more info you can visit www.gabstudio.com

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Las Caras Perdidas The Lost Faces Art Basel Miami 12/3-4/10

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Las Caras Perdidas: The Lost Faces Art Basel Miami:
December 3 – 4, 2010, 7:00 pm -1:00 a.m.
Carousel Studios
3700 NE 1st Court
Miami, FL 33137
www.paisleydee.com

Paisley Dee is a photographer out of Miami, FL. She is having a solo-show during Art Basel exhibiting her work “Las Caras Perdidas: The Lost Faces” , which features images of the indigenous and local people from her travels throughout South America.

At the same location, local designer Hassan Pierre with WISB* is having a Pop-Up Shop featuring his all organic and sustainable eco-friendly line of luxurious women’s ready to wear clothing.

The Island 12/3/10

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Friday, December 3, 4-8pm
Flagler Memorial Island
In Collaboration with OHWOW
followed by party on the Mondrian’s dock; invitation only.
nomadicdivision.org
OH-WOW.com

Flagler Memorial Island Art Basel Miami 2010
A one-night, site-specific exhibition
Organized by Aaron Bondaroff, Shamim Momin and Al Moran

Participating artists include: Bozidar Brazda, Stefan Bruggemann, Scott Campbell, Brody Condon, Naomi Fisher, Michael Genovese, Luis Gispert, Adler Guerrier, Terence Koh, Kate Levant & Michael E. Smith, Hanna Liden, Justin Lowe, Kori Newkirk, Jack Pierson, Marina Rosenfeld, Rona Yefman and others.

A motorboat will whisk guests from the Mondrian hotel. “We wanted to create this feeling of being stranded on a deserted island that’s in unique contrast to the fanciness and luxuriousness of the fair,” said Shamim Momin, the curator at the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (or LAND), which organized the show with Ohwow, an arts collective.

Seven 11/30-12/5/10

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SEVEN
2214 N. Miami Avenue (Wynwood District)
Miami, FL 33127
Tue Nov 30: 1-8 pm (opening reception)
Wed Dec 1: 11 am – 7 pm
Thur Dec 2: 11 am – 7 pm
Fri Dec 3: 11 am – 7 pm
Sat Dec 4: 11 am – 7 pm
Sun Dec 5: 11 am – 5 pm

Entry to SEVEN is free

www.seven-miami.com

Since 2006, Pierogi Gallery, Hales Gallery and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts have presented a special exhibition in the Wynwood District during the art fair week in Miami. Defined by large installations and collaborative curatorial projects, the exhibition has consistently stood out among the multiple fairs taking place at the same time and been hailed for its “room to stretch out, taste and class to spare, and good stuff.”1

This year BravinLee programs, Postmasters, P•P•O•W, and Winkleman galleries will join the original three in a new 24,000-square-foot space in the Wynwood Art District. Called simply SEVEN, this expanded project looks beyond the art fair model to create an alternative platform for presenting and experiencing contemporary art.

Asked why they were expanding the effort this year, Pierogi Gallery’s Joe Amrhein replied, “Why not? We are not challenging the ubiquitous tradition of the ‘Art Fair’ but think we can improve upon it, especially in Miami with its unique possibilities. If you feel that most people who visit the fairs really want something that allows for a different, more comprehensive interaction, it shouldn’t surprise you that artists and their dealers feel the same way.”

P•P•O•W’s Wendy Olsoff added, “”The chance to have our artists’ work in a dialogue with the other artists exhibited without the constraints of a three-sided booth is an interesting experiment, as well as a truly exciting concept.”

With a number of one-artist installations and collaborative project spaces, SEVEN has been conceived to provide an exhibition experience defined by the needs of each artist’s work. In addition, SEVEN’s second floor space will be an open zone for teach-ins, sponsored panel discussions, screenings, and gatherings both intimate and large.

Etra Fine Art Shows Robert Indiana’s The Hartley Elegies 12/1/10

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Etra Fine Art Shows Robert Indiana’s “The Hartley Elegies”
December 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011
Etra Fine Art, 50 NE 40th St., Miami, FL, 33137
Monday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District features Robert Indiana’s “The Hartley Elegies,” beginning during Art Basel week. The exhibition will be on view through January 31, 2011 at Etra Fine Art, 50 NE 40th St., Miami, FL, 33137, (305) 438-4383, www.etrafineart.com. Monday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Hartley Elegies consist of 10 large-scale prints created by Robert Indiana in admiration of American modernist painter and poet Marsden Hartley. These pieces are often considered the most powerful and successful works he ever produced. Indiana views them as his most personal because they reflect not only his identity, but also that of his idol Marsden Hartley.

The imagery in Robert Indiana’s The Hartley Elegies is drawn straight from Hartley’s 1914-15 “German Officer” paintings. They encompass symbolism from Hartley’s paintings, as well as Indiana’s, into an anomalous hard-edged style. Critics and scholars agree that The Hartley Elegies are one of the most compelling and substantial works of art ever created by Robert Indiana.

In Liz K. Sheehan’s catalogue essay “Robert Indiana: Painter of Signs” she writes, “the Elegies cement and celebrate the numerous connections between two men, their lives and artistic achievements, and honor one of Maine’s most celebrated artists. The full suite of ten serigraphs, reproduced together for the first time in this volume, is one of Indiana’s most complex projects. Robert Indiana’s signs point us toward a broader understanding of Marsden Hartley’s work and the inspiration it holds for contemporary artists, who continue to find relevance in its depths.”

Born Robert Clark, he adopted the name Indiana as a tribute to his home state. After receiving a degree from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1953 and a traveling fellowship to Europe, he moved to New York City. He became part of an artist community that included Ellsworth Kelly and Jack Youngerman, and began to experiment in geometric pop art styles. Although he came to prominence during the 1960’s, his concerns have always differed greatly from those of his contemporaries. Whereas the general pop movement took interest in the mass media and trappings of consumer culture, Indiana was drawn to Americana and national and cultural identity. Indiana now lives in Vinelhaven, Maine – the same town that Marsden Hartley once worked.

Visitors to Miami during Art Basel week will have a rare opportunity to view the celebrated work of an artist described as “the most American of American artists.” Stefano Campanini, Owner of Etra Fine Art comments on the gallery’s latest addition: “I am ecstatic to bring to Miami an exhibition of one of the greatest masters of 20th century. “The Hartley Elegies” is one of the most compelling and personal works of Robert Indiana. This exhibition in the past has only been seen together in two museums and now in Miami at the height of the season.”

Alicia Restrepo and Stefano Campanini founded Etra Fine Art in 2004 after almost two decades in Soho, NY. The gallery has strived to bring the best artists to Miami and its international audience. Etra Fine Art has been the backdrop to many social events, poetry readings, theatre performances and inspiring lectures. More information about the gallery’s artists and exhibitions can be found at www.etrafineart.com.

Photo: Interior Shot of Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District by Simon Hare Photography

Mobile Portrait Studio 12/2/10

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Mobile Portrait Studio
December 2, 2010, 9:30-11:00 and 2:30-3:30
Wynwood and Miami Beach

Website.

Mobile Portrait Studio
project by Lara Stein Pardo

One day only during Art Basel/Art Fair Week
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Two Sessions, Two Locations
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM – Wynwood (near the Rubell Collection)
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM – Miami Beach (near the Convention Center)

Come out and have your portrait taken at the Mobile Portrait Studio. Participants will receive a free print within minutes of sitting for the portrait. The photos will also be preserved digitally and become part of a larger series of photographs documenting Miami and the contemporary art world. This project considers the role of portraiture, photography, performance, and public spaces in relationship to art-making, memory, and historical narratives. Lara Stein Pardo is a visual artist and PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology based in Miami.

The Artbus Peep Show 12/2-4/10

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Peep Show Video Screenings and Artist Interventions Aboard The Artbus Curated By Maja Ciric
Miami: 2-4 December 2010

Seats Are Limited. RSVP Required: info@art-bus.com
*Programs Are Subject To Change
More Info.

ITINERARIES
THURSDAY DECEMBER 2
6:30 pm Meet at the entrance of NADA at the Deauville Hotel (6701 Collins Avenue) and board the Artbus
7:00 pm Opening Reception at the Moore Spaceand tour of the exhibition Mover la Roca/Move the Boulder (4040 NE 2nd Avenue)
8:00 pm Party on the plaza of the Miami Art Museum (101 West Flagler Street) (only VIP cardholders)
10:00 pm Return to Miami Beach

FRIDAY DECEMBER 3
10:00 am Meet at the entrance of the Loews Hotel(1601 Collins Avenue)and board the Artbus
10:30 am Brunch at Cisneros Fontanals Foundation(1018 North Miami Avenue) and tour of the exhibition Photography After Form, curated by Tanya Barson and Simon Baker (only VIP Cardholders)
11:00 am Curator-led tour of PULSE Art fair at the Ice Palace (1400 North Miami Avenue)
12:00pm Tour of the de la Cruz Collection(23 NE 41st Street)
12:45 pm Reception at the Moore Space (4040 NE 2nd Avenue) and tour of the exhibition Mover la Roca/Move the Boulder
1:30 pm Return to Miami Beach

SATURDAY DECEMBER 4
3:00 pm Meet at the entrance of PULSE Art fair at the Ice Palace (1400 North Miami Avenue) and board the Artbus
3:30 pm Tour of the de la Cruz Collection(23 NE 41st Street)
4:15 pm Tour of select Wynwood galleries and special exhibitions, including Pierogi Gallery’s SEVEN (2214 North Miami Avenue)
6:00 pm Reception at the Moore Space and tour across the exhibition Mover la Roca/Move the Boulder (4040 NE 2nd Avenue)
7:00 pm Tour ends at PULSE Art fair or at 1400 Artfacts (1400 Biscayne Blvd).
[At 8:00 pm there will be a screening of art 21’s latest film on William Kentridge at the nearby Cisneros Fontanals Foundation(1018 North Miami Avenue)]

Every year, as the first snows hit the Northern Hemisphere, thousands of collectors, critics, and art lovers flock to Miami for their winter rendez-vous near the Caribbean. With over 20 art fairs and hundreds of openings, parties and special events taking place simultaneously across the city, it is often an overwhelming experience for those with ambitious agendas. For the first time, this year, the Artbus will be in town shuttling art lovers and collectors comfortably to their destinations aboard a 20 passenger limo tuned up by artist collective DETEXT.

Making the most of their time, inside the vehicle, Artbus passengers will also be able to view Peep Show, as election of videos by internationally acclaimed artists such as Greta Alfaro, Regina José Galindo, Marina Markovic, Maria Petschnig and Ivana Smiljanic (curated by Maja Ciric)

CCEMiami Mover la Roca / Move the boulder 12/2-5/10

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Mover La Roca. Ccemiami During Art Basel
The Moore Space
4040 NE 2nd Avenue
Suite 200, Second Floor
Miami, FL 33137
Schedule: Dec 3-5, from 11.30 am to 9 pm
Opening: Thursday December 2, between 6 pm and 12 am
More Info

Proposal by the CCEMiami during ART BASEL: exhibition by QUINTAPATA, contemporary Dominican artist association.

Works by Tony Capellán l Pascal Meccariello l Raquel Paiewonsky l Jorge Pineda l Belkis Ramírez
Curador/ Curator: Fernando Castro Flórez

“Mover la Roca” (Move the boulder) gathers the works of five Dominican visual artists who reflect on the social and cultural situation in their island using their artistic tools. These artists form Quintapata (Fifthleg) a collective which main concern is to protest on the lack of interest for contemporary art in this Caribbean country.

The starting point of “Mover la roca” comes from the book “Invitación a la Estética” by Pedro Mir. In this handbook on esthetics the artist is defined like the person who dares to catch the rock and move it fearless. There is also a mythological eco in this title pointing to the Sisyphus story: all these artists are engaged in an unending task to place in the art space the common reality of their country. All the pieces show different points of view about the reality of the island avoiding the topics of tourist propaganda.
These depictions of the reality of the island reflect on issues like the low level of public education, human trafficking, childhood abuse or prostitution.

ArtUndressed For Art Basel 12/1-3/10

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Back By Popular Demand… Artundressed For Art Basel
Wed. Dec 1 thru Friday Dec. 3
2pm – Midnight.
Harvey’s By The Bay
6445 NE 7th Ave., Miami, FL 33138
www.artundressed.com

The ARTundressed Exhibition has been extended for 3 days only during the Art Basel Week
After a very successful showing last weekend and due to a tremendous response that followed, the ES Art Group has decided to extend the ARTundressed Exhibition for 3 days only during the Art Basel Events next week. For those who were not able to make it last weekend and those who made it and still yearning for more, this is your chance to experience one of the most impressive collections of sensual artworks ever seen under one roof. The exhibition will be up for only 3 days next week (Wed. Dec 1 thru Friday Dec. 3) at HARVEY’S BY THE BAY – 6445 NE 7th Ave., Miami, FL 33138; Hours of Operation is from 2pm – Midnight.

A one-of-a-kind event… The ARTundressed Exhibition is a celebration featuring the sensual attributes in Art; Music; Fashion; and Entertainment. It offers a unique opportunity to experience the sensual aspects of the visual and performing arts with a collection of beautiful sexy artworks from some of the world’s top visual artists, as well as a very impressive lineup of other great talents and incredible performers. The principal concept of the Exhibition is to create an interactive environment which allows everyone attending to become participants and even performers themselves by engaging them in a memorable experience.

ARTundressed illustrates a variety of sensual subject matters that bring to life the essence of the exhibition itself; whether you are an art enthusiast or connoisseur; mainstream, or into alternative lifestyles, the collection of the artworks showcased is designed to literally stimulate the mind. Our goal is to awaken and heighten all of the senses; this exhibition will touch the mind, body and amorous spirit through visuals, dancing, socializing, role-playing, and interactive participation. Combined with some of the best local and international talents, live performances, as well as the support and participation of some of the most prominent organizations in the art community, this year’s ARTundressed is definitely one event not to be missed!

ES Art Group strives to provide strong relationships between all aspects of the erotic art market worldwide. Through various methods of publishing, special events, art exhibition and marketing, our organization works to validate erotic art and call attention to the achievements of this ever growing community, whether it is in music, art, fashion, entertainment, or commerce.

ART EXHIBITION PRESENTS:
· Over 150 international artists featured in Erotic Signature’s “The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today” book.
· 80 participating artists registered to showcase about 200 pieces in the Art Exhibition
· More than 60 international winning and Invited artists scheduled to attend the Exhibition.
· Participation and installations presented by Local artists, as well as Masters of the Erotic Art movement.

Note: All Press/Media personnel are required to pre-register with proper credentials to cover this event. Information and Registration Forms can be found at www.artundressed.com or email esartgroup@yahoo.com

La Premiere Edition of Haiti Art Expo 2010 12/2-5/10

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Plum TV presents
Le Première Édition of Haiti Art Expo 2010
December 2-5
Mosaic Building in Miami Design District
161 NE 40th Street, Suite 201
Design District Miami, FL 33137
Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to midnight.
Facebook Evite.
RSVP email: rsvp@capponigroup.com

Special Events:

Thursday, December 2
Opening Night
8:30PM-Midnight
Presented by Plum TV along with its co-chairman Jerry Powers, Michael Capponi and Jeff Feldman. Hosted by Venus Williams, Haitian born World Welterweight Champion Boxer Andre Berto, Fabrice and Patrick Tardieu, Haitian born founders of the fine clothing line Bogosse. There will be a special performance by Rara Lakey to celebrate the beautiful Haitian culture. The band is composed of 16 musicians, who play the tambour, bongos, bamboos, bass, cones and timbales.
Media Check-in: 8:45pm: Mandatory RSVP For Media Credentials & Interviews

Friday, December 3:
Open to the Public, Hosted by: Britta Hanson

Saturday, December 4:
SCOPE for Haiti
Reception at SCOPE: 5pm -7pm
Reception at Haiti Art Expo: 8:00pm
Hosted by: Michael Capponi, Anna Mixon, William Etundi
Haiti Art Expo and SCOPE have joined forces to celebrate Haitian Art and raise money for housing in Haiti. SCOPE VIP cardholders are invited to the SCOPE Pavilion from 5pm to 7pm for a special reception hosted by Haiti Art Expo. Guests will be escorted after the reception at Haiti Art Expo hosted by SCOPE (SCOPE for Haiti), where cardholders can view never before seen works from Haitian Artists. 100% of art sale proceeds will benefit the refugees and artists who have lost their homes in the tragic earthquake. www.scope-art.com/

Sunday, December 5:
Closing night –Open to the public

Hosted by Venus Williams and Haitian Born World Welterweight Champion Boxer Andre Berto and Jerry Powers
Presented & Produced by Michael Capponi & Jeff Feldman

Le Première Édition of Haiti Art Expo 2010, by Michele Frisch, Haiti’s leading art curator and collector, proudly presents a one-of-a-kind collection of Haitian artists who were never afforded the opportunity to display their works outside of their small island nation.

Haiti, a country most known for its abject poverty, political corruption and the recent catastrophic earthquake, is extraordinarily rich in culture, history, music and the arts. Upholding Haiti’s unique tradition of inspirational, Creole-themed contemporary art, these works are certain to heighten the senses through an exotic use of Caribbean colors, shapes and forms.

Haiti Art Expo 2010 demonstrates the visionary power of Haitian visual art that has continued to command international attention. This stunning collection of fine arts is comprised of a variety of media, objects d’art and photography. The exhibition features top works from the world-famous contemporary art master, Philippe Dodard, as well as many works by renown Haitian artists such as Levoy Exil, Payas, Alix Roy and Lousiane. Extremely talented, up-and-coming Haitian artists such as Sully Gutemberg and Manuel Mathieu will also be featured.

Haiti Art Expo 2010’s high-profile venue is centrally located in the heart of Miami’s uber-chic Design District. One hundred percent of art sale proceeds will benefit the refugees and artists who have lost their homes in the tragic earthquake. United Way of Miami-Dade is serving as fiscal agent for Haiti Art Expo.

American artists have also donated works. A large Haitian Flag, by iconic Pop Artist Romero Britto, will be displayed along with a number of photographs from various photographers who were on the ground immediately after the January earthquake. Photographer Sarah Brokaw, commissioned by the Jenkins/Penn Haitian Relief Organization, will showcase a ‘Limited Edition’ collection of images taken in Haiti’s largest tent city. Each limited print will be personally signed by Actor/Humanitarian Sean Penn.

Today there are still over 1.5 million homeless people who lost their homes in the January 12th earthquake in Port-au-Prince.

Plum-TV is THE 24-hour life and style network for millions of active, influential and educated people. The on-air, online and print destination of choice for an audience that, skis in Aspen, summers in Nantucket, gathers in the Hamptons and parties in South Beach. With a staff of “insider” contributors from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, finance, food and outdoor sports, Plum is designed to help successful people make great choices to enhance their lives. From new products and services, to travel and adventure, to philanthropy and the arts, Plum combines the power of hyper-local with quality national programming to create the ultimate rich media experience.

About Michael Capponi & Jeff Feldman’s Haiti Relief Efforts

Michael Capponi and Jeff Feldman became actively involved with Haiti from day one. Each on separate, but similar missions, they assembled teams, collected donations locally and have been to Haiti a combined 40 times on relief trips since January 12th.

Michael Capponiwas on the ground just 5 days after the tragic earthquake with a team of Miami Beach firefighters on a life safety mission, assisting with medical aid to as many Haitians as possible. Upon returning and after seeing the immediate need for additional support, Michael organized several fundraisers in the Miami Beach area to raise funds for tents, food and medical supplies. His success was overwhelming, and was able to take his action plan one step further. With the support of United Way and Project Medishare, Michael set up a tent community in Belvil, Haiti within Port Au Prince. He has done his best to provide food, water and tents for almost 5000 Haitians (850 of whom are children) since the earthquake.

Jeff Feldman has been visiting Haiti for several years and was deeply compelled to travel there only six days after the earthquake. Since then, he has returned to provide emergency relief and support to several organizations on the ground. After leading hundreds of volunteers in Miami Beach and receiving donated supplies and medications, Jeff was able to work with a top-flight medical organization in Miami to ensure immediate delivery of critical supplies directly into Haiti. Over the last 10 months, he has dedicated his life and worked closely with several logistical, medical, and relief organizations throughout Haiti and continues to provide resources to the people in most need.

The Miami Design District (www.miamidesigndistrict.net) is a unique, 18 square-block neighborhood just north of downtown Miami. Developed by Dacra, the Miami Design District is an example of the company’s commitment to building neighborhoods united by creativity, design, and commerce.

Wet Heat Project presents HOTBED Miami 2010 12/2-5/10

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Wet Heat Project presents: HOTBED Miami 2010
Fountain Miami Art Fair

A special event and film in-the-making for art fair week. December 2 through 5, 2010 at the Fountain Art Fair in the heart of Wynwood

Within the momentous global art world gathering the week of Art Basel Miami Beach, Wet Heat Project will stage a high-visibility platform on which four local art students are challenged to represent the innovative, spirited and relevant voices of Miami artists.
That platform is in the heart of Wynwood during the busiest art week of the year, at the pioneering fair that describes itself as “the installation-based exhibition of avant-garde galleries.” Fountain Miami Art Fair responded to our HOTBED concept with enthusiasm and support, and with the sponsorship of Miami-based advertising agency Alma DDB a prime booth space was secured.

Selected from New World School of the Arts in downtown Miami were four senior-level, next generation artists of diverse disciplines and backgrounds. They were given this direction: “Within 6 weeks, conceive, create and present a site-specific performative installation that will engage visitors to Fountain Miami 2010 and represent the artistic merit of Miami. Absorb input and feedback of mentor artists and art professionals. Plan to install, present and strike within one of the four calendar show days of the fair. Work with your fellow artists to decide the best order of exhibition.”

To launch pre-production, a special 3-hour Mentor Artist Workshop was conducted at the de la Cruz Collection on November 5, sponsored by New World School of the Arts. The HOTBED artists presented their ideas to four established, experienced Miami-based artists of diverse disciplines: Maria Jose Arjona, Richard Haden, Gean Moreno and Jen Stark. HOTBED artists were challenged by these mentors to express their ideas with clarity, to invest their developing work with relevance, visual accomplishment, depth, and not to lose sight of some old-fashioned fun.

Wet Heat Project will concurrently shoot a documentary film capturing the linear process of decisions, interaction and hard work that will bring each student artist’s ideas to fruition for one day on the floor of the crowded fair (production of the film is sponsored by LMNT / Gino Tozzi). A dedicated website enables the public to follow the progress and process of the artists: www.hotbedmiami.com

Wet Heat Project Director Bill Bilowit comments, “Through our films we tell stories about the people who make art happen in Miami, but with HOTBED we’re in effect staging a demonstration of that special energy, invention and community we encounter all the time. It’s our own experience from making Wet Heat Project, expressed to a visiting art world as a series of live performances.”

Wet Heat Project Producer Grela Orihuela explains, “We’d been working on a group of films for our “Why Me?” series about Miami art students for wetheat.tv – that’s launching soon – and on the way we met many amazingly talented young artists. The full effect of these kids transcended that specific series, so we invented HOTBED. It’s a fusion of two things, really – our interest in documenting the action of Miami’s art students, and our big-picture goal of revealing the scope and relevance of Miami’s art world.”

Bilowit adds, “Another important distinction about HOTBED is that the focus for the students is not about selling work, they know their role is to represent the quality and accomplishment of Miami artists at the earliest level of career. It’s about exemplifying a leading edge we believe exists here. There’s no commerce involved in HOTBED, it’s an act of sharing a piece of genuine Miami aesthetics right in the middle of the largest art market gathering in the Americas.”

Participating artists:
Jessica Laino, limchoy lee, Jose Felix Perez, sleeper
Participating artist mentors:
Maria Jose Arjona, Richard Haden, Gean Moreno, Jen Stark

Participating sponsors:
Alma DDB (installation space, HOTBED artists, online scrapbook) www.almaddb.com
LMNT / Gino Tozzi (production of Wet Heat Project documentary film)
New World School of the Arts (mentor workshop) nwsa.mdc.edu
de la Cruz Collection (mentor workshop) www.delacruzcollection.org
Participating supporter: Fountain Miami Art Fair www.fountainexhibit.com

About Wet Heat Project
Through multiple visual media formats, Wet Heat Project documents and personifies the ongoing achievements, processes, development and outreach of the Miami art scene. Our expanding catalog of short films can be viewed on www.wetheat.tv. Our longform documentary films such as the “miamiHeights” series (with episodes on Hernan Bas and Bert Rodriguez) are distributed on DVD homevideo at art museums, collections and online, and are available for screenings at art and educational venues. For more info on Bill Bilowit and Grela Orihuela go to www.wetheatproject.com.

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Bert Stern and I 12/1-5/10

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Bert Stern & I Exhibition Art Basel Miami-Midtown
CHADY, Art Gallery + Atelier | 3312 N. Miami Ave., Miami, FL
Wednesday Dec 1st thru Sunday Dec 5th, Noon to 10pm

VIP Reception featuring Susana Baker
Thursday Dec 2nd from 6 pm to 10 pm

Interactive Art Experience
An exhibition of CHADY’s work featuring
3-D Art Paintings, Fine Art Pieces and Sculptures

A Special Non-Published Collection by the Photographer Bert Stern Private Photography Collection of Susana Baker

www.chadyart.com

Exhibitalia the Italian Pavilion 12/1-6/10

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Ilaria Niccolini Production in collaboration with Cabrini and Associates Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast and with the special support of FIAT and Ducati Miami presents
Exhibitalia,
the first Italian Pavilion of contemporary arts
Curator Maurizio Vanni, Director of Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Italy

Dec.1 – Dec. 6, noon to midnight daily
70 NW 25th. St.
Wynwood Arts District
exhibitalia.com

Exhibitalia, the Italian Pavilion shows more than 40 artists and 200 artworks in its 15,000 sq ft of outdoor and indoor exhibition spaces. The show has been curated by Maurizio Vanni director of Lu.C.C.A. Center of Contemporary Art, the trendiest center for contemporary arts in Italy.

Fiat & Art Students from Miami Universities
FIAT will hold a competition among the enthusiastic hands of the students of the Art departments of Miami universities, under the supervision of the talented Christian Balzano, an internationally recognized artist with a long experience in international exhibitions. Christian was specifically selected for Exhibitalia by Fiat and the Lu.C.C.A. Museum.

Exhibitalia on Photography
Renowned magazine photographer Colleen Duffley will devote three afternoons to photo shoots involving the public and sponsors. An ad-hoc set will be created using three of the new FIAT 500 cars, that will also be the protagonists of all the activities taking place daily at Exhibitalia.

In addition, Shots Gallery of Bergamo, Italy, will present photographs by Mario De Biasi (black and whites of the 40ies and 50ies) and Pietro Masturzo, recent winner of the World Press Award 2010.

Ducati Tours in 1189 Superbike
Ducati will keep the pace with daily events centered around the new 1189 Superbike, that will tour the city for photo shoots.

International Artists in Exhibitalia
Italian artists and European colleagues and friends: nine international guests of Exhibitalia, from Germany, Greece and Venezuela, will be presented by Euart.

Italian contemporary Arts
Works by 26 Italian contemporary artists presented by Art-Events.

Ken Scott silk and ceramic collection
Courtesy of the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC with Fondazione Sartirana Arte and Ilaria Niccolini Production.

About Exhibitalia
Exhibitalia, is the first Italian Pavilion devoted to the excellence of contemporary arts, in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami. Curated by Maurizio Vanni. 15,000 sq ft of outdoor and indoor exhibition spaces, more than 40 artists and 200 artworks, 20 mobile walls, and three major international sponsors: FIAT (Chrysler), Ducati Miami, and SEA Milano Airports.

The guiding thread of the whole Exhibitalia experience will be the human flow, the crowds, the analysis of intermingling paths and the opportunities for reflection provided by Cabrini’s “small men”.

On the web exhibitalia.com / luccamuseum.com/ sandrocabrini.it/ ilarianiccolini.com/ euart.org/ shotsgallery.it/ galleriapoliedro.com/ syrlin-kunstverein.de/ studiobthebeach.com/ colleenduffleyphotography.com

Information Via Art Circuits Press Releases

Cernuda Arte at Art Basel Miami Beach 12/2-5/10

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Cernuda Arte at Art Basel Miami Beach
12/2/10 – 12/5/10, 12 noon – 8 p.m.
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center
www.cernudaarte.com

Cernuda Arte at Art Basel Miami Beach

It is with great pleasure that we announce our forthcoming participation
– for the first time – in one of the most prestigious international art fairs
Art Basel Miami Beach December 2-5, 2010
at the Miami Beach Convention Center, BOOTH H2.

Cernuda Arte will feature a sterling show of “Twentieth Century Cuban Modernists” (from the 1920s through the 1960s), including works by, Wifredo Lam, Víctor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, Eduardo Abela, Mario Carreño, Carlos Enríquez, Fidelio Ponce de León, Mariano Rodríguez, René Portocarrero, Cundo Bermúdez, among others.

The new edition of our annual publication, Important Cuban Artworks, volume nine, a 132-page-full-color catalog – documenting over 200 works – will be presented during the fair.

Show Dates and Hours: Thursday, December 2 to Sunday, December 5, 2010:
Daily from noon to 8 p.m., Sunday until 6 p.m.

For further information: Cernuda Arte 305-461-1050 / cernudaarte@msn.com

Sensory Luxury 12/2-4/10

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Sensory Luxury
December 2-4, 7pm-10pm
Acoustic Architects
271 NW 23rd Street
Miami, Florida

An Exclusive Presentation of Fine Contemporary Art in the Wynwood Arts District – Art Basel Miami, 7-10pm Dec 2, 3 and 4

Featuring
…Jen Haley – Kurt Merkel – Derek Gores – Christina Major – Mirinka Bendova – Larry Buist

“This dynamic exhibit is a true feast for the senses… Melt in front of Jen Haley’s organic abstracts in paint and epoxy resin. Hear the ‘poetry of line’ in Kurt Merkel’s caligraphic works in metal and stone. Absorb the layers of memory in Derek Gores’ lush collage portraits made of recycled magazines. Wonder at Christina Major’s ethereal figure paintings lost in a dream. Witness Mirinka Bendova’s sensual figures and Larry Buist’s control of layered wood in creating new natural forms. Look… Listen… Feel…”
– Acoustic Architects

“I’m thrilled to present this collection of artists to the Art Basel Miami audience. We have beautiful new ideas, cutting edge techniques, artists with national and international careers underway. Derek Gores, for example, is represented by Thinkspace Gallery LA and was just named ‘one of the 40 important artists in the New Contemporary Movement’ at the London Miles Gallery in the UK. Come see what all the buzz is about… at ‘Sensory Luxury’.”
– Curator Jen Haley

The Street Festival of Electronic Music, Art and Performance 12/2-4/10

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The Street: Festival of Electronic Music, Art and Performance
featuring 60×60 Sanguine Mix, EMMI: Expressive Machines Musical Instruments, FLEA: FIU Laptop & Electronic Arts Ensemble, FRIDAMUSIQ, James George, Aurie Hsu, Daniel Peterson, SHARE and Keiko Uenishi.
December 2-4, 2010
FREE
In front of Harold Golen Gallery
2294 NW 2nd Ave, Wynwood Art District, Miami FL, 33127
info@12nights.org
More Info.

With the support of Foundation of Emerging Technologies and Arts, Harold Golen Gallery, SCFA and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

Enlightened Synchronicities at The Exhibition at Hotel Urbano October-December 2010

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Enlightened Synchronicities
October-December 2010, n/a
The Exhibition at Hotel Urbano
2500 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129

Reservations: 1.866.384.2997
Fax: 305.856.5055

Valet Parking on premises
www.hotelurbano.com

Hotel Urbano & Art Fusion Galleries have once again joined creative forces to showcase and host our new collection of spectacular works of art for our Miami-bound Art Basel extravaganza.

The new art exhibition will run from October through December, 2010 at the Hotel Urbano displaying a variety of contemporary art work which is sure to feature something for everyone.

GusColors exhibit on the 2nd floor.

Parsons Alumni at Art in Miami 11/30-12/6/10

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Parsons Alumni at Art in Miami
30 November – 6 December 2010
First View: November 30th, 8-11pm
Gallery Hours 10-am – 5pm
Caridi Gallery
785 NE 125th Street, North Miami, Florida 33161
www.caridigallery.com

Parsons Alumni Art in Miami. An exhibition at Caridi Gallery through the week of Art Miami. Hosted by Hester Esquenazi. Curated by Francine Birbrager-Rozencwaig.

Participating Artists:
Louisa Bertman
Michelle Bruzzese
Thomas Contegiacomo
Florine Demosthene
Colombia Fiera
Jamie Day Fleck
Julie Harvey
Miguel Hernandez
Seth Keller
Sol Kjøk
David Lindberg
Jasmine Murrell
Julie Umerle
Mare Vaccaro
Rebecca Zilenziger

Mark T Smith presents art work at Soyka 12/2-5/10

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Mark T Smith presents art work at Soyka
December 2-5, 2010
December 2 reception 7pm – 9pm
Soyka Restaurant
5556 NE Fourth Court
Biscayne Blvd. 33137
www.soykarestaurant.com

In conjunction with Art Basel 2010, Soyka Restaurant, located in the historic MiMo District of Miami, is taking part in the cultural festivities by hosting its own art show. From Dec. 2-5, Soyka will display works from renowned local artist Mark T. Smith.

Smith, who spends his time between Miami and Washington D.C. and was part of an elite group of artists selected for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, is best known for his colorful, complex paintings and unique art style. Smith is no stranger to the Art Basel scene having participated twice in his career. Now his work will be displayed in an intimate setting within Soyka’s private Garden Room for locals and visitors alike to experience.

To kick off the event, Soyka is hosting a reception on Dec. 2 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. For more information, please call 305-759-3117 or visit soykarestaurant.com.

Young DASH Artists Recreate Grimm Fairy Tales for Art Basel at Las Tias Exhibit 12/1-5/10

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DASH and Las Tias Offer a Fresh Spin on Old Tales during Art Basel
Las Tias
2834 North Miami Ave
Opening: Wednesday, December 1st, 2010, from 7pm to 9pm.
Monday through Sunday during Art Basel; from 10 am to 7 pm.

Award Winning High School Recreates Classic Fairy Tales with a Modern Twist

In celebration of Art Basel, The Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) will be putting a fresh spin on old Grimm fairy tales, including Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Tom Thumb, Rapunzel, and Rumpelstiltskin. The talented students from this award-winning school will be creating a series of dynamic, site-specific multi-media installations including a combination of drawings, paintings, sculptures, and performance arts. The unique creations will be presented in the display windows of Las Tias, an upscale resale, consignment shop and gallery with an emphasis on living up to the future while respecting the past.

The exhibit “Meet Grim at Las Tias, a New Time for Old Tales” allows students to move legendary literary characters beyond their own stories into each other’s worlds. “Art Basel is an exciting time for our students, it really gives them a chance to put their creativity on a national display and to take pride in their artistic abilities” said Dr. Stacey Mancuso Principal of DASH.

The opening of the exhibit will take place Wednesday, December 1st, 2010, from 7pm to 9pm. The closing event will take place Saturday, December 11, 2010, from 7 pm to 9 pm. Las Tias, located at 2834 North Miami Ave, will be open to the public Monday through Sunday during Art Basel; from 10 am to 7 pm. After Art Basel weekend the schedule is Monday through Sunday 11 am to 6 pm; with the exception of Saturday, December 11th, 2010 as mentioned herein. No entry fee is required. The collaborating artists are seniors at Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH): Lucia Sanchez, Natasha Velez (logo design), Alejandra Nunez, Melissa Ojeda, Medar Delacruz, Angie Gonzalez, Kearny Kilcoyne, Courtney Dozier, Valery Rocha, Rachel Zaretsky.

DASH is an award-winning, A-graded Miami-Dade Magnet School with a unique curriculum. Students acquire life and professional skills in a context that speaks to their individual abilities and personal goals. “Education by Design” represents the philosophy of the school, which offers its students programs in architecture, industrial design, fashion design, fine arts, visual communications, and entertainment technology. All programs are developed and taught by a dedicated team of industry and design professionals. DASH was named the #1 US Magnet School and #5 High School in the United States by US News and World Report in 2008. For more information on DASH, please visit www.dashschool.org.

Working in collaboration with DASH, Las Tias is an upscale resale and consignment shop that also hosts art exhibits. Las Tias respects the past by promoting the value of their quality pieces and encouraging updating and recreating the existing. They offer quality and value for those determined to infuse their homes with pieces that have had a previous life and history. They offer only the best in gently worn, good quality vintage and designer furniture, collectible table top décor, costume jewelry and designer clothing for the sophisticated shopper. For additional information on Las Tias, please visit www.lastias.com.

Urban Alchemists Wynwood Walls 12/1-5/10

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Urban Alchemists
Group Exhibition and Public Mural project
Wynwood Walls — 2516 NW Second Avenue, Miami FL

December 1—December 5, 2010, 12pm—7pm
Opening Event: Evening of Thursday, December 2, 2010
jonathanlevinegallery.com

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is proud to announce its program during Art Basel-Miami 2010, Urban Alchemists—a group exhibition and public mural project presented in association with Tony Goldman, art patron and leader in the restoration and transformation of declining historic districts into thriving cultural destinations. Curated by LeVine, Urban Alchemists will occupy a 2,200 square-foot space within Goldman Properties’ Wynwood Walls—a project that began in 2009 as an open-air art park, which will expand its permanent exhibition this year with the addition of several new murals and museum-quality works of art. Located at 2516 NW 2nd Avenue, the show will run from December 1—December 5. Daily hours will be 12pm—7pm with an opening event on the evening of December 2, 2010.

Sharing Goldman’s long-held belief that public artwork can have transformative, revitalizing powers upon communities such as the Wynwood district of Miami, LeVine is pleased to have this opportunity to contribute to the project. Urban Alchemists features a strong selection of works by ten highly celebrated and Internationally recognized artists coming out of the contemporary urban-folk and street art scenes including: AJ Fosik, Dan Witz, Doze Green, Invader, James Marshall (Dalek), Jeff Soto, Jim Houser, Judith Supine, Mario Martinez (Mars-1) and WK. In conjunction with having works in the show, Parisian artist Invader will create a mosaic mural on the façade of the exhibition space in his signature pixel-based style, and Californian artist Jeff Soto will paint a large-scale mural on an adjacent exterior wall.

Highlighting an assortment of captivating imagery, Urban Alchemists brings together a dynamic group of artists, many of which (in addition to their gallery installations) create commissioned murals and/or ephemeral work in public urban environments. Their connective thread is an aesthetic influenced by exposure to early generations of graffiti writers during their youth, and immersion into urban sub-cultures, which has informed their artwork in different ways. Sub-cultures of graffiti, skateboarding, hip-hop and punk were heavily related and extremely underground scenes in early years; comprised of subversive, non-conformist ideals. Whether driven by political activism or aesthetic improvement, graffiti and later forms of unauthorized art in public spaces address the ongoing discourse of freedom of expression, often in response to the increasing invasiveness of corporate advertising.

Graffiti of the 70s and 80s played a major role in pushing boundaries toward the development of today’s street art scene and laid the foundation for what has now become a widespread global movement. To capture the energy of a public intervention in an urban environment and translate it into exhibition format is a challenging transition, since audience and mode of communication can shift the context of an image. As the artists in Urban Alchemists have grown individually, their artwork has evolved to a point of refinement. Similarly, as un-commissioned public art has risen in popularity, practice and appreciation around the world, it has achieved an expanded definition and broader scope than that of its graffiti-related origins.

Hello Kitty Meets Obey At Art Basel 2010 12/2-5/10

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Sanrio Small Gifts x Miami x OBEY
Small Gift Miami (Exhibit)
173 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
Opening Night Party
Thursday, December 2nd
9pm To 12am♥
Enjoy of our::
♥Pop-up Shop
♥Product Retrospective
♥FREE real Tattoo Parlor
♥Magic
♥Sweets Shop
♥Art Show Curated by Roger Gastman & Zio Fulcher
*Pamela Wasabi is co-producing and styling the opening party for the event.
More Info.

Shepard is participating in the Sanrio Small Gifts Art Show in Miami curated by Roger Gastman and Zio Fulcher.  Shepard created this OBEY x Hello Kitty Screen Print to celebrate the project and show.  The print will be available at the Miami space but you can get on the Presale list and info by contacting:  roger@rrockenterprises.com

Baked a renegade art show during Art Basel 12/2-5/10

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‘Baked’ a renegade art show during Art Basel
Dec. 2 – Dec. 5
Thursday, Dec. 2, 10 am – 6 pm
Friday, Dec. 3, 12pm – 8 pm
Saturday, Dec. 4, 12pm – 8 pm
Sunday, Dec. 5, 12 pm – 6 pm
Wynwood Art District
81 NW 24th Street (between NW 2nd Ave & N. Miami Ave)
www.65chevypickup.com

The backyard artists at the award winning Bakehouse Art Complex are abandoning their studios during Art Basel in order to gain exposure and meet art enthusiasts on their own stomping grounds – the streets of Wynwood. This is an ad hoc renegade event that you won’t find in any official Art Basel listings. The buzz is out on the Wynwood streets – birthplace of cutting edge creativity. ‘Baked’ offers a sculpture garden courtyard featuring Robert McKnight’s mosaic figures, kinetic sculpture by Hausofart and the work of various Bakehouse backyard artists and friends, filling the art kiosk and small 2 story indoor gallery. Just like the cupcakes they’ll be serving – all the art is freshly baked and delicious !
For all ages – free admission – free cupcakes

Artists featured include: 131 Projects ; multimedia, Michel Bergeron; sculpture, Gary Fonseca; sculpture & ceramics, Grant Genova; architectural models, Juan Griego ; multimedia, Collen Kelley ; sculpture, Louise Markus; paintings, Robert McKnight ; sculpture, Don McKnight; painting, Nicholas Nehaniv; sculpture, Jose Pinto; sculpture, guest artist from Canada ; Steve Driscoll and more.

Gallery Schuster Miami during Basel Week 12/1-5/10

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Gallery Schuster Miami during Basel week
Dec 1st through 5th
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Galerie Schuster Miami
2085 B NW 2nd Avenue. Corner of 21st Street. Miami, FL
www.galleryschuster.com

Gallery Schuster Miami is proud to present two extraordinary Solo Shows during this year Art Basel Week.

In The Main Space of the Gallery we show the Berlin based Painter Gerit Koglin with his Exhibition “33 Moments”. The artist has taken 33 Moments out of the New Miami Documentation Film Scissors and Glue.

The Exhibition shows Portraits of 33 men and woman out of the film. You see intimate Moments with people like Dennis Sholl or Jason Rubell but also people from the Street or young Rappers in Little Haiti. Gerit Koglin is one of the most spoken young Painters in Germany , He graduated 2009 at the Berlin Art University in Berlin Weisensee and there is an actual Review about his work in the Capital, the mayor International Economy Magazine in Germany.

In the Video space we show the just finished Video ,”The Truth is somewhere beyond” of Andrius Kviliunas. He is born and lives in Lithuania. The video shows a fiction documentation film inside the still existing but now empty nuclear base in Lithuania. In 1960 more than 10 000 Soviet soldiers started secret works in the Žemaitija National Park that took 2 years. The out of the way forest near PlungÄ— was carefully chosen to become a secret base to carry the Soviet Nuclear Weapons. The base was one of the top Soviet military secrets that was revealed by USA reconnaissance in 1978.The Video asks the impossible question to answer: what would be if had been…

From Dec 1st 2010 until the End of February 2011

Galerieschustermiami
Right in the middle of the Wynwood Art District at the corner of 21st Street, Gallery Schuster from Berlin has opened 2009 his Miami Gallery. After six successful years of participation in Miami’s art fairs, Gallery Schuster considered 2009 just the right timing to renew their commitment to this location and bring real exhibitions into a real gallery.
With their two galleries Schuster and Schuster Photo they have been an integral and
Constituting factor in the contemporary art scene of reunified Germany. This is
Underpinned by more than 200 exhibitions and over 50 participations in various art
fairs around the globe. An intense network and cooperation with major museums and
Prominent collectors ensures a global footprint and regular interaction with the trendsetting
Leaders in the contemporary art scene.
According to New York Times, art quartier Heidestrasse in Berlin, right beside
Berlin’s museum for contemporary art, Hamburger Bahnhof, ranks high under the
World’s leading art spots. This is where the two Schuster galleries are located.

Scissors & Glue
Zuckerfilm Productions from Berlin is proud to present the trailer for its new documentary film, Scissors and Glue – The Miami Project. The film is an intimate look at a young city with an old soul. This documentary examines the way in which artistic expression and exhibition relates to and also influences community development. Scissors and Glue – The Miami Project dares to ask,
Which is more powerful, cultures influence on art or arts influence on culture?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cStAhFqsUM

Scissors and Glue – The Miami Project follows Helmut Schuster on his journey from gallery owner in Berlin to the founding of his new Gallery Schuster in Miamis Wynwood district. Drawing inspiration from Miamis recent art renaissance, this film uses his experiences to illustrate the international draw of the citys art scene. Scissors and Glue – The Miami Project features discussions with many of Miamis art community members including: Bonnie Clearwater (MOCA), Rosa De La Cruz, Thea Goldman, David Lombardi, Thomas Collins (MAM), Jason Rubell (The Rubell Family Collection), Terry Riley, Dennis Scholl (The Knight Foundation and World Class Boxing), Silvia Karman Cubina (Bass Museum), Katherine Hinds (The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse), Constance Margulies (The Lotus House), Craig Robins, Fred Snitzer, and many more. This documentary addresses the role and responsibility of art in urban society, while highlighting the unique nature of Miamis people and their relationship to the arts.
For Screening Dates go to www.O-Cinema.org.

Painting Photography Mixedmedia Sculpture Digitalmedia 12/1-5/10

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Painting Photography Mixedmedia Sculpture Digitalmedia
12/01/2010, 12:00 PM

250 nw 23rd street, wynwood loft #203,
Miami, FL, 33127, USA.
**MEDIA/CURATOR/COLLECTOR Prive, friday, dec 3, 2010, 6-7pm**
public opening Dec 3, 2010, 7-10pm
open daily 12-6pm, 1-5 dec

www.artennae.com

Stretch grow destination roots for the stars develop tall swell increase multiply escalate strengthen tree tether limbs feet yards meters miles touchdown finish line goal glass ceiling surpass upward & onward out across around up down through near far arrive achieve access attain accomplish surpass success succeed triumph winner victory win made it arrive connect delve contact message telegram email letter snail mail telephone mobile phone catch grasp get hold of spread scope extend range bigger longer widen elongate arms beyond out of reach share enlarge put forth put out unfold unroll expanse elastic rubber give area tract broaden together conclusion promise compromise across the table over the fence potential possibility plant produce cultivate raise see cosmos globe world view vision vista outlook panorama pinnacle the top apex crest the end of my rope the end of my journey belief idea agreement against all odds maturity raise the roof climb claw the top of the mountain the end of the line the end for more.

Painting Photography Mixedmedia Sculpture Digitalmedia:
open daily 12-6pm, 1-5 dec
[during] art basel miami beach /wynwood 2010
rsvp: info@artennae.com
Group Exhibition:
Sue Bishop Barron Claiborne [dNASAb]
amy kupferberg mckay otto susan plum rhett ryan benari stewart aron williams troy woods jordan zuniga

Artennae Global Art Consulting “Reach” Causes:
-We humbly request all guests please bring & donate new or nearly new flip flops, birkenstocks or crocks ranging in sizes from youth through young adults or a donation of ANY amount to benefit the student & monks of the monastery & the tireless work of Venerable Lama Phuntsho of the Gaden Shartse Monestary & Orphanage in South India http://www.lamaphuntsho.org/.

-a portion of artennae proceeds from the sale of artwork will be donated to www.corridorrescue.org/ urgent/trauma animal rescue in Houston, TX.

Our sincere gratitude to our visionary exhibition partners:
*St. Germain.fr
*ZIPPO.com
*Music-Skins.com
*Carmades.com
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CIFO Events during Art Basel Miami Beach 12/1-5/10

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1018 North Miami Avenue, Miami

Breakfasts @ CIFO
Wednesday, December 1 – Saturday, December 4
9am – 12pm

A series of daily events that coincide with Inside Out, Photography After Form: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, an exhibition curated by Simon Baker and Tanya Barson from the Tate Modern in London.

December 3, 9am-Noon
CIFO’s Annual Brunch

December 4, 8pm
William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Wednesday, December 1
10:30am Artist Talk: Luisa Lambri and Douglas Fogle
Artist Luisa Lambri discusses her work within the context of the exhibition with Douglas Fogle, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs of the Hammer Museum, UCLA.

Thursday, December 2
10am Kreëmart presents Los Carpinteros: Brazo gitano
Participate in a cake performance by contemporary Cuban collective, Los Carpinteros.

11am Gallery tour with exhibition curators Simon Baker and Tanya Barson
Enjoy a personal tour of Inside Out: Photography After Form with CIFO’s guest curators Simon Baker and Tanya Barson, Curators of the Tate Modern in London.

Saturday, December 4
8pm Miami premiere of William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Outdoor screening of PBS Art:21’s documentary about renowned South African artist William Kentridge. Space is limited, RSVP required.

William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible gives viewers an intimate look into the mind and creative process of William Kentridge, the South African artist whose acclaimed charcoal drawings, animations, video installations, shadow plays, mechanical puppets, tapestries, sculptures, live performance pieces, and operas have made him one of the most dynamic and exciting contemporary artists working today.

This documentary features exclusive interviews with Kentridge as he works in his studio and discusses his artistic philosophy and techniques.

CANDO Arts Co-op presents WET 12/1-5/10

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CANDO Arts Co-op presents WET
ANDO Arts Co-op
309 23rd Street, Miami Beach, FL
(one block west of Collins Ave.)
hours during Art Basel: Thursday through Saturday 12-10pm; Sun 12-8pm

Opening Reception on December 1st from 7pm until 11 pm, sponsored by Mattebella Vineyards and Vita Restaurant and Lounge

An exhibition, which is comprised of 18 South Florida artists that work in sculpture, photography, painting and video. Art submissions were juried by Diane Camber who was the Executive Director/Chief Curator for 26 years at the Bass Museum where she organized more than 150 exhibits.


Artists on Display: Ivan Albreht, Grant Bloodgood, Alissa Christine, Sid Daniels, Augusto Esquivel, Julio Green, Pascale Guinet, Jay Hirschfeld, Miguel Hine, Mary Kilbreath, B Lahr, Lucinda Linderman, Gustavo Lombo, Carsten Meier, Janet M Mueller, Annfaye Poole, Sri Prabha, Paul Saint Laurent, Bill Spring, Paula Turk, Amanda Serrano, Kim Yantis, David Zalben

ATTACHMENTS
Alissa Christine, photo
Julio Green, oil on wood

Barbara Hulanicki Presents Flash at Calix Gustav Gallery 11/30-12/5/10

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Calix Gustav Gallery & Barbara Hulanicki
To Unveil New Exhibit ‘Flash’ During Art Basel 2010
Wynwood Arts District, 98 NW 29th Street, Miami, FL

Opening reception: Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Ongoing exhibition: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 – Friday, February 4, 2011Gallery visiting hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Cutting-edge Wynwood Arts District gallery to host first state-side exhibit by internationally acclaimed fashion illustrator

Calix Gustav Gallery is pleased to announce the unveiling of its newest exhibit FLASH by internationally acclaimed fashion illustrator Barbara Hulanicki during Art Basel 2010. In celebration of Hulanicki’s first state-side exhibit, an opening reception will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with complimentary cocktails by 42Below and music by DJ Lazaro Amaral, followed by an after party with a screening of Beyond BIBA: A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki.

FLASH, a solo exhibit featuring a series of colorfully infused digital prints, is a reflection of Hulanicki’s wild and free imagination. Inspired by experiences ranging from her early years into the new century, Hulanicki explores joy, mystery, magic, youth and mortality, while staying true to her signature style yet incorporating new and unexpected twists. With her background firmly rooted in visual arts, Hulanicki began her career in the early 1960’s as a freelance fashion illustrator.

Having covered a number of important collections of the era in major London-based publications including Women’s Wear Daily, British Vogue, The Times, The Observer and The Sunday Times, Hulanicki relocated from England to Miami in the late 1980’s. In what would be a long, rich and varied career, Hulanicki reinvented herself as a designer of interiors and exteriors just in time for the boom of Miami Beach’s re-emerging Art Deco District. Credited for her work in fashion and interior design that goes beyond the industries’ norms, she has and continues to achieve her goal of producing art and design as alternatives to the expected for the enjoyment of both her clients and art enthusiasts alike.

FLASH will run from November 30, 2010 through February 4, 2011. Regular gallery visiting hours are from Tuesday to Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information visit www.calixgustav.com.

Urbayne Biscayne Art on the Boulevard 11/28/10

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Urbayne Biscayne, Art on the Boulevard
11/28/2010, 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm
Gallery Exhibition Opening
7657 Biscayne Blvd. Miami Fl 33183

Art Exhibition As Part Of The Mimo Biscayne Blvd Art Festival.
Art, Food, Drinks And Entertainment.
Kick-Off Event On Sunday Nov 28th, 2010. Noon To 8 Pm.
Exhibition Dates: Nov 29th To Dec 5th During Art Basel’s Week

Supercluster at Praxis International Art Opening Reception 11/27/10

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Supercluster
November 27 – January 15, 2011, Opening reception November 27th, 7-10pm
Praxis International Art
Wynwood Art District 2219 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami FI 33127
www.praxis-art.com

“Super Cluster”
This collective brings together a multitude of imaginary landscapes with haunted scenes, massive architectural structures invaded by wicked nature, visions of overcrowded or devastated cities, brick walls in desolated areas, and artificially created parks and communities. Combined they depict personal interpretations of a sprawling world and evidence of the need for a space for reflection amidst the bewilderment generated by our surroundings.
Artists included:
Firelei Baez -Darlene Charneco- Priscila De Carvalho – Alexis Duque – Magdalena Murua – Martín Perez Agrippino.
Project Room: Maneem (Dream) by Teresa Diehl

“Earth”
Artwork by Alexis Duque
Mixed media on canvas
60″x60″ 2010

Art Basel at The Bakehouse Art Complex 11/29-12/5/10

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Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Wynwood Miami, FL 33127
November 29th – December 5th

The Bakehouse Art Complex will transform itself into Miami’s best “art fair”from November 29th – December 5th 2010 to coincide with Miami’s largest art show Art Basel, Miami Beach. Comprised of over 70 studios of Miami’s own emerging and mid-career contemporary artists, as well as two finished galleries and 33,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Bakehouse Art Complex is well worth the attention of visiting and local ‘Baselites’. With free admission and extended hours, guests are encouraged to visit the studios and speak directly with our resident artists. Currently in its 25th year and recently voted “Miami’s Best Art Compound” by the Miami New Times, the Bakehouse continues to maintain its roots in the Wynwood Arts District while serving the community and its local artists as the premiere institution for visual arts in Miami. All artworks in the galleries and studios are for sale. This is the only “fair” in town that guests can receive a rare glimpse into the process of making art rather than just encountering the final product.

The Bakehouse Art Complex will host an opening reception for its two new exhibitions on November 29th, 2010 at 7pm. The opening reception will feature a live performance by Atlanta-based electroacoustic band Stokeswood, an open bar, free parking , 2 exhibitions and 70 open artist studios.

Please see the exciting events we have planned below:

Audrey Love Gallery: Situated within the Bakehouse’s facility, the 2,600 sf Audrey Love Gallery will showcase an internationally juried exhibition titled SIN! This exhibition of original contemporary artwork is inspired by the traditional concept of human transgressions. The 65 exhibiting artists, chosen by a reputable panel of jurors, will display their works that are directly related to one of the seven deadly sins; lust, envy, gluttony, sloth, greed, wrath and pride. Each of the seven deadly sins is explored through a variety of media and styles from across the country and overseas. The prestigious jury panel is as follows:
Greed: Silvia Karman Cubiñá, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Bass Museum of Art
Lust: Brian Dursum,Executive Director & Curator, Lowe Art Museum
Envy: Jeremy Chestler,Executive Director, Art Center / South Florida
Gluttony: Bonnie Clearwater,Executive Director & Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Sloth: Peter Boswell, Assistant Director for Programs/Senior Curator, Miami Art Museum
Wrath: Carol Damian,Professor & Director and Chief Curator, Frost Art Museum
Pride: Cathy Leff,Director, The Wolfsonian

Swenson Gallery: The BAC presents the small works exhibition 5X7 in its Swenson Gallery. All of the work measures 5″X7″. The show will consist of a variety of media, from painting, drawing, sculpture, fiber art and more. There is sure to be something to please every aesthetic. Patrons are encouraged to purchase these small, unique works of art at $100.00 each. The opening reception of the 5X7 show will coincide with the opening of SIN! on November 29th, 2010 at 7pm.

Wynwood Studio Tour and Breakfast: On December 2nd at 9am, the BAC will open its doors early to patrons for the official Art Basel Wynwood Studio Tour. There is FREE parking and visitors will be offered complimentary breakfast and enjoy live musical stylings by Miami’s Peter Betan. Visitors are invited to browse the studios, talk with the artists and view the galleries while sipping coffee. The Bakehouse breakfast will be served until 12pm.

Established in 1985, Bakehouse Art Complex is a non-profit 501(C) (3) organization dedicated to attracting emerging and mid-career artists in South Florida to a workplace that provides affordable studios, exhibition galleries, education and professional development opportunities. The Bakehouse Art Complex is located at 561 NW 32nd Street Miami, Florida 33127 in the Wynwood Arts District. For more information, contact Lauren Wagner at 305.576.2828 or www.bacfl.org.

Hyperbolic Aerosolic The Roots of New York City Underground Art 12/2-6/10

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Hyperbolic Aerosolic: The Roots of New York City Underground Art
December 2-6
Opening Reception: December 2, 8pm-12 am
2501 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL in the Wynwood Art District. (Across from Joey’s Restaurant)
Website.

Eric Firestone Gallery presents Hyperbolic Aerosolic:
The Roots of New York City Underground Art December 2-6, 2010

Exhibition Hours:
Thurs. Dec. 2:12pm-12am
Fri. Dec.-Sun. Dec. 6:10am-8pm
Mon. Dec.6: 10am-6pm

This exhibition showcases the earliest and most significant works from the New York City street art movement between 1972-1975.

This exhibition features rarely seen, boldly conceived works by early street artists P.H.A.S.E. 2 and COCO 144 and includes works by Snake 1, Mico, Lee 163, and Stitch, among others. Presented in conjunction with Tony Goldman’s famed Wynwood Walls project, this is one of the most important exhibitions of these early works in the last 35 years.

The subway art movement began in the early 1970s, years before the media and art world discovered it. Using aerosol spray paint and the physical landscape of the city as a canvas, the originators of this genre began by “writing” their names in as many places as possible—on walls, building facades, and subway cars, often under the veil of darkness and in all cases, under threat of arrest. Their colorful, stylized signatures were a rebellious means of self-expression and a way of gaining notoriety and self-respect.

In 1972 the United Graffiti Artists collective was founded. Through the UGA, members made the critical transition from writing on subway cars to writing on canvases in studio settings. Works produced under the auspices of the UGA, many on view in Hyperbolic Aerosolic, maintained the same raw energy that characterized street compositions. Highlights from this short-lived venture included the creation of a 30-foot collaborative mural at the Razor Gallery in Soho in 1973, described by New York Times critic Peter Schjeldahl as “a glory, a cleaner, more brilliant version of a lovingly worked over subway car,” and a major exhibition at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry the following year.

Once the downtown media and the art world embraced what came to be known as graffiti in the 1980s, it exploded into a worldwide phenomenon, spawning countless gallery shows and museum exhibitions. And while the establishment embraced the art, it overlooked the originators of the form.

“P.H.A.S.E 2 and COCO 144 inspired a lot of artists of the 1980s and influenced the whole logo and branding culture that followed,” says David Schmidlapp, artist, activist and the publisher of International Graffiti Times, the first ‘zine devoted to street art. “But the big story is that these first-generation artists have continued painting and influencing culture though all of the intervening decades. Museums are now defining street art as one of the major movements of the 20th century but they have their facts twisted. These early artists started a movement but have been completely overlooked.”

In light of the upcoming 2011 MoCA retrospective curated by director Jeffrey Deitch, Hyperbolic Aerosolic promises to be a seminal event in the continued process of legitimizing the street art genre. P.H.A.S.E. 2 will show a new body of work, and he and COCO 144 have collaborated on a 176-foot mural that will be unveiled at the opening of this year’s Wynwood Gates project.

COCO 144
COCO 144 is considered a master and pioneer of the early 1970s subway/street art movement. While painting on trains he created the first stencils, enabling him to tag his name with great speed. He maintained a unique style and was one of the first writers to channel that energy on to a canvas. In 1972, COCO co-founded the United Graffiti Artists. COCO’s studio work includes references to geometry or biology juxtaposed with his name or fragments of his name. His paintings have been shown in art galleries and museums consistently for over 30 years, including the celebrated 2009 group show displayed in the Grand Palais, Paris, entitled Le Tag.

In COCO’s own words: “I feel that both P.H.A.S.E. 2 and I are creating an art form with a language that is not totally understood yet. In the street/subway culture we called ourselves “writers.” “Graffiti” was what the media labeled us. Quite simply, we both consider ourselves artists. Technically the work speaks for itself.”

P.H.A.S.E. 2
P.H.A.S.E.2 is a first generation subway writer and was among the first ‘writers’ to exhibit and display the culture as an art form in the early 1970s. A founding father of the basic and wildest lettering styles in the subway art movement, many of the components he introduced to the culture have become adopted worldwide. Since then, P.H.A.S.E 2 has been in countless worldwide group exhibitions: highlighting with First European Hip Hop Tour in 1982, doGroninger Museum, (Holland) in 1985 and in 1992,“Urban Mythologies”, the Bronx Museum in 1999, the Rock and The Roll Hall of Fame’s “Roots: History of Hip Hop Exhibition” in 1999-2002.

He is also known as a hip-hop pioneer for his artistic flyers (and musical and dance talents), which set a foundation in the South Bronx in the mid-late 70’s for a growing culture. These “Hip Hop Ads” created a distinctive style emulated by underground cultures and major companies including Ecko, Unltd, Adidas, Nike, Def Jam and Tommy Boy Records.

His decade-long collaboration with IGTimes as art director and editor culminated with the publishing of Style: Writing from the UnderGround in 1996.

ERIC FIRESTONE
Gallery owner, curator, and tastemaker, Eric Firestone has been in the art business for 16 years, with a permanent presence in East Hampton, NY and Tucson, AZ.

A native of Miami, Florida, Eric attended the University of Arizona, and opened his first gallery in Tucson, Arizona in 1994 at age 22. His goal has always been to introduce audiences to material that might be unfamiliar and heighten appreciation by framing art in its proper historical context. Over the past five years his focus has been on exhibiting underrepresented post war modern abstract painters. “Eric has made a long-term commitment to these artists’ success,” said Jim Ballinger, Director of the Phoenix Art Museum. “He has always sought out quality scholarship in order to ensure the quality of the work he represents.”

He has recently taken on curatorial interests in popular culture movements. From “Warhol: Dylan To Duchamp,” which featured the largest collection of unseen images of Andy Warhol (May, 2010), to the “Down By Law” installation that showcased rarely seen works of the NYC street and underground art scenes. (September 2010) This winter he will mount exhibitions in Manhattan, where he will continue to present important and unrecognized street art that has inspired so much contemporary work.

Art Walks the Runway At The Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery 12/1-5/10

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Art Walks the Runway
Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery
Midtown Miami
Wednesday, Dec. 1 – Sunday, Dec. 5, 11am-Midnight

Meet the Artists VIP Reception, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 5-7pm
followed by the Art Miami After Party in Midtown
for more information: MyPublicist@hotmail.com
www.ArtBaselMiami2010.com

The Michael Perez 2010 Dream Series
Daniel Azoulay, Photography
Guest Artist, Debbie Lee Mostel

Saturday, December 4, 3-11pm
At Dolce Ultra Lounge
1501 Ocean Drive, Southbeach

The team at The Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery is at it again! ART BASEL 2010 brings with it a huge burst of energy in Midtown Miami, with the Scope and Art Miami tents a stone’s throw away from our front doors, the buzz has been growing each day as the most anticipated Art event in the United States [that we plan all year long for] rapidly approaches.

Always pushing the envelope, the gallery team is bringing a new twist to Art marketing, setting a precedence for events to follow in coming years with integrity, branding, support, teamwork, style and economic endurance through a series of truly innovative events this year: Fashion Gallery© and Art Walks the Runway©

“Art Walks the Runway” during Art Basel Miami 2010 at the exclusive Dolce Ultra lounge at 1501 Ocean Drive. Come see artist and designers exhibit and display the hottest trends in Art & Fashion. Saturday, December 4, 2010 From 3pm-7pm come and enjoy a behind the scenes trade show with designers and artists from the show and trunk sale prices. Dinner packages available from 7-10pm reserve a table for the show and enjoy a bottle of wine and and choice of cheese or sushi platters. You don’t want to miss this show!

Fashion Gallery©
The Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery team has brought in Fashion Designers Expo Florida, the best up-and-coming full scale fashion show production company in Florida for Art Basel Events in Midtown and even for a day on South Beach. We are working to brand each company and to raise the standard for emerging talent as we prepare them for representation in highly competitve outside art and design markets. From Wednesday, December 1- Sunday December 5, 2010 at The Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery, [Open 11am-Midnight] and on December 4th,2010 at Dolce Ultralounge on 1502 Ocean Drive and Collins Ave.
-Models mingle with Gallery and Expo guests each day while showcasing emerging designers’ clothing, swimsuits, accessories, jewelery, and couture gowns – All in the name of Art! The designers we have chosen will be showcasing their most artistic and eccentric designs to complement the Art of our chosen, talented Artists.

Art Basel Comes to Midtown
Special Guest Artist Debbie Lee Mostel “Technology Deconstructed,
Nature Reconstructed”
Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery
www.michaelperez-artist.com

Debbie Lee Designs & Fine Jewelry
When we met Debbie Lee she was wearing an awesome necklace that looked like Princess Leia’s missing prop from the filming of Star Wars. “I call it a ‘laser pick-up contraposto!” she excitedly explained. It was in short order that we realized that this exceptionally talented designer’s skill and personality are reflected directly in her gigantic, earthy, bright and shiny, recycled-technology, and even kinetic art pannels and pieces. With clocks and thermometers, wire, and even miniscule dolls and mirrors, Mosel’s globes and 3D masterpieces take on life to enchant the observer. Some of them even glow in the dark! Her background is in the mastery of the wholesale jewelry business including design as well as management of operations,finance, and the great responsibility of organizing successful campaigns for participation in national trade shows and public relations between department stores that carried her designs such as Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Macy’s and Saks Fifth Ave. You can also find her transforming the yards of the lucky into magnificent ‘Butterfly Gardens’ through her thriving lanscaping business “Earth, Wind and Flowers” based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Meet the Artist and Exhibition Running
Wednesday, December 1st – Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery Miami
Special Art Basel Gallery Hours 10am-Midnight
Find “Debbie Lee Mostel” on Facebook

Photographs of REgeneration Art Project, An Art in Public Places Installation Opening Reception on 11/19/10

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REgeneration Art Project, An Art in Public Places Installation Opening Reception at the Art Deco Welcome Center on Friday, November 19, 2010.  The Pink Snails are coming to America, keep a look out as they are invading Miami Beach.  Forty-five huge snails will make a new home in Miami Beach, courtesy of international artistic collective Cracking Art Group and Italy’s renowned Galleria Ca d’Oro. Part of the global sensation known as the REgeneration Art Project, the Miami Beach snails will be the series latest and first US-based installation. Strategically placed throughout the city, this engaging public art series is designed to inspire a community-wide conversation about the importance of recycling and its environmental impact, while leaving a potent artistic trace on the Miami Beach community.

I just love the Pink Snail…Keep them coming :)

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Vellicate at Neox Image Photography Studio 12/1-4/10

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Vellicate
December 1st, 7:00pm
Neox Image Photography Studio
250 NW 23rd St, #205
Miami FL 33127
www.neoximage.com

A Multi-media exhibition featuring fine jewelry and fashion photography at Neox Image Photography Studio located in Wynwood Arts District. Join us Wednesday night for our opening reception, 7:00pm until late. The show is open to the public and families are welcome.

Exhibition Dates: Thursday, Dec. 2nd through Saturday, Dec. 4th
11am-5pm

Laurence Choko presents Ten is One 11/30-12/6/10

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Laurence Choko presents “Ten is One”
at a temporary residence in a new space during Art Basel Miami between The Design District and Wynwood
3811 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33127
November 30th to December 6th
Opening: December 3rd, 5pm to 8pm
www.galerieintemporel.com

As part of the excitement of Art Basel Miami 2010, Intemporel Gallery will be taking up temporary residence in a new space between the Design District and Wynwood.

In this new space Laurence Choko will present the exhibition “Ten is One” (“Dix est Un”), which brings together the work of ten artists who, in a variety of mediums, demonstrate a common aesthetic approach free from art-world trends. The work that engages us is conceived by the artists in a context of humanist cultural values, using techniques particular to each artist, and attempt to resolve contemporary issues of 21st century Art, that the pieces evince in a universal framework. Within this dialectic of materials, techniques, colors, and forms, an intuitive and unmistakably new ethical dynamic emerges that transcends the historical, political and national limits to attain more far-reaching possibilities.

This traveling exhibition will be featured at the Intemporel Gallery from mid-December until the end of January, 2011.

Featured artists:
Lester Cadalso
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Soly Cissé
Beauford Delaney
Henri Guédon
Ibrahim Miranda
Arturo Montoto
Santiago Rodriguez Olazabal
René Peña
Frank Stewart

Julian Lennon Presents Timeless During Art Basel Miami Beach 12/1-5/10

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Timeless by Julian Lennon Exhibition Information:
Exhibit Dates: December 1 – December 5, 2010
The New Generation Green Room, Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33132
Open daily from 12 noon – 10:00 p.m.
General public enquiries: (305) 949-6722
Media Preview for Timeless by Julian Lennon: Tuesday, November 30 at 7:00 p.m.

Julian Lennon Presents “Timeless” – An Exclusive and Intimate Exhibition of Photography during Art Basel Miami Beach
Renowned musician and cultural icon makes his first South Florida appearance to exhibit a personal collection of classic and contemporary photography

Internationally acclaimed musician, philanthropist and artist, Julian Lennon, will be making an inaugural visit to Miami to exhibit his personal collection of photography during the week of Art Basel Miami Beach. The highly anticipated exhibition will take place on December 1st through December 5th at The New Generation Green Room, Adrienne Arsht Centre for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33132. The exhibition will be open to the public daily from 12 noon until 10:00 p.m., with private, invitation-only viewing events on select evenings.

Produced by Awesome Global Events, in association with ACT Productions and Soulfrito Arts Foundation: “Timeless” by Julian Lennon will be his own edited collection of more than 30 pieces of hand-signed portraiture and landscape photography, some of which will be exclusively on sale during the five-day exhibition.

The exclusive South Florida premiere of Lennon’s limited edition exhibition is curated by one of the world’s most sought-after celebrity photographers, Timothy White, and sponsored by Lennon’s charity, ‘The White Feather Foundation,’ Awesome Global Events, ACT Productions, Soulfrito Arts Foundation and Canson Inc., creators of the world’s finest Fine Art and Photo Papers: Canson Infinity.

Lennon developed a love for photography at a very young age and over the years has continued to view his world through the lens, and only recently decided to share his images with the public. The exhibition will primarily showcase Lennon’s landscape work, but will also take us into the studio, where he recently photographed U2, as well as his Brother Sean Lennon.

“I have always felt that I have observed life, in a different way than others; probably because my life has been very different than most,” says Lennon. “Music has always been one creative outlet for me, but now I’m happy to add another one too, that being photography. After meeting with a dear friend of mine last year, photographer Timothy White, he made me realize I should take my photography seriously. He was the one who suggested I do an exhibition, which I thought was a crazy idea at first, but after working through all of the images I had, I began to see that it could be a possibility with the right guidance. After the outstanding response from my first ever exhibition in New York earlier this year, I decided to continue sharing my work with further exhibitions, throughout the U.S and hopefully throughout Europe and beyond.”

Julian’s pictorial landscapes and cloudscapes that are like poetic vignettes of an emotionally powerful life and portraits that seamlessly connect the viewer to the soul of the subject as if the camera were absent, painting a wonderful portrait of Julian’s photographic mind.

Lennon has enjoyed a critically acclaimed music career, including multiple awards from 1985 onward. His highly anticipated sixth album, Everything Changes, will be released in 2011.

Lennon has been focused on making a difference in what has become a rather sensitively-balanced world. In 2008 he launched ‘The White Feather Foundation,’ embracing environmental and humanitarian issues in conjunction with partners from around the world and works to raise funds for the betterment of all life, and to honour those who have truly made a difference.

Lennon’s collection of photographs are printed exclusively on Canson Infinity’s Edition Etching Rag and BFK Rives papers, two museum-quality papers hand selected by Julian Lennon for this exhibition. Canson Infinity, crafted in the Canson and Arches mills in France, recently won the prestigious Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) award for their Baryta Photographique, selected by TIPA as the Best Fine Art Ink Jet Paper of 2010.

Benrimon Contemporary showcases Trey Speegle’s It’s Later Than You Think at Townhouse 11/29-12/1/10

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Trey Speegle
It’s Later than You Think
Benrimon Contemporary at Townhouse
November 29th, 2010 – December 1st, 2010
Townhouse Hotel
150 20th Street at Collins Ave, Miami Beach

Benrimon Contemporary is pleased to announce the exhibition of a new large work by the New York artist, Trey Speegle during Art Basel Miami Beach this year. The mural will be on display Monday November 29th through Wednesday December 1st at the Townhouse Hotel, which is located at 150 20th Street at Collins Avenue in Miami Beach just adjacent to the Convention Center. Speegle’s 8 ½ x 18 foot mural was inspired by a 1950’s vintage paint-by-number panel of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper and features the words:

It’s Later Than You Think

This large-scale piece is created in the same style of his most recent paintings, where the line work of the image is redrawn, screen printed onto the canvas, text blocked out, and a reinterpreted 40-color palette is applied. Speegle uses open ended phrases that leave the interpretation up to the viewer, allowing for a personal reading of the work. The juxtaposition of the image and words also exposes the ready-made quality of the work, urging the viewer to examine preconceived notions of kitsch, commercialism and what constitutes fine art. Speegle explores themes of hope, love, longing and loss by using affirmations, double entrendre, and word play that resonate with a broad Pop appeal.

Speegle was recently tapped by Anthropologie to apply his work to a variety of home goods such as rugs, wallpaper, plates, pillows and bedding. Last October, Speegle created an 18 x 32 foot mural backdrop for Stella McCartney’s Paris runway show. Most recently, his works on paper can be found in Jonathan Adler boutiques across the country and online.

Speegle lives and works in New York’s Meatpacking District and in a converted barn in the Catskill Mountains upstate. His next solo exhibition, “It’s Not About You” will open at Benrimon Contemporary on February 3, 2011.

More pieces by Speegle will be displayed throughout the hotel with works from Simon Patterson, Shay Kun, Changha Hwang, Amanda Burnham, Dimitri Kozyrev and Yoram Wolberger, who are also represented by Benrimon Contemporary.