By Paco Barragán
Like Charles Dickens’ famous novel A Tale of Two Cities, the history of the contemporary art fair of the 1970s and 1980s can be explained by the extraordinary rivalry between Cologne and Basel. I will try to formulate here why ART COLOGNE, though being the first contemporary art fair, [...]
Art Basel today announced the gallery list for its 2015 edition in Miami Beach, comprising 267 leading international galleries drawn from 32 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. 29 galleries are completely new to the Miami Beach show. The fair, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the Miami Beach [...]
By Patricia Schoene
On December 3, 2008, when Art Basel Miami Beach was launched at the VIP Preview, all the media were skeptical. After a poor sales showing at New York auctions in November, there was not much hope that the most significant contemporary art fair in the United States and its satellite fairs would fare [...]
The seventh edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 7, 2008. More than 250 galleries from 33 countries exhibited works by over 2,000 artists. With a program of special exhibitions, performances, panel discussions, visits to private collections, and crossover events featuring film, music, and architecture, the show attracted more than 40,000 visitors [...]
This year’s Art Video Lounge, curated by Rike Frank with the title “Honey, I Rearranged the Image…!” presents an extensive overview of the latest work in video art by some of the most exciting international artists working today. The video program in the Botanical Gardens consists of six programs, each running twice a day, and [...]
December 4 - 7, 2008
This year’s Art Projects sector features nine projects by international artists, more than ever before. For the first time, most of Art Projects will be presented in a single site: Lummus Park, on Ocean Drive between 10th and 14th Street; one will be on view at Watson Island, 888 MacArthur Causeway, [...]
Art Basel Miami Beach announced its Art Positions program for this year. Twenty young galleries will present their special exhibition projects in converted shipping containers, located by the beach at Collins Park between 21st and 22nd Streets. Art Positions counts participating galleries from USA, Italy, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Norway, Austria, Spain and Denmark, [...]
After a hectic week during which the 38th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach took place in Miami in conjunction with numerous other art fairs, Wynwood Magazine spoke with Paco Barragán, who curated together with Nina Arias The Expanded Painting Show for MASH Miami, and who also participated actively with PhotoMiami as artistic advisor and [...]
