ART FAIRS:Art Basel Miami 2018,Part I

Over the years Art Basel Miami has become one of the most important and most promising Art Fairs. The Art Basel Miami 2017 opens on 6/12/18, with the participation of 268 Art Galleries all over the world, that allow visitors to explore the many dimensions of Modern and Contemporary Art including Museum-caliber paintings, sculptures and classical photography, as well as works of an outsized scale, precisely curated projects, and site-specific artworks which take advantage of the unique Miami Beach landscape (Part II).

By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Art Basel Archive

Art Basel Miami is divided in sections, to provide visitors the opportunity to see many different types of important works by more than 4,000 artists, from historical masterpieces to the work of the newest generation of artists. The main sector of the show, Galleries, features 198 galleries of the world’s leading galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawings, installation, photography, video and digital works. Allowing curators, critics, collectors and visitors to discover new talents from across the globe, galleries in Positions sector present one major project by a single artist. This year, the sector features 14 solo booths, including eight exhibitors who are participating in the show for the first time. Designed for galleries to present one, two or three artists showing works created within the last three years, the Nova sector features strong juxtapositions and never-before-seen pieces fresh from the artist’s studio. The sector this year features 29 exhibitors. The Survey sector returns for its fifth year with 16 focused presentations of work created before 2000. The sector Edition presents 11 global leaders in the field of prints and editioned works. Art Basel’s Kabinett sector allows participating galleries to present curated exhibitions in separately delineated spaces within their booths. This year’s Kabinett sector at Art Basel in Miami Beach will include 31 projects. Pioneering female artists have a strong voice in Kabinett, including Ellen Cantor’s paintings, drawings and sculptures. As a prolific feminist artist who lived in New York and London, Cantor combined ready-made materials with diary notes and drawings to probe her perceptions and experiences of personal desire and institutional violence. The works on display highlight the recurring imagery Cantor would later develop in her films. Early works by Mildred Thompson, an influential African-American abstract artist, are presented. Facing racism and sexism early in her career, Thompson moved to Europe where she explored her interests in nature and science through abstraction. In addition to the minimalist, rectangular “Wood Pictures” created with found wood, the presentation will also include a white monochromatic paper collage from 1969 and a colorful silkscreen from 1973.

Info: Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, 1900 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Duration: 6-9/12/18, Days & Hours: Thu (6/12/18) 11:00-15:00 (by invitation only) & 15:00-20:00, Fri-Sat (7-8/12/18) 12:00-20:00, sun (9/12/48) 12:00-18:00, Regular price tickets: Day ticket: USD 60, Permanent ticket: USD 130 , Combination day ticket for both the Art Basel in Miami Beach 2018 show and Design Miami (valid one day): USD 85, Premium+ Card (Vernissage, Fri, Sat, Sun): USD 500, Reduced day ticket for students and seniors USD 45, Children aged 12 and under Free, www.artbasel.com