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A large number of art collectors, artists, dealers, curators, critics and art enthusiasts from around the world participate in Art Basel Miami Beach every year.

This event in Miami is also a vital source for art lovers, allowing them to both discover new developments in contemporary art and experience rare museum artworks.

Art Basel Miami Beach merges an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design.

Exhibition sites are located in the South Beach unique Art Deco District, within walking distance of the beach and many Miami Beach hotels and Miami Beach vacation rentals.

An exclusive selection of more than 220 leading art galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa will exhibit 20th and 21st century artworks by over 2,000 artists.

The participating galleries are amongst the most respected art dealers, providing exceptional pieces by both renowned artists and cutting-edge newcomers.

Special exhibitions in the museums of South Florida and special programs for art collectors and curators also help make the event a special time for encountering art.

Do not miss the satellite events in Miami that take place during the Art Basel Miami Beach, including special exhibitions for local Miami art galleries, Art Miami 2008, Design Miami, art photography exhibitions and more!

A highly-recommended Miami event for all people interested in photography, art or erotic art! Presented in conjunction with Erotic Signature and Damien B. Contemporary Art Center, this Erotic Visual Art Exhibition, including winning art works and coinciding with the international launching of the book “The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today Vol. II,” will be in Miami, Florida, from June 7th until July 31st ,2008. This upcoming Saturday (June 14th) is a perfect day to visit the Gallery at night because it is gallery walk night at Miami Wynwood Art District (every 2nd Saturday of each month.) Damien B. Contemporary Art Center Wynwood Art District is located at 282 NW 36th Street, Miami, FL 33127.

Paintings, photography, sculptures, drawings and digital images will be exhibited, created by a wide range of international artists.

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Deconstructing Urban Icons solo show by Italian artist Enrico Bacci will be at Damien B. Contemporary Art Center in the Wynwood Art District. This Miami art exhibition will open on April 12th (opening reception from 7 p.m. thru 11 p.m. during Wynwood Gallery Night) and run till June 9th, 2008. Enrico Bacci is a very accomplished Italian Artist who has had major shows of his work in all major Italian cities, and is collected widely by European collectors. Bacci is an artist which the Mediterranean atmosphere has inspired his bright colorful brush strokes and color choices. Currently, he has been exploring his artistic boundaries by experimenting more often with his passion for sculpture.

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Miami tourism has flourished the last couple of decades. Most people think about Miami and the first thing that come to their minds are nightlife and sunny beaches. Nonetheless, in recent times the art and cultural life in Miami has gotten strong offering much to see and to do to a more sophisticated tourist. The primary place to witness Miami’s art offer isn’t, of course, Miami Beach, yet across Biscayne Bay the Wynwood Art District. Before the Art Basel Festival came to Miami, the Wynwood District was just a wasteland with a handful of pioneer galleries and private collections such as the Rubell Family Collection. However, in the past few years several galleries have opened in the area bringing a new vibe to Miami Florida.

Nowadays, there are 70 galleries high-end like the Spinello Gallery and David Castillo Gallery, to internationally acclaimed galleries such as Fredric Snitzer, Kevin Bruk, and Emmanuel Perrotin. All the galleries are around shops and clothing wholesalers with concrete facades freshly painted in purples, pinks and charcoals giving to the area a bohemian atmosphere. The new development of the Wynwood Art District it might be possible thanks to the cheap rents, too much space, and plenty of parking spaces.

As a consequence of all mentioned, Miami is not longer limited to a four-day event held in December. The Art Basel is no more the primary art scenery in Miami, private collections, galleries, and alternative spaces are exploding faster in the Wynwood District and the Design District.

It is the second Saturday of the month is when many galleries time their new shows. During the second Saturdays, galleries host white-wine receptions and openings usually followed by parties at the bohemian bars nearby.

Here are some must-see places every art lover should visit while in Miami:

Wynwood Art District

The Rubell Family Collection

Seems to be bigger and mores impressive every day.

NW 29^th Street

Miami, FL

305-573-6090

www.rubellfamilycollection.com

Twenty Twenty

Twenty Twenty is ideal to enjoy the work of emerging young artists.

2020 NW Miami Court 2^nd floor

Miami, FL

786-217-7683

www.twentytwentyprojects.com

Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery

A Parisian Gallery has a premier location in a former refrigerator warehouse.

194 NW 30^th Street

Miami, FL

305-573-2130

www.galerieperrotin.com

Spinello Gallery

A jewel box-size run by Anthony Spinello, 25.

2294 NW 2^nd Avenue

Miami, FL

786-271-4223

www.spinellogallery.com

Hardcore Art Contemporary Space

Featuring works centered on social and political issues.

3326 North Miami Avenue

Miami, FL

305-576-1645

www.hardcoreartcontemporary.com

Miami Design District

Bas Fisher Invitational

Where you can see tomorrow’s art stars.

180 NE 39^th Street, Suite 210

Miami, FL

Moore Space

Moore Space has exquisitely curated contemporary art.

4040 NE 2^nd Avenue

Miami, FL

305-438-1163

www.themorespace.org

Nektar De Stagni’s Shop

An ideal mix of art, fashion and music.

155 NE 38^th Street

786-556-3033

www.nektardestagni.com

Check out this new Miami art event! The Art Rouge Gallery presents sculptures & paintings on glass and metal by internationally acclaimed visual artist Carson Case. The artist’s work is abstract or surreal figurative and she often uses mythological creatures like dragon, phoenix and. Carson expresses herself through the visual arts, dance, music, and poetry with the pure perfection of the spirit.

The opening reception will take place on March 8, 2008 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm at Art Rouge space in Wynwood Ar t District.

For more information or to RSVP please contact Art Rouge Gallery at info@artrouge.com or 305-448-2060.

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The first large-scale solo exhibition of the work of Wifredo Lam ever to be presented in a Miami museum! This Miami event will be opening on February 8th and will run until March 18th, 2008 at the Miami Art Museum. Seriously, you should got to this exhibition because you will be supporting the museum, which it is already a good reason, while enjoying the art work of a great twentieth century’s artist.

For those who do not know, Wilfredo Lam is the most celebrated Cuban artist of the 20th century.  Just a little about his history… Lam traveled to Spain in the 1920s and later moved to France, where he became closely acquainted with Pablo Picasso and the leading figures of the Surrealist movement. Then in 1941, Lam went back to Cuba, where he rediscovered the Afro-Caribbean myths, art forms and religious practices that had influenced his work.

Lam mixed mainstream European Modernism with these non-Western traditions and used the unique visual language that resulted to raise questions of social injustice and redemption. 

Do not miss this event in Miami!

Miami Art Museum

101 West Flager Street
Miami, FL 33132
305-375-3000
www.miamiartmuseum.org

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Looking for a great Miami event during the upcoming months, check out “Cutting Edge” in the Miami Wynwood Art District. As many events in this Miami district, it promises good quality entertainment. Furthermore, if you are tired of the party scene, you have to try this event and many others in the area. I will try to give you as much tips as I possibly can….

“Cutting Edge” opens February 9, 2008 at Art Rouge Gallery International Contemporary Art which is located in the Wynwood Art District, 46 NW 36 St., Loft 3, Miami, FL 33127. The opening reception will be from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and the art show will run until March 15, 2008. For more information please visit www.artrouge.com or call 305-448-2060.

Contemporary conceptually designed multimedia artworks by Houston based artist Rodrigo Aguilera are in an intense dialogue with art theory and philosophy as well as with the broader social reality.

Science and Art, both have the Kantian aesthetic interest when referring to the beauty of complexity in nature and to its creative and self-reflexive aspects. The notion of sublime in general pertains to that in nature which transgresses the capabilities of imagination and the life of an individual being. Rodrigo Aguilera is one of those artists who by ‘tricking’ the mind comes to break down its formatting, that is, avoids activating pre-formatted patterns and pre-formatted perceptions. Melting two art concepts: abstract and figurative… Aguilera paints a piece and then re-creates it using all of its original parts. Following the principal of nature that parts form a whole, with this rearrangement process he confirms that everything in creation has a place and a purpose.

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