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Here’s a guide to the Miami art fairs, collections and museums for 2013, arranged in order of interest. There are many other fairs happening but here are the highlights.
Art Basel | Miami Beach
The behemoth of them all, and probably the largest, most important contemporary art fair in the world, and still going strong. Get your running shoes on for this one and rest up: more than 250 galleries from USA, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia exhibit along the many aisles.
Location
Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall A and D.
Website
artbaselmiamibeach.com
Dates and Times
Private View Wednesday, December 4, 2013: 11am to 6pm (by invitation only)
Vernissage Wednesday, December 4, 2013: 6pm to 9pm (by invitation only)
Public Days
Thursday, December 5, 2013: 12noon to 8pm
Friday, December 6, 2013: 12noon to 8pm
Saturday, December 7, 2013: 12noon to 8pm
Sunday, December 8, 2013: 12noon to 6pm
Price
Day Ticket: $42
Evening Ticket, from 4pm: $32
Permanent Ticket: $90
Reduced Day Ticket for Students/Seniors: $26
Floor Plan
The Floor Plan shows each gallery’s booth location, making it a useful guide when navigating all the exhibition halls. It is available at the show as well as online.
Shuttle Buses
Free shuttle buses are available during the show, providing transportation to some of the other fairs, museums and collections. For additional information and schedules look at online bus schedule.
Miami Project
This fairly new fair looks extremely promising and would probably be next after the Big One. Some photography galleries to look out for include Yossi Milo Gallery, Julie Saul Gallery, RandallScottProjects as well as other contemporary spaces.
Location
NE 29th Street and NE 1st Avenue.
Website
miami-project.com
Dates and Times
Preview: Tuesday, December 2: 4:30pm – 10pm:
Wednesday, December 4: 11am – 5:30pm
Thursday, December 5: 11am – 7pm
Friday, December 6: 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 7: 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 8: 11am – 6pm
Price
$25
PULSE Miami
A solid fair, with photography galleries such as Danziger Gallery, Yancey Richardson Gallery, Adamson Gallery, and others.
Location
The Ice Palace, 1400 North Miami Avenue
Website
pulse-art.com/miami
Dates and Times
Preview: Thursday, December 5: 9am – 1pm
Thursday, December 5: 1pm – 7pm
Friday, December 6: 10am – 8pm
Saturday, December 7: 10am – 8pm
Sunday, December 8: 10am – 5pm
Price
$25
NADA Art Fair | Miami
Unofficially, the “Lower East Side on the Beach,” but seems slightly more mainstream than the past. One of the best stops on the list.
Location
The Deauville Beach Resort, 6701 Collins Avenue
Website
newartdealers.org
Dates and Times
Preview: Thursday, December 5: 2pm – 8pm
Thursday, December 5: 11am – 8pm
Friday, December 6: 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 7: 11am – 8pm
Sunday, December 8: 11am – 5pm
Price
Free
UNTITLED
The first edition of UNTITLED is a temporary exhibition, hosted literally on the beach with 50 international galleries and non-profit art spaces. This is seems to be a mash up of NADA and Scope/PULSE.
Location
Ocean Ave. at 13th St.
Website
art-untitled.com
Dates and Times
Wednesday, December 4: 11am – 8pm
Thursday, December 5 12 pm – 8pm
Friday, December 6 11 am – 8pm
Saturday, December 7 11 am – 8pm
Sunday, December 8 11 am – 8pm
Price
$25
SCOPE Miami
Also a long time fair, this seems to have many new names, such could be suspect.
Location
110 NE 36th Street
Website
scope-art.com
Dates and Times
Preview Monday, December 2: 7pm-9pm
Preview Tuesday, December 3: 3pm-7pm
Wednesday, December 4: 11am – 7pm
Thursday, December 5: 12pm – 78pm
Friday, December 6: 11am – 7pm
Saturday, December 7: 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 8: 11am – 6pm
Price
$25
Art Miami
More conservative but has some good photography galleries such as Jackson Fine Art, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Lisa Sette Gallery.
Location
The Art Miami Pavilion, Midtown Miami | Wynwood 3101 NE 1st Avenue
Website
art-miami.com
Dates and Times
VIP Preview: 5:30pm – 10pm: Tuesday, December 3
Wednesday, December 4: 11am – 7pm
Thursday, December 5: 11am – 7pm
Friday, December 6: 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 7: 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 8: 11am – 6pm
Price
$35
One day fair pass (includes admission for Art Miami & CONTEXT Art Miami ONLY – Aqua Art Miami requires separate ticket)
CONTEXT Art Miami
The sister fair to Art Miami, with a more emerging, contemporary focus but probably could be skipped.
Location
3201 NE 1st Avenue, The CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion, Midtown | Wynwood Arts District
Website
contextartmiami.com
Dates and Times
VIP Preview: Tuesday, December 3: 5:30pm – 10pm:
Wednesday, December 4: 11am – 7pm
Thursday, December 5: 11am – 7pm
Friday, December 6: 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 7: 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 8: 11am – 6pm
Price
$35
One day fair pass (includes admission for Art Miami & CONTEXT Art Miami ONLY – Aqua Art Miami requires separate ticket)
Aqua Art Miami
Was interesting in the past but is worth a visit mostly because of the motel setting.
Location
1530 Collins Avenue, Aqua Hotel
Website
aquaartmiami.com
Dates and Times
December 4 – 8, 2013
Thursday, December 5 12 pm – 9 pm
Friday, December 6 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday, December 7 11 am – 9 pm
Sunday, December 8 11 am – 6 pm
Price
$15
Closed Fairs
Fountain Art Fair Miami
Fountain is an exhibition of avant garde artwork. Please visit website for more information.
SEVEN Miami
Note this is closed, unfortunately at the last minute.
Collections, Museums
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse
Song Dong, Arte Povera, Anselm Kiefer; New works of painting, photography, sculpture and video; New Photography: Olafur Eliasson, Jan Hoek, Nina Katchadourian,
Domenico Mangano, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Doug Rickard, Hank Willis Thomas.
If you have time to one mega collection, make a pilgrimage to Marty’s. The work is accessible—as is the collector–in a less-than-polished space that is welcome after the pristine booths of ABMB.
Location
591 NW 27th Street
Website
margulieswarehouse.com
Dates and Hours
Tuesday, December 3: 3pm to 6pm
Wednesday, December 4: 9am to 4pm
Thursday, December 5: 9am to 4pm
Friday, December 6: 9am to 2pm
Price
$10
Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation
28 Chinese
Great, world class collection; look for the creative breakfasts.
Location
95 NW 29th Street, Miami
Website
rubellfamilycollection.com
Dates and Hours
Tuesday, December 3: 9am to 6pm
Wednesday, December 4: 9am to 6pm
Thursday, December 5: 9am to 6pm
Friday, December 6: 9am to 6pm
Saturday, December 7: 9am to 6pm
Sunday, December 8: 9am to 6pm
Price
$0
de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space
A splashy “upstart” mega collection.
Location
23 NE 41 Street, Miami
Website
delacruzcollection.org
Dates and Hours
Tuesday, December 3: 9 am to 3 pm
Wednesday, December 4: 9 am to 3 pm
Thursday, December 5: 9 am to 3 pm
Friday, December 6: 9 am to 3 pm
Price
Free
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Tracey Emin: Angel without You opens December 4, 2013
Head north on a ABMB free bus shuttle for this small but interesting contemporary museum.
Location
770 NE 125th Street
Website
mocanomi.org
Dates and Hours
Tuesday, December 3: 11am to 5pm
Wednesday, December 4: 11am to 5pm
Thursday, December 5: 11am to 5pm
Friday, December 6: 12pm to 5pm
Price
$5
Bass Museum of Art
Piotr Uklański ESL
Location
2100 Collins Avenue
Website
bassmuseum.org
Times
Wed – Sun 12pm to 5pm
Dec 5, 2013 – Mar 16, 2014
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation is a nonprofit exhibition space supporting contemporary artists. Contact the gallery for more information.
Location
1018 North Miami Avenue
Website
cifo.org
Hours
Thursday-Friday: Noon-6 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10 am – 4 pm
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