Art Basel Hong Kong, the most prominent art fair in Asia, has named the 137 galleries lined up to participate in its 2022 edition, which is due to run from March 24–26. That means there are about two dozen more galleries taking part this year than there were at the 2021 edition, which had 104 galleries. But it also means the fair is still ...
Tucked away in a corner of the Miami Beach Convention Center is Art Basel’s Positions Section, in which 19 galleries offer single-artist presentations. Two of the most dynamic booths on offer in this year’s fair, which runs through Saturday, feature work by Kandis Williams (at L.A.’s Night Gallery) and Marcellina Akpojotor (at Rele Gallery of Lagos and Los Angeles). For her booth, Williams offers ...
Art Basel Miami Beach opened to VIPs on Tuesday, and even with timed entries, the Miami Beach Convention Center was bustling with a steady stream of visitors throughout the day. Dealers reported sales in the opening hours and into the closing hours of the fair, and said they had begun to see familiar faces who were craving to see artwork in-person after having spent ...
MIAMI – Non-fungible tokens allow creators to make money every time their works sell even when they are not involved in the transaction. The companies involved with the NFTs make fees. Cryptocurrency investors see it as an opportunity. The artworld is intrigued by the secondary market.NFT’s made headlines in March when Mike Winkelmann, better known as digital artist Beeple, made history. The 40-year-old designer ...
Cycling around the streets of Miami gave David Anasagasti, an artist known as Ahol Sniffs Glue, the inspiration to place his signature "eye" symbol on pieces of urban trash he finds and give his followers a chance to find them and keep them.His newest concept is now drawing international attention through an exhibition during Miami Art Week that runs parallel to Art Basel. Art ...
Art Basel, NADA, Untitled, high-profile parties, runway shows, concerts, gallery dinners, performance art—there’s been a whole lot to see and do this week in Miami. Although the mood may have been slightly dampened by continued travel restrictions and the prospect of continued Covid spread, activity largely progressed as planned. But what did it all mean? And what might we stand to learn about the ...
The official Art Basel show is back in Miami with all its eccentric glory, a dizzying list of celebrity attendees and dozens of spin-off shows already generating buzz, including a 10-year-old child painter and a $4 million Banksy saleBy KELLI KENNEDY Associated PressDecember 2, 2021, 8:32 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleMIAMI -- After a pandemic hiatus, the official Art ...
Artist Portrait with a Candle, 2013This image, by the Serbian artist Marina Abramović, is from the series Places of Power, which consists of works made on trips to Brazil, beginning in 2012, where the artists sought out ‘people and places of power’. Traversing more than 3,000 miles, Abramović met and interacted with shamans, members of religious sects, herbalists and a psychic surgeon. Artist Portrait ...
Perhaps the most pressing topic in the world of art and culture in the United States these days is the question of who will run the country’s museums. Between the financial constraints brought on by the pandemic and urgent matters of social justice, museums are in a tough spot: struggling to stay alive at the same time that they are thrust onto the front ...
During Art Basel Miami Beach’s VIP opening on Tuesday, the fair came back in full force after a pandemic-necessitated hiatus. The show unfolded in the usual fashion, with blue-chip dealers such as Hauser & Wirth and Pace making seven-figure sales, alongside newer vendors that brought emerging artists to the spotlight. “A confluence of the fair and various NFT events has brought new crowds to ...
