Art Basel Miami Beach - List of Conversations and Art Salon

Art Basel Conversations and Art Salon: Premier panellists This year's Art Basel Conversations and Art Salon series will again feature premier panellists including artists Tracey Emin, Liam Gillick, Emilia and Ilya Kabakov, Gabriel Orozco, and Erwin Wurm, as well as leading collectors, museum directors, curators, academics and many other cultural players. For a decade now, Art Basel Conversations has offered the public a chance to see dynamic dialogues between prominent figures of the international artworld, debating the key issues facing the artworld today and offering first-hand perspectives on producing, collecting and exhibiting art. This year's program will include 'Art Basel Miami Beach and South Florida: A Decade of Transformation'. The highly anticipated panel will see major Florida-based collectors discuss the cultural developments in Miami Beach and South Florida over the past ten years. Furthermore, an all-female museum directors' panel will discuss 'The Evolution of Museum Missions' while the ' The Future of Artistic Practice' panel will focus on 'The Artist as Poet'. Art Salon complements the Art Basel Conversations program and serves as an open space for shorter presentations, including panel discussion, lectures and performances. Presenting a range of speakers, this year's program will include a number of stimulating artist talks with Carlos Cruz-Diez, Theaster Gaters, Haegue Yang, Mark Handforth, Ernesto Neto, Tomás Saraceno and Richard Tuttle amongst many others. The program will also include a discussion about 'Regionalism' in a globalized artworld with the Bruce High Quality Foundation, Jens Hoffmann and Chelsea Haines. Art Basel Conversations THURSDAY | December 1 | Premiere | Artist Talk | Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco, Artist, Mexico City/New York/Paris In conversation with Michelle Kuo, Editor in Chief, Artforum, New York FRIDAY | December 2 | Public/Private | The Evolution of Museum Missions Margarita J. Aguilar, Executive Director, El Museo del Barrio, New York Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Beatrix Ruf, Director, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich Moderator | András Szántó, Author and Consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York SATURDAY | December 3 | Collector Focus | Art Basel Miami Beach and South Florida:  A Decade of Transformation Irma and Norman Braman, Collectors and Patrons, Miami Carlos M. de la Cruz, Collector and Co-Founder with his wife, Rosa, of the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, Miami Martin Z. Margulies, Collector, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami Dennis Scholl, Collector, Miami Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Collector, Founder and President of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami Moderator | Bonnie Clearwater, Director and Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami SUNDAY | December 4 | The Future of Artistic Practice | The Artist as Poet Gerry Bibby, Artist, Berlin  Tracey Emin, Artist, London Olivier Garbay, Artist, London Karl Holmqvist, Artist, Poet and Performer, Berlin/Stockholm Jonas Mekas, Writer, Curator and Filmmaker, New York Moderator | Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, London Art Basel Conversations take place in the auditorium of the Miami Beach Convention Centre, adjacent to Info Zone D, daily from 10 – 11.30am, from Thursday, December 1, to Sunday, December 4, 2011.  Admission is free and seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Videos of Art Basel Conversations are available the next day at artbasel.com/conversations. Art Salon THURSDAY | December 1 1pm | The Global Artworld | 'Regionalism' Bruce High Quality Foundation, Jens Hoffmann, Chelsea Haines  2pm | Artist Talk | Ernesto Neto Ernesto Neto, Adriano Pedrosa 3pm | Art Law | 10 Cases: And Why They Matter To You Josh Baer, Peter R. Stern 4pm | Artist Talk | Inspiration, Cultivation and The Philip Johnson Glass House Collection Todd Eberle, Liam Gillick, Amei Wallach 5pm | Artist Talk | 'Movement Studies' Haegue Yang, Doryun Chong 6pm | Art History | Remembering Louise Bourgeois Tracey Emin, Jerry Gorovoy, Nancy Spector, Ulf Küster FRIDAY | December 2 1pm | Art Public Talk Theaster Gates, Glenn Kaino, Christine Y. Kim 2pm | Art Video Talk | 'Dancer' Dara Friedman, David Gryn 3pm | Art Film Talk | 'Gerhard Richter Painting' Corinna Belz  4pm | Talk | Biennials: Critical and Curatorial Interventions Cuauhtémoc Medina, José Roca 5pm | The Global Artworld | Focus on Argentina Tanya Barson, Marlise Jozami, Guillermo Navone, Abaseh Mirvali 6pm | Art Media | Latin American Art Magazines: Now and Then Sandra Antelo-Suarez, Celia Birbragher, Rodrigo Moura, Adriano Pedrosa SATURDAY | December 3 1pm | Artist Talk | Is Anyone Home? Erwin Wurm, Peter Doroshenko 2pm | Artist Talk | The Idea of Utopia in Art and Life Emilia and Ilya Kabakov, Sir Norman Rosenthal 3pm | Artist Talk | Performa 4pm | Artist Talk | Art Attack Dan Cameron, Raphael Castoriano, Ryan McNamara, Richard Tuttle 5pm | Artist Talk | 'Color on Color' Carlos Cruz-Diez, Aldo Rubino 6pm | Art Law Talk | Art Law in the Digital Age Lawrence M. Kaye, Howard N. Spiegler SUNDAY | December 4 1pm | Artist Talk | 'Rolling Stop' Mark Handforth, Bonnie Clearwater 2pm | Artist Talk | 'Cloud Cities' Tomás Saraceno, Hans Ulrich Obrist 3pm | Talk | Bas Fisher Invitational: artist-run project in Miami Naomi Fisher, Jim Drain, Christy Gast, Richard Haley Art Salon takes place in the auditorium of the Miami Beach Convention Centre, adjacent to Info Zone D, daily from Thursday, December 1, to Sunday, December 4, 2011. Art Basel Miami Beach tickets include admission to Art Salon. Videos of Art Salon are available the next day at artbasel.com/salon.  For the latest updates on Art Basel Miami Beach, visit artbasel.com or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/artbaselmiamibeach.

Verge Art Miami Beach

.art news	June 23, 2011
Verge Third Annual Art Miami Beach, Gallery Deadline July 15; Announcing Artist's Open Calls The Third Annual International Art Miami Beach Now Accepting Applications From Galleries Everywhere; GENERAL APPLICATION DEADLINE JULY 15
THE THIRD ANNUAL ART MIAMI BEACH"In the major markets of Miami and New York, contemporary art is performing impressively well," said co-founder Michael Workman. After a clear upsurge in sales figures from last year, Miami Beach retains its position as the most successful art fair destination in the United States. Following its groundbreaking Verge Art Brooklyn in March, Verge proudly returns to Miami Beach for a third annual satellite Art Miami Beach, 1-4 December. "As Verge continues to grow and evolve with the market, it's clear from bold experiments such as Art Brooklyn--organized in a mere six weeks from start to finish--that Verge leads the cutting-edge," said Workman. Significant sales, solid foot traffic throughout the weekend, an avalanche of press coverage ranging from aphoristic to outright exultant, alongside a clear enthusiasm for the freshness of the art on display, helped set a new standard of excellence for innovation and inventiveness in the art fair business. Verge's staff of young artists also worked tirelessly to launch fresh community-driven projects such as Brooklyn Art Now and the "Tomorrow Stars" artist's Open Call exhibition alongside a section of international gallery exhibitiors. In addition, space was provided free-of-charge for art organizers and commentators to engage their chosen publics alongside special exhibtions by dozens of resident galleries. Simply overwhelmed by the response, Verge organizers enthusiastically look forward to continuing to grow and even more effectively support the work of artists and important galleries from around the world, humbly beginning with the third annual Miami Beach exposition. Come drink a lemonade with us! Verge will seek to expand upon its enterprising market efforts and further cultivate the fair's position as a uniquely compelling place for new art. First introduced at Art Brooklyn, the much-loved "Tomorrow Stars" juried Open Call will be continued in Miami Beach, alongside last year's "Drawing Show" section, reformatted as a juried exhibition as well, this year giving individual artists two powerful new juried exhibition options for reaching tomorrow's informed collectors. Minneapolis-based artist and gallerist Peter Van Brabson has been retained as Director of Exhibitor Services for the next two editions of Verge in the first step of a targeted staff expansion. OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: NEW ART AWARDS Quality will remain the first priority, with a list of Official Selection works chosen from participating gallery exhibitors at this year's Verge. This not only fosters an enviroinment for artwork of solid market pedigree, but also of critically refined distinctions from that seen at more conventional fairs. Award categories will be determined by the jury. Both the list of jury members and categories will be announced later this autumn. Galleries will be assigned jury review on a first-come-first-served basis. Affordable and accessible for every conceivable tier of exhibitor, applications are now being accepted for galleries and artists to participate in Art Miami Beach. There are two types of application available, as detailed below. GALLERY APPLICATIONSApplications are now being accepted for galleries to exhibit at Art Miami Beach. Fees for participation are extraordinarily accommodating at a mere $7,000 for an average of 350 square feet of exhibition space. Download the application by clicking here. THE ART MIAMI BEACH ARTIST'S OPEN CALLSArtistic applications are now being accepted for the Art Miami Beach open call juried exhibtions. Art Miami Beach is looking for the best in not-yet-seen before new work; to prevent lobbying, finalists selected by a blind panel of distinguished jurors will be given space to exhibit one work from their application at Art Miami Beach. Works selected by the panel will be exhibited at Art Miami Beach in an astutely written-on survey section. This open call is available to all artists practicing in every media, in and outside of the Miami area. Apply online by clicking here. SPONSORSHIPInterested parties may request a sponsor deck at sponsorship@vergeartfair.com. PUBLICITY AND PRESS OUTREACH Verge has had great success with past media sponsorship outreach, including Art In America, Mutualart.com, ArtFacts and numerous others, and will aggressively pursue these sponsorships and others on behalf of Art Miami Beach. Additionally, a targeted advertising strategy will be organized and executed focusing on relevant art publications and outreach organizations, including popular art announcement services such as Re-title, Flux, VANlist, and others, with opt-in subscription totals well into the millions. Art Miami Beach and its partners will also pursue an integrated outreach strategy through proprietary subscription lists, social media, web and print advertising and available public displays. ABOUT VERGE ART MIAMI BEACHVerge is an international platform for the most exciting and interesting in new and emerging art. Verge exists to establish boundaries of the extraordinary as a counter to the natural compulsion towards stagnation in the way art is evaluated and delivered to the public. Staying true to this necessary state for the advancement of art requires a sustained focus on the best new ideas and practices of those marginal or newly emerging to international art audiences. The satisfaction of this fixed requirement for a healthy and competitive artistic culture is at the core of Verge as an international exposition of the highest quality artistic production and the galleries, museums and audiences who sustain it. PUBLIC HOURSThursday, Friday & Saturday, 2 - 3 December, Noon to 10 pm Sunday, 4 December, Noon to 6 pm OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION Thursday, 1 December, 2011, 6:00 pm to 2 am PRESS INQUIRIES+1-312-612-2270 Request a press pass press@vergeartfair.com