Monday, December 31, 2007
Michael Corbin - Art Ideas for the New Year
Art collector and author, Michael Corbin has some good ideas on how to make the New Year better for those involved in art. Here're a few of his ideas on how to best enter the New Year, they came from an article that he wrote for absolutearts.com.
1. Art gallery operators: Please smile occasionally and TRY to be welcoming to visitors. This may actually help you sell art on that VERY day. Of course, many galleries are warm and inviting, but many are not.
2. Artists: Please stop slamming art fairs. We know that they present all sorts of hazards and issues, but they ARE indeed legitimate venues for LIVING art. Ultimately, let's be glad that they exist. If they vanish, that would NOT be a good thing. I don't know. I guess I've stayed too long at the fair.
3. Art museums: PLEASE get your cities to create more highway markers/signs that direct visitors straight to your location. It's so easy for people to get lost in an unfamiliar city. Don't GIVE visitors reasons to go to the movies instead.
4. Art collectors: Let's do MORE to promote the work of emerging artists. We should actually create more art collectors. Yes, in a way this is a dumb move because we're creating our own competition, but emerging art is a VAST ocean that will never run dry. Artists are born every day. It's the most exciting sector of the art market.
You'll find six other good ideas for the artworld in Michael's article "The New Art Year" by Michael Corbin at Absolutearts.com. I enjoyed it and it's worth reading.
Best Wishes for the New Year!
Dan Fear
http://art-collecting.com
http://art-support.com
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Art Basel Miami Beach - Blogs and Videos
Miami Herald newspaper coverage, numerous articles.
http://www.miamiherald.com/art_basel/
Artinfo articles about Art Basel Miami Beach.
http://www.artinfo.com/articles/category/47/art-basel-miami-beach-2007
New York magazine articles about Art Basel.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/tags/art%20basel%20miami
Vernissage TV, very good video coverage of events in Miami during art week.
http://vernissage.tv/blog/
Plum TV, video of Craig Robins talking about his collection.
http://miamibeach.plumtv.com/videos/art_basel_miami_beach_2007_craig_robins
Other Plum TV coverage of Art Basel Miami Beach.
http://miamibeach.plumtv.com/search/node/Art+Basel+Miami
Videos Blogging, with coverage of Scope performance (boxing), also Atlanta galleries showing at various miami art fairs. This is series of a silly road trip videos about going to Miami.
http://photoawesome.com/
Art Basel Miami Beach 2007: The Real Story by Michael Corbin.
http://blog.absolutearts.com/blogs/archives/00000395.html
Robert Fallon and Libby Rosof's Blog.
http://fallonandrosof.blogspot.com/2007/12/art-in-miami-art-basel-miami-beach.html
NW Galleries in Miami by Regina Hackett.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/343907_seattleinmiami18.html
Suite101 blog article.
http://florida-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/art_basel_miami_beach_fl_2007
Nice Preview article explaining what will be going on.
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/travel/escapes/24ahead.html
Another good preview article from Smithsonian.com the provides some historical perspective on the Miami art scene.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/art-basel-miami-200712.html?c=y&page=1
Iggy Pop performance at Art Basel Miami.
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/12/iggy-pop-punks.html
Ramdom pictures of various art fairs from Miami Art Exchange:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/miamiartexchange/
Artnet.com in association with exhibitors is posting images of artworks displayed at Art Basel Miami Beach.
http://www.artnet.com/artbasel/miami/2007/
Artdaily.com blog postings about Art Basel Miami.
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?b=Art+Basel&submit1=ArtDaily+Search&int_sec=220
Art and Art Fair Blog by Art-Collecting.com
http://artfairblog.blogspot.com
The links are not in any particular order, enjoy. Also, if you know of other good articles or blogs about the Miami art fairs, please let me know via email at danfear@hotmail.com.
Happy New Year!
Dan Fear
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Edge Zones Art Fair - 2007
Miguel Guzman, the artwork on the left was my favorite in all of Miami. If you're a gallery and looking for good artists you should get to know Miguel and his work.
Ruben Ubiera.
Ruben Ubiera
Luise Johnson
Artist Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Galeria Saro Leon, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Dreaming Miami
Curated by Charo Oquet, Maricel Ruiz, Michael Chomick, Victor Payares, Michael Burman, Igor Montoya-Laske, Michelle Swayne
One Day It Will All Make Sense. Curators: Nicolas Stipcianos/Andrew Woon.
Artists: Nicolas Stipcianos, photography, video, installation
Anderw Woon,photography, video, installation
Rafael Abreu Canedo,photography, video, installation
Joseph Tamargo,photography
David Tamargo,photography,performance
Seth Hoercher,photography, video, installation
One Day It Will All Make Sense
Curators: Nicolas Stipcianos/Andrew Woon
Esteban Blanco
Esteban Blanco
Jesus Rojas
Jesus Rojas
Susan Zukowsky
Charo Oquet
Charo Oquet
Looking at video by unknown artist
Louis Foy
Modalidades para un arte politico desde Puerto Rico. Methods for political art from Puerto Rico.
Artists included:
Osvaldo Budet,
Marielis Castro,
Vanessa Hernández Gracia,
Karlo A. Ibarra,
Javier Maldonado,
Jacob Charles Marchosky,
Gabriel Meléndez,
Rafael J. Miranda,
Josué Pellot,
Puntos Suspensivos,
Natalia Martinez,
Melissa Sarthou
Filipo Tirado.
Mel and Dorothy Tanner
Juan Hidalgo
Galeria Saro Leon – Canary Islands, Spain
La Fabrik - San Salvador - El Salvador.
Artists:
Mayra Barraza – Painting, Installation
Amber Rose – Installation
Francisco Zayas - Painting
Alexia Miranda – Video, Performance, Installation
Baltasar Portillo – Metal rod Sculptures
Luis Lazo - Painting
La Fabrik - San Salvador - El Salvador.
Artists:
Mayra Barraza – Painting, Installation
Amber Rose – Installation
Francisco Zayas - Painting
Alexia Miranda – Video, Performance, Installation
Baltasar Portillo – Metal rod Sculptures
Luis Lazo - Painting
2214 N. Miami Ave.
Miami, FL 33127
(305) 303 8852
For further information please visit their website:
Edge Zone Art Fair
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Red Dot Miami Beach - 2007
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
Unidentified gallery at Red Dot Miami Beach
Sam Lee Gallery at Red Dot Miami Beach
Unidentified gallery at Red Dot Miami Beach
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, LA
Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Franciso, CA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
MMGALLERIES, San Franciso, CA
Unidentified gallery at Red Dot Miami Beach
Panamerican Artprojects, Dallas, TX
Aftermodern, San Franciso, CA
BLK/MRKT Gallery, Culver City, CA
I really enjoyed the artworks of Gregory Grenon at The Laura Russo Gallery, Daniel Phil at George Billis Gallery, Sean Keenan at Judi Rotenberg Gallery, and Pipo Nguyen-Duy at Sam Lee Gallery.
If you know the names of any of the unidentified gallery spaces, please let me know via email: art-support@att.net
For additional information about this art fair visit their website:
Red Dot Fair.
The next Red Dot art fair will be in New York City, March 27th - 30th, 2008.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Art Now Miami Beach - 2007
Volakis Gallery, Yountville, CA
Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
798 Avant Gallery, New York, NY
Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
Unidentified artist and gallery space at Art Now
Swenson Gallery, Miami, FL
Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Unidentified gallery space at Art Now
Unidentified gallery space at Art Now
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Unidentified gallery space at Art Now
Patricia Cameron Gallery, Seattle, WA
DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, NY
Unidentified gallery space at Art Now
Paradigm Art, New York, NY
Unidentified artist next to his work
Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Unidentified gallery space at Art Now
Kyle Kauffman Gallery, New York, NY
Galeria Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
To view more art you looked through the top of each cone.
ABBA Fine Art, Miami, FL
Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA
MOKA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Creative display using the hotel windows
MOKA Gallery, Chicago, IL
If you know the unidentified galleries or artists, please let us know.
For additional information on this art fair visit their website:
Art Now Miami Beach