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Art Basel: Artpocalypse Now

A voyage into the art of darkness in an economy gone mad.

Cocurated by Miami's Glexis Novoa, Gean Moreno, and Charo Oquet — along with Sandra Ceballos and Ezequiel Suárez of Havana's Espacio Aglutinador, Cuba's oldest indie alt space — the show offers a survey of the contemporary Cuban and local culture.

"We are doing our exhibit at Edge Zones' nonprofit space in Wynwood," Novoa says. "We are using a stealth marketing ploy to draw attention to noncommercial proposals during the Basel fairs. For us, Art Basel has never been interested in what's happening locally.

Justine Kurland's The Mud Puddle at the Margulies Collection
Justine Kurland's The Mud Puddle at the Margulies Collection
A still from Bill Viola's The Raft at CiFo
A still from Bill Viola's The Raft at CiFo
Typoe's Bandit at Spinello Gallery
Typoe's Bandit at Spinello Gallery
Tony Cragg's Good Face at Art Miami
Tony Cragg's Good Face at Art Miami
Sarah Crowner's Geometric Composition #7 at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
Sarah Crowner's Geometric Composition #7 at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
Matthew Weinstein's Detail Chariots of the Gods at Kevin Bruk Gallery
Matthew Weinstein's Detail Chariots of the Gods at Kevin Bruk Gallery
Ryohei Hase at ARTery
Ryohei Hase at ARTery

"There has always been a poor or nonexistent representation of local spaces and talent at Basel, and that remains a huge problem every year. We wanted to include serious proposals in an ironic and humorous way to address this failure."

The horror... the horror...

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