Germans are not exactly the most cheerful people, so it’s no surprise that Deutschland’s biggest magazine, Der Spiegel, has one of the most depressing previews of Art Basel we’ve seen so far. “On the fourth of December, the fair will open for a seventh time, and, as always, several German…
The “Pedestriart” urban art project has taken over the Midtown Art Park. Apparently it’s important for everyone to know that grasshopper 69’s are strictly prohibited. Local artist Leonel Matheu uses his own iconography to make artistic statements for the consumption of passing foot traffic. Several big art fairs including, SCOPE and PhotoMiami are setting up tents just a couple blocks south of the park, so it should get plenty of foot traffic. Here are some shots of the work.
Nestor Arenas doesn’t aim to please. The baby-faced, bespectacled 43-year-old Miami photographer likes to show us what we’d rather not see. Like, say, a once-adorable black cat smashed on the side of the road. Or a raccoon’s guts spilling onto the asphalt. In his latest work, which is on display…
Famed Culture Jammer and artist Ron English is sure to fancy up some lucky Wynwood wall At the heart of Art Basel lies an unabashed celebration of commerce and luxury, but not every art piece is meant to double as an investment and status symbol that looks good hanging over…
Gap’s refined older brother Banana Republic will be sponsoring the NADA Art Fair’s 2008 preview (a benefit for the New Museum) and as part of the deal will be donating limited edition tote bags featuring the work of 6 artists. It’s the perfect gift idea for your artistically incline mom…
“Wrench”, Nicola Kupersu, Color Print, 2007 Over at Crossfade we told you electro act ADULT. will be playing White Room during Art Basel week. Here at Riptide we’re charged with covering the visual arts beat, and hence are providing you with the ulterior motive for ADULT.’s visit. One half of…
Haitian-born, Miami-based artist Edouard Duval-Carrié is teaming up with Dutch beer brand Grolsch for a limited edition bottle only available at select Art Basel events. We’ll stay out of the debate over the whole idea of limited edition beer bottle as art piece for the moment, and just be happy…
A shot from a recent Takashi Murakami retrospective, via Wallpaper In addition to it’s 45,000-square foot tent, Design Miami will also feature seven satellite instillations spread through out the area. Kaikai Kiki, the studio founded by famed pop-artists Takashi Murakami, will be featured for the first time at the fair…
Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval Jr. make up Miami art collective FriendsWithYou, which have been injecting the world with childish fun and color. So is it any surprise that Scope has commissioned the duo to create an interactive experience for fairgoers? “Fun House” will take over the lounge area at…
Greg Haberny, Honky Town, Enamel on Birch, 48″ x 72″, 2008 Fountain Miami, a mini-fair that debuted in 2006, will be back again.The fair will feature instillation from five American galleries including Glowlab, The Leo Kesting gallery, Open Ground, Yum Yum Factory (all based in New York) and Miami’s own…
A still from “Untitled” a short film by Nick Knight, via Show Studio Fresh of her starring role in one of the most talked about fashion mag issues of the year, Naomi Campbell will be celebrated with her own retrospective during Art Basel. The exhibition will be in conjunction with…
In what may be a bellwether for Art Basel Miami Beach, another of the world’s largest art fairs, London’s Frieze Art Fair, closed this Sunday and reported sales that were slow, but higher than expected, according to The Telegraph. [Though] many well-known collectors were absent from the throng of buyers…
Yanko DesignA piece from the Campana’s Transplastic furniture collection. Design Miami already announced that they’ve commissioned Aranda/Lasch to plan the fair’s structure, but now they’ve announced that Fernando and Humberto Campana will be named Designers of the Year at the fair in Decemeber. Part of the Prize? They get to…
Can you smell it? Art Basel is less than three months away, and Riptide definitely plans to Basel it up when the art fairs come to town. But in the meantime, here is some Basel-related news: After a successful move last year from reject January art fair to Basel satellite…
via Archurbanist Grotto Design Miami/ has chosen New York-based design and architecture firm Aranda/Lasch to create the temporary structure that will house this year’s fair. So many “/”s. The firm’s architects are known for their “sophisticated investigation into structure in their work, which explores the infinite variations of form possible…
Mid-beach and South Beach ranked five and six, respectively in a recent New York Times travel piece touting 53 places to visit in 2008. The writer lavished: “Move over South Beach. The iconic Eden Roc Resort and Fontainebleau Miami Beach — faded glitterati hangouts designed by Morris Lapidus — will…
Elvis Ramirez Art goers take in an installation at EdgeZones during Art Basel 2007. With the plethora of Art Basel events going on this past weekend, there was no way to catch all of it. In fact, I’m willing to bet that a lot of the smaller events were overlooked…
No more art. Not for a few weeks, anyway. Not to say Art Basel wasn’t jolly and everything, but we’ve got a pounding art hangover to nurse. Call us lightweights, but while some of the art was as fine brandy to the palate, we definitely got slammed by a 40…
Probably my favorite stop at Art Basel was Fountain Miami, a “guerilla-style” art fair at 2841 North Miami Avenue. Here’s why: A woman writhed around on concrete in a slick, black octopus suit; the exhibiting artist responsible for Americunt; and art could be had for just $40. But check this…
Wayne Coe’s Scumble Bum, selling for $1,000 at the Bridge Art Fair. Flashes of conscience mingled among polished art sniffers who trod over the red shag carpet of the Catalina Hotel for Thursday’s opening night reception of the Bridge Art Fair. Exhibitors from both coasts, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Paris and Canada…
Holy Basel Schmazel Batman! Who are all those spandex-clad avengers bruising up eyeballs around town? Aquaman, Thor, The Silver Surfer, Ms. Marvel, The Wonder Twins, Super Girl, and Cat Woman have all been spotted at the Miami Beach Convention Center and in Wynwood the past two days, leaving bewildered bystanders…
Last night’s opening fete for the Miami Beach Art Photo Expo: In Fashion ’07 was a mostly subdued affair, with a soigné crowd sipping free vodka tonics and lulled into quiet admiration by the burbling sounds of the Surfcomber hotel’s pool. Its long, blue expanse, capped by a waterfall, served…
