Miami 2016
Art Basel Miami, is happening soon, December 1 – 4 and will, of course, attract many visitors and art buyers.
Despite this fascinating event, we asked ourselves, what else there is to see next to Art Basel in Miami. Here is our short list:
Perez Art Museum Miami
Julio Le Parc: Form into Action
November 18, 2016 – March 19, 2017
Julio Le Parc, Cloison à lames réfléchissantes (Partition with Reflective Strips), 1966/2005 Painted wood and stainless steel. 90 1/2 x 104 x 31 1/2 inches. Julio Le Parc © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: André Morin.
Julio Le Parc (born 1928, in Argentina) is a central figure in participatory kinetic art. His first solo exhibition, which includes more than 100 works from the years 1985 until 2013, tries to showcase the artist goal to break down barriers between artwork, viewer and museum. This is an unprecedented opportunity, so we highly recommend you to see this exhibition.
Susan Hiller: Lost and Found
Oct. 14, 2016 – June 4, 2017
Susan Hiller, Wild Talents, 1997 Video installation: two channel video projection, with sound, one black-and-white video, monitor, chair, and votive lights. Dimensions variable. © Susan Hiller. Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Commissioned by Pérez Art Museum Miami and making its debut in this exhibition, Hiller’s video Lost and Found features an audio collage of voices speaking in 23 different languages, including Aramaic, Comanche, Livonian and other extinct or endangered idioms. Many of the anecdotes, songs, arguments, memories, and conversations that the voices relay revolve around the theme of language itself.
The Bass Museum of Art
Miami Mountain Unveiling Celebration
Official unveiling celebration at 18:00 November 30, 2016
Ugo Rondinone 'seven magic mountains' in the Nevada desert. Photo by Gianfranco Gorgoni /courtesy of art production fund and Nevada museum of art
Ugo Rondinone is a swiss-born artist that lives and works in New York. His artworks are often themed around the experimentation with the everyday, whereas his most recent work is an installation of vivid, neon color stones that called "Seven Magic Mountains". We highly recommend you to check his new sculpture piece right in front of the museum on November 30.
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Antuan Rodriguez: The other dimension
November 30, 2016 – January 20, 2017
Antuan Rodriguez 'MANTRA' 2015. Image courtesy of the artist
Born in Cuba, Antuan Rodriguez fascinated by the power of Art. As he states, Art has an excellent relationship with seduction, slowly revealing us thought and reality. Thus, he wants to make the observer part of the artwork, with the intention to touch the moment. Definitely worth a visit.
Rubell Family Collection
High Anxiety: New Acquisitions
November 30, 2016 - August 25, 2017
Set on the museum's second floor, this exhibition showcases selections of artworks from 32 artists acquired by the Rubells the past two years. This exhibition is a great way to see which upcoming artists and is worth paying attention to.
Frank Benson, ‘Juliana’, 2015 | Courtesy New Museum, New York. © Benoit Pailley
Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Untitled, 2013 Courtesy Galleria Pack
Originally founded for education equality in Cuba in 1962, this institution has evolved into much more. The Shelley and Donald Rubin Private Collection of Cuban Art includes works by many of the island-nation’s foremost women artists. Spanning from the 1960s to the present, these works represent a wide range of media and genres. There is no doubt that this exhibition will be very interesting.