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1 December 2010 Art Basel Miami Beach day 1 A selection of articles from today's fair edition. Click here to download the copmplete printed edition (PDF) Current issue The Art Newspaper includes more than 80 pages of reports, analysis and features. Click here for a full list of articles in the current and previous issues. unsubscribe You received this email from The Art Newspaper because you are on the Thursday newsletter list. Unsubscribe to permanently remove yourself from this list. From today's fair edition: Material matters in Miami MIAMI. While galleries wait to see whether the market is really on the mend, the abundance of large-scale works in the ninth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach suggests that the cash registers have been ringing at the shipping companies at least. Gargantuan works dominated Art Basel Miami Beach at the height of the boom in 2007, but shrank in 2008, with tentative displays of domestically sized, mainly two-dimensional works. This year's fair, opening to VIPs today, sees a reinflation in scale and a return to three dimensions. Yet sculpture is traditionally more expensive to make, slower to sell and costlier to ship than paintings. "If dealers are bringing more large-scale work, they must feel there is a market for it—especially in an art fair where every square foot matters," says private ­adviser Allan Schwartzman... READ MORE Puma backs Caribbean artists Sportswear company sponsors Bass Museum programme Design Miami makes most of its move Miami Beach brings new clientele The rich legacy of arte povera Michelangelo Pistoletto will discuss the enduring influence of the movement at one of this year's highlight events Museum to break ground in Guadalajara Work begins on Herzog and de Meuron building Viva la diva "Miami is totally important as a revolutionary outpost of my art dictatorship," Jonathan Meese boldly declared at North Miami MoCA... Sunny side up The great and the good of Miami’s art scene turned out yesterday for the much anticipated groundbreaking of Miami Art Museum's (MAM) Herzog and de Meuron-designed building... all articles   video The Margulies Collection The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse near downtown Miami represents one of the most important collections of contemporary and vintage photography, video, sculpture and installation in the world. Works from current artists such as Olafur Eliasson and Ernesto Neto rub shoulders with those from some of the 20th centuries' greats; Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Joan Miró. . At Home with the Rubells (pt 1) Anna Somers Cocks talks with two of America's largest collectors of contemporary art about why they are based in Miami, how they started their collection and the legacy they hope to leave. more videos offers 25% off a gift subscription Give a year's subscription to THE ART NEWSPAPER to your friend, colleague or client this holiday season and each month they will receive the latest news, gossip, art market analysis and reportage from the international art world. The recipient will receive an Art Newspaper greeting card with a personalised handwritten message and a custom made Art Newspaper Gift Box before 25th December, notifying them of their gift. To guarantee delivery before 25th December please order before 10th December. ©The Art Newspaper, 70 South Lambeth Rd, London SW8 1RL +44 20 7735 3331 www.theartnewspaper.com