From today's fair edition: MIAMI. The rise and rise of the mega-gallery—intent on creating a global brand—has never been more obvious than this week at Art Basel Miami Beach. The fair’s floorplan is something of a blueprint for the increasingly hierarchical market, with the best spots in the convention centre given over to dealers such as Barbara Gladstone (H13), David Zwirner (J19), Gagosian Gallery (J13), Pace (C10) and, at the oceanfront entrance, Hauser & Wirth (K17). “The market now concentrates on the bigger and the bolder. It isn’t just about multiple cities but also multiple sites in the same cities,” says dealer Thaddaeus Ropac (C11), who this year opened a second, larger, space in Salzburg and is soon to do the same in Paris... READ MORE Who needs celebrities? It’s the serious collectors that count Steady nerve required by dealers as buyers take their time—but lower price points encouraged sales But gallery says there’s no formal deal with Asher Edelman over artist Is Cheim & Read planning to open a new space in West Hollywood? After an eight-month search, Marianne Goebl has been chosen That’s why birds do it, bees do it… Dolphins do it every which way, spiders enjoy a bit of bondage, and Noah’s Ark must have been a menagerie of hermaphrodites, transgenders and homosexuals. Or so film grand dame Isabella Rossellini reveals in her five most recent short films which she premiered at the Wolfsonian Museum on Friday night... all articles video Richard Jackson talks about Dick's Ducks, a colourful installation which featured on the Hauser and Wirth stand at the 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach fair.
The piece was installed and completed on site when paint was pumped through five large, brightly coloured fibreglass ducks. Interview by Jean Wainwright. Anna Somers Cocks talks to one of Miami`s most influential collectors of contemporary art on the role her Foundation has played in improving opportunities for artists and communities from Central and Southern America. more videos offers 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. |
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