SATURDAY | DECEMBER 4
THE ART DISTRICTS
Some of the best visual displays during Art Basel Miami Beach take place away from the beach, across the causeways, and where the in crowd is always the art crowd. Miami’s three main art artists host the largest collection of museums, galleries, and exhibitions and serve as hubs for the week’s main fair.
WYNWOOD
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse (591 NW 27 St.) presents seasonal exhibitions of sculpture, photography, and video, and installation art from the renowned collection of Martin Z. Margulies in 45,000 square feet of space. Some highlights of this year’s exhibitions include Africa Photography and Video; Jene Highstein: Large Stone Carvings; and Michelangelo Pistoletto:
Broken Mirror Painting.
Rubell Family Collection (95 NW 29th St.) showcases How Soon is Now and Contemporary Art 1983–1991 from the Collection of Jason Rubell in the 45,000-square-foot museum.
David Castillo Gallery (2234 NW 2nd Ave.) The dilapidated-warehouse-turned-gallery displays international and local artists, both emerging and in mid careers. During Art Basel, David Castillo will showcase two group exhibitions; the main space will hold The Maginot Line, curated by Dennis Scholl, and includes works on paper by Daniel Arsham, Ben Berlow, Michael Berryhill, Nathan Carter, William de Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Mark Grotjahn, Marie Lorenz, Pepe Mar, and others. In the David Castillo Annex, A Gallery Projects is a selection of the gallery’s represented artists’ new works. Attend the opening reception for both exhibitions and the 42-Below Vodka-hosted lounge from 7 to 10 p.m.
DON’T MISS
Wynwood Walls, the street art mural park that is a collaboration between Tony Goldman and Jeffrey Deitch. The project features works by internationally respected artists that will use the walls of buildings owned by Goldman Properties as their canvas. This year will include the addition of six new murals, bringing the total number of murals to 18. There will also be a wall of themed stickers.
GRAB A BITE
Wynwood Kitchen and Bar (2550 NW 2nd Ave.) is set to premier during Art Basel for the international crowds. Goldman Properties founder Tony Goldman, who runs Joey’s and Wish, adds to the revitalizing neighborhood a 5,000-square-foot warehouse-turned-restaurant. The artist collective Dearraindrop will create an outdoor mural for the restaurant’s walls, and graffiti artist Shephard Fairey and Christian Awe will decorate the inside with murals.
DESIGN DISTRICT
Luminaire Lab (3901 NE 2nd Ave.)Contemporary home design leader Luminaire hosts an exhibition by renowned Italian designer Angelo Mangiarotti as well as a display of objects by avant-garde Gruppo T. The Lab will feature rising design stars like Francoi Brument, who specializes in sound waves and digital 3-D modeling techniques, and Japanese designer Nao Tamura. A special bonus is the Dezeen Watch Store, a pop-up installation of timepieces by the most important designers.
The de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space (23 NE 41st St.), houses works from the personal collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, two of Florida’s most prominent art collectors. This year’s inaugural exhibition is anchored in surrealism and inspired by Salvador Dali’s portrait of Dolores Suero Falla, Carlos de la Cruz’s mother.
Pepe Mar Solo Show (180 NE 39 St. Suite 222) The artist, known for his three-dimensional monster figures that are as grotesque as they are comical and playful, incorporates brand new materials into his artistic production, such as sculpted clay elements.
Rirkrit Tiravanija (Moore Building/4040 NE 2nd Ave. #103) The internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, who creates installations/events centered around eating, cooking, reading, or playing music, will curate an exhibition of emerging performance-based artists.
DON’T MISS
Jim Drain Public Art Project (NE 41 St. & NE 1st Ave.) Miami-based textile artist Jim Drain, who is the 2005 winner of the prestigious Baloise Art Prize, will transform the façade of a vacant lot in the Design District. The project, Small Reprieve, is a collaboration with the students of Design and Architecture Senior High School to create a vinyl wrap scrim that evokes a majestic stained glass.
WHAT’S NEW
BALLY Love (Moore Building/191 NE 40th St. Suite 101) The leather goods brand, Bally, and Art Basel have teamed up to bring a new dimension of fashion, philosophy, and love with Bally Love, a capsule collection of products created with a series of Swiss artists and the Bally design team. Their first collaboration is with Philippe Decrauzat, who’s known for his geometric and abstract designs.
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