Generally speaking: Black means it's public and/or you can buy a ticket. Red means you need an invitation, a VIP pass, a press pass, an Exhibitor's pass, and sometimes two or three of those. Or you need to know the publicist or host.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 9 am to noon
Visit Miami-Dade public art, including works by Claes Oldenburg, Edward Ruscha, Michele Oka Doner, Norie Sato, among others. Guided bus tours, with maps. Public. For information write to publicart@miami-dade.gov. Public.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 9 pm to noon
Domino magazine/Jennifer Rubell brunch at the Rubell Family Collection; 95 NW 29th Street; invitation only
Thurs. Dec. 6, 9 am to 2 pm
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, special exhibit, sculpture from Marty Margulies’s private collection including de Kooning, Judd, Flavin, Lichtenstein, Miro, Noguchi, Oldenburg, Segal, Serra, Smith, Warhol; free, 581 NW 27th Street, Miami. Web. Public.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 9 am to noon
Collector’s Coffee with Craig Robins, at his office/art gallery in the Design District; Dacra offices, 3841 NE Second Avenue, Suite 400, Design District, Miami. www.themoorespace.com public.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 9 am to noon
Breakfast and open house, CIFO, 1018 N. Miami Avenue, Miami www.cifo.org public
Thurs. Dec. 6, 9 am to noon
Opening party for Enoc Perez’s 35 paintings and works on paper depicting Modernist New York skyscrapers at MOCA at the Goldman Warehouse, 404 NW 26th Street. www.mocanomi.org Invitation,. Part of the Wynwood Art District Tour. RSVP 305 893 6211.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 9 am to 5 pm
Jorge Pardo, “House,” museum exhibition at MOCA, 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami. Adults $5, seniors, $3. Free shuttle bus every 30 minutes from the Sagamore Hotel, 1671 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, from 9 am to 1 pm.
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Thurs. Dec. 6 9 am
Open
house, Hernan Bas, John Stezaker, “Euro-Centric, Part 1,” new European
art from the Rubell collection; the Rubell Family Collection, 95 NW 29th Street, Wynwood, Miami. www.rubellfamilycollection.com public
Thurs. Dec. 6 9 am to noon
Wynwood
tour of 40 spaces including MOCA at the Goldman Warehouse, World Class
Boxing, Locust Projects, CasaLin. Get map at VIP desk in the Convention
Center. Public access.
Thurs., Dec. 6 11 am to 6 pm
Casa Décor, 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. $22.50. www.casadecor-usa.com
Thurs. Dec. 6, 11 am to 7 pm
Art Miami, $15 adults, $9 seniors, children under 12 free. NW Second Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets. www.art-miami.com
Thurs. Dec. 6 11 am to 8 pm
The
Art Sound Lounge; audio pieces by contemporary artists, working in
sound and music, curated by David Weinstein of PS1 at the Cartier Dome
in the Botanical Garden Building, across from the Convention Center.
Public.
Thurs. Dec. 6 11 am to 8 pm
The
Art Video Lounge, a program of video art, curated by Michael Darling,
Jon and Mary Shirley, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the
Seattle Art Museum. Public
Thurs. Dec. 6 noon to 8 pm
This
is what it’s all about: 200 international galleries display their wares
at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Halls A & D. Admission $30 a
day, $15 evening only, $65 permanent pass.
Thurs. Dec. 6 4 pm to 7 pm
Drinks
and book signing with the architect Chad Oppenheim at the Art
Collectors Lounge, Booth S8, Hall D, Convention Center, sponsored by
Dellis Cay.
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Thurs. Dec. 6, 1 pm to 9 pm
Sea Fair, the Miami Beach Marina, 300 Alton Road; free admission with reservation, www.expoships.com
Thurs. Dec. 6, 2 pm to 10 pm
Art Positions honors skateboard culture, Collins Park, 21st Street, Miami Beach public
Thurs. Dec. 6, 5 pm to 7 pm
Press
Preview, “Light Sock” by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Swarovski Crystal
Palace, the Moore Building, 4040 Second Avenue, Design District. Press
Thurs. Dec. 6, 5 pm to 7 pm
Collectors’ preview, Design Miami/ NE 40th Street and NE Second Avenue; invitation only.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 6 pm
Opening
of the Artek Pavilion, Palm Lot, 140 NE 39th Street, with Tom Dixon,
Creative Director of Artek, demonstrating "the Art of Recycling." (We
don't think this means separating bottles and cans.) Invitation only.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 6 pm to 7 pm
Press preview, Design Miami/ 40th and Second Avenue. Press
Thurs. Dec 6, 6 pm to 8 pm
Book
signing of “Out,” a compendium of snapshots of the drugged and famous
at Studio 54 in the 70s, Bob Colacello, Raleigh Hotel (invitation, but
try waltzing in and buying a book… it’s a paperback, but expensive).
Thurs. Dec 6, 7 pm
Cocktail party at the UBS Lounge in the Convention Center. Know someone, or ask to speak to someone about “wealth management.”
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Thurs. Dec. 6, 7 pm to 10 pm
The
Art Basel Party on the Plaza; 1,000 art collectors, celebrities and
museum patrons enjoy live music, creative cocktails, hors d’oeuvres,
fresh air and a new moon at 101 Flagler Street, downtown Miami, between
the Miami Art Museum (MAM) and the Historical Museum of South Florida.
Admittance to MAM Contributing members ($250) and above, and Art Basel
VIP card holders. Invitation only.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 7 pm to 9 pm
Public reception for "The Art of Recycling," the Artek Pavilion, the Palm Lot, 140 NE 39th Street.
Thurs. Dec. 6
Sotheby's
private dinner with Edouard Ettedgui, CEO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Group, Dennis Hopper, Vivienne Tam, Kenzo Takada and the Chinese
artist Zeng Fanzhi, among others. Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 500 Brickell
Key. Invitation.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 7 pm
Opening
of the exhibit “The Hilton Brothers” (two photographers, Christopher
Makos and Paul Solberg, do their take on Andy Warhol and flowers);
Kartell, 170 NE 40th Street, Design District; www.kartell.it Invitation
Thurs. Dec. 6, 7 pm to 9 pm
Cocktail
party, to celebrate art created with limited materials (denim and
rivets, in fact, exactly the denim and rivets that make up 7 for all
Mankind jeans); sponsored by the Conde Nast media group, at the NADA
Art Fair, the Ice Palace, 1400 N. Miami Ave. (If you’re a
fashionista/o, and think you should be there, try the people at ksvp
media, 305 604 5787.)
Thurs. Dec. 6, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
A
champagne lecture by the less-quiet of the two Bourellec brothers,
Erwan, sponsored by Wallpaper magazine. (The other brother is Ronan,
just in case you forgot.) At the new Ligne Roset store in the Design
District. In attendance, Rosets pere et fils. Invitation only. (Know
someone at Clifford PR. RSVPs by Dec. 4)
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Thurs. Dec. 6 7 pm to 11 pm
Here comes the other shoe: the vernissage for Design Miami/, NE Second and 40th
Street. This is the third year, and in the past two years the
vernissage has left not enough room to breathe. The groovy New York
store Moss is going to be inside the building this year, and several
other galleries are new; the galleries you loved last year are back.
Invitation only.
Design Miami satellite exhibits:
Grandmateria, Loft Building, 3627 NE First Court
An exhibition of new designs from the UK, including lighting, concept seating and poetic storage.
One Laptop Per Child, Luminaire Lab, Newton Building, 3901 NE Second Avenue
A collaboration between the MIT Media Lab and Fuseproject; with art created on the computers by
artists like Cindy Sherman, Chris Ofili, Olafur Eliasson. The art will be auctioned online.
“Space of Silence,” Palm Lot, 140 NE 39th Street
The Artek pavilion “Space of Silence,” a shelter designed by Shigeru Ban, and containing 100 Artek
2nd Cycle chairs that recycle parts of old furniture by Alvar Alto.
“Fragiles” the Marcy Building, 3852 N. Miami Ave.
Contemporary porcelain, ceramic and glass by Arne Quinze for Die Gestalten Verlag and other pieces
by Jurgen Bey and Ettore Sottsass.
“Light Showers” in the Chatham Building, 155 NE 40th Street
The Morris Sato Studio of TK designs a platform to put seven people into a matrix of Light Emitting
Diodes and water. Presented by Corian/Dupont and Material ConneXion.
“Ikepod” in the Chatham Building, 155 NE 40th Street
A presentation of hand-built Swiss time pieces, designed by Marc Newson, as well as a peek at
Newson’s interactive Astrium Space Plane and his all-metal surfboard.
“The Farm Project” Palm Lot, 140 NE 39th Street
Mike Meire, the chief designer at Dornbracht in Germany, takes the kitchen back 100 years. In
Germany, when this was produced, it involved live sheep, pigs and chickens. This time around
we are being promised two lambs, two pigs, four guinea pigs (or maybe rabbits), five chickens,
four canaries and three trout. Chickens are not unknown wandering around Miami, but the
rest of the critters? We’ll see what the city of Miami has to say…
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Thurs. Dec. 6, 7 to 11 pm
Vernissage,
“Light Sock” by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Swarovski Crystal Palace,
the Moore Building, 4040 Second Avenue, Design District (invitation
only).
Thurs. Dec. 6, 7 pm to midnight
Opening
reception, “Beyond Icons: Contemporary Chinese Art in Miami” in the
Newton Building, 3901 NE Second Avenue, Design District, Miami.
Invitation
Thurs. Dec. 6, 7:30 pm
Holiday concert by the New World School of the Arts high school choir, 464 NE 16th Street; adults, $10, students, $5; www.mdc.edu/nwsa public
Thurs. Dec. 6, 8 pm to 10 pm
MOCA
Shakers Salsa Party for the artist Enoc Perez, sponsored by Travel
& Leisure and Grey Goose Vodka; the Tides Hotel, 1220 Collins
Avenue, Miami Beach; MOCA Shaker Membership (young international
patrons), $150 a person, $250 a couple.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 8:30 to midnight
Opening of Russian Miami 2007, Collins Building, 139 NE 39th Street, by invitation, VIP card, Exhibitor pass, press pass.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 7 pm
Opening
cocktails for the Contemporary Asian Art assembled by Sotheby’s in the
lobby of the Mandarin Oriental, 500 Brickell Key; invitation only
Thurs. Dec. 6, 8 pm
Performance
art, “Self-Portrait Fight” at Scope, in which a man remade his body as
a trained boxer. Yes, Gold’s Gym, Miami Beach. But this is art. Scope,
101 NW 34th Street. Admission, $12.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 8 pm
FLOCK,
participatory performance with saxophones, computers and electronic
transmitters. Carnival Center, 1400 Biscayne Blvd., tickets, $25, www.carnivalcenter.org.
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Thurs. Dec. 6 8 pm to 10 pm
Juried art show, New World School of the Arts, 25 NE Second Avenue, Miami-Dade College, downtown Miami. Public
Thurs. Dec. 6 8 pm-ish
If
you don't know ASW means "a Small World," and you haven't been invited
to join, too late for you. It's like a European Facebook for young,
rich people, and people who would like you to think they are young,
rich Europeans. After all, there are 4,000 members right in Miami, a
lot of them publicists flogging their own events. In any case, tonight,
by invitation only the ASW members party on the rooftop of the
Sanctuary Hotel, 1745 James Avenue. (It's a beautiful spot, but don't
fall in the reflecting pool.) Afterparty, Mokai. Needless to say,
Invitation only.
Thurs. Dec. 6 8 pm
A
97-minute film about Will Eisner, father of American comic books,
Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Avenue. Tickets, $$ www.jewishmuseum.com
Thurs. Dec. 6 9 pm to 1 am
The Ball of Artists, an event conceived by artists for artists at Vizcaya. (You want in? Write to Arthur Cravan, arthurcravan87@gmail.com) Otherwise, invitation only.
Thurs. Dec. 6, 11 pm to …
Scope party at Opium Gardens, 136 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach; VIP card holders and exhibitors only.
Satellite openings and previews: Zones
brunch 8 am to 1 pm (public); Fountain Miami, press brunch, 9 am to 11
am; Red Dot Fair preview, 7 to 9 pm (public); M*A*S*H opening, 8 pm to
midnight (VIP and invitation only)
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