December 3 through 9, 2007
Events, Openings, Exhibits, Parties
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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.
Mon., Dec. 3 9 am
Art Expo’s “In Fashion ’07” works by fashion photographers. Surfcomber Hotel, 1717 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. Admission, $10, no one under 18 admitted. Public.
Mon. Dec. 3 9 am to 2 pm
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Marty Margulies’s private collection including sculptures by de Kooning, Judd, Flavin, Lichtenstein, Miro, Noguchi, Oldenburg, Segal, Serra, Smith, Warhol; 581 NW 27th Street, Miami. www.margulieswarehouse.com. Public.
Mon. Dec. 3 10 am to 9 pm
The Art Center of South Florida’s Basel on the Beach exhibit, the 1500 Ocean Drive condo, free, (message: please buy a condo), also reception for artists from 6 pm to 9 pm. 1500 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach. Public.
Mon. Dec. 3 11 am to 6 pm
Casa Décor, second annual Miami show house, with rooms by, among others, NC-Office, Max Strang, Leo A. Daly, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), XO Living, and outdoor spaces by Chad Oppenheim, Jefre Figueras Manuel and Luis Pons; 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. Admission $22.50. www.casadecor-usa.com
Mon. Dec. 3 1 pm to 9 pm
Sea Fair, the art show on a megayacht, Miami Beach Marina, 300 Alton Road; free admission with reservation, www.expoships.
Mon. Dec. 3 7 pm
“Inside the Music,” free evening with the New World Symphony, Lincoln Theater, 541 Lincoln Road, map, no ticket required www.nws.edu
Go to bed early; things really heat up tomorrow
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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.
Tues. Dec. 4 9 am to 2 pm
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse; sculpture including de Kooning, Judd, Flavin, Lichtenstein, Miro, Noguchi, Oldenburg, Segal, Serra, Smith, Warhol; free, 581 NW 27th Street, Miami. www.marguliesatthewarehouse.com; Public.
Tues., Dec. 4 11 am to 6 pm
Casa Décor, 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. $22.50. www.casadecor-usa.com
Tues. Dec. 4 11:30 London Time
Foscarini’s LUX 8, the eighth issue of the visionary design magazine, is being launched at the Tate Modern today. No. 8 explores “simplicity from the binary code that governs our cyber-society to the staple jeans that have not only changed the way we dress but are also a century-old status symbol, through to the way we interact with technical objects.” Doesn’t sound very simple to us, but write F.GIACCHETTO@FOSCARINI.COM to find out about getting a copy.
Tues. Dec. 4 1 pm to 9 pm
Sea Fair, the Miami Beach Marina, 300 Alton Road; free admission with reservation, www.expoships.com
Tues. Dec. 4 2 pm to 5 pm
Opening of Roy Lichtenstein sculpture at the Fairchild Garden, reservations, VIP card or exhibitor’s pass. Coral Gables.
Tues. Dec. 4 3 pm to 6 pm
Press preview, Art Miami (a longstanding fair, usually in January, that has moved to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach); NW Second Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets. www.art-miami.com Press and VIP, invitation only.
Tues. Dec. 4 4 pm
Private tour of the Sagamore collection. Sagamore Hotel, 1621 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach; www.sagamorehotel.com; VIP or invitation
Tues. Dec. 4 5 pm to 8
Book launch for "Miami Contemporary Artists" (2007) by Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow; signing; books are $49.95; at the Sagamore, "the Art Hotel," at 1671 Collins Avenue www.sagamorehotel.com. Sponsored by Moet & Chandon and Clear magazine. VIP or invitation
Tues. Dec. 4 5 pm to 7 pm
Lecture by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev on the sound/film/video installation “Forty Part Motet” by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, at the Freedom Tower; 600 Biscayne Boulevard. A MAM program. www.miamiartmuseum.org Public.
Tues. Dec. 4
The unveiling of the Marc Newson fence, created especially for the Design & Architecture High School (DASH), which is located on NE Second Avenue, in the Design District. The fence is a donation from Craig Robins, the head of Dacra, a Miami developer.
Tues. Dec. 4 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Reception for local press (we’re sure the New Yorkers and foreign press can get in to this combination office and Craig Robins art gallery and get all the inside scoop from the local press); Dacra, 3841 NE Second Avenue, Suite 400, Design District, Miami. Press.
Tues. Dec. 4 6 pm to 8 pm
Opening reception of the “multisensory” Interior Design by Mundus Vivendi at Poltrona Frau, 10 NE 39th Street, Design District, Miami. Invitation.
Tues, Dec. 4 6 pm to 10 pm
Preview, Photography Show Miami, by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD); www.aipad.com (the rumor is that Lou Reed will be there signing his new book of photographs) Invitation.
Tues. Dec. 4 6 pm to 9 pm
Opening night party, Art Miami, NW Second Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets. www.art-miami.com Invitation.
Tues. Dec. 4 Evening
Stephanie Sacco Gallery, video installation on Biscayne Boulevard, the MiMo District. Public.
Tues. Dec. 4, 6 pm to 8 pm
Cocktail party at the ballroom of the Raleigh to launch The New York Times T magazine online; with Andre Balazs, Stefano Tonchi, Horacio Silva; Raleigh Hotel, 1775 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. Invitation.
Tues., Dec. 4, 7 pm to 9 pm
Art in America party, MOCA, Jorge Pardo’s “House,” and Pablo Cano; 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami. MAP, www.mocanomi.org; free shuttle bus from the Sagamore Hotel, 1671 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. Trip will take 30 to 40 minutes. General admission, $25; free for VIPs and Exhibitors, residents and employees of North Miami and MOCA members.
Tues. Dec. 4 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
The Moooi Miami Welcome Party, at Moooi, 3438 N. Miami Avenue, RSVP to rsvp@moooimiami.com, and you want to try to talk your way in, call Frances Alban, 305 677 5000. Invitation.
Tues. Dec. 4
NetJets party for high rollers and high flyers in Miami Beach; be a Netjets member. Invitation
Tues. Dec. 4, 8 pm
The Argentine rock bank Soda Stereo, reunion tour, American Airlines Arena, $55 to $160, www.ticketmaster.com.
Tues. Dec. 4, 9 pm to midnight
Opening party, “French Kissing in the U.S.A.,” a show of the contemporary French art scene, Moore Space, 4040 NE Second Avenue, second floor. Invitation, VIP card or exhibitor’s pass.
Satellite previews and VIP Openings: NADA, benefit preview, 4 to 9, tickets, $100; Aqua Art, 5 to 8 (public); Photo Miami, 6 to 10 pm (invitation only); Pulse preview (invitation only)
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| Book Signing, the Sagamore, Dec. 4 at 7 pm |
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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.
Wed. Dec. 5
Morning press registration for Art Basel Miami Beach. Last year 1,400 “journalists” registered. It’s clearly a way to get into events, plus you get a free catalog. We’re not saying you should lie. We’re saying a lot of people are already lying. Second floor, Miami Beach Convention Center.
Wed. Dec. 5 9 am to noon
Open house, “French Kissing in the U.S.A.” at the Moore Space, 4040 NE Second Ave., Second Floor, Design District, Miami, www.themoorespace.com public.
Wed. Dec. 5 9 am to noon
Breakfast and open house, CIFO, 1018 N. Miami Avenue, Miami www.cifo.org public
Wed. Dec. 5 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
Wed. Dec. 5 9 am to 2 pm
Open house, 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. www.margulieswarehouse.com public.
Wed. Dec. 5 10:30 pm
Fluxus Concert, with Robert Chambers. At CIFO, 10th Street and North Miami Avenue, Downtown Miami. Public
Wed. Dec. 5 11 am to noon
Opening Art Video Lounge, Botanical Garden Building, and look for the Cartier Dome, 2000 Convention Center Drive public
Wed. Dec. 5 11 am to 6 pm
Casa Décor, 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. $22.50. Miami. www.casadecor-usa.com
Wed. Dec. 5 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.
Wed. Dec. 5, 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
Wed. Dec. 5 Noon at the Convention Center
Stampede of the high rollers. You may not be able to get inside, but watch big-time buyers and people like Glenn Lowry of MoMA and Lisa Dennison of Sotheby’s get an extra early start. By the time of the Vernissage, the big-deal pieces will already be sold.
Wed. Dec. 5 1 pm to 9 pm
Sea Fair, the Miami Beach Marina, 300 Alton Road; free admission with reservation, www.expoships.com
Wed. Dec. 5 Vernissage, 5 to 8 pm, preview
This is the official start to the fair. If you want to see the Lou Reed film by Julian Schnabel on Saturday night, run straight for the VIP desk and ask for a free ticket. While you’re at it, get a free ticket for the Jacques Herzog lecture on Friday night too. Both are at the Colony Theater on Lincoln Road. Also, ask for the map of the walking tour of Wynwood, which starts at 9 am tomorrow morning. And wisdom of the Vernissage: unless you want to pay $15 for a flute of champagne, you will have to talk your way into the UBS lounge, the Island Gardens Lounge or the Dellis Cay booth at S8, which opens for early birds at 4 pm. Entrance to Vernissage: invitation, VIP card, press pass or exhibitor pass.
Wed. Dec. 5, 6 pm to 10 pm
Opening Art Positions, 20 cutting edge art galleries display works in shipping containers on the beach. (Yeah, but when they started doing it, in 2002, it was a new idea.) Don’t wear high heels. DJs selected by Alanna Heiss, curator at PS1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, and Klaus Biesenbach, curator of the media department at the Museum of Modern Art. Also performance art. Free, open to the public.
Wed. Dec. 5, 6 pm to 10 pm
Book signing reception for “Aqua: Miami Modern by the Sea,” a book about the architect-design project on Allison Island by Beth Dunlop and Terry Riley, with photographs by Steven Brooke; 201 Aqua Avenue, South Pool, Allison Island, 162nd Street, west of Collins Avenue. Invitation
Wed. Dec 5
Very private dinner celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Emilio Pucci line with Laudomia Pucci Castellano, Delphine Arnault-Gancia (voted one of the 50 women to watch by The Wall Street Journal) and the designer Matthew Williamson; at 4821 Pine Tree Drive; invitation only (we’ve seen an increasing number of Pucci prints inside the Convention Center during Art Basel, but that alone won’t get you an invitation; only a close connection at LVMH will help.)
Wed. Dec. 5
Opening of the Sound and Video lounges and Cartier Dome in the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Across from the Convention Center. Public.
Wed. Dec. 5
A very private dinner party for just the number of people who fit around the table on Terry Riley’s patio in the Design District. Invitation only, and don’t try for an invitation unless you want to make a significant commitment to the Miami Art Museum, or already have.
Wed. Dec. 5 7 – 11 pm
Invitation only, UBS dinner in a tent on the beach behind the Delano. If you want to try to get in, talk to someone at their publicity company, Ruder & Finn, but be aware that UBS has 4,000 clients and special guests at Art Basel this year.
Wed. Dec. 5, 8 pm
The Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, reunion tour, American Airlines Arena, $55 to $160, www.ticketmaster.com.
Wed. Dec. 5
Scope Dinner for 150 at the Rubell Family Collection, 95 NW 29th Street, Miami. Invitation.
Wed. Dec. 5 9 pm to ...
Welcome cocktail party at the Delano, 1685 Collins, Miami Beach. VIP, press or invitation only.
Wed. Dec. 5, 8 pm – 10 pm
Opening, Bass Museum, “Promises of Paradise” photo exhibit, Mid-Century Miami, in architecture and design. By invitation, VIP card, exhibitor’s pass, press pass, member.
Wed. Dec. 5 10 pm to 11 pm
Art Loves Music, a free rock performance at 21st Street and the Beach; last year Peaches finished her performance by tearing off her clothes and jumping into the ocean, followed by dozens of her fans. This year, the rumor is that it's Iggy Pop and the Stooges.
Wed. Dec. 5 late
Jeffrey Deitch party at the ballroom of the Raleigh Hotel, with performance by CocoRosie (by invitation; try only if you already know someone cool, like Nadine Johnson, or Jeffrey Deitch; after all, they expect only 800 people)
Openings and previews: Scope brunch, 10 am to noon (VIP or $50 contribution); INK Miami brunch, 10 am to noon (invitation?); Scope reception, 3 pm to 5 pm (VIP or $50 contribution); Flow opening 6 pm to 10 (public) Ram Miami, 9 to midnight (public)
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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 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.
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.
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.”
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)
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 openings:
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…
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.
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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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.
Fri. Dec. 7 noon to 8 pm
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.
Fri. Dec. 7 9 am to noon
Visit to artists’ studios, Design District. Maps (and you will need them) distributed at the Moore Space, 4040 Second Avenue, second Floor.
Fri. Dec. 7 9 am to noon
If we're all very lucky, Rosa de la Cruz will let us into the de la Cruz house/museum in Key Biscayne and we can see what they have added this year. There is a strict guest list, so don't try to crash. This is one of the most civilized and exciting events in all of Art Basel. And the little tables on the water, the wait staff. All superbly done. The art isn't bad either.
Fri. Dec. 7 9 am to 2 pm
Open house, the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, 581 NW 27th Street, Miami. www.webaddress.com Public.
Fri. Dec. 7 9 am to noon
Open house, the Moore Space, 4040 NE Second Ave., Second Floor, Design District, Miami, www.themoorespace.com. Public.
Fri. Dec. 7 9 am to noon
Breakfast and open house, CIFO, 1018 N. Miami Avenue, Miami www.cifo.org. Public
Fri. Dec. 7 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. VIP card and Exhibitor’s Pass
Fri. Dec. 7 9 am
Open house, the Rubell Family Collection, 95 NW 29th Street, Wynwood, Miami. www.rubellfamilycollection.com. Public
Fri. Dec. 7 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.
Fri. Dec 7 9 am to noon
Emmanuel Javogue’s collection of Mid-Century prototype furniture and painting in Wynwood. Open to the public this one day a year only.
Fri. Dec. 7 10 am to 6 pm
The first annual Pineapple festival in the Buena Vista East neighborhood. House tours, food, crafts, NE First Avenue between 40th Street and 46th Street.
Fri. Dec. 7 10 am to 11:30 am
Lecture by Ricky Burdett of the London School of Economics on A New Dawn for Downtown Miami. Chapman Conference Center, Miami-Dade College, downtown Miami. Co-sponsored by the Miami Art Museum. Panel will include Bernard Zyscovich and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. Free and open to the public. RSVP to Geraldine Guerra at 305 237 3222 or gguerra@mdc.edu.
Fri. Dec. 7, 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
Fri. Dec. 7 11 am to 11 pm
Casa Décor, 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. $22.50. www.casadecor-usa.com
Fri. Dec. 7 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.
Fri. Dec. 7 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
Fri. Dec. 7, 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.
Fri. Dec. 7 11 am to 7 pm
Design Miami/ at 191 NE 40th Street, the Design District, a global collection of design galleries, a place to see Martha Stewart and Donna Karan. In the Moore Building, at 5:30, a free lecture on “The Human Element: How Are Designers Preserving Soul in the 21st Century,” with Matali Crasset, Enzo Enea, Marcus Fairs, Chad Oppenheim and Stefan Sielaff. The Moore Building, 191 NE 40th Street. Admission to Design Miami/ $15/ students and seniors, $5. Plus, all those things that opened Thursday night, including the Swarovski Crystal Palace commission, the show at Kartell, the show at Poltrona Frau and the Design Miami/ satellites in the Loft Building, the Newton Building, the Marcy Building and the Palm Lot.
Other Design District Events:
We don’t know what “performative” means in the Design Miami/ press release, but there will be design-y performances at the Loft Building, 3627 NE First Avenue, and the Chatham Building, 155 NE 40th Street, in the Design District. Those will include a porcelain ice cream cone (and possibly real ice cream), some kind of arty happening by someone called Wieki Somers, a pop-up tattoo parlor, three Dutch designers gluing paper together, participatory “felting,” someone splitting wood, something called photobooth seating and a hypnotist who will help a designer come up with new ideas. At the Oak Plaze, there will be glass making in action, starring designs by the Campana Brothers, Constantin Boym and Sigga Heimis. We’re feeling so old, but we’re so there. And these events will happen all over again on Saturday and Sunday. Public. (What is the charge for the tattoos? Anyone?)
Fri. Dec. 7 1 pm to 9 pm
Sea Fair, the Miami Beach Marina, 300 Alton Road; free admission with reservation, www.expoships.com
Fri. Dec. 7, 11 am to 5 pm
Jorge Pardo, “House,” museum exhibition at MOCA, 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami. Adults $5, seniors, $3.
Fri. Dec. 7 2 pm to 10 pm
Art Positions; 20 galleries in containers; Collins Park, 21st Street, Miami Beach
Fri. Dec. 7 4 pm to 7 pm
Drinks and book signing with Pierro Lissoni, Art Collectors Lounge, booth S8, Convention Center, Hall D, sponsored by Dellis Cay
Fri. Dec. 7 7 pm
Cocktail party at the UBS Lounge, Convention Center. Know someone.
Fri. Dec. 7 7 pm
Absinthe party at the PooL Art Fair, in honor of Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rambaud, Van Gogh, etc. $10 admission to the fair. Cavalier Hotel, 1320 Ocean Drive. (Pay no attention to their web site, which gives their address as 7230 Ocean Drive... too much sampling the Absinthe?) public
Fri. Dec. 7 6 pm to 8 pm
Cointreau Garden Lounge, ask for a free pink wristband at the door and have a free cocktail. You have to pay $22.50, however, if you want to tour Casa Décor itself; 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. Map. www.casadecor-usa.com
Fri. Dec. 7 6 pm to 10 pm
New this year, an Art Walk in the MiMo (that’s Miami Modern) area on Biscayne Boulevard. The walk starts at the Sacco Gallery, on NE 64th Street and continues to the Leiter Gallery, just behind UVA on 69th. Stop there or across the street for a glass of win. Don’t miss the Julian Chang boutique, the Karma Car Wash & Café (designed by Carlos Touzet), and remember that the best burger in Miami is at the unprepossessing Kingdom, near 67th on Biscayne. Farther up Biscayne is the Vagabond Motel. Come on, Eric. Why not show Pillow Talk on an outdoor screen at the Vagabond? Or Breakfast at Tiffany’s? The documentary Helvetica for the graphic art snobs out there?
Fri. Dec. 7 7 pm to 10 pm
Reception, the Art Center of South Florida, 800 Lincoln Road, Miami Contemporary Artists. Public.
Fri. Dec. 7 7 pm to 9 pm
Very private dinner for UBS and Island Gardens at a private home. Miami Beach. Don’t even try.
Fri. Dec. 7 8 pm to 10 pm
Design Miami/ Designer of the Year Dinner in honor of Tokujin Yoshioka, private residence, Sunset Island, invitation only. (This party usually starts small and spills over with friends of friends… everyone who is anyone in the design world will be there. Try info@susangrantlewin.com)
Fri. Dec. 7 8 pm to 11 pm
Reception, Stefan Sagmeister, French Interiors, photo montage, Dada at the Wolfsonian Museum, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Admission to VIP card, Exhibitor pass, Press pass.
Fri. Dec. 7 8 pm to 11 pm
UBS weekend celebration dinner in a tent on beach behind Delano; invitation only
Fri. Dec. 7 8:30 pm to 10 pm
“Art Loves Architecture,” a talk with the Swiss architect Jacques Herzog and the artist Doug Aitken, moderated by Terry Riley. Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new building on the water for the Miami Art Museum, headed by Terry Riley. At the Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. Free entry to the public with tickets that can be picked up at the VIP desk inside the Convention Center. (But note: the last time Jacques Herzog spoke in Miami, it was an overflow crowd.)
Friday, Dec. 7 9 pm to late
Tamara Mellon and Richard Phillips, private dinner celebrating Jimmy Choo. The Raleigh Hotel. (Invitation only… the envy of many… last year the gift bag was a Jimmy Choo handbag, if you think you have a chance, try Nadine Johnson, 212 228 5555.)
Friday, Dec. 7 9 pm to 1 am
Island Garden Art Nexus Party on Watson Island (on the MacArthur Causeway) with champagne, an orchestra and dancing. Invitation only. (Suggestion, know Mehmet Bayraktar, be Turkish or a realtor selling lots of condos at Island Gardens)
Fri. Dec. 7 9 pm to …
“Paint the Town Green” party, Ocean Drive with Kenny Scharf, at the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables. Invitation only or VIP card.
Fri. Dec. 7 9:30 pm to 11 pm
An Evening with Robert Wennett at 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach; invitation only (he’s doing the other Herzog & de Meuron building in greater Miami).
Satellite openings and events: Public tours, M*A*S*H*, 9 am to noon, 3800 N. Miami Ave.; Red Dot hangover brunch, 2 pm to 4 pm, sponsored by Surface magazine, at the South Seas Hotel, 1751 Collins.
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Sat. Dec. 8 (early)
Private plane leaves Miami carrying magazine writers to Dellis Cay, a luxury development on a private island in Turks & Caicos. There will be lunch and a walk on the sand, views of completed project, and a flight back before sundown. (Invitation only… be a journalist for a major magazine who is allowed to take junkets, and call Nadine Johnson, 212 228 5555) www.DellisCay.com
Sat. Dec. 8 9 am to noon
Back on planet Earth, visit far-flung artist’s studios; open to public. You’ll need a very good map. Write to info.chrism@gmail.com.
Sat. Dec. 8 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. VIP card and Exhibitor’s Pass
Sat. Dec. 8 9 am to noon
Last chance to see the Rosa de la Cruz collection, with her husband, at their home/museum in Key Biscayne. She keeps a strict list of art lovers, and gives many of the tours herself. Count yourself as very lucky if you are invited. And those pieces of paper in the front? Yes, you are supposed to take one. It's a "stack" piece by Felix Gonzales-Torres. Here is a German scholar on what another Gonzales-Torres piece means in a German museum. "Every visitor to the museum is free to take a piece of paper home with them as a souvenir, and any distinction between public and private sphere is thus undermined, as is also the traditional concept of the solidity of a sculpture, or the issue of its ownership. The matter of ownership is regulated by a certificate listing all the instructions and parameters for the manufacture of the sheets of paper." Torres himself says that the piece represents the body, "which is in a constant state of leaving." So now you won't be the only one there who doesn't understand that piece of art. By invitation only.
Sat. Dec. 8, 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.
Sat. Dec. 8 9 am to 2 pm
Open house, the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse; 581 NW 27th Street, Miami. Web. Public.
Sat. Dec. 8 9 am to noon
Open house, the Moore Space, 4040 NE Second Ave., Second Floor, Design District, Miami, www.themoorespace.com public.
Sat. Dec. 8 9 am to noon
Open house, CIFO, 1018 N. Miami Avenue, Miami www.cifo.org
Sat. Dec. 8 9 am
Open house, the Rubell Family Collection, 95 NW 29th Street, Wynwood, Miami. www.rubellfamilycollection.com
Sat. Dec. 8 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.
Sat. Dec. 8 9:30 am to noon
Reception at Vizcaya for Catherine Sullivan, “Triangle of Need” and Cristina Lei Rodriguez, “Struggling for Grandeur” at 3251 South Miami Avenue, Miami. VIP cards or invitation
Sat. Dec. 8 10 pm to 11:30 pm
Art Basel Conversation, Convention Center: “Women and Feminism in Art” Art Guest Lounge, Entrance Hall D. Public.
Sat. Dec. 8 10:30
Panel Discussion: Contemporary Art: Technology, Interactivity and the Object. Moderated by Dan Cameron, with Leandro Erlich, Jon Kessler and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. 1018 North Miami Avenue, Miami. Exhibition "Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection" open Thurs. through Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm. public.
Sat. Dec. 8 11 am to 7 pm
Art Miami, $15 adults, $9 seniors, children under 12 free. NW Second Avenue between 22nd and 23www.art-miami.com
Sat. Dec. 8 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 Buildird Streets. ng, across from the Convention Center. Public.
Sat. Dec. 8 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
Sat. Dec. 8 11 pm to midnight
Design Miami/ at 191 NE 40th Street, the Design District, a global collection of design galleries, a place to see Martha Stewart and Donna Karan. In the Moore Building, at 5:30, a free lecture on “Collecting Design: What Are the Strategies of major collectors and how do the art and design markets relate?” with Marc Benda, of the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York, Sheldon LaPierre, Craig Robins, Kenny Schachter, Lauren A. E. Schuker, and Richard Wright.” The Moore Building, 191 NE 40th Street. Admission to Design Miami/ $15.
Plus, all those things that opened Thursday night, including the Swarovski Crystal Palace commission, the show at Kartell, the show at Poltrona Frau and the Design Miami/ satellites in the Loft Building, the Newton Building, the Marcy Building and the Palm Lot.
Other Design District Events:
Design-y performances at the Loft Building, 3627 NE First Avenue, and the Chatham Building, 155 NE 40th Street, in the Design District. Those will include a porcelain ice cream cone (and possibly real ice cream), some kind of arty happening by someone called Wieki Somers, a pop-up tattoo parlor, three Dutch designers gluing paper together, participatory “felting,” someone splitting wood, something called photobooth seating and a hypnotist who will help a designer come up with new ideas. At the Oak Plaze, there will be glass making in action, starring designs by the Campana Brothers, Constantin Boym and Sigga Heimis. And then there are those tattoos.
Sat, Dec. 8 noon to 8 pm
200 international galleries display their wares at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Halls A & D. Admission $30 a day, $15 evening only.
Sat. Dec. 8 11 am to 11 pm
Casa Décor, 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. $22.50. www.casadecor-usa.com
Sat. Dec. 8 1 pm to 9 pm
Sea Fair, the Miami Beach Marina, 300 Alton Road; free admission with reservation, www.expoships.com
Sat. Dec. 8 2 pm to 10 pm
Art Positions; 20 galleries in containers; Collins Park, 21st Street, Miami Beach
Sat. Dec. 8 2 pm
Lecture, “Things I Have Learned in Life So Far,” by the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, reservations, tickets, $10, Wolfsonian, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. www.wolfsonian.edu
Sat. Dec. 8 4 pm
Panel discussion, "The Evolution of Community" Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Boulevard; Miami. www.artcentersf.org. Public.
Sat. Dec. 8 4 pm to 10 pm
PooL Art Fair, Cavalier Hotel, 1320 Ocean Drive. $10
Sat. Dec 8 5 pm to 6 pm
Alexis Hubshman presents a performance by Dynasty Handbag at the Scope art fair, 101 NW 34th Street, Miami, admission to fair, $12 or VIP card.
Sat. Dec. 8 7 pm
Cocktail party at the UBS Lounge, Convention Center. Know someone.
Sat. Dec. 8 7 pm
Absinthe party at the PooL Art Fair, in honor of Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rambaud, Van Gogh, etc. $10 admission to the fair. Cavalier Hotel, 1320 Ocean Drive. (Pay no attention to their web site, which gives their address as 7230 Ocean Drive... too much sampling the Absinthe?) public
Saturday, 7 pm to 9 pm
Art + Wine, drink Argentine wines and meet the Argentine artist Laura Rozen at Wine 69 in Miami, 6909 Biscayne Boulevard; there will be a charge for the wine, not the introduction. Public
Sat. Dec. 8 7 pm or so
Bentley Motors has invited its 50 top VIPs to dinner to view a new concept car by the New York designer Dror Benshetrit. They won't tell us where, but we're going to guess 2020 Biscayne Boulevard, at the local Bentley showroom... just in case you are one of the VIPs and missed getting your invitation. The rest of you, it's probably too late to buy just one Bentley to get in. Maybe five or six? Invitation.
Sat. Dec. 8 7 pm to 11 pm
Design Miami/ Nocturne; second chance to go to a cocktail party at the main Design Miami/ exhibit, with 26 design galleries including Moss, Friedman Benda, Cristina Grajales and R 20th Century from New York; Kenny Schachter ROVE Gallery and David Gill gallery from London; Galerie Patrick Seguin and Galerie Kreo from Paris and Galerie Dansk Mobelkunst from Copenhagen and Paris. Do not spill a drink on a $280,000 table, whatever you do. At NE 40th and NE Second Avenue, Design District; invitation or that cool black VIP card (or the regular Basel one, if that's all you have).
Sat. Dec. 8 7 pm to 11 pm
Design and Art Celebration, and Second Saturday openings of Wynwood and Design District galleries. Check locations at www.artcircuits.com. Public.
Sat. Dec. 8 8 pm
The New World Symphony, the Enigma Variations, $33 to $78, the Lincoln Theater on Lincoln Road, www.nws.edu
Sat. Dec. 8 8 pm
Holiday flashback, dance music of the 70s and 80s, $51.90 to $110.70. With Lisa Lisa, Stevie B. Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Knight Hall, 14th and Biscayne, Miami.
Sat. Dec. 8 8 pm to 11 pm
Poker tournament; artists like Westen Charles and Ivan Toth Depena take on art-lovers; an art installation will function as a bar; the Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami.
Sat. Dec. 8 8:30 pm
Art Loves Film, a special showing of “Lou Reed’s ‘Berlin’” at the Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road. Limited seating. Free tickets, but you should have picked them up a week ago.
Sat. Dec. 8 8 pm to 11 pm
Evening food and drink, Zones art fair, 2214 N. Miami Avenue, Miami
Sat. Dec. 8 7 pm to 1 am
The MAM gala, “Back to the Future,” cocktails at 7 pm, sit down dinner at 8, dancing (attendees must have tickets, $600 to $1,000 a person, up to $25,000 a table .. call 1/305-663 5307 or write to dchase@chasemiami.com) Museum Park, at 1001 Biscayne Boulevard.
Satellite fairs events: M*A*S*H*, open 8 pm to midnight, 3800 N. Miami Avenue
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| Kehinde Wiley painting for sale at Pulse, 2005 |
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Sun. Dec. 9 8 am to 5 pm
Farmers market and antiques and collectibles market, Lincoln Road http://www.antiquecollectiblemarket.com
Sun. Dec. 9 9 am to noon
Brunch, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Roy Lichtenstein sculpture; VIP card or Exhibitor’s pass.
Sun. Dec. 9 9 am to 2 pm
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse; 581 NW 27th Street, Miami. www.marguliesatthewarehouse.com public.
Sun. Dec. 9 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.
Sun. Dec. 9 10 am to 11:30 am
Art Basel Conversation: “Criticizing Art Criticism” (this one ought to be good!) Convention Center, Art Guest Lounge, Entrance, Hall D. Public.
Sun. Dec. 9 11 am to 5 pm
Art Miami, $15 adults, $9 seniors, children under 12 free. NW Second Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets. www.art-miami.com
Sun. Dec. 9 11 am to 7 pm
Design Miami/ at 191 NE 40th Street, the Design District, a global collection of design galleries. Free panel discussion at 5:30 “Material Innovators: How are cutting-edge designers harnessing the power of materials?” with George Beylerian, Ross Lovegrove, Greg Lynn and Tokujin Yoshioka, Design Miami/ Designer of the Year. The Moore Building, 191 NE 40th Street. Admission, $15.
Sun. Dec. 9 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.
Sun. Dec. 9 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
Sun. Dec 9 Brunch
The Sagamore Hotel, Collins Avenue. The unveiling of the Spencer Tunick photographs of hundreds of Miami and Miami Beach residents who were lured into taking off their clothes for art back in October. Invitation.
Sun Dec. 9 11 am to 6 pm
Casa Décor, 1444 Biscayne Boulevard. $22.50. Map. Closes December 16.
Sun. Dec. 9 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.
Sun. Dec. 9 9:30 am to noon
The Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. VIP, Exhibitor, Press
Sun. Dec. 9 9:30 am to noon
Breakfast in the Park at the Frost Art Museum, FIU, with an informal talk by the sculptor Tom Otterness, a tour of sculpture park and look at the nearly finished new art museum; SW 107th Avenue & 8th Street, www.frostartmuseum.com
Sun. Dec. 9 1 pm to 9 pm
Sea Fair, the Miami Beach Marina, 300 Alton Road; free admission with reservation, www.expoships.com
Sun. Dec. 9 2 pm to 10 pm
Art Positions; 20 galleries in containers; Collins Park, 21st Street, Miami Beach
Sun. Dec. 9 4pm to 10 pm
PooL Art Fair, $10 admission, with an absinthe party at 7 pm in honor of Picasso, Hemingway, Jarry (say jhah-ree), Degas and Wilde. At the Cavalier Hotel, 1320 Ocean Drive. (Do not pay any attention to pool's own web site, www.poolartfair.com, which gives the address as 7320 Ocean Drive.... too much sampling the Absinthe.) Public
Sun. Dec. 9 6 pm to 10 pm
Again with the Art Walk in the MiMo district on upper Biscayne Boulevard. By this point you may be ready to crawl instead of walk. But you can still park in the neighborhood, eat at Michy’s or Kingdom, buy something at Divine Trash, stop in for a last gallery or two, and then head out of town.
Sun. Dec. 9 8 pm
Gershwin Spectacular, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Theater, Lincoln Road
Sun. 9 pm to late
Closing night party, Scope, VIP and exhibitors (and if you don’t know how to get into one of these events by now, we’re not going to help you), at Club SET, 320 Lincoln Road; … music by Ray Milian
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| A Closet by the Campana Brothers, at the Moss gallery, 2005, Design District |
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