| And Now, Nov 30, We Begin |
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| Vic Muniz, Chocolate Marilyn, Edwynn Houk Gallery, Convention Center, Booth B11 |
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Nov 30 Wed
Dueling breakfasts: at Ella Cisneros's CIFO, a light breakfast buffet from 9 to 11, and a chance to explore 60 pieces of art in her collection. CIFO Art Space, 1018 North Miami Avenue, Miami. (The breakfast is repeated on Saturday; the rest of the week CIFO is open without charge, and without breakfast.)
Nov 30 Wed
In the "couldn't be more different" category, from 9 am to noon, Jennifer Rubell offers her "food-art" breakfast, "Incubation." Expect yogurt to be made, and consumed, with honey. The art happening will continue from 9 to noon through Sunday. Yes, this is the Jennifer Rubell seen in New York magazine being drenched in honey. The Rubell Family Collection, 95 NW 29th Street, Wynwood, Miami.
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| Jennifer Rubell as seen in New York magazine |
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Art Basel Miami Beach, 2011, opens. Media center opens at 9 am. Media reception, 10 am, in the Art Collectors' Lounge for accredited journalists. Journalists allowed into the exhibition space starting at 11 am. Starting at noon, VIP guests, art advisers, museum staff, and heavy duty collectors are allowed into the exhibition. For those interested in schmoozing, the Vernissage for invited guests is from 6 pm to 9 pm.
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| Art Miami Opens to the Public, Midtown, Miami |
Art Miami, the if-you-can't-beat-them-join-them art fair, opens to the public with 100 exhibitors from 11 am to 7 pm, admission $15 for one day, $30 for multiple days. The fair runs through Dec. 3 from 11 am to 7 pm each day and from 11 am to 6 pm on Sunday, Dec. 4. Art Miami is in the big tent in Midtown. 3101 NE First Avenue, Miami
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| Tracey Snelling, Bless You God... , Pan American Art Projects, Art Miami |
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| Hernan Cedola, Time and Space fragment, Dot FiftyOne Gallery, Art Miami |
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| Chi Peng, Mood Is Never Better ..., Robischon Gallery, Art Miami |
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| Wilfredo Lam, Cernuda Fine Art, Art Miami |
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| Wendell Castle furniture, Barry Friedman, Art Miami |
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Nov 30 Wed
Christie’s exhibition of post-war and contemporary art, through Dec 3 at the J W Marriott Marquis Miami, previewing pieces that will be auctioned in London next February.
Nov 30 Wed
A cocktail party from Bally at the W South Beach to celebrate the Bally Love #2 Collection with Olaf Breuning, 7 to 9 pm, invitation only.
Nov 30 Wed
At the (maybe it's finished) Shelborne Hotel, a photo exhibition by Seth Browarnik, Miami's crack papp, starting at 9 am. Much later there on Wednesday will be a dinner for Browarnik, with Jason Binn. Exhibit open to the public; dinner by invitation only. And, then, if that isn't enough feting, there will be an invitation only party after that, styled by, and we're getting old school here, Susanne Bartsch, to celebrate the reopening of the Shelborne. The show continues through Sunday. Construction at the Shelborne will probably continue after that.
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Nov 30 Wed
Champagne cocktails at Acqualina Resort and spa -- waaaaaaaay uptown -- for Brazilian architects, sponsored by Ornare, 5 pm. Acqualina is at 17875 Collins Avenue, that's 178th Street and Collins. If you make the drive, you'll probably be welcome, even though it's invitation only. If not, come back down the beach about half way, to around Collins and 68th Street, and have dinner at one of the many Brazilian restaurants.
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| Sanford Biggers, Collins Park, free |
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| Opening Reception, Bass Museum, Miami Beach |
Opening for the Erwin Wurm multimedia exhibit, Bass Museum of Art, members and VIP, invitation only, 8 pm to 11 pm. Meanwhile, out in the plaza, or Collins Park, an event for everyone: some kind of performance art involving fire extinguishers, some chanting, sculpture, things too hard to explain by groups you've never heard of, unless you have been on the international art world circuit: Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine, and Alalaô presenting Ronald Duarte. In other words, it's cool, and it's free, and if you're not doing anything else, it will give you something to talk about. Opening from 8 to 11 pm. Other performances throughout the week. Collins Park, oceanfront. In other words, where Art Positions and Art Loves Music used to be.
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| The Raleigh and Soho Beach House for Two Private Parties |
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| The pool at the Raleigh Hotel |
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Nov 30 Tue
It's traditional, and just because Jeffrey Deitch is head of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, instead of a private gallerist in New York, that doesn't mean the tradition ends. Jeffrey, an art-world arbiter, and world-class funster, invites just a few hundred of his closest friends to come to the pool behind the Raleigh for his annual post-Vernissage party. Music by Soulwax and 2ManyDJs. By invitation only, or be a VIA, a very important artist. The Raleigh ain't what it used to be. With a renovation it may become even better.
| Nov 30 Wed
So which is the bigger name, Wendi Murdoch or Louis Vuitton? And what if Wendi Murdoch and Louis Vuitton combine to throw a beach-side barbecue at Soho Beach House, for Art.sy, which is sort of a dating site for art and people. Yeowza. To up the ante, the two other hosts are Dasha Zhukova and Carter Cleveland. And here's the thing about parties at Soho Beach House: people just stay and stay and stay, convinced they are at the hippest place in Miami. (Also, it's a really long wait for your car.) Invitation only.
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Nov 30
Timbaland and the artist Amrita Sen appear at a private party at B Bar at The Betsy. Invitation only.
Nov 30
A cocktail party at The Webster for the Last Magazine; invitation only.
Nov 30
Is it possible that this is the first party this week at the Herzog & de Meuron parking garage, otherwise known as 1111. This one is is a cocktail party for Alchemist, the way groovy clothing store in the glass box designed by Rene Gonzalez. Invitation only
We notice that we are missjng the W Hotel and the Delano, both of which are pretty much guaranteed to have something going on this night. And the Standard.
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| You know it's Bardot if it's red, here the Etts performing |
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Nov 30 Wed
Bardot, the cool loungy bar at 3456 North Miami Avenue (entrance in the back): tonight, a DJ set and around 11 pm a performance by Macy Gray, Martin Luther and the Roosevelt Collier Trio; cover charge $47. Miami
Nov 30 Wed
That other cool Wynwood lounge, Cafeina, at 297 NW 23rd Street, in Wynwood, will have Giants in the City at 9 pm. After 10 pm there is a $5 cover change, just to show you're serious. Miami
Nov 30 Wed
Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, is open late, with a great new menu and all those new Wynwood Walls to look at. WKB is at 2550 NW Second Avenue, Wynwood, Miami. The official Wednesday night closing is at 11 pm, but we can count on this being open after that.
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