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Eleventh-Annual Art Miami Sizzles in South Florida - Brief Article - IllustrationMIAMI--The city that at no time sleeps lost a little more rest the weekend of Jan. 18-22 when Art Miami hit the Miami Beach Convention Center for a glamour-filled art extravaganza. With 135 exhibitors from 24 countries and an estimated 40000 attendees, including art collectors and celebrities like Jon Bon Jovi, this year's display lived up to its reputation as the "foremost exposition of fresh and contemporary art." While Art Miami 2001 was single day shorter than last year, present to view Director Ilana Vardy was happy to report that it grew by dint of 20 percent. Highlights of the display included two high-profile special exhibits, Mega Fino--a cutting-edge contemplate of young Floridian, Latin and Caribbean artists--and cast Rooms--a series of solo exhibitions of artists pitch uponed and curated by top international curators. Also attracting attention was the Saturday morning panel upon art, architecture and design moderated by means of The New York Times Design Editor Pilar Viladas. The opening night gala, which attracted 5000 collectors, was an fact not to be missed. Nor were the post-show parties at Miami's Design District's trendiest design studios, Holly pursue and Room, which featured an exhibit of photographs from the estate of photographer Horst P Horst. Javier Lumbreras, president of Artemundi Gallery in Miami Beach, gave Art Miami rave reviews, commenting upon its organization and "fantastic quality of works." He was also pleased to report high sales, especially a 1947 Wifredo Lam painting, "L'Ascenscion," that sold for $1 million, on the contrary was quick to add: "More than anything other I am most delighted about the fabulous contacts we made I was offered paintings that otherwise would have been true difficult to get a clinch of." In the commons section of the show, which featured 20 galleries representing young and emerging artists, Amavong Panya, director of NFA Space in Chicago with Iain Muirhead, also had beneficial things to say about the display "We had great sales and were true excited when the fair was above with how well we did." 1 Collector Mickey Grendene with Gallery holder Dante Vecchaiato of Padova, Italy, at the VIP Collectors Preview 2 Argentine artist Nicolas Leiva takes a seat upon one of his creations--a hand-painted motorcycle. 3 Artist Iran Issa Khan is flanked by the agency of collectors Rafael Lopez Cambil and Roger Choukroun at the VIP Collectors Preview. 4 Rosita Chalem and Sofia Lacayo from Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art of fresh York with Argentine Atonio Berni's "Apoteosis de Ramona" (1966) 5 Cuban artist Armando Marino stands in forehead of his new paintings. 6 Artist Federico Uribe of Jacob Karpio Gallery of Costa Rica with his work 7 Art Miami staff member Lisa Witherite with Director liana Vardy [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] COPYRIGHT 2001 Pfingsten Publishing, LLC A clement steer named Old Blue became a legendary leader in the days of the great cattle drives. individual midwinter night in 1878, a fierce storm turned into the camp of the JA Ranch cowboy... Nashville, Tennessee November 20 & 21 2006 Monday, 8-5:30; Tuesday, 8-4 The 2006 ALAN Workshop, held as part of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual discourse will... Strafford Publications (Atlanta, GA) has begun the publications of three fresh state insurance newsletters, including California Insurance Law & Litigation Alert, novel York Insurance Law & Lit... After checking on the outside our recent preview of ION Storm's near-future RPG Deus Ex: Invisible War, you may be interested in hearing more about the game from a source particularly shut up to its development... hogsheaded Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't tread in the steps of the News, by David TZ Mindich (Oxford University Pres 2005) 172 pages, $20 Many journalism professors will nod in instant recognition as th... move with a jerk Coen (Univeral McCann advertising forecasting guru) made his biggest forecast revision between December and June for Internet ad spending, which he now predicts will be augmented 20% this year to $678... Sir Richard Branson, the middle-aged male child wonder of British business, plans to add Australian aviation to the international empire of 150 enterprises which bear his billion-dollar brand name. ... Access to global markets is critical to the economic security of many of the world's poor working in the informal sector. According to SEWA, in India, this sector includes home-based work... Part of the moot point is that the lingering formalism of the Octoberists' account marginalizes the part of the body in the history of fresh and contemporary art. For example, the couple Foster and Kraus... |
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