ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH - PULSE - AQUA - AQUA WYNWOOD - POSITIONS - PIEROGI - NADA - Reported by Hilary Pecis
General comment by Hilary Pecis: Miami was a lot of fun, but this year was different from years past due to the state of the economy. There were much fewer collectors walking around, and the crazy art-flying-off-the-walls that occurs during the VIP previews was virtually nonexistent. Collectors were taking their time and waiting until the end to negotiate deals from the gallerists. Prints were hotter items as well. I know that the economic climate is affecting all of us in the art world, but examining it from a distance, I think that it will (in the long run) provide a stronger group of artists, galleries, writers and collectors. Hopefully the people I care for can hang in there, despite the lack of funds, and create a stronger and clearer sense of what it is they are trying to do.
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Shuttle service stop - here we are.
VIP lounge - the pause that refreshes - now for some art.
Raymond Pettibon.
Nathan Mabry.
Mike Kelly.
Louise Bourgeois.
Lindsay from Roberts and Tilton, Los Angeles - Andrew Schoultz.
Kim Fisher at John Connelly Presents.
Julian Hoebert at Blum and Poe, Los Angeles.
Chuck Close gets interviewed.
Jonathan Meese.
Evan Penny (I think).
Art.
Franz Ackerman.
Dave Muller at Anthony Meier.
Chris Johanson at Roberts and Tilton, Los Angeles.
Chris Burdon.
Ara Peterson at John Connelly Presents.
Andre Butzer.
Outside Locust Projects.
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Scene at the Aqua Hotel.
David Stein at Eleanor Harwood.
John Copeland at Fettes Gallery, Los Angeles.
Swoon at New Image Art, Los Angeles.
Will Yackulic at Gregory Lind.
Andrew Schoultz, Jana Flynn, and Andres Guerrero at White Walls.
Artsters at Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art.
Sto at Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn.
Kelly at Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn.
Jovi Schnell at Gregory Lind.
Jana Flynn at Johanson Projects.
Art by Elaine Bradford.
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Art by David Huffman.
Vanessa Blaikie and Griff Williams at Gallery 16.
Jamie Vasta at Patricia Sweetow.
Big Shepard Fairey Obama art at The Shooting Gallery.
One more from The Shooting Gallery.
Punball by William Wiley at Electric Works.
Hosfelt Gallery.
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NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance):
Here we are at NADA.
Xylor Jane at Canada Gallery.
Simmons and Burke at Kim Light.
One more from Kim Light Gallery.
Misaki Wawi at Take Ninagawa.
Jack Hanley Gallery.
Dina Pugh and Joyce Grimm at Triple Base.
Dana Frankfort at Bellwether Gallery.
Art by Ajit Chauhan.
Art by Bas de Wit.
Ara Peterson at Ratio 3.
Affordable Xerox prints at White Columns.
Performance by Dynasty Handbag.
Dutes Miller at Stan Shellabarger (at Western Exhibitions).
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The basic idea.
Sakshi Gallery.
Art by Robin O'Neil.
Art by Rashid Johnson.
Art by Michael A. Salter.
Andrew Schoultz at Morgan Lehman.
Ashley Saks.
Chris Larson at Magnus Muller Gallery.
Art by Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth.
Art by Libby Black.
Josephine Taylor at Catharine Clark.
Debbie Lawson at Nettie Horn.
Art at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions.
Mural inside PULSE.
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Art at Pierogi Gallery from Ronald Feldman Fine Arts/Pierogi Gallery/Hales Gallery:
Out front.
Art by Yoon Lee.
Art by Tony Fitzpatrick.
Art by Ian Dawson.
Art by Ian Dawson.
Art by Adam Dant.
Detail of above art by Adam Dant.
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Art Positions:
At Positions - art displayed in shipping containers.
Line of container exhibitions.
How it looks from the front.
Inside the David Castillo Gallery container.
Art closer - Quisqueya Henriquez at David Castillo Gallery.
Container installation.
Container installation.
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Other Stuff:
Scion party atop the Raleigh Hotel.
One more from Scion party atop the Raleigh Hotel.
The Sandwicherie.
Club Deuce Bar.
Al I. Gator.
Art by God.
Our generous hosts Hilary Pecis & Andrew Schoultz at Haddon Hall.
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