Aqua Hotel, 1530 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida: Aqua Art Miami 2006.

Participating galleries: Acuna-Hansen (Los Angeles), Allston Skirt (Boston), Bank (Los Angeles), Carl Berg (Los Angeles & Amsterdam), Blanket (Vancouver), Lisa Boyle (Chicago), Branch (Durham), Cynthia Broan (New York), Bucket Rider (Chicago), Lisa Dent (San Francisco), Davidson Contemporary (Seattle), eyewash (Brooklyn), Gallery Joe (Philadelphia), Greg Kucera (Seattle), James Harris (Seattle), Eleanor Harwood (San Francisco), Howard House (Seattle), Rebecca Ibel (Columbus), Inman (Houston), Irvine Contemporary (Washington DC), Keith Talent (London), LAWRIMORE project (Seattle), Elizabeth Leach (Portland), lemon sky: projects + editions (Miami/LA), LIMN Gallery (San Francisco), Gregory Lind (San Francisco), Motel (Portland), New Image Art (West Hollywood), othergallery (Winnipeg), Platform (Seattle), Plush (Dallas), sixspace (Culver City), Small A Projects (Portland), SOIL (Seattle), SUNDAY (New York), Traywick Contemporary (Berkeley), Western Exhibitions (Chicago), Western Project (Culver City), Tony Wight/Bodybuilder & Sportsman (Chicago), Winkleman / Plus Ultra Gallery (New York), Steven Wolf (San Francisco).

Comment: Aqua Art Miami is a new alternative art fair in its second year organized by Seattle artists and dealers. This intimate fair features 40 contemporary art galleries from the US and Canada, with an emphasis on West Coast galleries and emerging artists.

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2700 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida: PULSE Contemporary Art Fair Miami 2006.

Participating galleries: PULSE EXHIBITORS-- Ambrosino Gallery, Miami; Anita Beckers, Frankfurt; Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York; Baro Cruz, Sao Paulo; Josee Bienvenu, New York; Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco; Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco; Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York; Conner Contemporary Art, Washington; Charles Cowles Gallery, New York; DCKT Contemporary, New York; Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin; Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen; Feigen Contemporary, New York; fiedler contemporary, Koln; Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris Brussels; Finesilver, San Antonio & Houston; Freight + Volume, New York; FUCARES MADRID, Madrid; Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica; Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna; Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York; Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque; Lyons Wier Ortt Contemporary, New York; Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles; Magnan Projects, New York; Robert Mann Gallery, New York; Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco; monique meloche, Chicago; Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto; Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo; Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica; One in the Other Gallery, London; Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova; Postmasters, New York; PPOW, New York; Schroeder Romero, New York; Galerie Stefan Roepke, Koeln; Rubicon Gallery, Dublin; Julie Saul Gallery, New York; Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin; Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago; Galería Senda, Barcelona; Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; Springer & Winckler Gallery, Berlin; Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York; TORCH, Amsterdam; Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris; Virgil de Voldère Gallery, New York; Von Lintel Gallery, New York; Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York; Galerie Zürcher, Paris. IMPULSE EXHIBITORS-- Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris; bitforms gallery, New York; Changing Role Gallery, Naples; [DAM] Berlin, Berlin; Enrico Fornello, Prato; Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles; Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai; magnus müller, Berlin; Mixed Greens, New York; Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne; Rokeby, London; Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin; Vitamin Arte Contemporanea, Turin.

Comment: PULSE presents over 60 galleries, in a program where international galleries and U.S. galleries are equally represented. The fair features a curated contemporary art program with emerging and established artists from around the world invited by a committee of arts professionals. PULSE is intended to bridge the gap between established and alternative art fairs.

In the director's words, "The goal of PULSE is to establish a global as well as local cultural partnership with young gallerists, dealers, and collectors, while engaging an audience of art patrons, enthusiasts, critics, curators and academics through the presentation of new artistic trends and exhibition concepts." The art fair also includes a special "Impulse" section consisting of younger galleries.