Art Basel in Miami Beach
December 4–8, 2014
Preview (by invitation only): Wednesday, December 3, 11am–8pm
Vernissage (by invitation only): Thursday, December 4, 11am–3pm
Public days
Thursday, December 4, 3–8pm
Friday, December 5, noon–8pm
Saturday, December 6, noon–8pm
Sunday, December 7, noon–6pm
Art Basel, whose lead partner is UBS, returns this week for its 13th edition to Miami Beach with 267 leading international galleries drawn from 31 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. 2014 marks the debut of Survey, a new sector dedicated to precise art-historical projects. In addition to showing premier artworks ranging from Modern masters to the latest contemporary pieces across the diverse gallery sectors within the Miami Beach Convention Center, many galleries will present works outside of the halls as part of Art Basel’s Public and Film sectors. Further highlights include Art Basel’s talks series and the staging of Ryan McNamara’s MEƎM 4 Miami: A Story Ballet About the Internet at the Miami Grand Theater.
Film
Film will comprise over 80 films and video works by artists including Charles Atlas, Martin Creed, Susan Hiller, Parker Ito, Mark Leckey, Babette Mangolte, Takeshi Murata, Laure Prouvost, Alex Prager, Mark Wallinger, and Harun Farocki, selected by David Gryn of London’s Artprojx. In addition, This Brunner has selected the feature-length film Big Eyes (2014), directed by Tim Burton, for a special screening.
Art Basel Film schedule
Nightly (December 3–6)
SoundScape Park
Admission is free
Daily (December 3–7)
Miami Beach Convention Center
Over 100 selected works will be presented within the newly designed viewing room
Access with an Art Basel ticket
Big Eyes by Tim Burton (December 5, 8:30pm)
Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Admission is free, first come first served.
Public
Nicholas Baume, Director and Chief Curator of Public Art Fund, returns for his second year curating Public. Under the theme Fieldwork, the sector will transform Miami Beach’s Collins Park into an outdoor exhibition space with 26 large-scale and site-specific installations by leading and emerging artists including Georg Baselitz, Lynda Benglis, Matthias Bitzer, Sarah Braman, Ana Luiza Dias Batista, Sam Ekwurtzel, Elmgreen & Dragset, Faivovich & Goldberg, Nuria Fuster, Ryan Gander, Jeppe Hein, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Alfredo Jaar, Gunilla Klingberg, Jose Carlos Martinat, Justin Matherly, Olaf Metzel, Sam Moyer, Ernesto Neto, Ugo Rondinone, Nancy Rubins, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Jessica Stockholder, Barthélémy Toguo, Tatiana Trouvé, and Hank Willis Thomas with Ryan Alexiev and Jim Ricks.
Produced in partnership with the Bass Museum of Art for the fourth consecutive year, the sector will open to the public on Wednesday, December 3, with a special evening program of live performances by Ryan Gander, Christian Falsnaes, Liz Glynn and Dawn Kasper, and Alix Pearlstein.
Public opening night (December 3, 8:30–10pm)
Collins Park
Admission is free
Conversations and Salon
Featuring leading artists, museum directors, collectors, and curators, Art Basel’s daily series of talks offers intimate dialogs between prominent members of the international art world. Participating artists include Marina Abramović, Nicholas Baume, Lynda Benglis, Klaus Biesenbach, Claire Bishop, Simon de Pury, Liu Ding, Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Ryan Gander, Mario García Torres, Massimiliano Gioni, Nicolás Goldberg, Chrissie Iles, Joseph Kosuth, Pablo León de la Barra, Ryan McNamara, Pedro Reyes, Martha Rosler, Julian Schnabel, Kevin Systrom, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Amalia Ulman, Shen Wei and Martha Wilson.
Conversations (December 4–7)
Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall C, Auditorium
Admission is free
Salon (December 4–7)
Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall C, Auditorium
Access with an Art Basel ticket
Ryan McNamara
Ryan McNamara will stage MEƎM 4 Miami: A Story Ballet About the Internet during Art Basel in Miami Beach. A choreographic exploration of the online world, the work is a Performa Commission, presented by Art Basel, and produced by Performa and Art Basel.
MEƎM 4 Miami: A Story Ballet About the Internet
Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4, 8 and 10:30pm
Miami Grand Theater, Castle Beach Resort
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