巴塞尔迈阿密艺术博览会：美国最受欢迎的艺术展览会
迈阿密海滩：2007年12月6日至9日美国佛罗里达州将举办第六届巴塞尔迈阿密艺术博览会，一个国际上著名的艺术展览会。巴塞尔艺术博览会是国际艺术领域人士受欢迎的冬季聚集场所。来自美国、加拿大、欧洲、拉丁美洲、亚洲和非洲的200家画廊将参加此次博览会。由选举委员会从超过850个申请者中挑选的这200家画廊包括27个新的参展画廊，将展出20世纪和21世纪的2000多名艺术家的作品。特别单元将展出新的艺术作品、策划展览、影音艺术休息室、一个演出节目《户外电影院》和公共空间的艺术。20个年轻的画廊将在海滩上改装的航运集装箱中展出前沿的工程。巴塞尔艺术博览会将首次与好孩子热带种植园（科洛?盖博斯）联手展出雕塑陈列。贵宾休息室将为观众提供一系列相关信息和服务。《巴塞尔博览会谈话》栏目小组包括艺术领域知名人士。《艺术沙龙》将为艺术界领军人物在国际艺术舞台提供展示未来工程的机会。观众可以期待特别展览中扣人心弦的节目，参观个人艺术收藏，接触到和艺术、音乐、电影、建筑和设计相关的事件。南佛罗里达州的博物馆和收藏馆已经安排好多个重大展览。巴塞尔迈阿密艺术博览会又将是国际文化和社会日历中的一个焦点。
MIAMI BEACH, FL.-From December 6 through 9, 2007, Florida, USA, will be home to the 6th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the celebrated international art show. Art Basel is the favorite winter meeting place of the international art world. 200 galleries from the USA, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa will be taking part. Chosen by the Selection Committee from a record number of over 850 applicants, the 200 galleries, which include 27 new participants, will present works by over 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Special sectors will feature presentations of new art works, curated exhibitions, video and sound art lounges, a performance program, an ?Open Air Cinema?, and art in public spaces. 20 young galleries will present cutting-edge projects in converted shipping containers on the beach. For the first time Art Basel will partner with Fairchild Tropical Garden (Coral Gables) to present a sculpture exhibition. There will also be a Guest Lounge offering a concentrated range of information and services to visitors. The ?Art Basel Conversations? panel discussions will feature prominent art-world personalities. The more intimate framework of ?Art Salon? will give leading figures from the international art scene an opportunity to present their forthcoming projects. Visitors can also look forward to an exciting program of special exhibitions, visits to private art collections, and crossover events linking art and music, film, architecture, and design. The museums and collections of South Florida have scheduled impressive exhibitions. Art Basel Miami Beach again promises to be one of the highlights of the international cultural and social calendar.
The sixth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach takes place in Miami Beach, Florida (USA), from December 6 through 9, 2007. On the eve of the opening, invited guests from around the world will attend the glamorous Vernissage.
Over 40,000 art enthusiasts are expected to visit the international art show. 200 carefully selected galleries from 30 countries will be showcasing all forms of artistic expression (painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, editions, performance, video and electronic art). Prices start at a few hundred dollars for multiples and works by young artists, and soar into the millions for museum-quality masterpieces. Its prominent list of participants makes Art Basel Miami Beach the most prestigious art show of the Americas for 20th-century classics and contemporary art. A preliminary list can be found at http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/go/id/cyx/.
New Galleries - With a record number of over 850 applicants to choose from, including 99% of last year’s participants, the Selection Committee has picked 200 galleries for this year’s show. Newcomers include con-temporary galleries such as Esther Schipper Gallery (Berlin), Roberts & Tillton (Los Angeles), and Galleria Christian Stein (Milan), as well as dealers in 20th-century masterworks like Galerie Cazeau - de la Béraudière (Paris), McKee Gallery (New York), Helly Nahmad Gallery (New York), Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York), vintage photography specialist Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco), and Two Palms (New York), a specialist in editions. Over 10% of the galleries are new this year. About half of the exhibitors will be international, with strong participation from Europe and Latin America, a number of galleries from Asia, and one from Africa.
?Art Nova? - Over 240 galleries applied for this sector. Attracting both well-established and young galleries, ?Art Nova? offers exhibitors a platform to show new works by a maximum of three rising artists. New participants include Galerist (Istanbul, Beyoglu), Green Naftali (New York), Galeria Leme (S?o Paulo), Galerija Gregor Podnar (Ljubljana), and Talwar Gallery (New York/New Delhi).
?Art Kabinett? - This year’s edition of Art Basel Miami Beach will again feature the ?Art Kabinett? initiative, giving participating galleries an op-portunity to show small curated exhibitions. The projects cho-sen by the Selection Committee will be presented in a separate cubicle of the gallery's booth. The exhibition concepts for ?Art Kabinett? are diverse, representing everything from the-matic group exhibitions and one-person shows to installations.
?Supporting the arts is a valued tradition at UBS, which is why we are pleased to continue our partnership with Art Basel Miami Beach. We believe that art awakens new ways of seeing the world, and we are committed to investing in cultural expression and making the arts accessible to our clients, our employees, and the broader community,? says Robert Wolf, Chairman and CEO, UBS Group Americas. ?Art is a means of sharing insight and new perspectives – a crucial process echoed at UBS as we share fresh financial perspecti-ves with our clients in creating tailored investment solutions to meet their needs.?
The world-renowned jeweler Cartier is joining Art Basel Miami Beach as a new Associate Sponsor. The three-year partnership agreement covers both the Basel and the Miami art shows. Cartier has been demonstrating its com-mitment to contemporary art for over 20 years. Its Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain stages major exhibitions in the Jean Nouvel-designed building inaugurated in Paris in 1994. The Fondation Cartier’s innovative cultural program features not only visual art, but music, film, fashion, architecture, and design as well.
?Art Basel Conversations? - ?Art Basel Conversations? will be held on the mornings of December 7, 8, and 9 this year. They are open to the public and free of charge. Fostering direct exchange with leading international art-world personalities, this forum provides privileged access to first-hand information on all aspects of collecting and exhibiting art. Panelists include top-flight artists, art collectors, and museum directors.
?Art Positions? - ?Art Positions?, a beachfront village of shipping containers transformed into mobile art spaces, promises to be the most exciting outpost of this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach. Out of a record number of 140 applications, the Selection Committee has chosen 20 young galleries to showcase cutting-edge projects there. The new participants in ?Art Positions? are: Andersen S (Copenhagen), Black Dragon Society (Los Angeles), Dalles (Glasgow), Figge von Rosen Galerie (Cologne), Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro), Hollybush Gardens (London), Kat MacGarry (London), Galeria Raster (Warsaw), Standard (Oslo), Universal Studios (Beijing), Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou), Williams (New York), and Zero (Milan).
?Art Positions? will be the epicenter of an extensive cultural program. ?Art Loves Music? on the opening night of ?Art Positions? (December 5) will feature a concert by an up-and-coming band. The concert is open to the public and ad-mission is free. In the evening, artist films will be shown at the ?Open Air Cinema? under the starry skies of South Beach, and a DJ program will be organized in association with P.S.1 (New York). ?Art Perform? features daily performances by internatio-nally renowned young artists and is curated by Jens Hoffman, Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco.
?Art Video Lounge? - A wide-ranging program of contemporary video work will be on view in the ?Art Video Lounge? in the Botanical Garden across from the Miami Beach Convention Center. This year’s ?Art Video Lounge? is curated by Michael Darling (Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum).
?Art Sound Lounge? - With its ?Art Sound Lounge?, Art Basel Miami Beach presents a forum where visitors can take in music and audio pieces in the attractive surroundings of the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Listeners are provided with wireless headphones to wear as they stroll through the gardens. ?Art Sound Lounge? is curated and compiled by David Wein.