Art Basel Miami Beach arrives next week at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with more than 250 international galleries competing for the attention of collectors, curators, and critics from December 4 through December 7, with a special preview day for invited guests on December 3. Next week ARTnews will be in Miami following the action. For now, though, there are previews. Below, 25 works, new and old, that exhibitors, including Blum & Poe, Kicken, Thomas Dane, and 22 more are bringing to the fair. More will follow in the coming days. Also available: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 of the preview.
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Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Dirk Skreber, Untitled, 2014,
wax and oil on canvas, 51½" x 87".
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES
Kicken, Berlin
Erwin Blumenfeld, Hat & Profile, NYC, 1944, silver- gelatin print, 13" x 10".
©THE ESTATE OF ERWIN BLUMENFELD/ART + COMMERCE, NEW YORK/COURTESY KICKEN BERLIN
Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Alexandre da Cunha, Amazons (Painting IV), 2014, beach towels and fabric dye, 55⅛" x 137¾" x 1⅝".
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND THOMAS DANE GALLERY, LONDON
Magazzino, Rome
Pino Pascali, Bachi da setola, 1968, metal and acrylic bristles, dimensions variable.
COURTESY MAGAZZINO, ROME
Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Shinro Ohtake, Time Memory 27, 2013, felt on cardboard, 39⅜" x 28".
©SHINRO OHTAKE/COURTESY TAKE NINAGAWA, TOKYO
Francesca Minini Contemporary Art, Milan
Paolo Chiasera, II Stile, Mutt Iron, 2014, oil on canvas, 112¼" x 181⅛".
COURTESY FRANCESCA MININI CONTEMPORARY ART, MILAN
STPI, Singapore
Teppei Kaneuji, Games, Dance, and the Constructions (Soft toys) #11, 2014, mixed media, dimensions variable.
©TEPPEI KANEUJI AND STPI, SINGAPORE/COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND STPI, SINGAPORE
Richard Gray Gallery, New York
Sam Francis, Untitled (SFF.262), c. 1958, oil on canvas.
MICHAEL TROPEA
Petzel, New York
Thomas Eggerer, Untitled, 2014, acrylic and oil on linen, 51" x 44".
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND PETZEL, NEW YORK
Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
Jean-Luc Moulène, Tronche / Flying Monkey (Paris, May 2014), 2014, polished concrete and blue blanket,
18⅞" x 11" x 11".
COURTESY MIGUEL ABREU GALLERY, NEW YORK
RaebervonStenglin, Zürich
Thomas Julier, Requiem for a Technology, BKLN-NY-AUG14, 2014, photograph of an LED display, archival pigment print, and artist's frame, 16½" x 117".
COURTESY RAEBERVONSTENGLIN, ZÜRICH
Cheim & Read, New York
Lynda Benglis, Swinburne Figure, 2009, tinted polyurethane, 65" x 30" x 21".
COURTESY CHEIM & READ, NEW YORK
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
Michelle Stuart, Galesteo, c.1977, earth on muslin-backed rag paper, 77" x 62".
©MICHELLE STUART/COURTESY LESLIE TONKONOW ARTWORKS + PROJECTS, NEW YORK
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Mai-Thu Perret, Heart and Soul III, 2007, glazed ceramic, 26¼" x 19¼" x 2".
FREDRIK NILSEN
Wentrup, Berlin
Olaf Metzel, Los Angeles County 1987–88 (I), 2014, aluminum, stainless steel, and digital print, 69" x 59" x 21⅝".
COURTESY WENTRUP, BERLIN
Jack Shainman, New York
Tallur L.N., Balancing Act, 2013, paint, iron sheet on wood, and nails, 104⅜" x 23⅝" x 19⅝".
©TALLUR L.N./COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Raffi Kalenderian, Jimmy, 2014, oil on canvas, 84" x 60".
GENE OGAMI/COURTESY SUSANNE VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES PROJECTS, LOS ANGELES
MOT International, London
Elizabeth Price, THE TENT (video still), 2012, HD video installation, 12 minutes.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MOT INTERNATIONAL, LONDON
Casas Riegner, Bogotá, Colombia
Mateo López, Cuarto sin expectativas (Pasto), 2014, cutout paper and wooden sheets, dimensions variable.
COURTESY CASAS RIEGNER, BOGOTA
Galería 80m2 Livia Benavides, Lima, Peru
Rita Ponce de León, Sea-mind scenes , 2014, referential work on paper.
COURTESY GALERÍA 80M2 LIVIA BENAVIDES, LIMA, PERU
Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Paul Gernes, Untitled (a), c. 1966–68, enamel paint on masonite, 48" x 35⅞".
©KLARA KAROLINE'S FOUNDATION AND GALLERI BO BJERGGAARD, COPENHAGEN
Galeria Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo
Iole de Freitas, Pinacoteca 2014, stainless steel and
polycarbonate, 24⅜" x 17¾" x 17".
COURTESY GALERIA RAQUEL ARNAUD, SÃO PAULO
Meyer Riegger, Berlin and Karlsruhe, Germany
Miriam Cahn, diesen frühling überlebt, 2001, oil on canvas, 34¼" x 27½".
COURTESY MEYER RIEGGER, BERLIN AND KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
Clifton Benevento, New York
Zak Kitnick, Ristretto, 2014,
direct-to-substrate print on powder-coated steel shelving, 70½" x 48½" x 7½".
ANDRES RAMIREZ/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CLIFTON BENEVENTO, NEW YORK
bureau, inc., New York
Erica Baum, Investigation, 2014, archival pigment print, 15½" x 19½".
COURTESY BUREAU, INC., NEW YORK