Pulse Miami 2009
dal 2/12/2009 al 5/12/2009
Segnalato da
2/12/2009
Pulse Miami 2009
The Ice Palace, Miami Beach
Pulse Miami features 85 exhibitors in its main section, with an additional 12 galleries in its 'Impulse' section, including a large number of returning exhibitors, many of which have exhibited with Puklse in both Miami and New York. The new venue provides the fair with an expanded platform for their special programming series, including the Miami launch of an ambitious performance program featuring daily outdoor concerts. Additionally, Pulse presents its signature program of large-scale sculptures and installations throughout the fair's exhibition halls and lawn, as well as the Pulse Play video lounge curated by Joao Ribas. Directed by Helen Allen.
directed by Helen Allen
Entering its fifth season, PULSE Contemporary Art Fair will
move to Miami’s Ice Palace this December with an expanded presentation of international galleries
and programming. The new venue provides PULSE with an enhanced platform for their signature
programming series, including the launch of a new performance program featuring daily outdoor
concerts. Held from Thursday, December 3 through Sunday, December 6, 2009, the fair will run
concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach.
“This edition marks an important moment for PULSE. We are excited to be moving to The Ice Palace,
which is to become our home for several years,” says Helen Allen, Executive Director of PULSE. “Our
success in past years has secured our stature in the art world, and has also raised the expectations of
our exhibitors and collectors alike. This year will further illustrate our commitment to building a high
level forum for collecting and experiencing contemporary art and artistic practice in all its forms.”
PULSE Miami will feature 89 exhibitors in its main section, with an additional 15 galleries in its
IMPULSE section, including a large number of returning exhibitors, many of whom have exhibited with
PULSE in both Miami and New York. According to Stefan Roepke, “PULSE is the only fair I have been
working with in the past few years in these two cities. I respect the professionalism of its team and
consider it the hallmark of a great fair, beloved by its participants and the public.”
Among the other
returning galleries are Galeria Senda from Barcelona; Max Protetch, Postmasters, and Winkleman
Gallery, from New York; Nina Menocal from Mexico City; Galerie Anita Beckers from Frankfurt;
Conrads from Düsseldorf; Fred from London; Rena Bransten Gallery from San Francisco; Conner
Contemporary from Washington, D.C; and Angles Gallery from Santa Monica.
PULSE will also welcome 27 newcomers, including Gallery Sun Contemporary from Seoul; M+B
from Los Angeles; Hosfelt Gallery from San Francisco; Maior from Mallorca; Nieves Fernández from
Madrid; Open Gallery from London; and Lyle O. Reitzel from Miami and Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic.
Each year, one artist featured in IMPULSE, the section of the fair dedicated to solo artist presentations,
is awarded a cash prize. This year’s PULSE Prize will be awarded in honor of Adriaan van der Have,
Founder and Director of Torch Gallery, who was an inspiring force in the art world for his dedication to
the promotion of emerging artists. The winner will be announced Friday, December 4, 2009 at 9PM
during the PULSE party at PLUNGE at the Gansevoort South.
The fair will also feature an array of special programs, enhanced by the Miami debut of PULSE
Performance. The series will feature daily performances and concerts by young emerging artists such
as Maria Jose Arjona, who was recently invited by Marina Abramovic to be part of the "cleaning the
house" workshop, serving as preparation to re-enact Abramovic's performances at the Museum of
Modern Art in 2010. Her daily performances will be among the highlights of the new programming.
Notable musical talents such as The Vivian Girls, The Blow, and Exene Cervenka, will constitute the
other highlights.
Additionally, PULSE will present its signature program of large-scale sculptures and installations
throughout the fair’s exhibition halls and lawn, as well as the PULSE Play> video lounge curated by
João Ribas, Curator of Exhibitions at the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, MA. Danny Baskin
and Andy Schrock, featured in PULSE PRESENTS at ACADEMY 2009 hosted by Conner
Contemporary Art, have also each been awarded space to present new projects at the fair. Both are
recent graduates with no commercial representation and will make their debut at PULSE Miami.
PULSE New York will take place March 4 – 7, 2010 and will showcase leading international galleries
as well as the Fair’s signature programs.
About PULSE Contemporary Art Fair:
PULSE Contemporary Art Fair is the leading US art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art. Held annually in New York and Miami, PULSE bridges the gap between main and alternative fairs and provides participating galleries with a platform to present new works to a strong and growing audience of collectors, art professionals and art lovers.
The fair is divided into two sections and is comprised of a mix of established and emerging galleries vetted by a committee of prominent international dealers. The IMPULSE section showcases galleries presenting solo exhibitions of emerging artist's work created in the past two years.
In addition, PULSE develops original cultural programming with a series of large-scale installations, its PULSE PLAY› video lounge, the PULSE PERFORMANCE event series, and the recently launched PULSE Profiles series of artists and curators talks. The PULSE Prize is awarded in New York and in Miami to one of the artists presented in the IMPULSE section.
In preparation for PULSE Contemporary Art Fair to enter its fifth season, Director Helen Allen announced the list of current exhibitors for the inaugural edition at the Fair's new venue in Downtown Miami, the historic Art Deco building known as The Ice Palace. PULSE Miami 2009 will continue to showcase a dynamic and geographically diverse group of established and emerging galleries, with an exhibitor list featuring over 80 galleries from 18 different countries.
Having strengthened its place as the leading US art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art, second in Miami only to Art Basel Miami Beach, PULSE will remain the anchor of the Downtown and Wynwood area. The area, which PULSE was among the first to pioneer, will once again host a vast number of events for collectors and the public alike.
This year's edition of the Fair will boast more than fifty returning exhibitors, many of which have exhibited at several editions of PULSE in both Miami and New York, as well as 18 newcomers to the Fair.
PULSE Miami 2009 Exhibitors: 2x2projects; 55; AMT │ Torri & Geminian; Angell Gallery; Angles Gallery; Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo; Artericambi; Arthouse at the Jones Center; Jeff Bailey Gallery; Baró Cruz; Galerie Anita Beckers; Bitforms Gallery; Rena Bransten Gallery; BravinLee Programs; Conner Contemporary Art; Conrads; Davidson Contemporary; DCKT Contemporary; EDS Galeria; Espacio Liquido; Rosamund Felsen; Fred; FTC. Berlin; Fúcares; Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea; Patrick Heide Contemporary Art; Richard Heller Gallery; Galerie Ernst Hilger, Hilger Contemporary; Galerie Caprice Horn; Hosfelt Gallery; Pippy Houldsworth; La Industria; Invisible-Exports; Gallery Joe; GalerieKleindienst; Kopeikin Gallery; Elizabeth Leach Gallery; Richard Levy Gallery; Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts; Lyons Wier Gallery; M+B; Daneyal Mahmood Gallery; Maior; Marx & Zavattero; MasART Galería; Andrea Meislin Gallery;
Nina Menocal; Mkgalerie; Yossi Milo Gallery; Mixed Greens; Mark Moore Gallery; Morgan Lehman; Nieves Fernández; One and J. Gallery; Open Gallery; Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain Inc; P.P.O.W Gallery; PDX Contemporary Art; Perugi Artecontemporanea; Galeria Raquel Ponce; Emmanuel Post; Postmasters; Andrew Rafacz; Lyle O. Reitzel; Lora Reynolds Gallery; Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard; Yancey Richardson Gallery; Galerie Roemerapotheke; Galerie Stefan Roepke; Julie Saul Gallery; Schroeder Romero; Galeria Senda; Sienese Shredder Editions; Silverlens Gallery; Spinello Gallery; Gallery Sun Contemporary; Margaret Thatcher Projects; Torch; Virgil de Voldere Gallery; Winkleman Gallery; Witzenhausen Gallery; Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery; Galerie Nordine Zidoun; Pavel Zoubok Gallery; Zürcher.
On Friday, December 4, 2009, the PULSE Prize will be awarded in honor of Adriaan Van der Have, Founder and Director of Torch Gallery who passed away this spring. The Fair will also present its signature series of programs including the installations and large-scale sculpture program, PULSE Performance, and PULSE Play.
For more information about PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, please visit
http://www.pulse-art.com or call +1 (212) 255-2327.
Media contact: For further information, images, registration to the fair or to arrange an interview, please contact:
Elizabeth Reina or Ben Thornborough
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T: 212-675-1800
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The VIP Private Preview Brunch will be held on Thursday, December 3, at The Ice Palace from 10am to 1pm.
The Ice Palace
1400 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
Friday, December 4: 10am – 7pm
Saturday, December 5: 10am – 7pm
Sunday, December 6: 10am – 7pm
General Admission $15
Discount Admission (for seniors & students) $10
Groups of 15 or more $10 per person
No advance purchase necessary