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4/12/2012

Art Basel Miami Beach

Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach

This year’s edition of Art Basel Miami Beach will feature 257 leading international galleries, with work ranging from the Modern period of the early 20th century to the most contemporary. Application numbers have again been high, exceeding those for 2011, with more than 680 galleries competing to participate. Taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 6 to December 9, 2012, the show, whose main sponsor is UBS, will present a geographically diverse selection of galleries from 31 countries across five continents.

Roughly 50 percent of the galleries come from the United States and Latin America. Exhibiting galleries include 99 from the United States; 34 from Germany; 18 from France; 19 from Great Britain; 14 from Brazil; 11 from Italy; 10 from Switzerland; 9 each from Spain; 4 each from Austria, Belgium and Mexico; 3 each from Argentina and China; 2 each from Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Japan, Portugal, Turkey and South Africa; 1 each from Greece, Ireland, Israel, India, Iceland, Korea, Norway, Peru, Russia, Sweden and Uruguay.

Art Galleries, the main sector of Art Basel's Miami Beach edition, will feature 201 exhibitors. This year’s selection brings a strong showing of Modern material, further underlining the historical dimension of Art Basel Miami Beach. Joining a notable number of returning galleries, the sector includes many participants exhibiting at the show after a brief hiatus - Art: Concept, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Galeria Graça Brandão, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Kewenig Galerie, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, Esther Schipper and Galerie Daniel Templon – joined by several first-time exhibitors Henrique Faria Fine Art, Galerie Michael Haas, Hammer Galleries, Hirschl & Adler Modern, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Craig F. Starr Gallery and Tornabuoni Art. For a full list of exhibitors participating in the Art Galleries sector, please visit www.artbasel.com/galleries.

Art Nova offers younger galleries a platform to present artworks made in the last three years by two or three artists. Since its inception, the Art Nova sector has become known as a space of discovery for works fresh from the studio. With 40 galleries on display, the sector will feature work by more than 100 artists from across the world including juxtapositions such as: Yael Bartana, Tal R. and Tom Burr (Sommer Contemporary Art); Tania Pérez Cordova and Nina Beier (Proyectos Monclova); Becky Beasley and Simon Dybbroe Möller (Francesca Minini); Theaster Gates and Angel Otero (Kavi Gupta Gallery); John Gerrard, Michelle Lopez and Hans Schabus (Simon Preston); Brigida Baltar, Lucia Koch and Melanie Smith (Galeria Nara Roesler); Julião Sarmento and Leigh Ledare (Pilar Corrias); Dove Allouche, Jonathan Binet and Jessica Warboys (Gaudel de Stampa); and Hao Liang, Yangjiang Group and Zheng Guogu (Vitamin Creative Space). For a full list of galleries and the artists they will show, please visit www.artbasel.com/nova.

Presenting a diverse range of projects by a single artist, Art Positions features a tight selection of 16 galleries, 12 of which did not exhibit at Art Basel in Miami Beach last year.
An exciting platform for collectors, museum directors, critics and art enthusiasts to gain further insight into the work of individual emerging artists, this year’s presentation will feature many exciting young artists working internationally today: Matt Keegan (Altman Siegel Gallery SF), Pablo Rasgado (Arratia, Beer), Nathan Peter (PSM), Leyla Cárdenas, (Galería Casas Riegner), Colby Bird (Fitzroy Gallery), Christian Flamm, (Galeria Fonti), Felipe Arturo (La Central), Irene Kopelman (Labor), Paulo Vivacqua (Galeria Laura Marsiaj), Julieta Aranda, (Galerie mor.charpentier), Atsushi Kaga (Mother’s Tankstation), Asli Cavusoglu (NON Gallery), Ivan Seal (RaebervonStenglin), Andra Ursuta (Ramiken Crucible), Latoya Ruby Frazier (Galerie Michel Rein), and Agustina Woodgate (Spinello Projects).

Select galleries participating in these three sectors of the Miami Beach edition of Art Basel will present further work at Art Kabinett, Art Video and Art Public. As part of Art Kabinett, select galleries admitted to the Art Galleries sector will present curated exhibitions in separately delineated spaces within their booths. The curatorial concepts for Art Kabinett are diverse, including thematic group exhibitions, art-historical showcases and solo shows for rising artists. As part of Art Video galleries will present works by some of the most exciting artists working in the media today. Organized in association with London's Artprojx, screenings of Art Video will be presented in two different locations: in SoundScape Park on the 7,000-square-foot outdoor projection wall of the New World Centre, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry, and within five viewing pods inside the Miami Beach Convention Center. Art Public will turn Collins Park into a public outdoor exhibition space with large-scale sculptures and performances. Curated by Christine Y. Kim, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and co-founder of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), this sector is produced in collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art. Further information on these sectors will be released in the coming months.

The gallery presentations will be accompanied by an engaging program of talks and panel discussions as part of Art Basel Conversations and Art Salon, offering audiences access to first-hand information on the main aspects of the international art world and market. Further details on Art Basel Conversations, Art Salon and Art Film will be released in the coming months.

Entering its second decade in Miami Beach, Art Basel week will spotlight museums and private collections in Miami Beach putting on their strongest exhibitions of the year.
Miami’s leading private collections – among them the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), the De la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, the Rubell Family Collection and World Class Boxing – will be opening their exhibition spaces to guests of the international art show. The museums of South Florida will be staging important exhibitions to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach, including: 'New Work Miami 2013' at the Miami Art Museum; 'The Endless Renaissance - Six Solo Artist Projects: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Barry X Ball, Walead Beshty, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ged Quinn, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook' at the Bass Museum of Art; 'Bill Viola: Liber Insularum' at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami; '2012 Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers' and 'Sylvia Plimack Mangold: Landscape and Trees' at the Norton Museum and 'Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection' and 'Esther Shalev-Gerz: Describing Labor' at the Wolfsonian-FIU. This year marks the eighth edition of Design Miami/, from December 5 to December 9, 2012, with the world’s most prominent design galleries presenting contemporary and historic work. Design Miami/ will again be located alongside the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Exhibition Sectors

Art Galleries
Art Basel Miami Beach presents a premier selection of the most influential and cutting-edge galleries from across the world. More than 200 of the world's leading Modern and Contemporary art galleries - from North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia - show works by over 2,000 artists. This year's selection brings a strong showing of Modern material, further underlining the historical dimension of Art Basel Miami Beach. A full list of exhibitors is available at www.artbasel.com/sectors

Art Nova
This section offers younger galleries a platform to present artworks made in the last three years by two or three artists. With 40 galleries on display, the sector features work by more than 100 artists from across the world. A full list of galleries and artists is available at www.artbasel.com/nova

Art Positions
Art Positions features a tight selection of 16 galleries, 12 of which did not exhibit at Art Basel in Miami Beach last year, presenting a diverse range of projects by a single artist.

Altman Siegel Gallery SF, San Francisco | Matt Keegan
Arratia Beer, Berlin | Pablo Rasgado
Casas Riegner, Bogotá | Leyla Cárdenas
Fitzroy Gallery, New York | Colby Bird
Fonti, Naples | Christian Flamm
La Central, Bogotá | Felipe Arturo
Labor, Mexico City | Irene Kopelman
Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro | Paulo Vivacqua
Galerie Mor Charpentier, Paris | Julieta Aranda
mother's tankstation, Dublin | Atsushi Kaga
NON, Istanbul | Asli Cavusoglu
PSM, Berlin | Nathan Peter
RaebervonStenglin, Zurich | Ivan Seal
Ramiken Crucible, New York | Andra Ursuta
Galerie Michel Rein, Paris | Latoya Ruby Frazier
Spinello Projects, Miami | Agustina Woodgate

Art Kabinett
20 select galleries admitted to the Art Galleries sector present curated group shows and solo exhibitions within a designated section of their booths.

A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro | Helio Oiticica, Jarbas Lopes
Concept, Paris | Vidya Gastaldon
Valerie Carberry, Chicago | Jose De Rivera
Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York | Osvaldo Romberg
Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich | Nikolai Suetin
Alexander Gray Associates, New York | Joan Semmel, Hugh Steers, Jack Whitten
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York | Judy Fiskin
Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York | Elizabeth Turk
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York | Ivan Navarro
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna | Kader Attia
Galerie Lelong, New York | Jannis Kounellis
Lehmann Maupin, New York | Robin Rhode
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne | Yan Xing
Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York |Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin | Francesco Vezzoli
David Nolan Gallery, New York | Jorinde Voigt
Lia Rumma, Milan | Marina Abramovic
Esther Schipper, Berlin General Idea (AA Branson, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal)
Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin | Fiona Banner
Two Palms, New York | Chuck Close
Art Public
Collins Park

Art Public presents outdoor large-scale sculptures and performances. Curated by Christine Y. Kim, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and co-founder of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND). Produced in collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art.

Pierre Ardouvin | Bonhomme de neige, 2007 (Galerie Chez Valentin)
Alice Aycock | Twin Vortexes, 2012 (Galerie Thomas Schulte and Fredric Snitzer Gallery)
Lourival Cuquinha | Varal, 2012 (A Gentil Carioca)
José Davila | Untitled (The Space Beneath Us), 2012 (Galería OMR and Travesia Cuatro)
Mark Hagen | To be Titled (Additive Sculpture, Miami Screen), 2012 (Almine Rech Gallery)
David Keating | Riser, 2012 (RaebervonStenglin)
Juliana Cerqueira Leite | Climb, 2012 (Casa Triângulo)
Teresa Margolles | Untitled, 2010 (LABOR)
Dave McKenzie | Declaration, 2012 (Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects)
Raul Mourão | Balanço Maré I (Para Bela e Lia), 2011 (Galeria Nara Roesler)
Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith | Street Lamp, 2012 (Paul Kasmin Gallery)
Ruben Ochoa | Lock, Stock, Barrel, 2012 (Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects)
Adam Pendleton | Black Dada Flags, 2012 (Pace)
Jaume Plensa | Poets in Miami, 2012 (Galerie Lelong and Richard Gray Gallery)
Randy Polumbo | Love Stream #2, 2012 (Paul Kasmin Gallery)
Ry Rocklen | A Touch of Grace II, 2012 (UNTITLED and Thomas Solomon Gallery)
Ugo Rondinone | I feel, you feel, we feel through each other into our selves, 2012 (Gladstone Gallery)
Gary Simmons | I wish it could be morning all day long, 2012 (Metro Pictures, Simon Lee Gallery, Regen Projects and Anthony Meier Fine Arts) Miguel Andrade Valdez | Monumento Lima translation – Collins Park, 2012 (REVOLVER Galéria)

Art Video
MBCC, central area; New World Center, SoundScape Park
Art Video presents film and video by today's most exciting international artists. Selections drawn from the participating galleries include works by a wide array of artists, both emerging and established, from Latin America, the United States, Asia and beyond. The works are presented across two venues, inside the Miami Beach Convention Center and in the outdoor setting of Sound- Scape Park. Organized in association with London's Artprojx. Selected by David Gryn, Director of Artprojx.

- Art Video Nights
New World Center, SoundScape Park
For the outdoor screenings at the New World Center, David Gryn has selected eight programs running over four nights. venue New World Center, SoundScape Park, 500 17th Street, Miami Beach
Free access

Love, Time & Decorum
December 5, 8pm, running time 46'
A program about body language, behavior, knowledge, and motion: it traces the undercurrent of sensuality and anxiety through videos. Videos by: Mauricio Lupini (Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo), Evandro Machado (A Gentil Carioca), William Kentridg (Goodman Gallery, Marian Goodman Gallery, Lia Rumma), Adam Shecter (Eleven Rivington), Ana Prvacki (Lombard Freid Gallery), Amar Kanwar (Marian Goodman Gallery), Sam Samore (Team Gallery), Robin Rhode (Lehmann Maupin), Marie Bovo (kamel mennour), Hans Schabus (ZERO...)

Music, Magic & Melancholia
December 5, 9pm, running time 47'
This program is inspired by the magic of music. Artists respond to the sounds of Sigur Rós and Antony and the Johnsons, reflecting on the spectrum of emotions that music can provoke, from anticipation to melancholy, love and rage, and the joys of making noise. Videos by: Tim Davis (Greenberg Van Doren Gallery), Simon Dybbroe Moller (Galerie Kamm), Ryan McGinley (Team Gallery), Adam Shecter (Eleven Rivington, Antony and the Johnsons), Ragnar Kjartansso ( i8 Gallery, Luhring Augustine), Nick Abrahams (Courtesy of the artist), Ari Marcopoulos (Kavi Gupta Gallery, Marlborough Fine Art)

Universal, Dreams & Anthems
December 6, 8pm, running time 46'
This program presents unusual dichotomies in film - animation blended with live-action, fiction with history, the earthly and the sublime. Videos by: Mauricio Lupini (Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporàneo), Drew Heitzler and Sam Sharit (Blum & Poe), Josiah McElheny (White Cube), Daniel Steegmann Mangrané (Mendes Wood), Pedro Reyes (Labor), Rubén Ortiz Torres, Emmanuel Lubezki (Galería OMR), David Zink Yi (Johann Konig, Hauser & Wirth), Chen Xiaoyun (ShanghART & H Space)

Waltzing, Driving & Reflections
December 6, 9pm, running time 58'
Dancing, driving, flying through the air: in one way or another, the films in this section feature movement as a formal device or a theme, with a nod to the history of the cinema and the history of music. Videos by: Mauricio Lupini (Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporàneo), David Adamo (Ibid), Jesper Just (James Cohan Gallery, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Galerie Perrotin), Jack Early (McCaffrey Fine Art), Takeshi Murata, Billy Grant (Salon 94), Terence Gower (Labor), Susanna Wallin (Courtesy of the artist), Sefer Memisoglu (NON Gallery), Michael Sailstorfer (Johann Konig)

Shadows, Circles & Fire
December 7, 8pm, running time 52'
The program features films that seek to negotiate space and time in unique ways, emphasizing the transitory and the fleeting. Videos by: Mauricio Lupini (Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporàneo), Guy Ben-Ner (Konrad Fischer Galerie), Cao Fei (Lombard Freid Gallery), Mircea Cantor (Yvon Lambert), Andrea Bowers (Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Praz-Delavallade, Andrew Kreps Gallery), Rashaad Newsome (Marlborough Gallery), Daniel Arsham (Galerie Perrotin)

Laughing, Wondering & Meditating
December 7, 9pM, running time 55'
The films in this program explore different kinds of strangeness, ranging from works embracing unexpected encounters, to humor, anxiety and madness. Videos by: Mauricio Lupini (Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo), Julieta Aranda (Galerìa OMR), Melanie Smith (Galeria Nara Roesler), Sam Samore (Team Gallery), Dineo Seshee Bopape (Stevenson), Julika Rudelius (Galerie Michael Janssen), Theaster Gates (Kavi Gupta Gallery), Yoshua Okon (Mor Charpentier), Jordan Wolfson (Johann Konig)

Spirit, Breath & Air
December 7, 10pm, running time 67'
This program begins with breath, but also touches on the visual and the tactile, with explorations of everyday life, locations and objects. Videos by: David Zink Yi (Hauser & Wirth, Johann Konig), Chen Xiaoyun (ShanghART & H Space), Sam Samore (Team Gallery), Hu Xiangqian (Long March Space), Pierre Bismuth (Team Gallery), Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Marian Goodman Gallery), Jumana Manna (CRG Gallery ), Nate Boyce (Altman Siegel)

Bliss
By Ragnar Kjartansson, 2012, i8 Gallery, Luhring Augustine
December 8, 6pm to December 9, 6am, running time 12 hours, International premiere.
Special dusk-to-dawn screening in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) North Miami and the New World Center. "Bliss" is a 12 hour video work by Ragnar Kjartansson, filmed at his performance at Performa 11 in New York in 2011. It features the final aria of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", with full cast in period costumes, scenery and orchestra.

- Art Video Section
MBCC, central area
Julieta Aranda | Galería OMR
Daniel Arsham | Galerie Perrotin
Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Marian Goodman Gallery
Dineo Seshee Bopape | Stevenson
Andrea Bowers | Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Praz-Delavallade, Andrew Kreps Gallery
Mircea Cantor | Yvon Lambert
Kudzanai Chiurai | Goodman Gallery
Tim Davis | Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
Theaster Gates | Kavi Gupta Gallery
Shilpa Gupta | Chemould Prescott Road
Karl Haendel in collaboration with Petter Ringbom | Yvon Lambert, Harris Lieberman, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Drew Heitzler, Sam Sharit | Blum & Poe
Stanya Kahn, Llyn Foulkes | Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Gonzalo Lebrija | Travesía Cuatro
Mauricio Lupini | Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo
Jessica Mein | Galeria Leme
Muntean/Rosenblum | Team Gallery
Takeshi Murata, Billy Grant | Salon 94
Ana Prvaki | Lombard Freid Gallery
Robin Rhode | Lehmann Maupin
Michael Sailstorfer | Johann Konig
Sam Samore | Team Gallery
Gigi Scaria | Chemould Prescott Road
Adam Shecter | Eleven Rivington
Rubén Ortiz Torres | Galería OMR
Stephen Willats | Victoria Miro
Chen Xiaoyun | ShanghART & H Space
Nina Yuen | Lombard Freid Gallery
David Zink Yi | Hauser & Wirth, Johann Konig

Talks + Events
Art Basel Conversations
MBCC, auditorium entrance D
Art Basel Conversations offer the show's public a chance to see dialogs between prominent members of the international artworld. Speakers will be available for informal discussion after the panel. Detailed program and videos can be found online at www.artbasel.com/conversations

Premiere - Artist Talk Richard Tuttle with Chris Dercon
December 6, 10 - 11am

Public/Private "Rethinking the Encyclopedic Museum"
December 7, 10-11am

Asia Focus "Why Japanese Post-War Art Matters Now"
December 8, 10-11am

Artistic Practice "The Artist as Musician"
December 9, 10-11am

Art Salon
MBCC, auditorium entrance D
Art Salon program serves as an open space for artist talks, panels, lectures, and performances, with the range of speakers including artists, academics, curators, collectors, architects, art lawyers, critics, and many other cultural players. The program offers an intimate experience for the audience with ample time to ask their own questions. Detailed programs and videos can be found online at www.artbasel.com/salon

December 6

1pm - Art Market Talk | The Age of Empires
Josh Baer, Publisher, Baer Faxt, and art advisor, New York
Marc Glimcher, Pace Gallery, New York/London/Beijing

2pm - Talk | Curating in Context
Juan A. Gaitán, Curator, 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Mexico City/Berlin
Franklin Sirmans, Artistic Director, Prospect.3, New Orleans; Terri and Michael Smooke Department Head and Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

3pm - Artist Talk | Walead Beshty
Walead Beshty, Artist, Los Angeles
In conversation with Silvia Karman Cubiñá, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach

4pm - Artist Talk | The Poetics of Enchantment
Jesper Just, Artist, New York
In conversation with David Gryn, Curator of Art Video, Founder of Artprojx, London

5pm - The Global Artworld | Focus on Biennial of the Americas
Boris Hirmas, Chairman of the Board of Sala de Arte Publico Siquieros/La Tallera; Member of Tate's Latin American Acquisitions Committee; Entrepreneur in Residence, FIU, Mexico City/Miami
Gonzalo Lebrija, Artist, Guadalajara
Moises Micha, Patron; Co-founder, Grupo Habita; Board Member, Museo de la Ciudad, Mexico City/New York
Moderator | Abaseh Mirvali, Chief Executive Officer and President, Comisaria, Platform 5280, Biennial of the Americas

6pm - Artist Talk | Black Dada: How does it feel to be a problem?
Adam Pendleton, Artist, New York
In conversation with Jenny Schlenzka, Associate Curator, MoMA PS1, New York

December 7

1pm - Artistic Practice | Street Art in the Middle East: Alternative Forms of Political Expression
James Brett, Founder and Curator, the Museum Of Everything, London Tala Saleh, Author of Marking Beirut; Khobar, Saudi Arabia Moderator | Princess Alia Al-Senussi, Patron, London

2pm - Book Launch | Commissioning Contemporary Art: A Handbook for Curators, Collectors and Artists
Tom Eccles, Executive Director, Center for Curatorial Studies, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, New York Mima and Cesar Reyes, Collectors, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Moderator | Louisa Buck, Art Critic and Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper, London

3pm - Art Law Talk | How to Buy Art – And How to Handle it
Ralph E. Lerner, Withers Bergman LLP, co-author of Art Law - The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers & Artists, New York
Judith Bresler, Withers Bergman LLP, co-author of Art Law - The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers & Artists, New York

4pm - Lunch Bytes | New Media, New Markets: Buying, Selling and Collecting Digital Art

Sebastian Cwilich, President and COO, Art.sy, New York
Sabine Himmelsbach, Director, House of Electronic Arts, Basel
Miltos Manetas, Artist, Collector, Los Angeles
Lindsay Howard, Curatorial Director of 319 Scholes, New York
Moderator | Melanie Bühler, Curator, Lunch Bytes, Washington, D.C.
In collaboration with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Goethe-Institut Washington DC and Pro Helvetia.

5pm - Artist Talk | Bill Viola: Liber Insularum
Bill Viola, Artist; Long Beach, California
In conversation with Bonnie Clearwater, Director and Chief Curator of Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami

6pm - Latin Art Market | Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil and Mexico
Mireya Escalante, Director, Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection, Mexico City
Ana Leticia Fialho, Art Market Researcher, São Paulo
Moderator | Charmaine Picard, Art Critic and Writer for The Art Newspaper, New York

December 8

1pm - Artist Talk | Kemang Wa Lehulere
Kemang Wa Lehulere, Artist, Johannesburg
In conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, London

2pm - Talk | New Perspectives from the Edge of Arabia
Salwa Al Eryani, Artist; Sana'a, Yemen
Sama Al-Shaibi, Artist and Associate Professor of Photography at University of Arizona, Tucson
Moderator | Stephen Stapleton, Founder and Director, Edge of Arabia, London

3pm - Artist Talk | Plane Text: Language in Art
Mel Bochner, Artist, New York
Hank Willis Thomas, Artist, New York
In conversation with Adam Shopkorn, Cultural Ambassador for Morgans Hotel Group and independent curator, New York

4pm - Art and Architecture | Lincoln Center Inside Out: An Architectural Account
Elizabeth Diller, Principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Professor of Architecture at Princeton University School of Architecture, New York City Ricardo Scofidio, Principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Cooper Union, New York City Charles Renfro, Principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Visiting Professor of Architecture at Columbia and Rice University, New York City Moderator | Ari Wiseman, Deputy Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

5pm - Artist Talk | Painting Forever
Tala Madani, Artist, Los Angeles
Oscar Murillo, Artist, London
Moderator | Chris Wiley, Kaleidoscope Associate Editor and Artist, New York

6pm - Artist Talk | Hollywood Is A Verb
Alex Israel, Artist, Los Angeles
In conversation with Aaron Moulton, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City

December 9

1pm - Lecture | Word and Image in Art
Charles Henri Hine, Director, the Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida

2pm - Artist Talk | Hernan Bas
Hernan Bas, Artist, Detroit/Miami
In conversation with Bonnie Clearwater, Director and Chief Curator of Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami

Art Film
An evening devoted to a single film with strong ties to the artworld. The screening is followed by a panel discussion. Curated by Zurich film connoiseur This Brunner.

December 7, 8:30pm.
Free public access, seating is limited.
Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach

"Painters Painting" (1972)
A documentary film by Emile de Antonio, 116' "Painters Painting" is a documentary film including artists like Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman,Frank Stella and Jasper Johns.

Art Magazines
Top American and international art periodicals. A full list of Art Magazines is available at www.artbasel.com/sectors

About Art Basel
Art Basel stages the world's premier art shows for Modern and contemporary works, sited in Basel, Hong Kong, and Miami Beach. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. In addition to ambitious stands featuring leading galleries from around the globe, each show's singular exhibition sectors spotlight the latest developments in the visual arts, offering visitors new ideas, new inspiration and new contacts in the art world.

Main Sponsor UBS
UBS continues its longstanding and successful partnership with Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach in 2012. The firm has been the main sponsor of Art Basel for the past 18 years and main sponsor of Art Basel in Miami Beach since the show's inception in 2002. UBS has a rich history of actively supporting cultural and artistic endeavors across the world, with a focus on promotion, collection and educational activities in the world of contemporary art.

Associate Sponsors and Partners
NetJets continues their valued partnership with the Miami Beach edition of Art Basel. They are joined by Davidoff, the prestigious Swiss cigar brand, and Absolut Art Bureau, responsible for The Absolut Company’s international art initiatives, on Associate Sponsor level. Furniture will be provided by Herman Miller and the VIP car service will be by BMW. The show is supported by the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority. The official Media Partners are The Financial Times and The Miami Herald. Additional partners can be found at www.artbasel.com/partners.

Guided Tours
AXA Art, the globally active specialty art and collectibles insurance company, will again provide VIP guided tours at Art Basel in Miami Beach. Reservations can be made until November 16. For reservations and information contact Amanda Rowley: axaartcommunications@axa-art-usa.com.

The ArtNexus guided tours in English and Spanish will be available daily during show hours from Thursday to Sunday. There will be general tours of the show and special tours for Art Kabinett. For reservations and information contact Sol Romero: Tel. +1 305 891 7270, ext. 4; tours@artnexus.com. During show days, reservations can be made by phone or at the Guided Tours Information Desk in Info Zone D.

The Bass Museum of Art will offer guided group and private tours of Art Public and the Bass Museum in English. Walk-in tours (no reservation required) will take place at 10:30am, 11:30am, and 12:30pm, each day of the show. Each tour will take 45 minutes.
Price: $8 per person, groups of 15 or more $5 per person. School group tours are available in English and will take 45 minutes. Price: $4 per child (free for accompanying teachers and parents). Private and group tours to be booked in advance. For reservations and further information, contact the Bass Museum of Art, Kylee Crook: Tel. +1 305 673 7530, ext. 9-1001; artpublic_tours@bassmuseum.org.

Image: Alice Aycock, Twin Vortexes 2012. Courtesy of the Artist, Galerie Thomas Schulte and Fredric Snitzer Gallery

Press Contacts:
Dorothee Dines, PR Manager, Art Basel Tel. +41 58 206 27 06, dorothee.dines@artbasel.com
International PR Offices:
US Representatives: FITZ & CO, Concetta Duncan Tel. +1 212 627 1455 ext. 232, concetta@fitzandco.com
Florida Representatives: Garber & Goodman Inc. Tel. +1 305 674 1292, abmb@garberandgoodman.com
Europe: Sutton PR, Catherine McClelland Tel. +44 20 7183 3577, catherinem@suttonpr.com
Asia: Sutton PR Asia, Tamsin Selby / Erica Siu Tel: +852 2528 0792, tamsin@suttonprasia.com / erica@suttonprasia.com

Preview Agenda
December 5, 3pm - 6pm, VIP Preview, by invitation only, venue MBCC
December 5, 6pm - 9pm, Vernissage, by invitation only, venue MBCC
December 5, 8:30 - 10pm, Art Public Opening Night open to the public, venue Collins Park, Miami Beach

Miami Beach Convention Center
Entrances: Convention Center Drive and Washington Avenue
Thursday, Dec 6 to Saturday, Dec 8, 12noon to 8pm
Sunday, Dec 9, 2012, 12noon to 6pm

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