FAIR START
Ready to see some art? Score private invitations to fair previews or wait until the next day to begin your art-filled adventure.Art Basel Miami Beach, the main event, returns to Miami Beach Convention Center from December 1-4, with First Choice and Preview on Wednesday and the glamorous, star-studded Vernissage on Thursday.See more on its sectors below. Across the street in the parking lot, Design Miami/ sets up its chic tent through Sunday. Just look for SHoP architects 3D-printed, organically-shaped installation chosen as this years entrance pavilion, pictured. Inside, dont miss Sobremesa, a collaboration about shared spaces from Airbnb and Mexico Citys Pedro&Juana. Many fairs simply hit the sand. Untitled and Scope feature nearly 130 galleries each at Eighth and Twelfth streets, respectively. Head north to the Deauville Beach Resort for the uniquely nonprofit fair N.A.D.A.
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THE BREAKFAST CLUB
Why wait when one can have art for breakfast? Catch one of these morning meals with a side of culture hosted by a nonprofit and private collection. ONE Sothebys International Realty sponsors National YoungArts Foundations breakfast and tour for Jos Parls site-specific installation Roots (pictured), and JPMorgan Chases When We Were Young, an exhibit that pairs art from its collection with new works by YoungArts alumni, on December 1, from 9-11 a.m. Leave it to Miami collector Martin Z. Margulies to show one of the most buzzworthy artists of our time, Anselm Kiefer, in a new custom-built gallery, to boot. Come view the installation, as well as Art Povera master Jannis Kounelliss retrospective, during breakfast tomorrow through December 2, at Margulies Collection at the Warehouse.
2100 Biscayne Boulevard; 305.377.1140; youngarts.org. 591 NW 27th Street; 305.576.1051; margulieswarehouse.com
GET OUT!
Luxury brands from hospitality to timepieces are staging massive outdoor installations from the bay to the beach. One of the most anticipated works is #RitzRainbow, a colorful laser light beaming from developer Lionheart Capitals headquarters in the Design District across Biscayne Bay to its pending Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach. Immerse yourself in Puerto Rican visual artist Yvette Matterns majestic rainbow through complimentary boat rides from the Residences until Sunday. Tonight by invitation, Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet hosts a reception for Chinese artist Sun Xuns Reconstruction of the Universe, a block-long, bamboo-encased oceanfront exhibit between 21st and 22nd streets through December 3 (pictured). Viewers will dive into a multimedia work of 2D and 3D animation, ink drawings, sound effects and scroll paintings, a tradition from his homeland.
4701 Meridian Avenue; 305.953.9500; theresidencesmiamibeach.com. audemarspiguet.com
SIZING UP SECTORS
With nearly 270 galleries, Art Basel can seem a little overwhelming. Tackle the nations premier art fair by focusing on a single sector. Video art lovers will want to watch the Film Sector curated by David Gryn, director of Daata Editions and Artprojx in London, on New World Symphonys projection wall in Miami Beach SoundScape Park. Naturally, this years theme is sound and music, including Best Dressed Chicken in Town, a collaboration involving 27 artists inspired by Jamaican reggae singer and deejay Dr Alimantados namesake song. Works by Christian Marclay to Alfredo Jaar will also be shown, along with the documentary Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back, pictured, at the Colony Theatre on December 2. Then wander through Art Publics 20 works, which pay homage to David Bowie, in Collins Park.
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