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May 23, 2012 Last Updated: 3:15:AM EDT

Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 Roundup

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Published: January 2, 2009

Last week, ARTINFO headed to Art Basel Miami Beach expecting the worst, but found a relatively stable fair that has proven it's here to stay. Here's a roundup of all our coverage: 

Preview
Editor's Picks: Art Basel Miami Beach Preview
The art world is holding its collective breath for Art Basel MiamiBeach in light of the current economic situation — but the work remainstop-notch.

Twenty-One Cranky Ways of Looking at Art Basel Miami Beach
With this year’s fair looking like more of a gamble than any since the aborted 2001 debut, here are 21 worrying trends.

Art Basel Miami Beach
The Block and the Booth
What recent auction results mean for pricing at Art Basel Miami Beach.

A Kinder, Gentler Art Basel
With sales slower and attendance down, “we can’t be as rude as we’ve been for the past three years,” admitted one dealer.

A Surprisingly Steady and Solid Beat at Art Basel's Day Two
“It’s not the running of the bulls anymore — it’s the strolling of the bears,” said one New York gallerist.

Satellite Fairs
Floating Walls and Bargain Hunters at NADA
Collectors are “spending time looking and making choices” at this year's spiffed-up fair. 

New Space, New Focus at Art Miami
Now in its 19th year, Miami's oldest fair is doing its best to show it can change with the times.

Pulse Quickens on Day Two
And things heat up at Geisai.

Careful Buying and a Controversial Eviction at Design Miami
Following the barely trafficked first full day of the fair on Wednesday, the mood on Thursday was subdued and cautious — but not funereal, as many had feared.

Confidence at Scope, Chutzpah at Art Asia
While dealers were reporting a lot of buying, collectors have apparently been keen on getting discounts.

A Tale of Two Bridges
So which venue worked — the hotels in Miami Beach, or the spotless tent in Wynwood? And which fizzled?

Slow and Steady Keeps Aqua Afloat
One dealer praised the fair's “less foreboding and less competitive” atmosphere.

Photo Miami Keeps Its Cool
“Things get overheated a lot more quickly” in the art world than in the photo realm, said one unworried dealer who believes that photo isn’t suffering from the same kind of slump as contemporary art.

ARTINFO Columns + Features
Art Parties: Flying South
impulse buying may have given way to caution in the wake of the recession, but loud and proud art partying seems to be doing just fine.

Weekend Picks: Luis Gispert in Miami
Hip-hop baroque comes home.

Alive and Kicking
The temporary exhibition “The Station” shows that however glam the art world gets, the grit will always remain.

Art Parties: Grand Tour of Geisai
Artist and ARTINFO designer Carrie Villines, along with fellow photographer deMonica Orozco and artist Alise Spinella, snapped some shots around the fair and festivities.

All the President's Men
Obamamania hits the fairs.

Art Parties: Miami Photo Roundup
A final group of party pictures from the festivities in Miami.

From Art+Auction
Miami's Silver Lining
Art Basel Miami Beach has become so sturdy that it would take a hurricane to blow it away.

Miami Satellite Fairs
AIPAD and Flow may be out, but — market doomsayers be damned — Miami's satellite fairs are alive and well.

Design Discontent
Attuned to the growing collector interest in modern design, many art dealers are bridging the gap — with mixed results.

Miami Madness
The best antidote for Basel-burnout may be a twirl through the city’s public and private museums.

Conversation with Rosa de la Cruz
Rosa de la Cruz talks to Sarah Douglas about her grassroots collecting style and why she'll have no parties at her new downtown Miami space.

From Modern Painters
Anri Sala
Anri Sala's works raise questions of memory and modernity, and the impact of political turmoil on one's consciousness.

From Culture+Travel
When in Miami for...Art Basel Miami Beach
Where to stay, eat, shop, and play when you’re all partied out.

 

 

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