Art Basel Miami Beach takes place in the newly renovated Miami Beach Convention Center. I read that there was a new sliding scale pricing system implemented this year that supported the participation of smaller and mid size galleries. Along with the improved lighting in the convention center, the show somehow didn’t seem quite so daunting to me this year. In it’s 18th year there were 269 galleries from all over the world exhibiting. This was my fourth time at Art Basel and to me it was the best year yet.
I’m separating this post into three parts because even though I have edited images down to just a small portion of what I saw, it is a lot to take in.
oil on canvas, 30 ” x 38 in
Kasmin
RIGHT: Milton Avery, Morning Talk, 1963
oil on canvas, 50″ x 60 in
Menconi + Schoelkopf
Synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas, 14″ x 11in
This small painting caught my eye and then I realized it was a Warhol. It was unlike any Andy Warhol I had seen. The size was quite diminutive for a Warhol as well.
Painted bronze, edition 3/4, 42 3/4″ x 13 1/2 in.
oil on canvas, 29″ x 36 in
Marlborough
I remember seeing this painting by Fairfield Porter at the Seattle Art Fair in 2017. I loved it. I also know it was $650,000. I have photos of everything. Seems like a new gallery is showing the painting now, and I’m glad it never sold as I got to see it again. I didn’t ask the current price.
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 96″ x 120 in
CANADA (New York)
Pink fabric with aluminum, 70 x 24 x 24 in
Chaim & Reid
TOP LEFT: (left) Louise Bourgeois, Pillar, 1947-49
Bronze and stainless steel, 61 1/2 ” x 12″ x 12 in.
(right) Louise Bourgeois, Woman with a Secret, 1947-49
Bronze painted white, 64 1/4″ x 12″ x 12 in
TOP RIGHT: Louise Bourgeois, Topiary, 2006
Bronze covered with silver nitrate patina, ed. 1/6
8 3/4″ x 9 1/4″ x 4 in
Galerie Karsten Greve
BOTTOM IMAGE: Louise Bourgeois, The Family, 2008
Gouache on paper, suite of 12, 23 3/8″ x 18 in
Xavier Hufkens
27 1/2 ” x 24 5/8″ x 11 in
11 Television sets, 2 laser disk players, wood, wrought iron, brass and mixed media
overall: 260 x 236 x 47 cm
Anneli Juda Fine Art
oil on canvas, 48″ x 72 in
RIGHT: Alex Katz, Vincent in the Afternoon, 1973
oil on canvas, 47 3/4″ x 83 1/2 in
Marlborough
Suite of ten woodcuts printed on ivory black on Okawara paper, Edition of 25
Carolina Kitsch, NY
Cast sparkles on handmade paper over chicken wire, 55″ x 10: x 9 1/2 in
RIGHT: Lynda Benglis, Lagniappe II, 1977-8
Cast paper, acrylic, glitter, gold leaf, polypropylene, 38″ x 13″ x 8 in
Lynda Benglis, born in 1941 is a “pioneer of a form of abstraction in which each work is the result of materials in action” (Art 21). If you’ve never watched Art 21, you should. A PBS show highlighting artist’s work, which first began in 2001. There are a few good episodes on Lynda.
Oil on linen, wood panel support with steel tubing, 41 1/2 ” x 41 1/2″ x 5 3/4 in
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Potato bags, chrome paint, expanding foam on canvas
79.1″ x 70.3″ x 28.3 in
Thread over painted wood, aluminum and plaster frame, 79 1/2″ x 79 1/2 in
Sperone Westwater
Fired and painted clay, 13 3/4″ x 15″ x 12 3//8 in
RIGHT: Ken Price, Nounless, 1989
Fired and painted clay, 10 1/4″ x 14 3/8″ x 10 1/4 in
Matthew Marks Gallery
Five-part woodcut on Kozo paper, Paper 55 1/8″ x 70 7/8 in/ Image 47 1/4 x 63 in
Edition of 3
Cristea Roberts Gallery
Oil on linen, 39 3/8″ x 25 5/8 in
RIGHT: Hannah van Bart, Seated Man, 2019
Oil on linen, 47 1/4″ x 31 1/2 in
I saw the Hannah van Bart show at the Marianne Boesky Gallery when I was in NYC in October. It’s always fun to see my favorite pieces from a show again at another show. Then again, maybe the two I liked are the only ones that didn’t sell! It was nice to see the work again no matter what.
Acrylic marker on cardboard, 109″ x 84″ x 5.75 in
Vielmetter (Los Angeles)
Vija Celmins, Night Sky 3, 2002
Aquatint with burnishing and drypoint on Hahnemuhle Copperplate paper
Image: 14 3/4″ x 18 5/8 in
Sheet: 20″ x 23 7/8″
There is currently a beautiful Vija Celmins show at the Met Breuer in NYC through January 12, 2020.
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