Unmissable Gems at Miami’s Art Fairs

Jorge December 8, 2024

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MIAMI — I’ve made it to Friday with out forgetting my press move in an Uber or growing cafecito-related coronary heart palpitations, and by Miami Art Week requirements I’d name {that a} win. Yesterday we mentioned critical issues, just like the monetary sustainability of the art-fair ecosystem, however at this time we’re drained and remorse having that third margarita at Bacara, so we’ll look at artwork.

I noticed a dizzying quantity of standout work at Art Basel Miami Beach, NADA Miami, and Untitled Art, however the week’s most underrated ticket was the Open Invitational, a brand new honest for nonprofits and galleries targeted on artists with disabilities, or “progressive art studios.” Co-Founder David Fierman, whom I caught up with throughout Monday’s opening night time, emphasised the significance of centering alternative ways of seeing the world.

“There’s a lot of purity in this work that is lacking in some of the higher echelons of the market,” Fierman advised me. “Let’s have a story where people make a positive impact on people’s lives and do it in a really sustainable, human-to-human way.”

On that word, and with out additional ado, I’m sharing under my favourite works at Art Basel Miami Beach, NADA, the Open Invitational, and Untitled Art — from Mapuche artist Seba Calfuqueo’s ceramics to Michael Angelo Mangino’s pithy textual content work and Alissa Alfonso’s whimsical sculptures.

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Art Basel Miami Beach

Howardena Pindell at Garth Greenan Gallery

Javier Barrios at Pequod Co.

Iván Argote at Albarrán Bourdais

Seba Calfuqueo at Galeria Marilia Razuk

Tina Girouard at Magenta Plains

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NADA Miami

Melissa Wallen and Alissa Alfonso at Baker—Hall

Bre Andy at Cierra Britton Gallery

Susan Wick at David B. Smith Gallery

Joseph Jones at Roland Ross

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The Open Invitational

Billy Bolds at Center for Creative Works Philadelphia

Nyla Isaac at The Living Museum

Michael Angelo Mangino at Studio Route 29

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Unmissable Gems at Miami’s Art Fairs