The 2015 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the last major art fair of the calendar year, opens on Thursday, December 3, with previews beginning Wednesday, December 2. Comprised of nine different sections, the fair will include 267 leading international galleries from 32 countries. The main sector, called Galleries, features 191 of those galleries with a large portion coming from the United States and Latin America.
Highlights from the Galleries section include Norman Lewis at New York’s Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Ivan Grilo at São Paulo’s Casa Triângulo, and Katie Paterson at Ingleby Gallery of Edinburgh, Scotland. (See our highlights from the other eight sectors in part 2 of ARTnews’s Art Basel Miami Beach preview.)
Click the photos below to see works on offer at the fair.
Eva Kotatkova, Emil, 2015, welded metal, plywood, and shoes.
Casa Triângulo, São Paulo
Ivan Grilo, Chico Rei [ou a verdade tropical está nas entrelinhas] (Chico Rei [or tropical truth lies between the lines]), 2015, print on cotton paper and engraving on Plexiglas, iron, and wood. COURTESY CASA TRIÂNGULO
Laurie Simmons, Walking Toilet II (Color), 1989, pigment print. COURTESY MARY BOONE GALLERY, NEW YORK
Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Untitled (No. 395), 1956, oil on board. COURTESY ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Katie Paterson, Candle (from Earth into a Black Hole), 2015, scented, layered candle. BLAISE ADILON/COURTESY THE ARTIST, FRAC FRANCHE-COMTÉ, BESANÇON, FRANCE, AND INGLEBY GALLERY, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Lucas Blalock, Given holes and holes and houses and birds, 2014, archival inkjet print. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND RANDOLPHE JANSSEN, BRUSSELS
Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy | Beijing | Les Moulins, France | Havana, Cuba
Ai Weiwei, Colored Vases, 2014 , Han Dynasty vases (206 BC – 220 AD) and industrial paint. COURTESY GALLERIA CONTINUA, SAN GIRMIGNANO, BEIJING, LES MOULINS, AND HAVANA
Galeria Millan, São Paulo
Thiago Rocha Pitta, Ocean/Atlas, 2014, color photograph.
Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin and Leipzig, Germany
Carsten Nicolai, Zukunftsangst (Fear of the future), 2015, aluminum. COURTESY GALERIE EIGEN + ART, LEIPZIG/BERLIN
CRG Gallery, New York
Alexandre da Cunha, Amazons (Painting XI), 2015, fabric dye and beach towel.
Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
Maria Martinez-Cañas, Untitled 001, from "Vestigo Series," 2015, sanded gelatin silver print. COURTESY THE ARTIST
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich
Brassaï, Nu, bas de résille, 1932, gelatin silver print.
Galeria Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo
Waltercio Caldas, A Tale, 2013, stainless steel, glass, and resin.
Sperone Westwater, New York
Frank Stella, "Ihr name war Mariane Congreve", 1998, mixed media on cast aluminum. COURTESY SPERONE WESTWATER, NEW YORK
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo
Yun Hyongkeun, Umber Blue, 1976, oil on linen. COURTESY YUN SEONG-RYEOL AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, AND TOKYO
Alexander Gray Associates, New York
Hassan Sharif, Ladies and Gentlemen, 2014, mixed media. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ALEXANDER GRAY ASSOCIATES, NEW YORK
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Raúl Cordero, FR (II), 2013, oil on canvas.
Washburn Gallery, New York
Leon Polk Smith, Correspondence Red Blue, 1964, oil on canvas.