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November 24, 2006 |
Issue # 27 |
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Art on the Beach
Art Basel Miami Beach Draws Cultural Tourists and
Local Art Lovers
By Elizabeth Fernandez
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Pablo Picasso, Tęte de femme
(Jacqueline), 1957, Gouache, colored pencil, and ink on paper, 66x50 cm
(Courtesy Landau Fine Art, Inc., Montreal) |
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Every year, Miami Beach hosts one of the most important and
exciting contemporary art shows in the world. Art Basel Miami Beach, which this
year will be held December 7-10 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, features
representatives and artwork from 200 galleries around the world. Over 1,500
artists from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean
participate in the event.
According to art consultant Lisa Austin, “Art Basel is part
museum, part trade show, part carnival.”
Collectors from across the globe come to South Beach every
December to experience the event, with exhibits all over the South Beach,
Wynwood Art, and Design districts. It officially takes place from December 7–10,
but the festivities last much longer as visitors and artists enjoy some of the
best parties of the season. The official sister event to the original Art Basel
in Switzerland, described by Newsweek as “contemporary art's most influential
trade fair,” the Miami version is more frenzied and over-the-top, explained
Austin. |
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The Holidays on a Budget
Some Ideas About How to Afford to Buy Gifts and
Tickets to a Show
By Anna Collins
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Terrell Hardcastle, Stacy Schwartz,
Jody Madaras and Julie Kleiner, now appearing at the Actor’s Playhouse in
White Christmas |
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Here they come.
Like a tsunami rolling towards us from the distance,
wearing tap dancing shoes and carrying a stopwatch it’s… THE HOLIDAYS! Wake up
people! Start revving up the credit cards and chucking those diets – it’s the
hap-happiest time of the year.
“Can you believe it?” I hear people saying, “The holidays are almost here!”
Yeah, I can believe it, especially when I saw Christmas and Hanukkah decorations
out in September.
But don’t get me wrong – I adore the holidays. I don’t let the inflated
prices and tempting gift baskets with all the stuff I love in them and want to
keep for myself, get to me. Nor, as a once moneymaking realtor, do I let my 75
percent decrease in income since the real estate market tanked, dampen my
holiday spirit. And I am certainly not upset that I was forced to look for work
elsewhere, in a totally unrelated field selling laboratory casework and fume
hoods (don’t ask) for a distributor an hour drive from where I live. Ditto for
the fact that I also decided to go to yoga school earning myself a yoga teacher
certification, which entitles me to further reap a fraction of my former income,
albeit wearing cute form-fitting outfits. |
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This
publication is made possible by a grant from
the Miami-Dade County
Department of Cultural
Affairs, and the Board of
County Commissioners |
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