CONTEXT Art Miami Celebrates Seventh Edition With 96 International Galleries Presenting Emergent, Mid-Career and Cutting-Edge Atists
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CONTEXT Art Miami, (www.contextartmiami.com) presented by Art Miami, returning for its seventh edition December 4 – 9, 2018, has announced its 2018 exhibitor list featuring the works of emergent, mid-career and cutting-edge artists from 96 galleries, representing 21 countries and 63 cities.
This year’s fair will kick off with a Platinum VIP Preview for top collectors, curators, and members of the press on Tuesday December 4 th , from 4:30PM – 5:30PM to benefit the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), sponsored by Christie's International Real Estate. The VIP Preview will open for all VIP Cardholders at 5:30PM and continue until 10PM. This is the eighth consecutive year that PAMM has been the fair’s exclusive VIP Preview benefactor and Art Miami LLC has already donated more than $150,000 to further the museum’s collection and mission. The partnership remains an integral part of the Art Miami Group’s larger commitment to the city of Miami.
CONTEXT Art Miami features an open atmosphere, creating a meaningful dialogue between artists, galleries and collectors while providing the ultimate platform for the presentation of contemporary art by emerging and established galleries. Once again, the fair will be held alongside Art Miami at the prestigious waterfront location of One Miami Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay, nestled between the Venetian and MacArthur Causeways in the heart of Downtown Miami. The fair offers an unparalleled level of accessibility to the activities and collectors on Miami Beach with convenient parking and shuttle service.
New works from returning galleries include Christian Voigt, presented by Lucia Mendoza; Elio Rodriguez, presented by 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel; Estefanía Martín Saénz presented by GEMA LLAMAZARES; Eric Zener, presented by Gallery Henoch; George Rouy, presented by ANNA ZORINA GALLERY; Jen Mann presented by DURAN|MASHAAL; Kangi Connie Wang presented by Z GALLERY ARTS; Mario Soria presented by N2 Galería; Meredith Pardue, presented by Laura Rathe Fine Art; Nikoleta Sekulovic, presented by Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, Rafa Macarrón, presented by Galería Casa Cuadrada; Susan Chrysler White presented by Kim Foster Gallery; and Toyin Loye, presented by Chiefs & Spirits.
The 2018 edition welcomes new exhibitors including GALERIE ISABELLE LESMEISTER from Regensburg, presenting artists including Maria Agureeva, whose work shows how the body becomes a hybrid space where materiality of flesh is connected with an individual consciousness and identity. The Light Gallery from Medellin will make their Miami debut with a selection of Latin American works, from artist’s including Cecilia Paredes – known for her performance photography, she uses her body as a canvas to explore themes such as the power of nature, femininity, and migration. Los Angeles's Art Angels will present new works from American contemporary artist Christopher Florentino aka Flore. Peninsula Fine Art from Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica will debut with work by Jean Marc Calvet, known for his vibrant paintings of multitude of small details.
2018 CONTEXT ART MIAMI EXHIBITOR LIST
3 Punts Galeria | Barcelona; 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel | New York; Able Fine Art NY Gallery | New York; Ai Bo Gallery | Westchester; Alida Anderson Art Projects | Washington; Analog Contemporary | Philadelphia; ANNA ZORINA GALLERY | New York; ANSORENA | Madrid; Art Angels | Los Angeles; ART DESIGN GALLERY | Guéthary; ArtLabbé Gallery | Coral Gables; Avenue des Arts | Los Angeles; Bel Air Fine Art | Miami; Bivins Gallery | Dallas; Black Book Gallery | Denver; BLANK SPACE | New York; Bruce Lurie Gallery | Los Angeles; Cantor Fine Art | Venice Beach; Cavalier Galleries | New York; Chiefs & Spirits | The Hague; CHUNG JARK GALLERY | Seoul; Connect Contemporary | Atlanta; Contempop Gallery | New York; Counterpoint Contemporary | Bridgehampton; Cube Gallery | London; Denise Bibro Fine Art | New York; DS Projects | Miami; Duane Reed Gallery | Saint Louis; DURAN | MASHAAL | Montreal; Estudio Arte Contemporaneo | La Habana; ETERNITY GALLERY | Miami; FP Contemporary | Los Angeles; FREDERIC GOT | Paris; Gabriel Wickbold Studio and Gallery | Sao Paulo; Galería Alfredo Ginocchio | Ciudad de México; Galería Casa Cuadrada | Bogotá; Galeria Contrast | Barcelona; GALERIA LGM | Bogotá; GALERIE BENJAMIN ECK | Munich; GALERIE ISABELLE LESMEISTER | Regensburg; Galerie LeRoyer | Montreal; Galerie Matthew Namour | Montreal; Galeries Bartoux | Paris; GALLERIA STEFANO FORNI | Bologna; Gallery Aurora | Yang-san; Gallery G-77 | Kyoto; Gallery Henoch | New York; GALLERY JUNG | Seoul; Gallery TABLEAU | Seoul; GAMA GALLERY | Istanbul; GEMA LLAMAZARES | Gijón; Hang Art | San Francisco; Hashimoto Contemporary | San Francisco; HAVOC Gallery | Burlington; HEITSCH GALLERY| Munich; Hernandez Art Gallery | Milan; Heron Arts | San Francisco; HOHMANN | Palm Desert; Juan Silió Gallery | Santander; K+Y Gallery | Paris; Kim Foster Gallery | New York; Laura Rathe Fine Art | Houston; Lawrence Fine Art | Lawrence; Liquid art system | Capri; Lucía Mendoza | Madrid; MAC | Milan; Markowicz Fine Art | Miami; Momentum Gallery | Asheville; N2 Galería | Barcelona; NIL GALLERY |Paris; NINE Gallery | Gwangju; Oliver Cole Gallery | Miami; Peninsula Fine Art | Guanacaste; Projects Gallery | Miami; Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | New York; Rele Gallery | Lagos; Retrospect Galleries | Byron Bay; RHODES | London; Ronen Art Gallery | Amsterdam; SASHA D espacio de arte |Córdoba; Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance |Rancho Santa Fe; Simons Gallery | The Hague; Spoke Art | New York; STOA | Estepona; TAMBARAN 2 |New York; Tauvers Gallery international | Kyiv; ten|Contemporary |Nevada City; The Light Gallery | Medellin; URGEL | FLECHA | Madrid; Vitavie Gallery | Toronto; VK Gallery | Amsterdam; Want Art Gallery | New York; Whitewall Contemporary | Delray Beach; Woolff Gallery| London; Z GALLERY ARTS | Vancouver; ZK Gallery | San Francisco.