POST BY PADDY JOHNSON
Miami Beach Skywalkers Parade 2006, Image via mumblion’s flickr.
My latest article is up at The L Magazine, featuring predictions for this year’s Art Basel Miami. The teaser below,
Every December, New York galleries relocate to Miami to show off their wares in a week-long, multi-tiered art fair extravaganza, named colloquially by professionals after the largest and longest running fair of the lot, Art Basel Miami. This year, gallerists expect to do better than last year, and while I don’t wholly understand the reasons for their prediction, I’m guessing it’s because the stock market crash was a bit more of a recent downer in 2008 than it is now. Equally scientifically rationalized are my predictions for this year’s art fair festivities. In no particular order, they are:
1. Art handlers will have more opportunities to get laid. Last year, sources complained that while the number of preparators at the convention center remained more or less the same, cutbacks were felt in their main source of tail—the field of gallerinas. According to one source, their physical presence was deemed less essential. With the economic state of affairs looking better, I expect the Miami gender balance will return to its natural admin-assistant-balanced equilibrium, which will make everyone happy.
2. NADA‘s Q&A, Ask Matthew! with Matthew Higgs will be swarmed with artists asking the White Columns Director why he’s not showing more emerging art at the non-profit’s space. Actually, this probably won’t happen, but WE WISH IT WOULD. White Columns is one of many diminishing venues for emerging artists across the city, and the move away from the organization’s original mandate occurred roughly around the same time as Higgs’ arrival.
To read the full article click here.
