by Will Brand and Corinna Kirsch on December 6, 2012
Art Basel Miami Beach is, as always, an overwhelming experience. There is art, impossible amounts of it, shiny and glossy and kinetic. There are people, hidden within the silicone husks of slightly younger people, who all seem to be terribly important. There are many kind words but few kind looks.
Basel’s not as bad as it might be, really. This year the fish are biting, and the quality of the work overall is fairly high. There is, in the depths of its 250-odd galleries, art worth looking at. We’ll have a fuller report later today; in the meantime, here are 29 samples of what’s on show, with our comments.
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by Paddy Johnson on December 6, 2012
If there was ever any doubt that the Frieze art fair’s move to New York would influence fair organizers, Untitled puts the question to rest. The inaugural version of this 43 exhibitor fair mimicks nearly every point of success Frieze achieved, and with favorable results. Frieze’s light-filled tent, spacious booths, waterfront view, and fine catering; it’s all transposed at a smaller scale and near perfect pitch. Only one sticking point remains—the sales—and the jury’s still out on that.
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