John Zinsser's Miami Art Week Diary: From CIFO to Art Basel, Wynwood to Skate Ramps
In December 2007, during Art Basel Miami Beach, critic John Zinsser explored various locations, including the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), known for its glass mosaic exterior, and the "Fortunate Objects" exhibition featuring artists Ai Weiwei, Amelia Azcarate, and Marcea Astorga. The Rubell Family Collection highlighted Hernan Bas's work alongside "Euro-Centric, Part 1." In Wynwood, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin showcased Peter Coffin's "Model of the Universe." Zinsser also mentioned a temporary gallery by Max Protetch displaying Mike Cloud's pieces. At Art Miami, Eli Ridgeway pointed out galleries such as Chinablue, Beijing, featuring Wang Qingsong's mural. Art Basel commenced on December 5, showcasing works by Kurt Kauper and Christof Buchel, attended by Tom Wolfe and the Rubells, with a notable sale of a Sigmar Polke set for $5 million.
Key facts
- Art Basel Miami Beach occurred in December 2007, with Art Positions featuring a skateboard ramp and Tony Alva.
- Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) displayed "Fortunate Objects: The Appropriated Object" with Ai Weiwei and others.
- Rubell Family Collection, opened in 1996, presented exhibitions of Hernan Bas and "Euro-Centric, Part 1".
- Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin opened a permanent Wynwood space with Peter Coffin's "Model of the Universe".
- Art Miami fair included galleries like Chinablue, Beijing showing Wang Qingsong, and Bjorn Wetterling exhibiting Doug & Mike Starn.
- Pulse fair moved to a Deco-era warehouse, with Postmasters showing Kenneth Tin Kin Hung's video.
- GEISAI mini-fair, founded by Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki, featured artists selected from 716 applicants.
- Hotel fairs on Collins Avenue included Red Dot at the South Seas with galleries like Howard Yazerski and Brian Gross.
Entities
Artists
- John Zinsser
- Ai Weiwei
- Amelia Azcarate
- Marcea Astorga
- Rene Gonzalez
- Hernan Bas
- Thomas Zipp
- Urs Fisher
- Thomas Schutte
- Peter Coffin
- Mike Cloud
- Wang Qingsong
- Doug Starn
- Mike Starn
- Kathe Burkhart
- Cary Leibowitz
- Karen Finley
- Jack Whitten
- Jo Baer
- Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
- Crystal Kanney
- Tony Alva
- Ryan McGinness
- assume vivid astro focus
- Duke Riley
- Kenneth Tin Kin Hung
- Jonathan Seliger
- Walter Robinson
- Olivier Millagoul
- Takashi Murakami
- Charles Clough
- Eric Doeringer
- Richard Prince
- Damien Hirst
- Andy Warhol
- Rob Pruitt
- Peter Tollens
- Richard Pousette-Dart
- Buffie Johnson
- Ernest Briggs
- Adam DeBoer
- Kurt Kauper
- John Currin
- Christof Buchel
- Barbara Kruger
- Ross Bleckner
- Eric Fischl
- Damian Loeb
- Tom Wolfe
- Kim Heirston
- Anthony Haden-Guest
- Clarissa Dalrymple
- Don Rubell
- Mera Rubell
- Gracie Mansion
- Knight Landsman
- Melissa Meyer
- Dan Walsh
- Kai Althoff
- Arturo Herrera
- Robert Moskowitz
- Bridget Riley
- Sigmar Polke
- Anselm Reyle
- Georg Baselitz
- Chris Martin
- Lydia Dona
- Dino Bruzzone
- Fabian Maracaccio
- Jonathan Lasker
- Kate Shepherd
- Ella Fontanals Cisneros
- Iggy Pop
- Ozzy Osbourne
- AC/DC
- Bobby Orr
- Condoleezza Rice
- Pat Hearn
- Colin de Land
- Matthew Marks
- Tricia Collins
- Martha Jackson
- Betty Parsons
- Paul Ha
- Alfred Gillio
- Paul Berstein
- Cay Sophie Rabinowitz
- Magda Sawon
- Paul Morris
- U Han
- Eli Ridgeway
- Bjorn Wetterling
- Alexander Gray
- Ron Warren
Institutions
- Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)
- Rubell Family Collection
- Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
- Max Protetch gallery
- Art Basel Miami Beach
- Art Miami
- Chinablue, Beijing
- Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
- Alexander Gray Associates, New York
- Whitney Museum
- Art Positions
- WPS1.org
- Pulse fair
- Postmasters, New York
- David Yurman
- Jack Shainman, New York
- Catharine Clark, San Francisco
- Artnet magazine
- Metro Pictures
- Bischoff/Weiss, London
- Armory Show
- Gramercy Park Hotel
- GEISAI
- Kaikai Kiki
- Conner Contemporary Art
- Go Go Art Projects
- Art Basel
- Deitch Projects, New York
- Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
- Mass MoCA
- Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
- Shanghart, Shanghai
- Gladstone Gallery
- Mary Boone Gallery
- Acquavella Galleries
- Paula Cooper Gallery
- Barbara Gladstone Gallery
- Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
- Michael Werner Gallery, New York
- L & M Arts, New York
- Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
- Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
- Karpio Gallery, San Jose
- Galerie Bernd Schulte, Berlin
- Galerie Lelong, New York
- Vicente restaurant
- White Columns
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
- flow fair
- Dorset Hotel
- Red Dot fair
- South Seas Hotel
- Howard Yazerski Gallery, Boston
- Brian Gross Gallery, San Francisco
- Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
- artcritical
- BING magazine
- Cerealart
- Phaidon
- Skateboarder magazine
- Art in America
- Artforum
- Frieze
- Hyperallergic
- Le Monde
Locations
- Miami
- United States
- North Miami Avenue
- Wynwood
- Miami Beach
- South Beach
- New York
- New York City
- West Chelsea
- Bowery
- SE Fifth Avenue
- San Francisco
- Beijing
- Stockholm
- Savannah
- Georgia
- Brooklyn
- Bay Ridge
- Owl's Head skateboard park
- Santa Monica
- Dogtown
- Belle Island
- Paris
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- London
- United Kingdom
- Malaysia
- Washington D.C.
- Cologne
- Germany
- Boston
- San Jose
- California
- St. Louis
- Missouri
- Salzburg
- Austria
- Berlin
- Red Hook
- Collins Avenue
- Miami Beach Convention Center
- Aqueduct Raceway
- West Broadway
- Gramercy Park Hotel
- Rhode Island
- Tokyo
- Japan