Dominique Levy’s stand has paintings, sculptures and photos by Alberto Burri, Keith Haring and Richard Serra at prices from $75,000 to $3 million. Galeria Millan, based in Sao Paulo, will feature Brazilian artists including Artur Barrio, whose 1982 photographs of one of his well-known performances are $220,000.
Satellite Fairs
The more than 20 satellite fairs will sell art by younger or emerging artists or by galleries that were once cutting edge and now have gained a foothold. Most aren’t limited to U.S. exhibitors. Scope, for instance, features 126 galleries from 27 countries. The satellite fairs are dotted around the city, with some in tents on the beach and inside hotels on Collins Avenue.
“Last year the preview felt like a frenzy,” said Heather Hubbs, director of New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). “People were climbing over each other to buy stuff. The gallerist Derek Eller was saying that people were coming into his booth and automatically buying two things. Everything was being doubled.”
At Pulse, which is expecting more than 17,000 people, Gusford Gallery of Los Angeles is selling an acrylic and screenprint by Genevieve Chua for as much as $50,000.
Warehouse District
Art Miami will present 200 galleries in a tent in Wynwood, a warehouse and manufacturing district that has become a neighborhood of trendy restaurants, cafes and art galleries. Galerie Forsblom of Helsinki is selling a 2014 purple wrinkled velvet canvas by Jason Martin for $130,000.
More than 30,000 people are expected to browse Design Miami, where galleries will exhibit interior design and furniture at prices from $4,000 to $4 million.
Then there are the parties and product launches. “People love to come to Miami,” said dealer Van de Weghe. “They like to look at art, go to the beach, go to nightclubs.”
Maybe not everyone. “I’ve had a lot of collectors say that they’re not going this year,” Eleanor Acquavella Dejoux, co- owner of Acquavella, said. “Because Miami attracts people who are also interested in other things besides art, it seems like sometimes collectors just forgo this one.”