Miami Art Fairs and Photographic Art

Contemporary photography is a hot art medium and highly collectable. If you’re interested in collecting it, be sure to be in Miami, December 5th – 9th. The AIPAD Photography Show and Photo Miami are two art fairs specializing in photographic art. However, besides the two photography fairs, you’ll find photography being shown at several major art fairs. Here’s a short list of galleries showing photographic art and they’re worth tracking down.

Edward Burtynsky
Iberia Quaries #7, Marbrito Co., Borba-Mouro, Portugal, 2006
chromogenic print, Charles Cowles Gallery, Pulse Miami

Art Basel Miami Beach
Fraenkel Gallery – San Francisco
Matthew Marks – New York

Pulse Miami
Charles Cowles Gallery – New York
Connor Contemporary Art – Washington, DC
Julie Saul Gallery – New York
Paul Kopeikin Gallery – Los Angeles
Robert Mann Gallery – New York

Art Miami
Andrea Meislin Gallery – New York
Black & White Gallery – New York
Lawrence Miller Gallery – New York
Stephen Wirtz – San Francisco
Yancey Richardson Gallery – New York

Aqua Hotel
G. Gibson Gallery – Seattle
LIMN Gallery – San Francisco
Thomas Robertello Gallery - Chicago
Quality Pictures – Portland

Red Dot Fair
Howard Yezersky Gallery – Boston
Sam Lee Gallery – Los Angeles

NADA Art Fair
Eleven Rivington – New York
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery – New York

For fashion photography, visit the Miami Beach Art Photo Expo, they’ll be showing two hundred photographic images by twenty top fashion photographers.

Additional information and links to twenty-four art fairs visit:
http://art-collecting.com/miami_art_fairs.htm

Paris Photo 2007

November 15th – 18th, Paris, France
Special focus on Italian contemporary photography

Over the past ten years, Paris Photo has won wide recognition as one of the worlds top art fairs for still photography. This unique event offers an in-depth and broad view of the medium, with the best of fine art photography from the earliest days to the present time and a forward looking survey of whats happening in fine art photography today.

The art fair will run November 15th to 18th, and will bring together 105 exhibitors (83 galleries and 22 publishers) from 16 countries. Seventy-seven percent of the participants come from outside France. The spotlight and will be on Italy and its photographic history, including contemporary artists.

Eighty-three international galleries selected from three hundred applicants. In addition to the 18 French galleries, the largest contingent of foreign exhibitors come from Italy (16), followed by the USA (15), Spain (7), Germany (6), the UK (5), Holland and Japan (3 each), Finland (2) and one representative each from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Luxemburg, Portugal, and South Africa.

The following New York galleries are participating: Bonni Benrubi, Charles Cowles, Gitterman Gallery, Howard Greenberg, Edwynn Houk, Charles Isaacs Photographs, Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Yvon Lambert, Laurence Miller, Robert Miller, Yancey Richardson, Bruce Silverstein Photography. Other galleries from the United States are: Robert Klein (Boston), M+B (Los Angeles), and Rose Gallery (Santa Monica).

Check back after the fair closes for a few installation shots and comments about the artworks on display.

The additional information and a full list of fair exhibitors
visit the Paris Photo website: http://www.parisphoto.fr/

Miami Photography Fairs - December 2007

Three major photography fairs will be in Miami this December.
AIPAD (Association of International Photography Dealers) will be presenting photographic art from member galleries for the first time in Miami. Art Photo Expo will be focusing on International fashion photography. Photo Miami is back for the second year and will be presenting photo-based art, video and new media from national and international galleries, and invitational solo project by artists.


AIPAD Photography Show
December 5-9, 2007
Wynwood Art District, 31st St and North Miami Ave, Miami, FL.
More than 45 of the world's leading photography art galleries will present a wide range of work by 19th century, modern and contemporary masters.
Admission: $10.00
Preview: December 4, by invitation only
http://www.aipad.com/


Art Photo Expo
December 2-9, 2007
The Surfcomber Hotel, 1717 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, F
More than 200 contemporary photographic works by 20 of the world’s leading icons in fashion photography will be on display.
Admission: $10.00 (students and under 18 years-old free)
http://www.artphotoexpo.com/


Photo Miami
December 5-9, 2007
Wynwood Art District, NW 31st Street and N Miami Ave, Miami.
Sixty international galleries, emerging and established will show
photographic art.
Admission: $15.00 (for the entire run of the fair)
http://www.artfairsinc.com/


This December 5-9th, Miami and Miami Beach will become the focus of the artworld. Art Basel Miami Beach, started it all when they decided come to Florida five or six years ago. This year, there will be at least twenty-four art fairs in Miami. You’ll have a chance to see contemporary art and photography from galleries and artists from around the world. So much art will be on display that you’ll have little time to hang out at the beach. Also, there will be lots of special events, lectures and parties going on. The weather should be warm and the art stimulating.

For a listing and directory of twenty-four Miami art fairs visit:
http://art-collecting.com/miami_art_fairs.htm