SCOPE Art Fair Miami 2008 Information

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SCOPE Art Fair Miami 08

www.scope-art.com

New Location 
2951 NE 1st Avenue & NE 30th Street
Miami, FL 33127

Event Schedule Wednesday Dec 3
First View | for all VIPs and press | 10am-6pm
Press Brunch | for invited press | 1pm-3pm
SCOPE Foundation Launch | for all VIPs and press |10am

Thursday-Sunday Dec 4-7
Exhibitors open | All day
Museum Presents | All day
Collector Mentorship Auction | All day
Special Projects | All day
Collectors’ tours and receptions | 3pm-5pm

Admission 
FirstView $100 | Free for VIP cardholders
General $15 | Free for VIP cardholders
Student $10
 

SCOPE Announces Dynamic Alliance with ART ASIA and Celebrates Seventh Year at New Location

Miami’s original emerging art fair, returns to its seventh year to Miami, expanded in size and global in reach, with 88 exhibitors from 22 countries, and a new 60,000 square foot pavilion. SCOPE’s new location is centrally located in the Wynwood Art District, convenient to the Rubell Family Collection, the Margulies Collection, as well as Miami’s top galleries. 

SCOPE Miami 08 and ART ASIA are proud to announce that they have joined forces to create a dynamic partnership. The two fairs will continue to maintain their unique identity with separate pavilions presenting a combined 135 exhibitors from over 36 countries. By doing so, both fairs increase audience attendance, exposure to new collectors, curators and press while expanding their museum quality programming and lecture series. The stage is set for these two unique fairs situated in one convenient location. ART ASIA looks forward to a similar relationship with SCOPE when it makes its debut in Basel, Switzerland on June 10th,2009.

SCOPE Art Fair Miami 08 and ART ASIA are open daily from 10am – 7pm. Admission is $15. Shuttle buses run daily to the SCOPE pavilion from The Standard Miami Beach, The Raleigh and Art Basel Miami Beach.

For more information on ART ASIA’s exhibitors and programming, please visit www.artasiafair.com

SCOPE Art Fair Miami 08 Programming Highlights

Museum Presents | Wednesday-Sunday Dec 3-7 | all day
The third edition of Museum Presents, a non-commercial exhibition space in the SCOPE Pavillion, features emerging contemporary Latin American artists selected by the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation. 
CIFO was founded in 2002 by Ella Fontanals-Cisneros to offer opportunities to emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Latin America to create and present work within a unique international platform. To further fulfill its mission, CIFO presents an exhibition of artists from Latin America who are exploring new directions in contemporary art.
The SCOPE Foundation is proud partner with CIFO to spotlight their commitment to the cutting edge emerging artists of Latin America who push beyond nationalistic stereotypes to reach an international audience.

Collector Mentorship Auction | Wednesday-Sunday Dec 3-7 | all day
Continuing its "Art Fair as Resource" mandate, SCOPE is proud to present the third Collector Mentorship Auction during SCOPE Miami 08. This unique event is designed to provide invaluable networking and educational opportunities for beginning collectors while promoting the philanthropic mission of the SCOPE Foundation. During this silent auction, young collectors will have the opportunity to bid on an hour of time donated by respected established collectors and prominent art world professionals. Featured in SCOPE’s previous Collector Mentorship Auctions: Louisa Buck, Melva Bucksbaum, Frank Cohen, Bob Colacello, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Eileen and Richard Ekstract, , John Friedman, Raymond Learsy, Arnold Lehman, Adam Lindemann, Enrique Norten, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Dennis Oppenheim, Lowell Pettit, Julia Peyton-Jones, Kay Saatchi, Kenny Schachter, Nancy Seltzer, Terrie Sultan and Rick Wester. 

Lecture Panels and Discussions

Introductory Lecture | Thursday | December 4 | 2pm 
by Jérôme Sans, Director, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing.

What is the Museum of the 21st century in Asia? | Thursday | December 4 | 3pm
A panel discussion moderated by Jérôme Sans, Director, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing. Panelists: Melissa Chiu, Museum Director, Vice President, Global Art Programs, Asia Society; Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art, Guggenheim Museum

The Global Asian Art Market and the Role of the Auction House and Gallery 
Thursday | December 4 | 5pm 
A panel discussion moderated by Phil Tinari, Artforum correspondent and independent curator. Panelists: Chin Chin Yap, Specialist in Chinese Contemporary Art at Phillips de Pury; Alexandra Wang, Assistant Vice President, Specialist in Chinese Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s; Ingrid Dudek Assistant Vice President, Associate Specialist, Asian Contemporary Art, Christie’s; Sundaram Tagore, Sundaram Tagore Gallery.

The History and Development of Contemporary Chinese Art | Distinguished Keynote Lecture
Friday | December 5 | 11am 
Address to be delivered by Wu Hung, Distinguished Professor of Art History; Consulting Curator, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. 
RSVP to vip@artasiafaiar.com

Distinguished Keynote Address | Friday | December 5 | 1pm 
by Dr. Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society

Dawn of the Asian Century? | Friday | December 5 | 3pm
A panel discussion moderated by Richard Vine, Senior Editor of Art in America. 

Taking Issue: Critical Reception of Asian Art Today | Friday | December 5 | 5pm
A panel discussion moderated by Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art, Guggenheim Museum. 
Panelists: Distinguished Professor Wu Hung; Zheng Shentian, Publisher and Managing Editor of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art

Born After 1980–A New Generation of Chinese Artists | Saturday | December 6 | 11am
A discussion led by Zheng Shentian, Publisher and Managing Editor of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art

The Taste of Others: Contemporary Art in Central Asia | Saturday | December 6 | 1pm
Introductory talk on Central Asian Art by Leeza Ahmady, Independent Curator, Director of Asian Contemporary Art Week, Asia Society 

New China, New Art | Saturday | December 6 | 3pm
A book presentation by Richard Vine, Senior Editor, Art in America

Please join us daily from 3-5pm for collectors’ tours and receptions. To book tours, please contact Mollie White, Exhibitor Relations Assistant, at mwhite@scope-art.com

SCOPE Art Fair Miami 08 Exhibitors:

{CTS} creative thriftshop
ada gallery
Alexia Goethe
Al-TARHAL GALLERY
Amon
ARATANIURANO
Ark Galerie
Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo
ART AFFAIRS
artMbassy
ATM Contemporary/galeria altamira
Blanca Soto Arte
Byblos Art Gallery
Byron C Cohen Gallery
Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art
China Square Gallery
Christopher Cutts Gallery
Cirrus Gallery
Curators Office
Daneyal Mahmood Gallery
Dean Project
Deborah Page Gallery
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
Dorsch Gallery
Eli Klein Fine Art
Abba Fine Art
Fine Art Society
Gagliardi Art System
Galerie Andreas Binder
Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska
Galerie Olivier Waltman
Galerie Schuster
Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Galleria Rubin
Gallery Anton Weller
Gallery Peithner-Lichtenfels
Gallery Terra Tokyo
Gana Art Gallery
GLOWLAB
Hamiltonian Gallery
Hardcore Art Contemporary
Heliumcowboy Artspace
hous projects
 
hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO
Iguapop Gallery
Invisible- Exports
Irvine Contemporary
Jack the Pelican Presents
Jacob Karpio Galeria
Jenkins Johnson
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
Joshua Liner Gallery
Judi Rotenberg
Keszler Gallery
KRAMPF Gallery
Kuckei + Kuckei
LA Contemporary
La Nave
laTiTude Art Project
Laura Marsaij Arte Contemporanea
Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery
Licht Feld
Like the Spice
Louise Alexander Gallery
Mauger Modern Art
Mike Weiss Gallery
Orel Art
Pan American Art Projects
Praxis International Art (Wynwood)
Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
Program Gallery
RARE
RHYS/MENDES
Roemerapotheke
StuArt Gallery
Gallery SUN Contemporary
The Drawing Room
The Flat: Massimo Carasi
The Proposition
The Silas Marder Gallery
The Storehouse Group
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP
Trepanier Baer
Warehouse
Western Canon
Yuka Sasahara


For more information on SCOPE Art Fair Miami 08, programming and special projects, please visit www.scope-art.com