SCOPE Miami Art Show at Midtown Miami 12/2-6/09

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SCOPE Miami Art Show at Midtown Miami
3000 NE 1st Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

FirstView
Wednesday, December 2 | 11am-6pm
Free for VIPs or $100 donation to benefit The SCOPE Foundation

PressView
Wednesday, December 2 | 11am-6pm

VIP Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, December 2 | 4-6pm

General Admission Fair Hours
Thursday-Saturday | December 3 - 5 | 11am-7pm
Sunday | December 6 | 11am-6pm

SCOPE Curatorial Committee Presents: The SCOPE Film Prog
ram
Wednesday, December 2 | 11am-6pm
Franklin Sirmans Film Selections
Thursday, December 3 | 11am-7pm
Naomi Beckwith Film Selections
Friday, December 4 | 11am-7pm
Kate Macnamara Film Selections
Saturday, December 5 | 11am-7pm
David Hunt Film Selections
Sunday, December 6 | 11am-6pm
Benjamin Godsill Film Selections

SCOPE Presents: The Black Estate
Thursday, December 3 | 8-11pm

SCOPE Art Show Inaugurates Its First Curatorial Committee

SCOPE Miami Art Show, December 2-6, 2009 in the Wynwood Arts District, announces that independent critic and curator David Hunt has been appointed Curatorial Director. To even further it's curatorial strength, SCOPE announces the following appointments to their newly established committee:

? Franklin Sirmans, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

? Naomi Beckwith, Assistant Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

? Kate McNamara, Curatorial Assistant, PS1 / MOMA, New York

? Benjamin Godsill, Curatorial Associate, New Museum, New York

In their efforts to continue to strengthen the SCOPE brand, President Alexis Hubshman and Vice President Jeffrey Lawson have enlisted this curatorial committee to present museum quality offerings that reflect the most current themes in the contemporary art world. SCOPE is affording this younger generation of institutional curators the opportunity to present creative programming without the limitations that they may experience in their home institutions. Mr. Hunt explained, “SCOPE is in a unique position to offer these young curators as much decision making authority as they need or require or simply ask for. To that end, each curator will not be directly reporting to me, but to each other, lending an air of convivial transparency to every stage of the production process in order to increase the synergy between team mem- bers. In effect, we are granting absolute autonomy to an extremely talented and enterprising crew of art world profession- als whose sheer number of bold ideas simply outweigh the number of opportunities to present them. It’s a dynamic way to close the gap between traditional fair programming and that of museums. In short, we are bringing the quality of these museums directly into the SCOPE pavilion to make the fair more historically relevant than ever, but also providing these young curators with a wealth of new talent from across the globe to choose from in their future curatorial endeavors.”

In over thirty fairs spanning the past eight years, SCOPE has solidified its position as the premier showcase for interna- tional emerging contemporary art, routinely hosting an impressive line-up of Alist galleries, blue chip institutional groups, and widely respected patrons whose unique collections reflect both a seriousness of purpose and a deep commitment to their personal visions. Moreover, SCOPE’s early advocacy of promising young artists has proved extremely prescient as those same artists later return to the fair after inclusion in culture-defining exhibitions such as the Whitney Biennial and Greater New York, consistently garnering accolades in prestigious critical journals including Art in America, Artforum, and Frieze magazines.

From the beginning, SCOPE’s core mission has always been the creation of a flexible and fluid platform for both artists and dealers alike, which shapes rather than responds to market demand. Given that the fair model continues to be the most comprehensive way to ensure that our patrons receive a “total survey” of contemporary art as it occurs in real time, the need for a focused, innovative curatorial team is more than self-evident. In fact, it’s absolutely necessary to ensure SCOPE’s continued dominance in an ever-more crowded field of fairs and collateral exhibitions. www.scope-art.com