MAM Contemporaries Art Fair Survival Party / Saturday, November 19, 2011
Join the MAM Contemporaries now to receive an invitation to the 2011 Art Fair Survival Party Saturday, November 19, 2011! MAM Contemporaries receive Art Fair Survival Kits with event invitations and VIP passes to the can’t-miss art fairs during Miami Art Week, giveaways and fabulous swag! Contact mamcontemporaries@miamiartmuseum.org.
Art fair passes include:
- Scope Miami
- Art Asia
- Art Miami
- Design Miami/
- Red Dot Miami
- Aqua11
- Pulse Miami
- NADA Art Fair
- And more!
MAM Miami Art Week Events
Thursday, December 1, 2011
VIP Reception and Preview Performance by Rashaad Newsome, Hair Affair & FIVE
By invitation only. Invitation/RSVP required for admission
Young Collectors Council members are invited to a special VIP reception and preview performance by Rashaad Newsome, Hair Affair & FIVE, curated by Clair Breukel commisioned by the Miami DDA.
The Collector Council Acquisition Meeting at ABMB
Miami Beach Convention Center
Exclusively for MAM Collector Council
For information or to join the Collectors Council, please contact Addy Castellanos, Donor Relations, at 305.375.1707 or acastellanos@miamiartmuseum.org.
Gallery Talk with Faith Ringgold
By invitation only: Benefactor ($5,000) and above level members, non-transferrable. Invitation/RSVP required for admission
Faith Ringgold speaks with exhibition co-curators Thom Collins and Tracy Fitzpatrick about American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s. Today, Faith Ringgold is well known as the progenitor of the African American story quilt revival that began in the late 1970s. The once influential paintings she created during the previous decade, with only a few notable exceptions, disappeared from view, omitted from critical, art historical discourse for more than forty years. This is the first comprehensive survey of these paintings, organized on the occasion of Ringgold's 80th birthday.
MAM Party on the Plaza / 7 – 11pm
By invitation only: MAM upper-level members (at the $250 and above level, and MAM Contemporaries); Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB) and DesignMiami VIP and exhibitor pass card holders.
Miami Art Museum welcomes the international art world to Miami with Party on the Plaza, a high-energy evening of cocktails, art and dancing under the stars. This year's event celebrates The Return of FAITH!
- American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s represents an unprecedented artistic exploration of the intersections of race, gender and class, made in direct response to the social upheavals of the 1960s. Widely known for African American story quilts, Ringgold’s pointed political paintings disappeared from view for more than 40 years. On the occasion of Ringgold’s 80th birthday, MAM presents the first comprehensive survey of Ringgold’s influential paintings of the 1960s.
- Famed artist Rashaad Newsome presents Hair Affair & Five, a new performance in collaboration with Miami musicians, opera singer Stefanos Koroneos and NYC vogue performers (performance at 9:30pm).
- Also on view, Enrique Martínez Celaya: Schneebett, Focus Gallery: Marcel Duchamp, and works from MAM’s permanent collection.
- Music by DJ King Britt / Open donation bar / hors d'oeuvres
- MAM’s Party on the Plaza concludes at the Gusman Center, four blocks east of MAM for the premier of Born Under A Bad Sign, a short film by director/video artist, Isaiah Seret and America’s most wanted street artist, Neckface. Doors open at 10:30pm, screening at 11:30pm.
For information or to join Miami Art Museum, contact 305.375.5935 or events@miamiartmuseum.org.
Directions/Parking: Shuttle bus service available from Miami Beach Convention Center to MAM with continuing service to the Design District; Free garage parking at 50 NW 2nd Ave.
Program credits: American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s, organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art, was curated by Miami Art Museum Director Thom Collins and Neuberger Museum of Art Curator and Purchase College Associate Professor of Art History Tracy Fitzpatrick with students from the Purchase College, SUNY, spring 2010 Art History Exhibition Seminar. / The Rashaad Newsome performance is curated by Claire Breukel and commissioned by Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA). / Born Under A Bad Sign is presented by the Friends of Gusman at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts.
Image: Rashaad NEWSOME b.1979, FIVE, 2010. Live Performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, March 19, 2010. © Rashaad Newsome, courtesy Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY. / Dara Friedman, Dancer (still), 2011. Video. Collection of the Miami Art Museum. Image courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Born Under A Bad Sign / Screenings Friday, December 2, 2011 (Preview: Thursday, December 1 / 10:30pm)
Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
Born Under A Bad Sign is a short film by director/video artist, Isaiah Seret and America’s most wanted street artist, Neckface, at Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. For more information and for screening schedule, www.gusmancenter.org.
Born Under A Bad Sign is presented by the Friends of Gusman at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
MAM Ball / 7pm – midnight
Fontainebleau Miami Beach – Glimmer Ballroom
Open to the public, advance ticket purchase required
While the MAM Ball has sold-out since its 1983 inception, this year’s Ball will breathe new life into an old model with an exuberant salute to Miami’s art community. Local artists Carlos Betancourt & Alberto Latorre, Jacin Giordano, Michael Loveland, Gean Moreno & Ernesto Oroza, Martin Oppel, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Jen Stark and Frances Trombly will bring a punch of color to the black-tie bash, and guests will be treated to an exclusive viewing of Miami-based, internationally-acclaimed artist Dara Friedman’s latest video work, Dancer.
The MAM Ball is the Museum’s largest annual fundraiser, providing the support that enables MAM to carry out the largest art education program in Miami-Dade County, outside the Public Schools system. Honorary chairs: Darlene & Jorge M. Pérez; Host committee: Karen & Mike Dee, Gloria & Emilio Estefan, Raysa & Alfonso Fanjul, Constance & Mike Fernández, Judy & Phillip T. George, Liz & Adolfo Henriques, Carlos Migoya, Jennifer & Gary Nader, Kara & Stephen M. Ross, Penny & Roe Stamps.
Advance ticket purchase required: Tickets start at $1,000. Tables range from $10,000 to $25,000. For information or to purchase tickets or tables, please contact 305.375.5935 or events@miamiartmuseum.org. To access the MAM Ball pledge form, click here.
MAM Crash the Ball after party / 10pm - 2am
Fontainebleau Miami Beach - Glimmer Terrace
Open to the public, ticket purchase required
The celebration of Miami’s art community will conclude with Crash the Ball – the official after party of the MAM Ball, led by MAM Contemporaries, the museum’s young professional group. Guests will step outdoors into a lavish video lounge on the waterfront terrace, as AndrewAndrew, the world's pre-eminent iPad DJs, transform the event into Basel’s biggest dance party. Guests will be treated to a sneak peek at The Art of 5 Minutes, a video installation featuring an exhibition of music videos seen through the lens of contemporary art. Selections include some of today's most innovative works in music video art, featuring award-winning directors such as Nabil Elderkin, visual creator for artists like Kanye West and Bon Iver and Miami's own Gil Green, most noted for creating the modern-day hip-hop aesthetic for today's biggest pop icons like Lil Wayne, Diddy, and Drake. Ticket purchase required.
Tickets: $150 per person at the door, $100 pre-sale, $75 MAM Contemporaries. For information or the purchase tickets, contact 305.375.5935 or events@miamiartmuseum.org. To access the Crash the Ball registration form, click here.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Parodi Lecture in Philosophy of Art: "Portraits and Death: Rendering Absence and Loss in Art" / 11:30am - 1pm
Free and open to the public
MAM and University of Miami, Department of Philosophy, present Cynthia Freeland, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Houston, Texas. Enrique Martínez Celaya's Schneebett (Snow-bed) evokes the experience of Beethoven's final illness. It is a kind of deathbed portrait with an absent corpse. Ironically, many famous artists like Beethoven live on not just through their works but in their death masks, and these are themselves sometimes used for images by other artists. Gabrielle Leidloff, for example, has made haunting X-ray images of Goethe's death mask. This lecture will examine artists' renderings of absence and death, ranging from Edward Munch's paintings of the sick room of his dying sister to actual renderings of the dead person including Monet's of his wife Camille, Lucian Freud's of his mother, Daphne Todd's 2010 portrait of her mother, and some video portrayals of death by Bill Viola.
Light refreshments following lecture.
Image: Enrique Martínez Celaya, Schneebett (Snow-bed), 2003-4. Mixed media installation. Dimensions variable. Collection Miami Art Museum, promised gift of Dieter and Si Rosenkranz. Courtesy of Enrique Martínez Celaya.
Additional Benefits for MAM Members / Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Scope Miami VIP First View / 4 – 8 pm
Wynwood Art District
Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries
Art Asia Vernissage / 4-8pm
NE 1 Ave.
Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries
Art Miami VIP Opening Night / Cocktail reception 5:30 – 7pm, VIP preview 7 – 10pm
Midtown Miami
Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries
Design Miami/ Vernissage / 6 – 10 pm
Meridian Avenue & 19th Street
Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries, Collectors Council, Young Collectors Council and Friends and above level members.
Red Dot Miami VIP Preview / 6 – 10 pm
Wynwood Art District
Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries
Additional Benefits for MAM Members / Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Vernissage of Art Basel Miami Beach / 6 – 9pm
Miami Beach Convention Center
Exclusively for members at the Friends level and above
A benefit of membership at the Friends & above is a personal invitation to the Vernissage of Art Basel Miami Beach. For information, please contact Addy Castellanos, Donor Relations, at 305.375.1707 or acastellanos@miamiartmuseum.org.
Aqua 11 VIP Preview / 8 – 11pm
Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach
Exclusively for MAM Members
Additional Benefits for MAM Members / Thursday, December 1, 2011
Design Miami/ Collectors Breakfast / 10am - 12pm
Meridian Avenue & 19th Street
Exclusively for Collectors Council and Young Collectors Council
Pulse Miami Private Preview Brunch / 10am – 1pm
The Ice Palace
Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries
Museum Day at Aqua11 / 11am - 8pm
Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach
Exclusively for MAM Members
Aqua11 invites Miami Art Museum members to Museum Day. Visit the fair on Thursday, December 1, 2011, from 11am - 8pm, and receive a complimentary entry as a member of our museum (attendees must show museum membership card at entrance).
Additional Benefits for MAM Members / Friday, December 2, 2011
Design Miami/ tour for MAM Contemporaries / 4pm
Meridian Avenue & 19th Street
MAM Contemporaries and YCC members are invited for a private, guided tour of DesignMiami. The fair boasts a newly expanded gallery program with choice exhibitors from America, Europe, Asia and Africa presenting important works of 20th and 21st century design, including furniture, lighting and objets d'art. Design Miami/ is the most prominent and substantive forum for design, representing a convergence of commerce and culture. Its annual shows in Basel, Switzerland (June) and Miami, Florida (December) bring together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world. RSVP to MAMContemporaries@miamiartmuseum.org.
By invitation only: Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries. To join the MAM Contemporaries, please contact MAMContemporaries@miamiartmuseum.org.
BMW I & Dwell Media Present the Sustaethics Event / 8 – 11pm
1111 Lincoln Road Parking Garage, 7th floor
Exclusively for MAM Contemporaries
Join MAM Now to Receive Miami Art Week Benefits
A benefit of MAM membership is a personal invitation to Miami Art Week events.
To join the MAM Contemporaries, please contact MAMContemporaries@miamiartmuseum.org.
To Join the Collectors Council or Young Collectors Council, click here.
To join at the Friends or above level, contact Addy Castellanos, Donor Relations, at 305.375.1707 or acastellanos@miamiartmuseum.org.
