MIAMI–Huge crowds embraced SCOPE's raw floored pioneer spirit, fueling sales and shifting focus from tough economic times to notable optimism. SCOPE Miami 08 hosted its 90 exhibitors from 22 countries in a new 60,000 square foot pavilion centrally located at Midtown Miami. Undeniably the most talked-about fair during this year's Olympics of the art world, Miami's original emerging contemporary art fair drew an enthusiastic audience of 30,000 art world VIPs, collectors, and art lovers as it returned for its seventh year December 3-7.
Recent new comers to SCOPE, included ARATANIURANO | Tokyo, Ark | Jakarta, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS | New York, Jacob Karpio Galeria | San Jose, Like the Spice | Brooklyn, Y Gallery | Queens, Gallery Peithner-Lichtenfels | Vienna, and Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska | Salzburg all reported strong sales with Jacob Karpio exclaiming, "SCOPE is the pioneering fair to break the monopoly i n the market, opening the door for galleries around the world and providing viewers with a real-time survey of emerging art. SCOPE took a risk and was a huge success." Benjamin Tischer of INVISIBLE-EXPORTS beamed, "Traffic was wonderful, the new location brilliant. I had a consistent stream of visitors telling me that SCOPE was the busiest fair."
Sarah Douglas of ARTINFO reported, "Despite the gloomy global economic conditions, things seemed, rather improbably, to be chugging along over at the SCOPE fair and its new sister event, ART ASIA." SCOPE Miami's dynamic partnership with ART ASIA, maintained unique identities with separate pavilions, presenting a combined 135 exhibitors from over 36 countries. The partnership helped to increase audience attendance while attracting new collectors, curators and press. Expanded museum quality programming, which included a well-attended lecture series, was a result of this new partnership. Both fairs look forward to a similar relationship with ART ASIA's debut in Basel, Switzerland on June 10th, 2009.
"This year, SCOPE definitely was my favorite fair, not only because the work for sale was superb, but their commitment to inviting local artists and musicians to take part in the festivities is refreshing," saidJose Duran of the Miami New Times. Spotted early at the SCOPE Pavilion were collectors Beth Rudin DeWoody, Richard and Eileen Ekstract, Michael and Susan Hort, Stephanie Igrassia, Arnold Lehman, Takashi Murakami, Todd Oldham and Charles Saatchi. The SCOPE Collectors' tours attracted members from Art in Embassies, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Christie's Education-New York, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Miami Art Museum, MoMA, National Gallery of Art, National Portrait Gallery, The Phillips Collection, RBC Financial Group, Smithsonian American Art Museum, TATE Modern, and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
Recent new comers to SCOPE, included ARATANIURANO | Tokyo, Ark | Jakarta, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS | New York, Jacob Karpio Galeria | San Jose, Like the Spice | Brooklyn, Y Gallery | Queens, Gallery Peithner-Lichtenfels | Vienna, and Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska | Salzburg all reported strong sales with Jacob Karpio exclaiming, "SCOPE is the pioneering fair to break the monopoly i n the market, opening the door for galleries around the world and providing viewers with a real-time survey of emerging art. SCOPE took a risk and was a huge success." Benjamin Tischer of INVISIBLE-EXPORTS beamed, "Traffic was wonderful, the new location brilliant. I had a consistent stream of visitors telling me that SCOPE was the busiest fair."
Sarah Douglas of ARTINFO reported, "Despite the gloomy global economic conditions, things seemed, rather improbably, to be chugging along over at the SCOPE fair and its new sister event, ART ASIA." SCOPE Miami's dynamic partnership with ART ASIA, maintained unique identities with separate pavilions, presenting a combined 135 exhibitors from over 36 countries. The partnership helped to increase audience attendance while attracting new collectors, curators and press. Expanded museum quality programming, which included a well-attended lecture series, was a result of this new partnership. Both fairs look forward to a similar relationship with ART ASIA's debut in Basel, Switzerland on June 10th, 2009.
"This year, SCOPE definitely was my favorite fair, not only because the work for sale was superb, but their commitment to inviting local artists and musicians to take part in the festivities is refreshing," saidJose Duran of the Miami New Times. Spotted early at the SCOPE Pavilion were collectors Beth Rudin DeWoody, Richard and Eileen Ekstract, Michael and Susan Hort, Stephanie Igrassia, Arnold Lehman, Takashi Murakami, Todd Oldham and Charles Saatchi. The SCOPE Collectors' tours attracted members from Art in Embassies, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Christie's Education-New York, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Miami Art Museum, MoMA, National Gallery of Art, National Portrait Gallery, The Phillips Collection, RBC Financial Group, Smithsonian American Art Museum, TATE Modern, and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
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Miami is a city where a number of art forms can be seen all together in an art show for example contemporary art, modern art, sculptor art. Still there are so many art shows that are about to be organized in the end of the year.
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