| 26/02/2008 | Art Fairs | |
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| Posted by Michael Lebow | |
Miami, March 28th - March 31st 2008  MERRILL LYNCH ARTEAMERICAS BRINGS THE BEST LATIN AMERICAN ART TO MIAMI FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN A ROW Merrill Lynch arteaméricas, the premier fair of art from Latin America, will be returning to Miami for the sixth year in a row. Starting on Friday, March 28th through Monday, March 31s t, Merrill Lynch arteaméricas will showcase the latest trends in paintings, sculpture and multimedia from contemporary artists as well as renowned masters at the Miami Beach Convention Center. In six short years, Merrill Lynch arteaméricas has become one of the world’s most important and most prestigious fairs of Latin American art. Seventy of the best galleries from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, the United States and Venezuela will be in attendance this year. With them, they will bring works by internationally celebrated artists, including Fernando Botero, Lygia Clark, Wifredo Lam, Armando Reverón, Jesús Soto, Rufino Tamayo and JoaquÃn Torres-GarcÃa. Vanguard contemporary artists including José BedÃa, Tony Bechara, José Pedro Costigliolo, Eduardo Chapela, Bastón DÃaz, León Ferrari, Carmen Herrera, Kcho and Hugo Zapata will also be represented at the 2008 edition of Merrill Lynch arteaméricas. The 2008 edition of Merrill Lynch arteaméricas will welcome the return of many galleries from previous years, as well as many new additions, all carefully selected by an Advisory Committee of art experts. Participating galleries include: Aldo de Sousa, Alvear Arte, Fundación Alfonso y Luz Castillo / Arte x Arte, Archimboldo, Del Infinito Arte, Dharma GalerÃa, Fundación Leopoldo Torres Agüero, GM Espacio de Arte, Pabellón 4, Javier Balina, RO GalerÃa , Van Eyck Galeria de Arte and Via Margutta Arte Contemporáneo, from Argentina; Fundación Es Art and Salar Galeria de Arte, from Bolivia; Alonso Arte, GalerÃa El Museo and GalerÃa Sextante, from Colombia; GalerÃa Jacob Karpio, from Costa Rica; dpm Arte Contemporáneo, from Ecuador; GalerÃa Fernando Pradilla and Joan Guaita, from Spain; Galerie Bourbon-Lally and Galerie Marassa, from HaitÃ; Alfredo Ginocchio, Aqua Gallery, EDS GalerÃa and Quetzalli, from México; GalerÃa Arteconsult, Aleman & Grimberg, from Panamá; Artco GalerÃa, Enlace and La GalerÃa, from Perú; Alinka Arte Contemporáneo, Arawack, Arte Berri and Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, from Dominican Republic; GalerÃa Sur, from Uruguay; Artepuy, GalerÃa Blasini, GalerÃa Durban Segnini, GalerÃa Okyo and Juan Ruiz Galeria, from Venezuela. Latin American art in the United States is widely represented by: Aldo Castillo Art Gallery, Chicago; PanAmerican Art Projects, Dallas; Alejandra von Hartz Fine Art, Amat Gallery, Arévalo Arte, ArtSpace / Virginia Miller, Beaux Arts, Cernuda Arte, Dot Fifty One, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Diana Lowenstein Fine Art, Durban Segnini Gallery, dpm Arte Contemporaneo, Latin Art Core, PanAmerican Art Projects, Praxis International Art, Sammer Gallery, Signature Art and The Americas Collection, Miami; Cecilia de Torres LTD, GalerÃa Solar, Henrique FarÃa Fine Art, Latin Collector and Leon Tovar Gallery, New York; A. Cueto, Gómez Fine Art and Latitude Art Project, Puerto Rico; Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio; and Blue Morphos Gallery, West Palm Beach. Prestigious art institutions like Florida’s Arts Connection, Bass Museum of Art, CIFO/ Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Lowe Art Museum, MAM / Miami Art Museum and MOCA / Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, Rubell Family Collection, and the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum; Museo del Barrio from New York; MoLAA from California; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico; and Venezuela’s Fundación Cisneros are all supporting the 2008 installation of Merrill Lynch arteaméricas in Miami Beach. Year after year, Merrill Lynch arteaméricas exceeds all expectations with outstanding exhibits, a diverse audience, and excellent sales, while maintaining its intimate, boutique feel. The art available at Merrill Lynch arteaméricas ranges from $2,000 to close to one million dollars. Merrill Lynch arteaméricas is directed by Leslie PantÃn serving as the fair’s President; Emilio Calleja as Vice President; and Diego Costa Peuser, publisher of Arte al DÃa Internacional and director of PINTA Art Fair in New York as Fair Director of arteaméricas. About Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies, with offices in 40 countries and territories and total client assets of almost $2 trillion. As an investment bank, it is a leading global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. Merrill Lynch owns approximately half of BlackRock, one of the world's largest publicly traded investment management companies, with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. __________________________ arteaméricas, Inc. 3361 S.W. 3rd Avenue Miami, FL 33145 Tel: 305-854-3050 Fax: 305-857-0027 info@arteamericas.com arteamericas.com |
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