Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art Gallery, in Lisbon, is one of the 283 galleries from 38 countries that will participate in the Art Basel contemporary art fair in Miami, United States, in December, the organization announced.
With an unprecedented dimension in its twenty years of existence —the largest ever held—, the organization of the event intends to strengthen its position as the most important contemporary art fair in the Americas, it emphasizes, in information on its website.
The Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art Gallery, which has participated since the first edition of Art Basel in Miami in 2002, will exhibit works by some of the Portuguese and foreign artists it represents.
Contacted by the Lusa agency, Teresa Seabra, executive director, indicated that the gallery will be represented with works by Portuguese artists such as Julião Sarmento (1948-2021), by the duo João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, and by the Angolan Yonamine, among others.
An integral part of the gallery’s internationalization project, this year’s trip to Miami, in the United States, brings “good expectations, after the stoppage of the pandemic, and at a time when Europe is going through a more unstable period,” said Teresa. . Seabra.
Worldwide, there will be exhibitors from 26 new art galleries at this edition, scheduled for between December 01 and 03at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with the pre-visits on November 29 and 30.
Among the participating galleries there are also 11 art galleries from Brazil, mostly from São Paulo, including Raquel Arnaut, Gentil Carioca, Luciana Brito, Milan, Casa Triângulo and Vermelho.
Of the 26 new galleries, for example, Paulo Kuczynski (São Paulo), Edel Assanti (London), Berry Campbell (New York), José de la Mano (Madrid), Emalin (London), P21 (Seoul), Rolf Art ( Buenos Aires), Sophie Tappeiner (Vienna) and Watanuki/Toki-no-Wasuremono (Tokyo).
In this anniversary edition, the organization has decided to expand the exhibition area to present a cultural program that will tour the city, specifically with visits to museums and private collections.
The main sector of the fair will present 213 galleries with works of art in all media, from painting, sculpture, photography and installation.
Drawings and sculptures by the Ukrainian artist Nikita Kadan will be presented, some of which were made in the current Kyiv hostel by the Galerie Jérome Poggi, and a double installation by Los Angeles-based artists Anabel Juárez and Greg Ito, whose work explores the experience of immigrant through painting to large-scale sculpture and wall installation, on display at the Anat Ebgi booth.
New work will be presented by artists such as Tonia Nneji, in paintings that continue her “Uncommon Lands, Common Grounds” series, investigating the role of religious textiles, presented by Rele Gallery, or materially abstract paintings by Leslie Martinez, and works by Ishi Glinsky. , honoring indigenous peoples’ connection to the land through material exploration, by Chris Sharp Gallery.
On display will be photographs and sculptures by John Edmonds, from the Company Gallery’s research into the human form and African art, and an exhibition of works by Pinaree Sanpitak from the newly arrived Yavuz Gallery, following the inclusion of his work in the 2022 Venice Biennale.
The fair continues to offer different participation models, with spaces for emerging companies, including joint exhibitors.
Source: Observadora
