Miami Art Week continues to be our favorite end of year destination, and not only for the sand, breeze and vitamin sea. Last week was a decadent blur of sights, sound and of course, endless opportunities to see ART, up close and personal. Read along as we recap our favorite installations and activations during this years’ Miami Art Week!
Satellite Art Show
Boasting an anti-Basel, independent artist-run alternative to the usual gatherings in Miami this time of year, Satellite Art Show has maintained this artistic integrity through their annual pop-up style fair the past 10 years.
From ice cream glory holes, a ‘Florida Man’ Cave to a live sex performance by artist Nikki Sweet that begs an answer to the question ‘is porn art or is sex a performance?’ Satellite truly won first place for us with its unusually fierce support of art from every medium you could dream of (and most likely, a few that you haven’t). Stay tuned on ways to engage with this forward thinking collective either at their NYC gallery on the lower east side, or their upcoming Satellite Art Ranch pop-up during Austin’s iconic SXSW festival this March.
Seletega by Nicholas Galanin
Calling in the urgency to dismantle colonialism, Seletega was the most powerful highlight of this year’s Miami Art Week. The 9 foot buried Spanish galleon shipwreck recalls Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes, who crushed his soldiers’ plans of dissent by deliberately sinking their ship in the 1400s. As we acknowledge the broader history of violence and eradication in the crusade for ‘discovery’, Seletega reckons with important truths while lighting a beacon of action for change. | Nicholas Galanin
What are we going to give up to burn the sails of the empire?
What are we going to build for our collective liberation?
Miami Reefstar by Carlos Betancourt
An installation set to ultimately rest beneath the waves a few hundred feet from the sands of Faena. It will become a hybrid artificial ‘purpose-built reef’, creating a supportive environment for endangered organisms. Part of a larger effort to promote biodiversity and coastal resilience, The ReefLine will be a 7 mile underwater sculpture park and snorkel trail.
A Tribute to the Nomadic Spirit: An Artistic Intervention by Marina Abramović
No matter what calls you to the sky, being a constant traveler will find you spending unquantifiable amounts of time on planes, trains and hotels across the world. The jet lag, frenzied chaos, lac of sleep – it’s not unusual to document our present selves during times like these to find a bit of peace or relieve tension or anxieties. In A Tribute to the Nomadic Spirit, unconventional artist Marina Abrovamic displayed nearly four decades of her thoughts penned across various hotel stationeries to celebrate Miami Art Week. Housed in the Faena Art Project Room, the exhibit encouraged visitors to take in each note, deciphering the messaging by tracing the timelines of when certain pieces were recorded and how it correlates to other moments of the artists’ storied life and pursuits.
