ART MIAMI RETURNS FOR 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ALONG WITH 8TH EDITION OF CONTEXT ART MIAMI, FEATURING 270 INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES, INNOVATIVE SPECIAL PROJECTS AND PHILANTROPHIC PARTNERSHIPS December 3-8, 2019 (MIAMI, FL – December 3, 2019)– Art Miami, America’s foremost contemporary and modern art fair, and its sister fair CONTEXT Art Miami will return for their respective 30th and 8th installments during Miami Art Week. This year’s fairs will kick-off on Tuesday, December 3rd with an invitation-only VIP Preview evening before opening to the public on December 4th and continuing through December 8th. Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami have also announced their philanthropic, luxury jewelry, and health & wellness partnerships for 2019 including Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Yvel, and Veritas Farms. (Opera Gallery, Anthony James, Birch and Portal Series, 2005) The Opening Night Platinum VIP Preview takes place from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM and is the ‘can’t- miss’ event for all serious collectors, curators, museum directors, art world luminaries to acquire some of the most important works at the forefront of the international contemporary art movement. The VIP preview will run subsequently from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM. This year’s VIP lounge will be hosted by luxury jewelry sponsor Yvel and the VIP Preview sponsors providing libations for attendees include Moet & Chandon, Tito's Handmade Vodka, Tanqueray and La Croix Sparkling Water. In its 30th year, Art Miami is globally recognized as a primary destination for the acquisition of investment quality works from the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eighth year, CONTEXT Art Miami continues to develop and push boundaries on the conversation about contemporary art and offers an exceptionally strong platform for collectors to discover and acquire fresh and significant works in today’s primary art market from emerging and established galleries. The fairs will continue to be held at the prestigious waterfront location of One Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay, conveniently located within walking distance of Museum Park and The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, nestled between the Venetian and MacArthur Causeways in the heart of Downtown Miami. ART MIAMI HIGHLIGHTS • Galerie Forsblom will debut a statement sculpture piece by British artist Jason Martin. Martin’s work has been exhibited widely both in the US and Europe at venues including Schauwerk Sindelfingen Museum in Germany in 2017, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice in 2009, and at Centro de Arte Contemporàneo de Malaga in 2008. The matte ultramarine blue cube presentation is a large cork stack sculpture (240 x 300 x 300 cm / 94 x 118 x 118 inches) and will greet each visitor of Art Miami as they enter the fair. (Galerie Forsblom, Jason Martin, Ultramarine Blue Cork Stack, 2013) • Opera Gallery will be exhibiting works from Los Angeles based artist, Anthony James’ Birch and Portal Series of sculptures around the Yvel VIP Lounge. James’ work gestures towards minimalism, materiality, process, alchemy, language, mechanization, and experimentation with light and space. The Birch Series of sculptures debuted in New York City in 2005 and consists of several variously sized, freestanding and wall mounted, internally illuminated, steel and glass vitrines with birch tree trunks inside. The Portal sculptures, made of titanium, LED lights and specialized glass explore concepts of the universal and transcendental. (Opera Gallery: Anthony James, 50” Icosahedron, 50” X 50” X 50”) • Dusseldorf based Galerie Ludorff will show artwork of renowned German Artist Gerhard Richter, including his 1993 oil on canvas painting Grün-Blau-Rot (Green – Blue – Red). Richter is known as one of the most significant contemporary German Artists, focusing both on abstraction and photorealism. (Galerie Ludorff, Gerhard Richter, Grün-Blau-Rot, 1993) • Mark Borghi Fine Art will be exhibiting a public installation of Chakaia Booker sculptures including Anonymity, 2007 and What’s Not, 2009. Booker is known for her narrative- driven, environmental sculpture work that addresses the struggles and victories in human aspirations and involvement. (Mark Borghi Fine Art, Chakaia Booker: Nest, 2013, and Anonymity, 2017) • Yvel, Official Luxury Jeweler and VIP Lounge Host, presents Art To Wear Collection- Wearable Works of Art. Yvel is renowned internationally for its exquisite award-winning designs featuring the finest pearls, diamonds and precious gems nature has to offer. Founded in 1986 by Isaac and Orna Levy, Yvel’s magnificent creations are sold on five continents to royalty, celebrities and the world’s most discerning jewelry connoisseurs. • Veritas Farms, Official Health & Wellness Company of Art Miami, will host the Veritas Farms Plaza Café and welcomes guests to sample their full line of premium hemp oil tinctures, lotions, salves, pet products and beauty products. Their collection is made using full spectrum hemp/CBD oil that is grown, extracted and manufactured right on their farm in Colorado. • The New York Academy of Art will present an exhibition co-curated by Academy Trustee Brooke Shields, Helena Christensen and President David Kratz. The drawings, paintings, and sculptures have all been created by 25 graduates of the Academy’s MFA program including Dina Brodsky, Jay Miriam, Nicolas Sanchez, Elisabeth McBrien, and Zeynep Tekiner. The New York Academy of Art is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. A curator’s VIP reception will be held in their booth on Thursday, December 5th at 5pm. • Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will once again be the philanthropic benefactor of the VIP Previews for Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami. Pérez Art Museum Miami promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. Complimentary admission to PAMM is available to all Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami VIP cardholders on Tuesday, December 3rd through Sunday, December 8th. • JW Marriott Marquis Miami and Hotel Beaux Arts, the Official Luxury Hotels of Art Miami, will host a special exhibition of emerging and mid-career international talents from Art Miami exhibiting galleries on display in the hotel lobby. Exclusive room rates at: turontravel.com • Young At Art Mini Museum will exhibit select artworks from its summer exhibition, ArtCade along with exciting new games by contemporary artists. Inside the immersive space, children will have the opportunity to create video game inspired artwork through hands-on projects led by educators from Young At Art Institute. • Artsy.net is the official online partner of Art Miami, CONTEXT and Aqua. Collectors and art enthusiasts can use Artsy to browse exhibitor booths, make sales inquiries on available artworks, and access fair information online via Artsy.net and the Artsy app for iPhone and iPad. • Artika, the publishing house from Barcelona that specializes in Limited Edition works created in conjunction with great international artists and produced using painstaking artisan processes will feature two wonderful creations at their Art Miami booth that invite guests to discover the essence of Fernando Botero’s Artist Book, Botero’s Women and Jaume Plensa, 61. • This year’s fair will feature two book signings. The first, Day to Night by Stephen Wilkes, will take place at the Holden Lunz Gallery Booth on December 5th at 2pm. The second will be at the Veritas Farms Plaza Café on December 7th at 2pm featuring Candid’s Miami by Manny Hernandez. CONTEXT ART MIAMI SPECIAL PROJECTS AND EVENTS • CONTEXT Art Miami Special Presentations will highlight the work of multidisciplinary international artists that explore bold and responsive subjects. Through global conversation, the selected group examines contemporary issues with a unique voice: o Amelie Ducommun (b. 1983, French-Swiss) | Galerie Koo, Hong Kong o Blessing Ngobeni (b. 1985, South Africa) | Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town o Daniele Papuli (b. 1971, Italy) | GALLERIA STEFANO FORNI, Bologna o Diana Copperwhite (b. 1969, Ireland) | 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York o Eike König (b. 1968, Germany) | Heitsch Gallery, Munich o Fay Shin (b. 1979, South Korea) | Gallery SU, Seoul o Ismael Lagares (b. 1978, Spain) | Aurora Vigil-Escalera Art Gallery, Gijón o Jamie Salmon (b. 1971, British) | Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Binghamton o Jen Dwyer (b. 1988, American) | AHA Fine Art, New York o Jeremy Brown (b 1981, South Africa) | Oliver Cole Gallery, Miami o Kim Cogan (b. 1977 South Korea) | Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco o Liz Groble (b. 1974, South Africa) | Everard Read, Cape Town o Luis Efe Velez (b.1956, Colombia) | The Light Gallery, Medellin o Marius Sperlich (b. 1991, Germany) | Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich o Matthias Verginer (b. 1982, Italy) | Liquid art system, Capri o Monique Rollins (b. 1980, USA) | metroquadro, Torino o Olumide Onadipe (b. 1982, Nigeria) | SMO Contemporary Art, Lagos o Pablo Benzo (b. 1982, Chile) | Galeria Animal, Santiago o Vanessa Barragão (b. 1992, Portugal) | Galeria Casa Cuadrada, Bogota o Wang Ziling (b. 1988, China) | HOFA Gallery, London o Salustiano (b. 1965, Spain) | Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich • CONTEXT Sculpture Park is a dynamic curated program of installations and sculptures by artists represented by CONTEXT’s 2019 exhibitors. The program will present cutting edge and innovative