MIAMI, USA, 30 Nov 2011 - Art Basel Miami Beach, the largest contemporary art fair in the U.S., a subsidiary of held in Basel, Switzerland, celebrates 10 years with a rich editing in exhibitions and business, between Thursday and Sunday , attracting millionaires immune to the crisis, from various countries.
"For us it is very important to be now in the city, where everything revolves around, in addition, the event gathers a valuable customer base that does not really feel the crisis," he told AFP Marco Berenger, director of the Venice Projects, a gallery that will receive Italian , on Thursday, a visit to art buyers, especially Europeans.
10 years ago, when the subsidiary's main fair in Basel (Switzerland), landed in Miami Beach, the city labeled as a haven for retirees, home to tropical parties, capital of the Cuban exile community and nest of drug traffickers, has earned the respect of the community art for this annual event.
They will be represented at the Convention Center Miami Beach and the Miami Design District 260 galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, with exhibitions of works by 2,000 artists. The organizers are awaiting the visit of 50,000 people.
"In Art Basel Miami Beach, artists express ideas and thoughts through a well today," he told AFP Javier Martin, creator of 14 plastic pieces in the gallery Baltus.
Although Martin, 26, refuses to talk about the price of them, says he does in his work "a social commentary on how things go wrong, from every corner of society."
The part that is attracting more interest is "Shotguns Louis Vuitton," in which rifles are built with designer handbags, fabrics and brooches, as a way to express the market dominance of the big brands that define the tenets of a generation.
Around the Art Basel Miami Beach fairs emerge parallel exhibitions street amid limousines, cars with drivers and lounges sponsored by luxury brands - Fendi, Audi, Veuve Clicquot waiting for buyers, which lead to toast a towel - edit Limited Sotheby's - nearly $ 100.
"People come from all over the world, especially Europe, and the truth is that our clientele was not affected by the crisis, and prefer to buy art, a more secure investment today," said Cristina Grajales, a Colombian based in New York and exposes seven years in Miami Design District.
According to the Miami Herald, the whole city benefits from a prior event that seems destined to a small elite hotels, restaurants and even MCH Swiss Exhibition, the company that owns Art Basel, which expects to receive 11 million dollars of sales of art , representing an increase of 4% over 2010.
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