Brazil is leading the increase in Latin American galleries at Art Basel Miami

Five galleries come for the first time to the fair: the Central Brazilian and Bergamin, the Spanish Marta Cervera and Espaivisor and Argentina SlyZmud. Another new feature is the inclusion of Colombian Casas Riegner in Galleries sector.

The next Art Basel Miami 2014, to be held at Miami Beach Convention Center from December 4^th  to December 7^th , will increase the Latin American galleries with respect to the last year, from 35 to 42, thanks to increased of Brazilian representatives, passing from 12-17, being the main Latin American country in the fair once again.

With regard to the seven other Latin American countries present, Argentina adds two more galleries ( 5), while the others maintain the same number of galleries of 2013: Spain (10) Mexico (4), Colombia (2) Peru (2) Portugal (1) and Uruguay (1).

Brazil, in the Galleries section, the principal of the fair, particpates with nine participants from last year Luciana Brito, Casa Triángulo (Triangle House), Dan, Fortes Vilaça Millan, Luisa Strina and Vermelho (São Paulo) and A Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro) - and adds Nara Roesler and Raquel Arnaud (São Paulo), who returns after a period of absence.

On the Spanish side, the same five galleries return -Elba Benitez, Elvira Gonzalez, Guillermo de Osma, Leandro Navarro (Madrid) and Kewenig (Mallorca and Berlin) -; coming from Argentina again: Ruth Benzacar, Henrique Faria and Jorge Mara - La Ruche (Buenos Aires); from Mexico again -Kurimanzutto, OMR and Monclova Projects (Mexico City); and from Portugal and Uruguay also return Cristina Guerra (Lisbon) and Sur (Montevideo), respectively.

Also, this year, a new release occurs within the main section of the fair by the hand of Colombia, as it will have a representative on it, thanks to the inclusion of Bogota gallery Casas Riegner after participating in previous editions in Art Positions and Nova sectors.

Indeed, in the latter sector, dedicated to young galleries, we see among the 34 selected the Brazilian Silvia Cintra + Box 4 (São Paulo)- returns to the section after participating in Art Position- with Cristina Canale (Rio de Janeiro, 1961) Pedro Motta (Belo Horizonte, 1977) and Maria Klabin (Rio de Janeiro, 1978); Leme (São Paulo)- repeats with Alexandre Brandão (Belo Horizonte, 1979) and Zilvinas Kempinas (Plunge, Lithuania, 1969); Mendes Wood DM (Sao Paulo)- repeats with Cibelle Cavalli Bastos (Sao Paulo, 1978) and Patricia Leite (Belo Horizonte, 1955); and Anita Schwartz (Rio de Janeiro)- repeats with Waltercio Caldas (Rio de Janeiro, 1946), Angelo Venosa (São Paulo, 1954) and Octavio Schipper (Rio de Janeiro, 1979).

Also the Spanish Marta Cervera (Madrid) premieres in the fair- with David Diao (Chengdu, China, 1943) -in September 2015 will have the biggest retrospective at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, in Beijing-; Maisterravalbuena (Madrid)- repeats with Dan Shaw Town (UK, 1983), Regina de Miguel (Málaga, 1977) and Hiraki Sawa (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977); Parra & Romero (Madrid) returns to the section after participating in Art Positions- Lara Almarcegui (Zaragoza, 1972), Camnitzer (Lübeck, Germany, 1937) and Oriol Vilanova (Manresa, Barcelona, ??1980); Crossing and Four (-Mexico- Madrid and Guadalajara) repeats with Sarah Crowner (Philadelphia, USA, 1974) and Milena Muzquiz (Tijuana, 1974).

Also, the Colombian Institute of Vision (Bogotá) will participate -after two years as La Central at Art Central Positions- with Tania Candiani (Mexico City, 1974); Peru Livia Benavides 80m2 (Lima) repeats with David Zink Yi (Lima, 1973) and Rita Ponce de León (Lima, 1982); Mexican Labor (Mexico City) with Pablo Vargas Lugo repeats (Mexico City, 1968) and Pedro Reyes (Mexico City, 1972); and Ignacio Liprandi Argentina (Buenos Aires) Go back to the section after participating in Art Positions- Adriana Bustos (Buenos Aires, 1965) and Magdalena Jitrik (Buenos Aires, 1966). Also, it is worth mentioning the presence of artists José Maria Sicilia (Madrid, 1954) and Nicolás Lamas (Lima, 1980) Meessen De Clercq (Brussels) and Oscar Muñoz (Popayan, Colombia, 1951), Voluspa Jarpa (Rancagua, Chile 1971) and Teresa Margolles (Culiacán, Mexico, 1963) in mor carpenter (Paris).

With respect to the Art Positions sector, between 16 only curated shows, highlights the fair premieres in Central Brazil (São Paulo) with conceptual artist Nino Cais (São Paulo, 1969) and SlyZmud Argentina (Buenos Aires) with the artistic duo Guillermo Faivovich (Buenos Aires, 1977) and Nicolás Goldberg (Paris, 1978). This sector also participate Peru Revolver (Lima) -the last edition in Nova- with an urban installation in Ishmael Randall Weeks (Cuzco, Peru, 1976) and Brazilian Marilia Razuk (Sao Paulo) -returns- with a multimedia work by Maria Laet (Rio de Janeiro, 1982).

Alongside these two sectors, we should celebrate the launch in the next edition of a new one, Survey, dedicated to historical art projects ranging from individual to group exhibitions. Thus, among the thirteen participating galleries will be individual projects the Spanish Espaivisor (Valencia), which after its release in June this year at Art Basel, will come with Lotty Rosenfeld (Santiago, 1943) and Bergamin Brazil (São Paulo) which premieres at the fair, will do it with Alfredo Volpi (Italy, 1896 - São Paulo, 1988). Also, it is worth mentioning the collective "The Taller Torres-García" by Cecilia de Torres Gallery (New York) or jobs that include Lenora de Barros (São Paulo, 1953) and Lydia Okumura (São Paulo, 1948) on Broadway 1602 (New York).

Finally, in the Edition field, from 12 printing publishers and limited edition works, it will be the Spanish Polígrafa Graphic Work (Barcelona). As to the notable absences, they mention the non-participation this year of the Spanish Nogueras Blanchard (Barcelona) after several editions in different sectors as Nova and Positions.

Source: Arteinformado