Pinta Miami. See you next year!

After an amazing week, PINTA Miami closed its second edition in the “Magic City” with record-breaking attendance, remarkable sales, and breath taking exhibits and performances. As the only curated boutique art fair, PINTA Miami welcomed over 20,000 attendees, and 180 artists from over 40 international exhibitors from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

Throughout its innovative sections, PINTA Miami fostered cultural collaborations and sparked dialogue between audiences and artists alike.

As part of PINTA Miami's curatorial projects this year, PINTA Project: Time Sensitive curated by Jesus Fuenmayor brought together a group of works created by both well-established and emerging artists from Latin America and Spain, all of whom took up the question of time, one of the most defining elements in contemporary art’s reception.  Coincidentally, PINTA Project exhibited various works by Elena Ansis just before her death on December 14.  Time Sensitive presented two performance works: Eielson’s Paracas Pyramid (1924-2006) was performed by art student, Irene Bermudez and combined concepts from ancient pre-Columbian cultures with the contemporaneity of the avant-garde in the early sixties. Dictadura,by Martiel, aimed to reflect on the history of dictatorship in Latin America. The 21-hour performance contemplated the 21 Latin American countries that were (or still are) under a dictatorial regime, in some instances supported by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, also known as the School of the Americas.

This year Roc Laseca returned to PINTA Miami as the curator and moderator of PINTA Forum. The series, entitled Basic Components of the Collection of the Future took place December 3, 5 and 6.  Architect Manuel Clavel-Rojo from Spain, Architect Carlos Zapata from Venezuela, Juan A. Gaitan, Director of the Museo Tamayo in Mexico and Ruth Estevez, Co- Founder of LIGA MEXICO, and gallery director and curator of RED CAT in Los Angeles participated in Spaces for Collection: Architecture & Museum. Times for Collection: Narrative & Elasticity featured world-renowned collectors Jorge Perez and Serge Tiroche as well as curator and trustee of the Tate Modern, Catherine Petitgas. To finalize the series Jenny Gil, Director of Faena Forum, and Veronica de Mello and Alda Galsterer, co-directors do REDE spoke about Forms for Collection: New Practices.

PINTA Modern & Contemporary was a joint effort curated by the curatorial committee. José Antonio Navarrete and Rodrigo Alonso came together to curate PINTA Photography with a focus on vintage photography. Curated by Roc Laseca, PINTA Drawing allowed visitors to get acquainted with the drawing practices that have developed in Latin America and that come into contact with other disciplines such as installation, sculpture, video or performance.

“This year we aimed to become a platform for both up and coming and established artist in Latin America,” explained Diego Costa Peuser, Founder and Director of PINTA Miami “we had an amazing group of artists, and some of the most prestigious galleries of the region. We doubled attendance and established new standards on sales.”

This year PINTA Miami welcomed back EFG CAPITAL as their presenting sponsor, One Sotheby’s International Realty as the exclusive Real Estate Sponsor, LATAM Airlines Group as the exclusive airline and VIP sponsor and Mercantil Commercebank as the presenting sponsor of PINTA Project: Time Sensitive. Additional sponsors include Books & Books, JW Marriott, Fundación  PROA, ChandonUSA, Bodegas Nieto Senetier, Juan Valdez Café, Museo Vault, Miami Herald // EL Nuevo Herald, Arte al Día, MW Branding and Newlink Group.

Next year, we will back at Mana Wynwood! Stay tuned for some exciting news!