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This month we explore the thrills and intricacies of the host of Art Fairs taking Miami Beach by storm. Art Basel Miami Beach December 4th - December 8th Alice Aycock, Goya, 2024, aluminum powder coated white, presented by Galerie Thomas Schulte With 283 premier galleries and 320 booths, Art Basel Miami Beach is the largest show in Miami Beach to date. Originating in Bazel, Switzerland and extended to Miami Beach, Hong Kong and Paris, Art Basel is a group of international, annual art fairs focused on contemporary art. The fair presents an exceptional overview of artists, galleries and new perspectives from around the world. Every booth, another vigorous dive into what is happening in the art world. Truly a fabulous way to immerse oneself in art. We love walking prospective clients through the fair as always and, in our exploration of the show, spending time with galleries we know and love as well as discovering many new ones. It’s important when navigating a fair as big as this one, t...

This month we give an overview of the process - from first sketch to final installation - behind a commission with LA-based sculptor Brad Howe. Behind the Screen From imaging to installation: what does our process entail?       Selection Beginning with a series of conversations to tease out our client's vision and personal style, we are able to offer connections to artists and artworks precisely tailored to their tastes. When a long-term client of ours fell in love with Brad Howe's abstract sculpture work, we arranged a studio visit to explore his work in person. With a career that began in Brazil, Howe’s vivid sculptural practice captures a varied aesthetic that connects local and international communities and visual realms. The bright contours of his dynamic style suited the exciting collection we have been curating with our client. To our delight, Howe graciously agreed to a commission in the style of a screen customized for a poolside exterior. The coherence with our ...

This month we highlight the work of Iranian-American artist Fatemeh Burnes.  Artist Spotlight The Visual Poetry of Fatemeh Burnes Meeting the Rabbit, 2016-2018, 144 x 72" Guided by spontaneity, an intrinsic impulse to experiment and discover, the work of Fatemeh Burnes feels as vividly personal as it is socioculturally complex. Based in Los Angeles, Burnes just moved her studio to the Brewery Complex, which recently hosted its bi-annual Art Walk. Working in painting and photography, Burnes forges a distinct, rich style within each medium. This is one of the unique qualities of her practice. Each material communicates a variant aspect of her fluid, playful artistic exploration. Classically trained in Persian art and verse, as well as modern Persian poetry, biology, and western art practice, Burnes composes her own kind of visual balladry. Whether photographic or painted, her pieces read like poems. Kaleidoscopic sonnets, dazzling in their conceptual radiance. ______________________...

Across Los Angeles and the globe, artists are spinning threads of organic interconnection, re-envisioning our collective relationship to land and landscape, and revitalizing the boundaries of artmaking through technological intermediaries. The Armory Sean Kelly Gallery Janaina Tschäpe, Flowering Blue Abyss, 2024, oil and oil stick on linen, 72 x 96 x 2″ Along with their stunning showing at the Armory, Sean Kelly opened Janaina Tschäpe's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery in New York, which presents a captivating evolution in Tscäpe's artistic journey, a profound personal exploration. Coinciding with the exhibition, a major new monograph on Tscäpe's work is being published. We are honored to have assisted our clients in procuring one of the pieces included in the publication! _____________________________________________________________________________________ Hales Gallery Left: When The Sea Calms Down, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 60 1/4 x 55 x 2 1/2" Right: Sharp To...