Fair and Fair Alike: Miami 2009. An Overview Before the Individual Fairs

.Fair and Fair Alike coverage so far:Art Bloggers @Art MiamiAre We Out of the Woods?A Little GossipArt? Or Not Art?Nosing AroundA big surprise at Art Basel Miami BeachHaving gone through some 4000 images of the fairs at least three times (thoroughness: a blessing and a curse) and posted a few preliminary reports, I now know how I’m going to proceed: I’ll write a brief overview of each fair,

Fair and Fair Alike: Miami 2009. A Little Gossip

Fair and Fair Alike Coverage so Far:. Nosing Around. Art? Or Not Art?.MIAMI--Yeah, yeah. You're gonna get serious coverage. I'm working on it. But indulge me as I have a little Page Six moment..The Miami press was abuzz with the news that Sly Stallone, of the Philadelphia Stallones, had paintings on exhibition at Art Basel Miami Beach (his first gallery show), at the Gmurzynska Gallery booth--

Fair and Fair Alike: Miami 2009. Art? Or Not Art?

.Fair and Fair Alike coverage so far:Nosing Around .MIAMI—I won't begin the serious writing until I get home. I expect to start posting by Tuesday. But in the meantime I have a little quiz to get your eyeballs in shape. I'm calling it Art? Or Not Art?The images are identified by number at the bottom of the post.1.2.3.4.5.6.1. A weed growing against painted wall on N. Miami Avenue in the 20s.2. At

Fair and Fair Alike: Miami 2009. Nosing Around

.Showing Shane Hope's plexi-mounted digital prints at the Winkleman Gallery booth at Pulse..MIAMI—Oh, there is something in the air here. Despite the humidity there's a freshness. A sweetness, even. This is a marked change from last year.If 2008’s fair week had been a perfume, it might have been called Despair. Its top notes of uncertainty wafted away quickly, as the full middle notes—panic,