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Untitled Art, Miami Beach's Seventh Edition Closes with Record Attendance, Sold Out Booths, Strong Sales, Dynamic Programming and Special Projects
On Sunday, December 9, Untitled Art, Miami Beach closed its seventh edition with reports of robust sales starting at the preview and continuing through closing day.  The fair held its position as a must-attend event amongst the many activities taking place during Miami Art Week, setting a record for attendance of 43,000 visitors that included notable collectors, curators, museum professionals, artists and the general public. The 2018 edition of the fair was led by Executive Director Manuela Mozo in partnership with Artistic Director Omar López-Chahoud and guest curator AGUAS.

Exhibitors
The curated fair featured a dynamic roster of 133 international exhibitors from 29 countries and 55 cities. The fair was pleased to welcome 46 new exhibitors from around the globe including galleries from Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Peru, Switzerland, and Zimbabwe as well as a continuing strong presence of galleries from Europe, and Latin and North America. See the full list of exhibitors here.

Sold Out Booths and Strong Sales Throughout
Strong sales began within the first hour of the opening and remained steady throughout the fair. Sold out booths were reported as well as exhibitors selling out works by particular artists. Acquisitions were made by a number of national and international institutions, as well as private collections from around the world. See the full report here.

Inaugural Otazu Art Prize
The 2018 edition of Untitled Art, Miami Beach presented the inaugural Otazu Art Prize which was awarded to José Luis Landet for his work Estar siendo. Bajo una bandera ajena, presented by NF/Nieves Fernandez of Madrid, ES. Learn more here.



Special Projects and Programming
For the seventh edition Untitled Art’s Artistic Director Omar Lopez-Chahoud worked with guest curator AGUAS, the artist-led curatorial platform, to curate a selection of large-scale, sculptural artists projects.  This year’s Special Projects included Claudia Peña Salinas (CURRO), Michael Joo (LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University), Pep Duran (RocioSantaCruz) Felice Grodin (Perez Art Museum), Kelley Johnson (Upfor),Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija (LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University), and AGUAS presenting three sculptural installations gathering artists from Mexico City, Miami, Paris, Brussels and Buenos Aires. Find more details here.

The 2018 edition’s programming was led by Director of Programming and Development Amanda Schmitt, and consisted of performances, events and special presentations including Liziana Cruz (ArtCenter/SouthFlorida, curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah), Ekaterina Juskowski (The Miami Girls Foundation), Sheldon Scott (CONNERSMITH.), and Jenny Larsson in collaboration with Lucinda Linderman, Michelle Weinberg and Natalie Zlamalova (Girls’ Club). Learn more here.
Programming for the live broadcast of Untitled Art, Miami Beach in partnership with Miami’s own Wynwood Radio continued to offer a dynamic alternative to the standard art fair program of talks, panels and lectures, providing and exciting and accessible platform for discussion, public engagement, sound works, performance, and curated playlists. To find episodes and subscribe to the podcast please visit: https://untitledartfairs.com/miami-beach/podcast
For more information, please contact Jeffrey Walkowiak, Director of Communications, jwalkowiak@untitledartfairs.com or +1 646 405 6942.


About Untitled, Art
Untitled, Art is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. Untitled, Art innovates the standard fair model by selecting a curatorial team to identify, and curate a selection of galleries, artist-run exhibition spaces, and non-profit institutions and organizations, in discussion with a site-specific, architecturally designed venue. The next editions of Untitled, Art will take place at Pier 35, 1454 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, January 18 – 20, 2019; and on the beach at Ocean Drive and 12th Street in Miami Beach, FL, December 4 - 8, 2019.

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