The road to hell is paved with good intentions…the good intentions were mine when yesterday I decided to go to the Soho Beach House Tent “just to check it out”…After the umpth late night, I had a smashing Cuban breakfast at El Exquisito restaurant in Little Havana and went to Pulse Contemporary Art Fair for what may be the strongest, most engaging iteration of Pulse I have ever seen. Check out my favorite standouts.
Tonight on the “menu” I have only good music and friends at The Anderson bar in Miami Beach. The party is called “Haute to Death”, maybe not too good of an omen?
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Tokuro Sakamoto, Highway, 2017, Acrylic on Kochi hemp paper, 30.0 x 30.0cm / 11.8 x 11.8inch, GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku
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Tokuro Sakamoto, Paddy Field, 2017, Acrylic on Kochi hemp paper, 25.0 x 30.0cm / 9.8 x 11.8inch, GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku
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Sky Kim, “Untitled”, 2013,watercolor on paper, 20 X 40 in.
at Carrie Able Gallery
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Todd Lanam, “Isla Vista Hallway”, 2016, oil on canvas, 72 x 60 inches at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art
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Sam Messenger, “HR.22.17”, 2017, Ink & synthetic polymer paint on paper, 15h x 15w in at Maxwell Davidson Gallery/ Davidson Contemporary
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JIA, “The Road Series 2 (no.59), 2010, fine art inkjet, 59.1 X 88.9 in. at Taubert Contemporary
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El Gato Chimney,”Lezione di scrittura”, 2015, watercolor and tempera on paper, cm 140×100 (crane with mask and bells) at Galleria Colombo
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El Gato Chimney , “Trasformazioni”, 2016, watercolor and tempera on paper, cm 100×140 at Galleria Colombo
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Phoenix Lindsey-Hall, “Never Stop Dancing”, 2017, lights, slipcast porcelain, dimensions variable, installation part of Pulse Miami Beach Project
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Project For Empty Space at Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, GRAB BACK Feminist Incubator featuring Eva Zanardi and Danya Hachey
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Eva Zanardi is a curator, art advisor and art writer specializing in Kinetic Art, Op Art and Minimalism. She curates a contemporary art blog, “The Responsive I“.