MIAMI, FLA.- The 12th edition of
PINTA Miami, the leading Latin American art fair with a global perspective, took place from December 5-9 during Miami Art Week. Across 100,000 square feet at the Mana Wynwood Convention Center, more than 300 works by artists represented by 83 galleries from 14 countries were exhibited.
PINTA Miami 2018 was attended by 42,000 people, an increase of 40% from 2017. This included several influential collectors, such as Tiki Atencio Demirdjian, Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Tanya Brillembourg, Pilar Lladó, Juan Carlos Maldonado, Jorge Perez, and Anton Apostolatos. There were also representatives from the acquisition committees of museums, notably the Tate, Guggenheim, MALI and Museo del Barrio. Many international museums visited PINTA, including:
Boca Raton Museum of Art | Boca Raton, FL
Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY
MAMBA | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cornell Arts Museum | Delray Beach, FL
Currier Museum of Art | Manchester, NH
Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Houston, TX
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami | Miami, FL
Lowe Art Museum | Miami, FL
MALBA | Buenos Aires, Argentina
MALI | Lima, Peru
McNay Art Museum | San Antonio, TX
MOCA | Los Angeles, CA
MOCA North Miami | North Miami, FL
MOLAA | Long Beach, CA
El Museo del Barrio | New York, NY
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia | Madrid, Spain
National Gallery of Canada | Ottawa, Canada
New Museum | New York, NY
Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL
Pérez Art Museum Miami | Miami, FL
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum | Miami, FL
Tampa Museum of Art | Tampa, FL
Tate Modern | London, United Kingdom
The Bass Museum of Art | Miami, FL
Significant sales were made by the participating galleries. The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation purchased Modos de Calzar by Fernanda López from Factoría Santa Rosa gallery. 6mas1 sold a work by Los Bravú, Ponce+Robles a work by Aggtelek, Isabel Croxatto works by Andrea Sería and Andrea Braun, and Galeria NAC sold almost everything.
PINTA Miami also had a diverse program of special events, including performances by Camila Cañeque, Vicky Chow, Andreina Fuentes, Shanti Lalita, and Rolando Peña. There were also receptions held by the Argentinean, Brazilian, and Columbian Consulates, the latter of whom hosted a tribute to Celia Birbragher, Founder and Director of the magazine Art Nexus. An on-site installation honored Sofia Imber, legendary Venezuelan journalist, art critic and museum director.
