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2014 - Issue 2 - Winter

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attending the show in Miami Beach since announcing going to Hong Kong [in 2011]—as well as new galleries such as Beijing Commune from China and, from Japan, Take Ninagawa and Y++ Wada Fine Arts. Last year's ABMB broke both purchase and attendance records. What is Art Basel doing to keep that amazing momentum going in 2014? 2013 was a hugely successful edition—that's why all the galleries want to come back. We do not take this success for granted, but work very hard to keep the quality at our shows high. Immediately after each show we look at what we can do to make the show even better, and improve the experience of our guests and exhibitors. What's great about Miami Beach as an event is that there is always a lot of cultural energy, so we can collaborate with great partners from across the Americas and the rest of the world. With the exponential growth of ABMB, what measures have you taken to vet the galleries that participate to maintain your high standards? Across all our shows, we apply a rigorous selection process that ensures that only galleries with strong programming and a great roster of artists make it into the show. The show actually has not become bigger over the years, but the competition has certainly become harder. What would you consider to be the fastest- growing segment of the art market today? What we have noticed over the past editions of our shows in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong is that there are very interesting impulses coming from the "digital native" generation of artists. Collectors and curators are highly interested in the work shaped by new media, new ways of dealing with aesthetics and audiences. December 4–7; artbasel.com/miami-beach AP clockwise from top left: Visitors get a close-up look at work in the exhibit of Seoul's Kukje Gallery at Art Basel Miami Beach 2013; Untitled by Billy Al Bengston, 1961; o.T. (concrete) by Markus Selg, 2014; 2C by JPW3, aka Patrick Walsh, 2014. "THE SHOW HAS NOT BECOME BIGGER OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE COMPETITION HAS CERTAINLY BECOME HARDER." — marc spiegler 92  aspenpeak-magazine.com photography courtesy of art basel (kukje gallery); franklin parrasch gallery, shot by katharine overgaard (bengston); courtesy of the artist and galerie guido W. baudach, berlin (selg); courtesy of Michael jon gallery (jpW3) culture Art Full

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