Miami International Art Fair 2011

Important American & international galleries, collectors and curators gather in exciting Miami Beach in January 2011 for the 2nd edition of MIA. The fair features one-artist shows, group exhibitions, photography, art projects, installations, video art, symposia, featured country sections and numerous social activities that attract collectors from throughout the US, Latin America and Europe.

MIA débuted in 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, drawing more than 17,000 visitors and garnering positive reviews from exhibitors, collectors, curators and press. Eighty dealers exhibited contemporary art, photography, works on paper, sculpture, installations, video and new electronic media. The fair attracted noted art collectors, including Rosa de la Cruz, Richard Shack and Janet Liedeker, who called MIA “a little gem.”

Highlights of the fair included “Risk,” a conceptual installation by Federico Uribe; the special exhibition, “Retrospective,” by Jose Bedia; and the Next Generation and Focus Argentina pavilions.