Art Basel in Miami Beach and the story of art fairs. Plus, Caribbean-British art, and Marco Brambilla's VR work

Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 12:01 a.m.

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This week, as Art Basel in Miami Beach opens, we discuss a new book, The Art Fair Story: A Rollercoaster Ride, with its author Melanie Gerlis, art market columnist at the Financial Times and editor-at-large at The Art Newspaper. Melanie ponders the past, present and future of art fairs. A huge new show, Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now has just opened at Tate Britain in London, and we talk to its curators, Alex Farquharson, the director of Tate Britain, and David A Bailey, the artistic director of the International Curators Forum and the organiser of numerous seminal exhibitions on diaspora and Black representation in art. And in this episode\\u2019s Work of the Week, we\\u2019re back in Miami\\u2014our deputy digital editor Aimee Dawson talks to the artist Marco Brambilla about Heaven\\u2019s Gate,\\u202fhis new virtual reality work at the P\\xe9rez Art Museum.


The Art Fair Story: A Rollercoaster Ride by Melanie Gerlis is published by Lund Humphries and priced \\xa319.99 in the UK, $34.99 in the US and $46.99 in Canada.


Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s-Now is at Tate Britain until 3 April 2022. David A Bailey\\u2019s book with Allison Thompson, Liberation Begins in the Imagination\\u2014an anthology of writings on Caribbean-British art and culture\\u2014is also published by Tate and priced \\xa330.


Marco Brambilla: Heaven\\u2019s Gate is at the P\\xe9rez Art Museum Miami until 1 February next year. An in-depth review of Heaven\\u2019s Gate by The Art Newspaper\\u2019s XR Panel can be found at theartnewspaper.com or on our apps for iOS and Android.



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