Captain Stan is Excited for Art Basel!

South Florida is about to get even more exciting this week during Art Basel, officially starting December 4-7 and it seems everyone is getting in on the action of this ever evolving art filled week.

The main event, Art Basel Miami Beach in the Miami Beach Convention Center, is bigger than ever this year. The annual art fair will feature 267 of the best galleries from around the world selected from 31 countries that represent North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia with up to 90 galleries from New York that will showcase the work of over 2,000 artists.

This year, 60,000 visitors are expected to arrive for Art Basel and 1,500 journalists are also expected to roam our art filled city. Last year's numbers included 60,000 visitors with about 15,000 of those visitors coming from metropolitan centers like New York and European cities.

Last year, a popular feature of the Art Basel program was Public, an outdoor sculpture showcase that was put together by Public Art Fund director and chief curator, Nicholas Baume. Baume is back this year with this free outdoor program at Miami Beach's Collins Park featuring the theme of "Fieldwork" that will include 26 large scale and site specific installations by prominent and up and coming artists from 13 countries.

Another great feature of this year's Art Basel is the Film sector curated by David Gryn with the theme of playfulness. There will be a selection of over 70 films and videos by international artists which will be screened at SoundScape Park, which has a 7,000 square foot outdoor projection wall that is part of the New World Center, this program is also free to the public.

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