Let the Art Basel Previews begin! This week is the kick off for many of the upcoming shows and featured artists that will be on display during early December. Speaking of the upcoming Art Basel invasion, the Frost Art Museum offers an appropriate lecture tonight: "Navigating Art Basel" led by Carol Damian, Director and Chief Curator of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, (7pm, Rm 107, Free to the public).

Highlights for the Weekend:

[11/11] Preview Night at the Lowe Art Museum for, China Insights, 8-10pm
[11/12] Wynwood's Second Saturday, 2-11pm

Updates:

Spinello Projects moves to the Design District. New address, 150 NE 42nd St, Miami, FL 33137. Opening [11/11] is Site Specific No.1 / 3 Solo Exhibitions Featuring Typoe, Agustina Woodgate and Santiago Rubino. Also on view [11/12].

Enjoy your week ahead,
The Artcards Team

Friday:
+ Benefit: Hosted by NBC Miami's Roxanne Vargas "Lucky You! 4" Annual Art Raffle Fundraiser at Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC)
+ "China: Insights" Preview Night at Lowe Art Museum

Saturday:
+ Gallery & Indi Art Happenings in the Wynwood Arts "Wynwood & Design District's "Second Saturday" Art Walk" *Including Daytime Hours* Starting at 2pm (w/ participating galleries) at Wynwood's Second Saturday Gallery Walk
+ Giselle Devera, Juried by: Luis Tigual, Nick Cindric, Norelkys Blazekovic "Beck's Emerging Artist Exhibition / Second Saturday Showing" Announcments of 'Best in Show' at Cafeina / Wynwood Exhibition Center
+ C. Finley, Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha, Jefro, Mantis, Nick Gentry, Non Goldin, Oleg Dou, Oliver Malin, Penny, Philip Ross Munro, Scott Snyder, Simon Thompson, Tina La Porta, Troy Abbott "Sex, Drugs & Profanity" (On view through Art Base / Dec. 6th) at Robert Fontaine Gallery

+ Carlos Cabeza "Conscious Painting" at O. Ascanio Gallery

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+ Agustina WOODGATE, Santiago Rubino, Typoe "Site Specific No.1 / 3 Solos" Art Walk Reception at Spinello Projects

Tuesday, November 8

live jazz by: Emmet Cohen "Wynwood Supper Club presented by: Gypsy Kitchen & Lesters" [4 courses paired with wines] at Lesters Miami
Wynwood Art District: 2519 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, $45 limited seating. RSVP: 305.968.2325 or info@lestersmiami.com, 7:30pm

Lecture: "Navigating Art Basel" curated by Featuring: Carol Damian, Director and Chief Curato at Frost Art Museum
Sweetwater: 10975 SW 17th street, *** Frost Art Museum Room 107, FL 33165, Free & open to the public., 7pm

Book Signing: Michael Conners "Books & Books Signing: "The Splendor of Cuba: 150 Years of Architecture and Interiors"" at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale: One East Las Olas Boulevard, Andres Avenue, FL 33301, 6:30-8:30pm

Wednesday, November 9

"Target Wednesday After Hours:" Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida's Private Collections; color on color , the inaugural exhibit celebrating the collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (MACBA) and a video installation, Afro-Victim at Frost Art Museum
Sweetwater: 10975 SW 17th street, FL 33165, 6-9pm

Lecture: "MOCA by Moonlight: Spotlight with Laurent Cornell" at MOCA
North Miami: 770 NE 125th Street, FL 33161, Free with Museum Admission. See link to register., 7pm

Thursday, November 10

Cristina Lei Rodriguez "Change" at Fredric Snitzer Gallery (Fredric Snitzer Gallery)
Wynwood Art District: 2247 NW 1st Place, FL 33127, 6-9pm

"Hotel Urbano & Art Fusion Galleries Presents:" The 2011 Art basel Launch & Reception of "Fusion VIII - Synesthesia" at Art Fusion Gallery (Art Fusion)
Design District: 1 NE 40th Street , Suite 6 & 7, ***Held at the Hotel Urbano, 2500 Brickell Ave Miami, FL 33129, FL 33137, 7-10pm

"I Heart Art, the Foundry Launch Event" at Legal Art
Downtown Miami: 1035 North Miami Avenue, Suite 200, FL 33136, General Admission $10.00, 7-10pm

Artist Talk: Claude Viallat "The Steven & Dorothea Green Critics' Lecture Series" at Frost Art Museum
Sweetwater: 10975 SW 17th street, FL 33165, 4pm

"All Together Now Presents: "Dialect: A Night of Art & Music"" [Featuring local DJ's & Artists to celebrate the completion of the Museum's NEW mural by Arturo Herrera]. at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale: One East Las Olas Boulevard, Andres Avenue, ***Park Terrace, FL 33301, RSVP Required: atn@moafl.org, 7:30-10pm

Book Signing: Norma Watkins "Books & Books Signing: "The Last Resort"" at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale: One East Las Olas Boulevard, Andres Avenue, FL 33301, 6:30-8pm

Preview: "Uncrating of Selected Objects from the 'Offering of Angels'" [For Members at the Collectors Circle ($5,000) level & above]. at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale: One East Las Olas Boulevard, Andres Avenue, FL 33301, RSVP: rkjelgaard@moafl.org or 954.262.0233, 9-11am

Friday, November 11

Guerra de La Paz "Barbed / A Solo Exhibition by the Cuban-American duo Guerra de la Paz" at Praxis Art Miami
Wynwood Art District: 2219 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 7-9pm

+ Benefit: Hosted by NBC Miami's Roxanne Vargas "Lucky You! 4" Annual Art Raffle Fundraiser at Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC)
Wynwood Art District: 561 NW 32 Street, FL 33127, Admission Ticket: $45 / $50 at the door. (Admission to event includes a pass to the exclusive party at The Stage, 11:30pm)., 7-11:30pm

Santiago Rubino "Eyes of the Stars" Site Specifit No.1 / 3 Solos at Spinello Projects
Design District: 150 NE 42nd Street, FL 33137, 7-11:11pm

Typoe "Black Sunday" Site Specifit No.1 / 3 Solos at Spinello Projects
Design District: 150 NE 42nd Street, FL 33137, 7-11:11pm

Agustina WOODGATE "If These Walls Could Talk" Site Specifit No.1 / 3 Solos at Spinello Projects
Design District: 150 NE 42nd Street, FL 33137, 7-11:11pm

Benefit: "2nd Annual Visionaries' Fundraiser: (To benefit The Wolfsonian-Florida International University)" at Wolfsonian
Miami Beach: 1001 Washington Avenue, FL 33139, 7-11:11pm

+ "China: Insights" Preview Night at Lowe Art Museum
Coral Gables: 1301 Stanford Drive, FL 33146, 8-10pm

Adalberto (Adal) Delgado "Again, After All These Years" curated by lou anne colodny at Under the Bridge
North Miami: 12425 NE 13th Avenue, Ground Floor, FL 33161, 7-10pm

Saturday, November 12

+ Gallery & Indi Art Happenings in the Wynwood Arts "Wynwood & Design District's "Second Saturday" Art Walk" *Including Daytime Hours* Starting at 2pm (w/ participating galleries) at Wynwood's Second Saturday Gallery Walk
Wynwood Art District: , between N Miami Ave & NW 2nd Ave, FL 33127, FREE!, 2-11pm / pending gallery

Botero, Di Rosa, Negret, Tamayo + many more! "Masters in Sculpture" Gallery Walk at Gary Nader Fine Art
Wynwood Art District: 62 NE 27th Street, FL 33137, 7pm

Closing reception: Mira Lehr "209 Ignition" Art Walk at Kelley Roy Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 50 NE 29 Street, FL 33137, 6-9pm

Catalina Jaramillo, Joe Segal, Loriel Beltran, Shelter Serra "Four Species: A Group Exhibition" curated by Jon Feinstein, Shana Beth Mason at Maor Miami
Wynwood Art District: 3030 NE 2nd Avenue, FL 33137, 7-9pm

Pablo Lehman "The Other's Writings" Art Walk at Black Square Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 2248 NW 1st place, FL 33127, Open to the Public., 2-9pm

? Cristina Lei Rodriguez "Change" at Fredric Snitzer Gallery (Fredric Snitzer Gallery)
Wynwood Art District: 2247 NW 1st Place, FL 33127, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Closing reception: Bhakti Baxter "Rompelotas" Art Walk & Closing Reception at Gallery Diet (Gallery Diet)
Wynwood Art District: 174 NW 23 Street, FL 33127, 11am-9pm

+ Giselle Devera, Juried by: Luis Tigual, Nick Cindric, Norelkys Blazekovic "Beck's Emerging Artist Exhibition / Second Saturday Showing" Announcments of 'Best in Show' at Cafeina / Wynwood Exhibition Center
Wynwood Art District: 297 NW 23d Street, FL 33127, 7-10pm

Jorge Pedro Nunez "Concetto Spaziale" Art Walk at KaBe Contemporary
Wynwood Art District: 123 NW 23rd Street, FL 33127, 7pm

+ C. Finley, Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha, Jefro, Mantis, Nick Gentry, Non Goldin, Oleg Dou, Oliver Malin, Penny, Philip Ross Munro, Scott Snyder, Simon Thompson, Tina La Porta, Troy Abbott "Sex, Drugs & Profanity" (On view through Art Base / Dec. 6th) at Robert Fontaine Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 175 NW 23rd Street, FL 33127, 6-9pm

Jose Joaquin Figueroa, Kirk Crippens , Rodolfo Vanmarcke "America, Like it or Not" at The Lunch Box Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 310 NW 24th Street, FL 33127, 6-10pm

Carlos Gámez De Francisco, Gastón Ugalde, John Fitzgerald, Judi Werthein, Milton Becerra "MADA New Media Festival '11 [on view]" Gallery Walk Soiree: Trunk Show by ISA Boutique at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
Wynwood Art District: 72 NW 25th Street, FL 33137, 7-10pm

Natasha Duwin "Marvelous Punishment [on view]" Gallery Walk Soiree: Trunk Show by ISA Boutique at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
Wynwood Art District: 72 NW 25th Street, FL 33137, 7-10pm

Carlos Medina "White Surfaces" at Art Nouveau Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 348 NW 29th Street, FL 33127, 6-9pm

Mitch O'Connell "I Am A Hug! The Warm and Fuzzy Wall Decorations of Mitch O'Connell" at Harold Golen Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 2294 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 2-11pm

"Don't Get High on Your Own Supply" at David Castillo Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 2234 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 6-9pm

"November Wynwood Art Walk" at Eleazar Delgado Studio
Wynwood Art District: 2703 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 6-10:30pm

Jose Manuel Fors "Fragmentos" A Solo Exhibition at PanAmerican ArtProjects
Wynwood Art District: 2450 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 6-9pm

Open Studio: A. Dale Nally "Ongoing Works" Art Walk at A. Dale Nally Studio
Wynwood Art District: 2315 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 7-10pm

? Karina Peisajovich "The Eyes, Sometimes" at Alejandra von Hartz Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 2630 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Chuck Ramirez in Collaboration with Ruiz-Healy Art "Minimally Baroque" Art Walk at Dina Mitrani Gallery
Wynwood Art District: 2620 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 2-9pm

Guerra de La Paz "Barbed / A Solo Exhibition by the Cuban-American duo Guerra de la Paz" at Praxis Art Miami
Wynwood Art District: 2219 NW 2nd Avenue, FL 33127, 7-9pm

Lamia Khorshid "Hotel St Michel" Art Walk curated by Milagros Bello, PH.D. at Curator's Voice Art Projects
Wynwood Art District: 2509 NW 2nd. Avenue, FL 33127, 7pm

+ Carlos Cabeza "Conscious Painting" at O. Ascanio Gallery Wynwood Art District: 2600 NW 2nd. Avenue, FL 33127, 7-9pm

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Magaly Barnola-Otaola "Titans" Art Walk curated by Milagros Bello, PH.D. at Curator's Voice Art Projects
Wynwood Art District: 2509 NW 2nd. Avenue, FL 33127, 7pm

Alejandro Leyva, Alejandro Mendoza "Full Moon" Art Walk at Kavachnina Contemporary
Wynwood Art District: 46 NW 36th Street, FL 33127, 2-9pm

David McConnell, Debra Holt, Duane Brant, Kerry Phillips, Pip Brant, Purvis Young, Sara Modiano, Tom Cocotos, Tony Caltabiano, Yasmin Cicurel "FACES" (A group exhibition of mixed media works) at Abba Fine Art
Wynwood Art District: 233 NW 36th Street, FL 33127, 7-10pm

"Fusion VIII: Synesthesia" at Art Fusion Gallery (Art Fusion)
Design District: 1 NE 40th Street , Suite 6 & 7, FL 33137, 7-10pm

Closing reception: Kenton Parker "It Takes All This To Be Me / A Solo Exhibit of New Works by Kenton Parker" [Encore Closing Reception Party] at Primary Projects
Design District: 4141 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 104, FL 33137, 7-11pm

Artist Talk: Ruben Ochoa "Conversation: Los Angeles-based Artist Ruben Ochoa" curated by Moderated by: Rene Morales, Associate Curator for at Locust Projects
Design District: 155 NE 38th Street , suite 100, FL 33137, 6pm

? "Art Walk Reception" at Markowicz Fine Art
Design District: 1 NE 40th Street, suite 5, FL 33137, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Josh Hagler "Perceptions Of Religious Imagery In Natural Phenomena" Art Walk curated by Sloan Schaffer at 101 / exhibit Design District: 101 NE 40th Street, FL 33137, 7-10pm

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+ Agustina WOODGATE, Santiago Rubino, Typoe "Site Specific No.1 / 3 Solos" Art Walk Reception at Spinello Projects
Design District: 150 NE 42nd Street, FL 33137, 7-11pm

Closing reception: Ashley Cumberland, Billie Grace Lynn, Gino Tozzi, Rachel Hughes "PAUSE" curated by Ashley Cumberland and Gino Tozzi at LMNT
Design District: 55 NW 36th Street, FL 33127, 7-10pm

Closing reception: "Oxenberg's Group Show" (We will have a business card drawing entitling the winner to a $1000 additional discount on any artwork of the winner's choice. The drawing is at 8:45PM during the Closing Reception, winner must be present). at Oxenberg Fine Art
Brickell: 2730 SW 3rd. Ave, Suite 303, FL 33129, 7-10pm

"China: Insights" at Lowe Art Museum
Coral Gables: 1301 Stanford Drive, FL 33146, TBA

"Fourth Annual Hot Hollywood Glam" 3011 - An Art Odyssey at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
Hollywood: 1650 Harrison Street, FL 33020, See link for ticket & Auction Details, 7-10:30pm

Sunday, November 13

Performance: Richard Fleischman "Concert at the Bass" Melodies of a Forgotten Instrument: The Art of the Viola D'Amore at Bass Museum of Art
Miami Beach: 2100 Collins Avenue, FL 33139, Members: Free, Non-Membes: $8 / Limited Seating, 3pm

Monday, November 14

Workshop: "Create a Winning Artist Application!" at Legal Art
Downtown Miami: 1035 North Miami Avenue, Suite 200, FL 33136, $10 Registration Fee., 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Humberto Calzada "The Exile Studies Program And The Frost Art Museum present:" Exile & the Arts: An Evening with Humberto Calzada curated by Introduction: Dr. Asher Z. Milbauer, Director, The, Respondent: Dr. Carol Damian, Director and Chief C, Welcoming remarks: Dr. James M. Sutton, Chairman, at Frost Art Museum
Sweetwater: 10975 SW 17th street, FL 33165, 7pm

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