Aqua Art Miami celebrates 14th edition with strongest sales and attendance to date
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MIAMI, FLA. – Aqua Art Miami, a sister fair of Art Miami, marked an incredibly successful five-day event for their 14th edition at the Aqua Hotel (1530 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139), which took place Wednesday, December 5 through Sunday, December 9, 2018.
This year, the fair reported impressive attendance and sales with more than 11,600 collectors, curators, art advisors, artists and museum professionals attending throughout the week, of which more than 4,500 attended the VIP Preview on December 5, 2018.
Grela Orihuela, Director of Aqua Art Miami, carefully curated a selection of 52 international galleries that highlighted 135 emerging and mid-career artists from 12 countries in the intimate exhibition rooms that open into the beautiful courtyard of the classic South Beach hotel.
Numerous galleries reported strong sales throughout the fair, with works by Tanner Lawley, Michael Albano, Valeria Krasavina and Elizabeth Guipe Hall proving to be in high demand. Aqua Art Miami continues to solidify itself as a unique fair with mass appeal for those looking to procure works by young, emerging and mid-career artists.
"Aqua gives young artists and galleries the opportunity to engage with an international group of collectors and an enthusiastic audience through Miami Art Week,” said Orihuela. “We curated an engaging variety of artists and galleries that show work by people who are thinking outside of the box and creating new art that pushes boundaries.”