Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Premieres Local Gay Artists and More
Joshua Head

Miami Beach, FL - November 29, 2011 ---From December 1 through 4, Miami Beach, Florida, will host the 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the most prestigious art show in the Americas. More than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will take part, showcasing works by more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Art Basel 2011 introduces David Bromstad of HGTV's Color Splash Miami and Design Star premieres public art exhibition as well as a steller list of many others.  The LGBT Visitor Center in an installment that began during Sleepless Night and runs through December 5th displaying works from 11 different artists including:

• Lewis Aqui, photography
  
• Carla Fache, abstract painting
  
• Raul Frontal, photography
  
• Pete Halpern, landscape paintings
  
• Marcelo Holzinger, contemporary paintings
  
• Ali Miranda, photography
  
• Alfredo Perez, etched oil on canvas
  
• Dale Stein, photography
  
• Tolibia, mixed media
  
• Evelyn Valdirio, painting
  
• Alex Vera, painting

You can even check out a Warhol at Wine by the Bay just across the causeway.  Support the artists and venues and enjoy one of Miami and Miami Beach's acclaimed and notorious events of the year- Art Basel.

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The Lords Hotel November 30 - Gay Letter Occupies Lords South Beach 7pm-10pm - Gold Bar December 1 - Josh Woods & BOFFO - Midnight- ? - Poolside Music by Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters December 4 - Detox at Lords 4pm-10pm  Poolside 1120 Collins Avenue (at 11th Street) South Beach
“Body, Money, Death,” David Bromstad Z Ocean Hotel 1437 Collins Avenue South Beach December 2 and 3 - 5pm-8pm
This Art is So Gay LGBT Visitor Center 1130 Washington Avenue Miami Beach Through December 5 - 9am-6pm
A Showcase of Works by Warhol, Rauschenberg, Slonem, and Sultan Wine By The Bay 888 Biscayne Blvd. Miami (@ Marina Blue) December 1-10 - 12pm-9pm