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“Sacrilege (2012),” a blowup version of Stonehenge by the English artist Jeremy Deller, is part of the “Inflation!” exhibition at Mobile M+ in Hong Kong. Jessica Hromas/Getty Images

HONG KONG — There were no art fairs to speak of in this metropolis before 2008. But this year, Hong Kong, once derided as a cultural desert, nabbed a prize coveted by cities across the region — serving as Art Basel’s only Asian outpost.

Cocytus,” a work made out of insects by Damien Hirst at White Cube Hong Kong. Alex Hofford/European Pressphoto Agency

The inaugural Art Basel Hong Kong, which opens to the public today, has drawn planeloads of collectors and gallery bigwigs from the West, lured here in part by the growing, glittery market. It’s billed as a mutually beneficial arrangement: Art Basel capitalizes on the moneyed collectors heading to Hong Kong, while giving international credibility and exposure to local artists, galleries and the city itself.

The inaugural Art Basel Hong Kong art fair, which officially opens Thursday, balances works by Asian and Western artists. Above, images from “Eating Noodles,” a video by Hung Keung at Schoeni Art Gallery.

But as Hong Kong welcomes its new guest for four days of openings, parties and lunches, there are also some backstage jitters about finally being on the world stage, as well as trepidation that an event that started as ART HK will lose its distinctively Asian flavor. Art Basel has taken over ART HK, which began as a local fair in 2008 with about 100 galleries and quickly doubled in size, reflecting the city’s growing art market. (Hong Kong is planning to pour billions of dollars into developing a cultural district in West Kowloon.)

Entang Wiharso Crush Me (Detail) (2012 - 2013) Graphite, resin, pigment, thread, lightbulbs, electrical cable, steel

We know the tide is changing when this quintessential western art fair puts down roots in the east. I don’t think the change is a bad sign, but rather a natural ebb and flow of the world we live in. I can’t help but wonder how this new development will effect our global art market. I assume art trends will be affected too. Only time will tell!

Read more about Art Basel Hong Kong.

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MOVE!, a series of installations created by world renowned artists in collaboration with fashion designers, opened to the public at Sesc Belenzinho in São Paulo, Brazil on Saturday. In 2010, the first iteration of this art and fashion mash-up spectacular happened at the Museum of Modern’s Art’s MoMA PS1 in New York and lasted for 2 days.

Cynthia Rowley + Olaf Breuning photo: cityist.com

This second time around, the festivities have grown into a 10-day interactive festival and the excitement is in Brazil. “We realized after P.S. 1 that the participatory events were the most successful,” says Curator Cecilia Dean via the madeinbrasil.com blog, who has pushed for more engagement with the crowd this time around. “With Brazilians, it should be pretty fun.”

Cynthia Rowley + Olaf Breuning photo: cityist.com

For example, visitors can put on a basic tunic designed by Cynthia Rowley while Swiss artist Olaf Breuning splashes them with buckets of paint to create instant, take-home fashion. That particular “movement”—as Dean, a Visionaire co-founder, and David Colman, an arts and fashion writer, calls each performance—is a beloved holdover from the original MOVE! in New York.

Cynthia Rowley + Olaf Breuning photo: cityist.com

But most of the other acts are new and tailored to the São Paulo scene, such as the alliance of artist Vik Muniz and Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa, two Brazilian powerhouses putting together a synchronized swimming performance that can be seen through the glass floor of the stupendously appointed SESC complex, according to wmagazine.com.

Cynthia Rowley + Olaf Breuning photo: cityist.com

“It’s this crazy place where you can hang out in pool or the cinema or the cafeteria, but where you can also go get your dental work done,” Dean says of the sleek government-funded space. “They’re all about bringing cultural programming to the people, and we want to make the intimidating worlds of art and fashion really accessible and fun.” MOVE! runs from March 9 to March 19. Admission is free. Kind of makes you want to go to Brazil, doesn’t it?

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Art Basel Miami Beach descended upon the right coast again this month, December 5-8, 2012. The Huffington post says, “It’s no easy feat getting chosen to participate in the country’s biggest art fair. And even if you are accepted into Art Basel Miami Beach, it’s certainly not easy to stand out amongst the hundreds of artworks, glamorous fairgoers and champagne carts.” Here are some highlights of ABMB below, in case you weren’t able to visit the fairs in person.

Reports below via Art News:

Adjacent to Art Basel, a new fair called “Moving the Still,” a collaboration between Tumblr and Paddle8, spotlighted the suggestive, hypnotic computer animations that are created with the Graphics Interchange Format and known as GIFs. (The format is 25 years old, but people are still arguing over how to pronounce it.)

A post-Degas mural by Anthony Lister on NW 23rd Street. PHOTO ©ROBIN CEMBALEST

The works, assembled after an open call and selected with the help of a committee including Roselee Goldberg and Michael Stipe, feature quick movements–a smiley face melting, a banana being peeled–repeated in endless loops.

Keep your eye on this Cindy Sherman film still.

A GIF by Joe Kay featuring a Cindy Sherman film still, 2012. GIF BY JOE KAY FOR MOVING THE STILL.

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction? A handmade iPod by Cuban artist Abel Barroso, who is also showing his carved pinball machines in a solo turn at PanAmericanArtProjects.

Abel Barroso, Ipod Touch, 2012, xylograph on wood. In Art Miami. IMAGE COURTESY FERNANDA TORCIDA.

On Hyperallergic, Hrag Vartanian reports being surprised during his own perambulations about the absence of contemporary renderings of the human figure. But animals were everywhere–dead ones especially. Judging by the offerings in Miami, taxidermic creatures have become the new trophy heads. Marcus Kenney’s creatures at Jonathan Ferrara’s stand at Pulse, brought a Mardi Gras bling to the conventional hunter’s trophy by using real animal parts mixed with buttons, fabric, feathers, sequins, leather, shells, beads, glass eyes, silk, and more.

Marcus Kenney, Stellah Terrah, 2012, reclaimed taxidermy, fabric, feathers, plastic, acrylic, beach glass, beads, paper, cotton, twine, thread, bronze, silk, polish, buttons, fur, synthetic hair, metal, pins, etc. At Pulse. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY, NEW ORLEANS.

Two Art Cops roamed the fairs giving tickets for infractions like “self indulgent,” “too reliant on personal history,” “theory bound,” “too much emphasis on process,” and more. They made sure to give their write-ups to the dealers rather than the artists. Most seemed to take it with good humor. The Cops turned out to be a performance piece, of course. The perpetrators were by Generic Art Solutions, an official project of the Pulse fair via Jonathan Ferrara gallery.

You’re under arrest! The Art Cops. PHOTO © 2012 ROBIN CEMBALEST

Hans-Peter Feldmann’s installation in a witty show of six artists’ take on the Renaissance at the Bassincluded a painting that summed up how everyone felt after a long day of looking at art.

Detail of Hans-Peter Feldmann’s installation in “The Endless Renaissance” at the Bass Museum of Art.

If you were at the fair, share your first hand report here on WallSpin!

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It’s December 1st and the tenth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach is officially in full swing.

Art installation by Chrisotpher Janney at Miami airport photo: Design Boom

Running through the weekend, Art Basel “features contemporary works by more than 2,000 artists offered from some 265 major galleries representing five continents, as well as an array of events, satellite fairs extending from Miami Beach to vibrant new Miami art districts like Wynwood, and of course the jet-set parties roaring up and down the Art Deco corridors of Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue,” says Time’s Global Spin blog.

Works by artist Jeff Koons at Rubell Family Collection photo: Jeff Koons

Miami billionaire and art collector extraordinaire Norman Braman (who helped bring Art Basel to Florida) tells Global Spin, “There’s no question that this is now the foremost art fair in the U.S.”

Installation by artist Paulo Nazareth at Mendes Wood photo: GalleristNY

The fair’s tenth anniversary will inaugurate a new collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art on the Art Public sector, which will transform Collins Park with unique artworks and performances by renowned artists and emerging talents. For the first time, Art Video will be presented free to the public in SoundScape Park on the large-scale outdoor projection wall of the New World Center, designed by Frank Gehry.

Installation by artist Mike Kelley at Tony Shafrazi Gallery photo: GalleristNY

If the main event is not your cup of tea, follow Huffington Post’s Miami blog for daily reports on the best under-the-radar happenings. There are, quite literally, hundreds of different events going on daily in Miami this weekend. There’s something for everyone during the Miami fair season.

Lanvin's Disco Tableau at The Rubell Family Collection photo: Huffington Post

And when your appetite for art is fully satisfied, head over to the Electric Pickle to check out the beachy club scene and kick back or find your groove via the sounds of Culpirt. If it turns out that music or a 24 hour party is a better fit for you, return to Miami in March for Winter Music Conference.

Jennifer Rubell in front of her installation "Incubation" at Rubel Family Collection photo: Huffington Post

Finally, here’s StyleCaster‘s list of eight artists not to be missed at the Miami fairs. By all means, enjoy! And don’t forget to report your findings back to us here on WallSpin.

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Our booth at the Affordable Art Fair in NYC September 21- 25, 2011

On behalf of everyone behind the scenes at Zatista, I’m happy to report that we had a great time showing at the Affordable Art Fair in New York a couple weeks ago. If you don’t live in NY or couldn’t make the fair, we’re bringing this redux straight to your living room, desk and mobile device. In case you haven’t yet noticed, we love bringing the art right to you!

Shoppers at AAF

We were fortunate to bring several wonderful Zatista artists with us to the fair. We’re just sorry we could bring everyone! This year, the artists showing in our booth were: Katherine Fraser, Norman Lerner, Ken Horne, Lisa Caccioppoli, Susan Grissom, David Pettibone, Warren Keating, and Maude Andrade. We had two fabulous guest speakers also:

Mr Jon Call

Our recent Guest Curator Jon Call, interior designer and founder of Mr Call Designs, talked about how to find and use art in interiors. He talked about identifying locations he calls the “12 o’clocks” in your home and suggested focusing your artwork in these locations. The “12 o’clocks” are the spots where you enter a room or turn a corner and straight ahead is a major focus wall – it could be the end of a hallway or a big blank wall that you notice immediately as you enter a room. The crowd was captivated and inspired by Jon’s insightful ideas.

Kelley Carter on left

Kelley Carter, Sr. Home Market Editor at Real Simple, talked to the crowd about how to place art in your home. As Kelley herself admits, she is “obsessed with decorating” and her enthusiasm was palpable. As expected, Kelley’s ideas were smart and refreshing. Kelley was a real crowd pleaser!

Kelley Carter talking to the crowd

Again, a big thanks from Zatista to each of the artists and speakers who participated. It was great fun for us to get out from behind our computers to meet and greet buyers in person.