Argentinian-born mega-collector Jorge Pérez believes that despite the chilling effect of the state’s increasingly right-wing politics, Florida’s low-tax, pro-business approach has contributed to another revival of Miami’s cultural scene, which has mushroomed with the influx of wealthy individuals and corporations since the pandemic.
Earlier this year he wrote to Art Basel’s management saying he refused to set foot in Florida for the Miami fair this week after the so-called “don’t say gay” bill was passed by the state in March. Dystopia has become an all-too-familiar scene in US politics, but Florida’s shift from swing state to solid GOP is of particular concern to some of the leading cultural figures in Miami.
Challenging issues are being confronted in exhibitions at Art Basel. Gabriel Kilongo set up his gallery, Jupiter, in March to give a platform to artists from different socio-cultural backgrounds. He noted the number of polarizing figures in Miami, but also points out how his colleagues in the gallery world “tend to represent political values that completely contradict what the average Miami person thinks”. The Dallas-based artist Leslie Martinez is showing a suite of new abstract paintings with the Texan gallery And Now. Martinez said, their work emerges from the artist’s trans non-binary identity and ancestral history in the Rio Grande Valley of the Texas-Mexico border.
LGBTQ+ Rights And US Politics Heavily Featured At US Largest Arts Festival, Miami Art Basel
- Bobby Huen
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