VISUAL ARTS

PULSE Miami 2008 will present a series of special programs, installations and events, features that have become a signature of the PULSE fairs. The large-scale sculpture and installation program will be curated by Claire Breukel, Executive Director of Miami's Locust Projects. Breukel has selected works by Leo Villareal, Lincoln Schatz, Mike Estabrook & Ernest Conception, and Justin Cooper, among many others. The Pulse Play video lounge will be curated by Cuban and Canadian based independent curator and critic Magda Gonzalez-Mora, a founder of the Havana Biennale, with works by Isabel Rocamora, Ferheen Haq, Mariana Vassileva, Rodolfo Pereza, and Lazaro Saavedra. PULSE Miami has partnered with the Financial Times and CORE to present a series of CORE - conversations, daily panel discussions and breakfast talks on contemporary art and its market. Participants include contemporary artists, collectors, curators, and other distinguished art world leaders.