Sign up for trip to Art Basel

FLORIDA WEEKLY PHOTO Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 happens Dec. 4-7. Join like-minded, adventurous art lovers for an overnight trip to Art Basel Miami Beach 2008: "The Winter Rendezvous of the International Art World" with the Naples Art Association.

The NAA bus will head to Miami early Thursday morning, Dec. 4. The group will have a one-hour guided tour before dispersing to take in the show and then regrouping for dinner and checking in to rooms at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. All day Friday will be spent at Art Basel before the bus returns to Naples that evening.

The price is $379 per person, double occupancy ($535 single) and includes round trip transportation, guided tour, transfers to the show and dinner.

Many major U.S. museums are organizing trips to the Miami Beach fair, and numerous groups of art collectors from Latin America and Europe have announced their visits. To sign up for the Naples Art Association trip, call NAA Assistant Director Ginamarie Pugliese at 262-6517 or e-mail ginamariepugliese@naplesart.org. About Art Basel

The seventh edition of Art Basel Miami Beach takes place Dec. 4-7. More than 40,000 visitors are expected to attend the celebrated show at which nearly 250 selected galleries — including 25 new participants this year — from 30 countries will showcase paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, photography and videos. Special sectors are devoted to very recent artworks, curated exhibitions, video- and sound-based works, performances, open-air cinema, and art in public spaces.

Twenty young galleries will present cutting-edge projects in converted shipping containers on the beach, while another 20 exhibit in an experimental collaborative space.

Its list of participants makes Art Basel Miami Beach the most prestigious art show of the Americas for 20th century classics and contemporary art. Prices start at a few hundred dollars for multiples and works by young artists, then soar into the millions for museum-quality masterpieces.

The Art Basel Conversations panels will again feature prominent art world personalities, while the more intimate format of Art Salon gives leading figures from the international art scene an opportunity to present their projects. Visitors can also look forward to special exhibitions, visits to private art collections and crossover events linking art with music, film, architecture, and design.

For more information and a complete list of Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 exhibitors and programs, visit www.artbaselmiamibeach. com.