Miami Beach, FL – November 8, 2014 – The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum ushered in the highly anticipated Art Basel season with two powerful shows that opened Saturday evening to a stellar crowd of Miami’s arts and community leaders, along with visiting artists from throughout the U.S., Asia, Europe and Latin America. From China, Wang Qingsong’s ADinfinitum, and from Argentina Global Exchange: Geometric Abstraction Since 1950 (from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires, MACBA). This strong pairing sets the season into motion with a blaze of elaborate color and spectacle: Wang Qingsong’s colossal and daring photo-murals encompass the entire third floor of the museum. MACBA’s stellar collection of multinational artists has been transported to the Frost’s three galleries on the second level. Notables in attendance included FIU Provost Dr. Kenneth Furton, Dr. Jordana Pomeroy the Frost’s new incoming director, Chinese artist Wang Qingsong, Samford Wurmfeld, Charles Hinman, Cristina Ghetti, Donna Shalala the president of the University of Miami, Dr. Carol Damian, Aldo Rubino the executive director of MACBA, and FIU’s Dr. Lidu Yi.

Jordana Pomeroy, Sanford Wurmfeld, & Donna Shalala

Ken Furton, Jordana Pomeroy, Donna Shalala, & Sanford Wurmfeld

Sanford Wurmfeld, Aldo Rubino, & Charles Hinmen

Sanford Wurmfeld

Gaby Grobo

Gaby Grobo & Wang Qingsong

Ken Furton & Wang Qingsong

Wang Qingsong

Wang Qingsong

Wang Qingsong, Carol Damian, Jordana Pomeroy, & Ken Furton

Lidu Yi & Wang Qingsong

Valorie Wang, Virgina Miller, & Lidu Yi

Valorie Wang & Lidu Yi

Valorie Wang

Christina Ghetti & Jordana Pomeroy

Christina Ghetti, Aldo Rubino, & Jordana Pomeroy

Constanza Cerullo, Aldo Rubino, Charles Hinmen, & Jen Hinman

Constanza Cerullo, Christina Ghetti, & Carol Damian

Constanza Cerullo, Aldo Rubino, Carol Damian, & Ken Furton

Jim Couper, Jordana Pomeroy, Aldo Rubino, Constanza Cerullo, Carol Damian, & Ken Furton

Carol Damian, Constanza Cerullo, & Christina Ghetti

Leonel Matheu, Leslie Leon, & Alberto Poza

Lidu Yi, Ken Furton, Carol Damian, & Wang Qingsong