Miami, FL – December 1, 2015 – National YoungArts Foundation kicked-off Art Basel Miami Beach week with élan with contemporaneous exhibitions, sounds by DJ MeLo-X, bites by Starr Catering Group and libations courtesy of Marlee’s Green Tea Whiskey. Four new works by Daniel Arsham were unveiled in The Future Was Written, an interactive exhibition featuring nearly 2,000 objects made of chalk where visitors had been leaving their marks, drawings, and words on the gallery’s black chalkboard-painted walls. Audiences also lined-up for Arsham’s new catalog signing in benefit of YoungArts. Across the campus plaza, Isaac Julien, one of Britain’s most important and influential artists and filmmakers, revealed Stones Against Diamonds (Ice Cave) in a North American debut. The Turner Prize nominated artist, commissioned as part of the Rolls-Royce Art Programme, created a video installation   that filled the magnificent YoungArts Jewel Box across 15 screens — the largest and most impressive   presentation of the work to date. Sarah Arison and Julien were present to welcome guests including Bill Jones, Ana Helena Araujo, Bob Lynch, Nora Halpern, Kelly Bensimon, Glenn Lowry, Jeff and Lisa Akin, Scott Shuffield, Andres Fanjul Jr., and Oltion and Julie Mollaymeri, and among other notables.

Raveena & Saagar Patel

Rafael Aguirre & Jey Van Sharp

Winston Peters & Jey Van Sharp

Saagar Patel

Ana Garcia Diniz, Nara Roesler, Ana Helena Araujo, & Isaac Julien

Ana Helena Araujo & Isaac Julien

Daniel Novela & Lilian Mustelier

Mark Ghuneim, Isaac Julien, & Peter Fleissig

John Clark, Sarah Arison, & Bill Jones

Sarah Arison & Isaac Julien

Sarah Arison & Kelly Bensimon

Isaac Julien & Scott Wright

Bob Lynch, Nora Halpern, & Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

Mark Picard & Harry Hersh

Alan Melillo, Alvaro Montilla, Carlos Guevara, & Allen Montilla

Daniel Arsham

Daniel Arsham & Alan Melillo

Daniel Arsham & Alvaro Montilla

 Bill Jones, Lee Crabtree, & Chris Lentz

Nikle Guzijan, Sky Gellatly, & Raymond Roker

Dejha Carrington, Max Pierre, Lisa Leone, Esther Park, Austin Cohen, Malia Day, & Amy Rosenberg

DJ Melo X

Sarah Arison & Rich Kohan

John Clark, Daniel Arsham, & Rich Kohan

Therese Lambert, Jerry Tiangco, Stephanie Jeanroy Arsham, & Alex Mustonen

Maria Gunia & Carolyn Lazarus

Scott Wagner & Lena Koorse

Jose Felix Perez & Aja Butler-Burns

Tommy & Eli Cabrerizo, & Reza Larizadeh