Foto cedidaembolcall - Antoni Tàpies. Courtesy photo. Major Retrospective on Antoni Tàpies in PAMM, Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is now showing a major historical surveyof Catalan master Antoni Tàpies.The first major survey since the artist’s death in 2012, the exhibition is comprised of 50 works, including paintings, assemblages and drawings. Tàpies: From Within features work from the mid-1940’s up through 2011, with notable examples from every decade of the artist’s 70-year long career. All the works were drawn from the artist’s own collection, or that of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona. These pieces, which had personal resonance for Tàpies and remained in the artist’s control throughout his lifetime, offer a unique perspective on his creative process. Many of the works selected have rarely been seen prior to this exhibition, providing an intimate glimpse into Tàpies’ relationship with his practice.
This retrospective was organized jointly by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, and curated by formerTate DirectorVincente Todolí. PAMM’s chief curator, Tobias Ostrander, worked closely with the Fundació and Todoli to choose the 50 worksincluded in PAMM’s focused presentation of Tàpies: From Within, which is the sole US presentation of the show. The artist’s early “matter paintings” from the 1950s, up through his recent works, emphasize the materials from which they are made- oil paint mixed with dirt and stones, covered with gestural markings. Their emphasis on “poor” materials contrast with the gleaming surfaces of Miami, creating a critical dialogue with the museum and its surrounding context. Ostander also emphasizes Tàpies’ influence on a new generation of contemporary artists also interested in discarded materials and rich surfaces. PAMM will open a commissioned project by Argentinian artist Diego Bianchi on February 19, whose appropriation of worn and found materials highlights the link between Tapies’ work and that of many of today’s contemporary artists.
Highlights from Tàpies: From Within include:
Fils sobre cartó (Threads on Cardboard), 1946
Gris amb dues taques negres. N. oXCII (Gray with Two Black Marks, No. XCII), 1959 –
Tela encolada (Glued Fabric), 1961,
Cadira i roba (Chair and Clothes), 1970
Díptic amb dues formes corbes (Diptych with Two Curved Forms), 1988
The event consisted of a cocktail and a typical Scottish dinner in which there was no shortage of whiskey tasting, hosted by the whiskey tasting expert Nick Pollachi, Whisky Master and owner of The Whisky Dog. The evening was enlivened by Canadian piper Robert Ritchie and musical threesome Avalon.
“Our headquarters are still in the city of Aberdeen, in northeast Scotland, and our roots date back to 1875,” explained Hendry. “Our Scottish heritage is an essential part of the identity of Aberdeen AM, and we hope our customers enjoy aspects of our tradition, such as those we celebrate tonight,” added Hendry.
Aberdeen AM celebrates its traditional Burns Supper in cities around the world around the 25th January, to coincide with the birth, in 1759, of Robert Burns, poet, and author of more than 600 poems amongst them some as famous as “Auld Lang Syne”, used each year throughout the English-speaking world to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. This year, Aberdeen has celebrated its Burns Supper in 4 cities across North America: Toronto, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Miami. It is the fourth consecutive year in which Aberdeen AM celebrates this event in Miami.
Aberdeen Asset Management is present in over 25 countries in Europe, Asia, and America. As of September 30th 2014, it had US$525.9bn in assets under management. In Miami, Maria Eugenia Cordova, deals with the offshore business which has its epicenter in this city. Maria Eugenia reports to Menno de Vreeze, Head of the US offshore business, whose team is completed by Damian Zamudio and Andrea Ajila, all three based in New York. Linda Cartusciello, who is also based in Miami, is at the helm of all the institutional business in Latin America.
. Funds Society celebra su fiesta de verano con la participación de 300 profesionales de la industria
A few days ago, Funds Society held a party in Miami to celebrate its second anniversary and the launch of its new print magazine, a quarterly publication for offshore industry professionals in the United States.
Funds Society celebrated in style the closure of an excellent year 2014, in which the website received 300,000 visits and over 500,000 page views, which translates into a growth of 56% and 81% respectively compared to 2013. The number of unique visitors is also worth noting, as these have more than doubled in the past year, a clear indication of Funds Society’s strong growth during the last two years since its founding.
At the anniversary party, held at Perfecto Gastrobar on Brickell Avenue in the financial heart of Miami, Funds Society was well supported by over 130 professionals from the wealth and asset management industry. To the delight of those present, the evening was enlivened with performances by a group of actors from Angelica Torres’ Broadway Musical Theatre Company.
Not only were the achievements to date celebrated, but also all of Funds Society’s projects for this year 2015, which is just beginning and for which it already has the support of twenty top-level international firms.
The Funds Society 2nd Golf Tournament, which will be sponsored this time by Henderson, MFS, M&G and Carmignac, will be held in March. On this occasion, the tournament will be held in Miami Beach on March 13th.
The Golf championship will be followed in May by Funds Society’s First Fund Selector Summit, an event which Funds Society will hold in Miami in association with the British company Open Door Media Partners, and to which 48 key fund selectors will be invited, who will get to know, firsthand, the most relevant strategies of some of the main asset managers in the industry.
Finally, also point out that the new Funds Society print magazine, whose first issue has come to light this January, debuted during the web’s second anniversary. The publication, which was launched with major backing from sponsors, was created with the aim of becoming a showcase for wealth and asset management companies on both sides of the Atlantic, and with the firm intention of becoming a reference amongst industry professionals.
Foto cedida. Scotiabank Joins CONCACAF as Official Partner
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has announced an official partnership with Scotiabank, designating the international bank as title sponsor of the CONCACAF Champions League and official bank of the Confederation.
The multi-year agreement makes Scotiabank the first official partner of CONCACAF, and covers multiple tournaments through 2018 including the region’s most important club competition – the CONCACAF Champions League –now to be known as the Scotiabank Champions League beginning February 2015 with the Championship Round of the on-going 2014-15 edition.
“I am extremely proud to welcome Scotiabank to the CONCACAF football family and commemorate this strategic partnership,” said CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb. “This agreement exemplifies the growing value of CONCACAF’s properties and demonstrates the trust and confidence in our Confederation.”
Headquartered in Toronto, Scotiabank is Canada’s most international bank, with a presence in over 55 countries including Latin America, the Caribbean and parts of Asia. The Bank offers a broad range of products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking, to over 21 million customers.
“Scotiabank is proud of our deep roots and strong commitment in the CONCACAF regions – supporting customers, businesses and communities for over 180 years,” said John Doig, Scotiabank’s Chief Marketing Officer. “This partnership is a natural fit for Scotiabank. Football is a passion we share with our customers and we’re excited to support current and future football stars. We are looking forward to celebrating the sportsmanship and teamwork of this beautiful game.”
In addition to title sponsorship of the Champions League, Scotiabank becomes an official sponsor for the CONCACAF Gold Cup – the Confederation’s flagship event for national teams – for 2015 and 2017.
Scotiabank will also support multiple additional CONCACAF tournaments through 2018, including 2016 Olympic Qualifying events, and men’s and women’s tournaments at the under-20 and under-17 levels, starting with the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship Jamaica 2015, set to kick off in January.
The deal further includes sponsorship for the next two editions of the CFU Caribbean Cup and the UNCAF Central American Cup, as well as upcoming CONCACAF championships in Beach Soccer, Futsal and at the Girls’ and Boys’ under-15 levels.
“When we extended our agreement with CONCACAF in late 2013, we focused on restructuring the sponsorship program in line with global standards led by CONCACAF Partners,” said Aaron Davidson, President of Traffic Sports USA, the sponsorship rights agency of CONCACAF. “Scotiabank is the perfect founding CONCACAF Partner thanks to their footprint across the region and their commitment to sport and the communities they serve.”
The partnership was announced in an event hosted at the Mexican Stock Exchange in Mexico City on Tuesday morning, with the presence of special invited guests from the Mexican and international soccer community including Mexican Football Federation President Justino Compean.
Foto cedida. Art Basel Miami Beach cierra su edición más fuerte gracias a la visita de 73.000 personas
Art Basel’s 13th edition in Miami Beach closed Sunday, December 7, 2014, amidst strong praise from gallerists, private collectors, museum groups and the media.
Highlights of the show included the introduction of the new Survey sector, which brought 13 art-historical projects to the fair, including many rare works never before exhibited in an art fair context; and Art Basel’s staging with Performa of Ryan McNamara’s ‘MEƎM 4 Miami: A Story Ballet About the Internet’ at the Miami Grand Theater. Solid sales were reported across all levels of the market and throughout the run of the show.
Featuring 267 leading international galleries from 31 countries, the show – whose Lead Partner is UBS – attracted an attendance of 73,000 over five days. Attendees included representatives of over 160 museum and institution groups from across the world – and a surging number of new private collectors from the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Following a 100 percent reapplication rate for the Galleries sector and with new galleries coming from across the world, the list of exhibitors was the strongest to date in Miami Beach, firmly solidifying the show’s position as the leading international art fair of the Americas.
On Wednesday, December 3, Art Basel and BMW announced a new partnership supporting emerging artists. Starting in 2015, the BMW Art Journey will enable emerging artists to go on a journey of creative discovery to a destination of their choice. Functioning as a mobile studio, the BMW Art Journey is open to artists from Positions and Discoveries, Art Basel’s sectors for emerging artists in Miami Beach and Hong Kong. The show also marked the successful launch of Art Basel’s Next tours program for emerging collectors. A total of 80 collectors drawn from 12 young patrons groups of international museums attended bespoke tours of the fair and had intimate sessions with exhibiting galleries.
Art Basel’s next show in Miami Beach will take place from December 3 to December 6, 2015. Starting after the 2015 edition, the Miami Beach Convention Center will undergo major renovation, phased around the 2016 show, with the aim to finish the renovation before Art Basel returns to Miami Beach in December 2017.
Foto cedidaFoto cedida por Pinta Miami. EFG Capital, principal patrocinador de PINTA Miami
Celebrating its eight edition, and its first one in Miami, Pinta is proud to announce EFG Capital as its main sponsor. EFG has a strong presence in Latin Americas represented by EFG Capital, the main wealth management subsidiary in the United States of EFG International, based in Miami. The sponsorship offered by EFG to Pinta coincides with its progressive and firm growth in Latin America. EFG as a main sponsor at PintaMiami continues to show actively its attention and support towards the development and establishment of Latin American art and design within a global platform, confirming EFG’s interest in promoting artists and recognizing Miami as a center axis between Latin and North American markets.
On the occasion of its 8th edition, Pinta— the only curated boutique fair devoted to the art of Latin America, Spain and Portugal, sets sail from The Big Apple, expanding its horizons, and settung for the first time in Miami City from December 3-7, joining its energy to this vibrant art week, alongside Art Basel Miami Beach.
Since its creation in 2007, Pinta has distinguished itself from the rest of the art fairs for its specific profile, defining its proposal geographically, placing its bet on quality while focusing on Latin American art identities and issues, and inviting mainstream galleries and artists with the aim of offering an international platform for the dissemination of art from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula.
Pinta director, cultural manager and editor, Diego Costa Peuser, identifies the need for growth of the art market of Latin American and the Iberian Peninsula, and offers this platform to acknowledge the city of Miami as a new venue to consolidate the fair and to continue the promotion of Latin American and Iberian artists, fostering their expansion towards a global context.
Currently, contemporary art from Latin America, Spain and Portugal has gained an important place – in biennials, museums and institutions all over the globe. From its first edition to the present, Pinta has stood out for the quality of its curatorial staff and its collaboration with specialized institutions and organizations.
Tuesday, December 2: 6pm – 9pm: By invitation only Wednesday, December 3: 5pm – 8pm Preview Thursday, December 4: 11am – 8pm Friday, December 5: 11am – 8pm Saturday, December 6: 11am – 8pm Sunday, December 7: 11am – 6pm
Foto cedidaFoto cedida por Klima Restaurant. Klima trae a Miami un nuevo concepto culinario inspirado en el Mediterráneo y Barcelona
KLIMA Miami, a progressive ideology in hospitality originating from Spain, announces the opening of KLIMA Restaurant and Bar – a culinary concept inspired by gastronomy from the Mediterranean and Barcelona. The newly renovated property, located on 23rd Street and adjacent to Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, is scheduled to open in November this year as the latest addition to the heart of the historic district.
The 122-seat restaurant property, encompassing a total of 7,700 square-feet, will feature two levels – a ground floor restaurant and bar with indoor and outdoor dining areas, as well as a second floor members-only club scheduled to open in Spring 2015. The newly appointed veteran Executive Chef, David Rustarazo, originates from Spain and brings a highly seasoned expertise in Western Mediterranean and Catalan cuisine to the table. Through his long standing working relationship with KLIMA Miami co-founders, Pablo Fernández-Valdés and Yago Giner in Barcelona, Spain’s reputable culinary authority, Albert Ventura, is the gastronomic advisor for KLIMA Miami and will be an integral part of the company’s growth in the U.S. Ventura will be heavily involved with the opening of KLIMA Restaurant and Bar in Miami Beach and currently owns Restaurant COURE, Wall 47 and the recently opened El Cercle restaurant in Barcelona.
KLIMA Miami, together with Albert Ventura and Chef Rustarazo, have created a uniquely eclectic menu that will offer a blend of contemporary and international fare inspired by the Mediterranean and Barcelona regions. The culinary vision for KLIMA Restaurant and Bar will reflect the roots of the founders while combining the very best in local ingredients sourced from premium South Florida suppliers.
“We are very pleased to announce our inaugural restaurant project in the United States,” says co-founder and managing partner of KLIMA Miami, Pablo Fernández-Valdés. “We selected the South Florida region to open our first restaurant with our sights set on Miami Beach for its pulsating multicultural flavor and cosmopolitan clientele. Our aim is to install a much-loved Spanish gastronomic ideology within this exciting city to perfectly complement its rich cultural diversity. As a result of working for many years in the hospitality industry all over the world, we have a deep knowledge and understanding of the business. The number one priority is for our casual and informal, yet elegant restaurant and bar experience to ultimately bring guests back for a memorable, fun and most enjoyable time.”
Co-founders of KLIMA Miami, Pablo Fernández-Valdés and Yago Giner, are the former CEO and COO respectively of the highly reputable and award-winning Grupo Tragaluz restaurant group in Spain.
Expats in Switzerland and New Zealand may be having it best according to a new global study out today from HSBC Expat, but, as the survey points out, expatriate life in the US is far from gloomy.
“There are a great many decisions involved in making the move abroad, ranging from consideration of finances and managing money, right through to integrating into the local community and arranging childcare”, according to Andrew Ireland, EVP and Head of Premier Banking, HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
The Expat Explorer survey is one of the largest global expat studies. This year, nearly 9,300 expats from around the world, including over 500 based in the US, shared their views on quality of life, financial wellbeing and the ease of raising a family abroad. The results show that while Switzerland emerges as the world’s favourite overall expat destination and New Zealand is viewed as the best place to raise a family, the United States continues to prove its worth as an expat hotspot in several important areas.
Educational advantages – majority opt for a state education
For those expats with a family, the US education system adds to the country’s appeal. Over three quarters (78%) of expat parents are opting to state educate their children compared with the global average of 37%
Half of expat parents additionally rank the US in their top three best countries for schooling
Economic benefits – saving for retirement locally
For older expats, a mature economy appears to be one reason for the ongoing popularity of the US, with a large proportion opting to keep the majority of their retirement provisions inside the country (65% compared with the global average of 41%)
Integration made easy – three quarters find US assimilation ‘easy’
The US rates highly among expats for ease of integration, ranking among the top 10 countries in the study. 73% of respondents said that they found it easy to assimilate in to the local community (compared with the global average of 65%)
Close to two-thirds (65%) also commented on the ease with which they were able to find accommodation (compared with the global average of 54%)
Once settled, most expats are here to stay
Once in the US most expats put down roots, with seven in ten (71%) expressing an intention to remain in the country (compared with the global average of 61%)
Ireland continued: “This year’s Expat Explorer league table shows that there are many countries that offer a good balance, providing expats with a rewarding and exciting experience, including the United States. Expats can view the full results by visiting the Expat Explorer interactive tool, where they can discover more about where they live now as well as find inspiration for the future.”
Foto cedidaPhoto courtesy of Man Group. The Narrow Road to the Deep North Wins the 2014 Man Booker Prize
Richard Flanagan was announced, on Tuesday 14 October, as the winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prizefor Fiction for The Narrow Road to the Deep North, published by Chatto & Windus.
The Tasmanian-born author is the third Australian to win the coveted prize which, for the first time in its 46-year history, is now expanded to include entries from writers of all nationalities, writing originally in English and published in the UK. He joins an impressive literary canon of former winners including fellow Australians Thomas Kenneally (Schindler’s Ark, 1982) and Peter Carey (Oscar & Lucinda, 1988 and The True History of the Kelly Gang, 2001).
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is the sixth novel from Richard Flanagan, who is considered by many to be one of Australia’s finest novelists. It centers upon the experiences of surgeon Dorrigo Evans in a Japanese POW camp on the now infamous Thailand-Burma railway. The Financial Times calls it ‘elegantly wrought, measured and without an ounce of melodrama… nothing short of a masterpiece.’
Named after a famous Japanese book by the haiku poet Basho, The Narrow Road to the Deep North is described by the 2014 judges as ‘a harrowing account of the cost of war to all who are caught up in it’. Questioning the meaning of heroism, the book explores what motivates acts of extreme cruelty and shows that perpetrators may be as much victims as those they abuse. Flanagan’s father, who died the day he finished The Narrow Road to the Deep North, was a survivor of the Burma Death Railway.
Richard Flanagan was announced as the 2014 winner by AC Grayling, Chair of judges, at an awards dinner at London’s Guildhall, which was broadcast live on the BBC News Channel. Flanagan was presented with a trophy from HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and a £50,000 check from Emmanuel Roman, Chief Executive of Man Group. The investment management firm has sponsored the prize since 2002.
AC Grayling comments: ‘The two great themes from the origin of literature are love and war: this is a magnificent novel of love and war. Written in prose of extraordinary elegance and force, it bridges East and West, past and present, with a story of guilt and heroism. This is the book that Richard Flanagan was born to write.’
In addition to his £50,000 prize and trophy, Flanagan also receives a designer bound edition of his book, and a further £2,500 for being shortlisted.
On winning the Man Booker Prize, an author can expect international recognition, not to mention a dramatic increase in book sales. Sales of Hilary Mantel’s winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, have exceeded a million copies in their UK editions, published by Fourth Estate. Her novels have subsequently been adapted for stage and screen, with the highly acclaimed theatre productions of both novels arriving on Broadway in April 2015. Granta, publisher of Eleanor Catton’s 2013 winner, The Luminaries, has sold 300,000 copies of the book in the UK and almost 500,000 worldwide.
AC Grayling, philosopher and author, was joined on the 2014 panel of judges by: Jonathan Bate, Oxford Professor of English Literature and biographer; Sarah Churchwell, UEA’s Professor of American Literature; Daniel Glaser, neuroscientist and cultural commentator; Alastair Niven, former Director of Literature at the British Council and at the Arts Council, and Erica Wagner, former literary editor and writer.
Julius Baer is the exclusive Global Partner of the new FIA Formula E Championship, the world’s first fully-electric racing series. The inaugural championship, which starts in Beijing on 13 September 2014, includes 10 races in major cities around the globe. For Julius Baer, Formula E with its visionary approach and global reach is an ideal sponsorship platform as it stands for many values Julius Baer shares, such as innovation, sustainability and forward-looking pioneering spirit. The Bank will leverage the sponsorship for high-class client events and a wide range of marketing activities.
The FIA Formula E Championship is the world’s first fully-electric racing series, created by the International Automobile Federation FIA. It represents a vision for the future of the motor industry over the coming decades, serving as a framework for research and development around the electric vehicle, accelerating general interest in these cars and promoting sustainable and innovative technologies.
From September 2014 to June 2015, the championship will compete in the centre of 10 of the world’s leading cities – including Beijing, London, Berlin, Monte Carlo and Buenos Aires – racing around their iconic landmarks. For the inaugural season, 10 teams, each with two drivers, will go head-to-head, including among others former Formula 1 drivers Lucas di Grassi, Nick Heidfeld, Jarno Trulli, Sébastien Buemi, Nelson Piquet Jr and Bruno Senna as well as two female drivers, Michela Cerruti and Katherine Legge. There will be both a drivers’ and a teams’ championship.
All Formula E races will be one-day events on city-centre circuits with practice, qualifying and the race taking place on a single day in order to minimise disruption to the host city. The races will begin by standing start and last for approximately one hour with drivers making one mandatory pit stop in order to change cars. The cars have a maximum speed of 225 km/h and are at top speed slightly louder than an ordinary car.
Starting with the first race in Beijing on 13 September 2014, Julius Baer will be the exclusive Global Partner of Formula E. Its logo will be prominently shown both on the cars and on the race tracks. For the Bank, Formula E with its visionary approach and global reach is an ideal sponsorship platform as the new race series stands for many values Julius Baer shares, such as innovation, sustainability and forward-looking pioneering spirit.
“We are excited to support the FIA Formula E Championship as its exclusive Global Partner. This gives us the unique opportunity to get involved in the world’s first fully-electric racing series which fosters innovation towards more sustainable means of transport. Formula E provides us with a first-rate global platform to share this bold vision with our clients,” said Boris F.J. Collardi, Chief Executive Officer of Julius Baer.
Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E, said: “We’re delighted to be welcoming Julius Baer to the Formula E family and to see their commitment and support to clean energy and sustainability. To be able to announce a major global partner of this stature on the eve of the first race is very exciting, and shows the continued strength and momentum of the series.”
