Art Basel Miami - Art Public Opening Night

Art Public Opening Night will feature special performances by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine and the Alalaô collective presenting Ronald Duarte. 8pm | A Sermon On Art History by Theaster Gates and The Black Monks of Mississippi. Theaster Gates and the Black Monks will respond in song and verse to the works of Art Public in an art historical and monastic manner. 9pm | Mixtape by Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine This evocative and experimental performance will combine images of punk, funk, film noir, sci-fi with traditional Samoan dance, Buddhism and original video content. Sanford Biggers (keyboard and laptop); Jahi Sundance (DJ); Mark Hines (VJ); Martin Luther (guitar and vocals), Imani Uzuri (vocals), and Swiss Chris (drums). 10pm | Alalaô presents Nimbo Oxalà by Ronald Duarte, with Marcus Wagner (DJ) and live Cuban music. The Alalaô collective, founded in January 2011 by Marcio Botner and Ernesto Neto of A Gentil Carioca and the artist Marcus Wagner, will present 'Nimbo Oxalà' by Brazilian artist Ronald Duarte and will bring the Carioca spirit of Rio de Janeiro to Miami Beach.