Top 8 Art Exhibits of ‘08: #1

1. The “30 Americans” exhibit at the Rubell Family Collection warehouse opened the weekend of Art Basel Miami Beach, the largest annual US art fair. The show, on view through November of 2009, spotlights the 30 best-of-the-best African-American artists of our generation. Artists include Kehinde Wiley, Kara Walker, Wangechi Mutu, Rashid Johnson, Jeff Sonhouse, Noah Davis, Barkley L. Hendriks, Mickalene Thomas, Shinique Smith, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lorna Simpson, Glenn Ligon and more.

GIANT’s own Brian Keith Jackson covered the show for our Dec/Jan issue.

For #2.