Bass Museum of Art hosts Beats After Sunset @thebass - Friday, August 5, 2011 August 5, 2011

Next Friday, August 5th the Bass Museum of Art celebrates its monthly first-Friday happy hour event, Beats After Sunset, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Guests in attendance will be treated to an unveiling of the museum’s latest exhibit Vanishing Points: Paint and Paintings From The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, featuring pieces from the collection of Miami art collectors, Debra and Dennis Scholl. Organized by Miami-based artist and writer Gean Moreno, Vanishing Points presents 43 works by 27 contemporary international artists and explores how they interpret and how we perceive painting today. The exhibition explores three viewpoints: Sweeping Horizontality and Aerial Views, The Painterly without Paintings and Impossible Task. An official opening reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, from 8 to 10 p.m., with a member’s-only private viewing from 7 to 8 p.m. The exhibition runs in the Gertrude Silverstone Muss Gallery from Friday, Aug. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.

All guests will enjoy beats by Stravinsky, complimentary Herradura Tequila and Chambord mixologist cocktails, Magner’s Irish Cider and Société Perrier sparkling water.

Members: free, non-members: $8 (cost of museum admission). Bass Museum of Art is located at 2100 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33139. For more information, please call 305.673.7530 or visit www.bassmuseum.org