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photography by Michael Moran/otto (art MuseuM); © anderson ranch arts center (takashi nakazato) from above: Magic Isle by Ed Ruscha, 1984, on view at Casterline | Goodman; works from master Japanese ceramicist Takashi Nakazato are on view at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. 148 aspenpeak-magazine.com HigH-Art HeAven Since its opening in 2014, the Shigeru Ban–designed Aspen Art Museum has become the toast of town—and the international art world. Duplex Etching: Blue, Pink by Ian Davenport, 2014. Brits and Brazilians With a well-timed exhibition, Galerie Maximillian boosts Aspen's international arts clientele. This January, galerie maximillian will mount a second annual exhibi- tion to coincide with an influx of international visitors. Thirty percent of aspen skiing company visitors hail from international destinations each winter, with Brazilians rou- tinely making up one of the largest groups—especially in January. Mila Mayer, who splits her time between são paulo, geneva, and snowmass, will act as both guest curator and exhibiting artist for a show (begin- ning January 14) featuring her new works, along with five contempo- rary British artists: Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Ian Davenport, Julian Opie, and Sarah Morris, all of whom have exhibited throughout Brazil. "The art scene in aspen has been increasingly international over the last several years," says galerie maximillian owner Albert Sanford, "especially with the opening of the new aspen art museum and the powers art center in carbondale. it seems only fitting to highlight this again with an event to celebrate international visitors curated by one of their own." 602 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-6100; galeriemax.com Aspen has fnally earned a spot on the international art map. With the completion of the new Aspen Art Museum in 2014 in the heart of downtown, a vast array of top-tier galleries that now call Aspen their home, art fairs and auctions that have succeeded in mak- ing Aspen a required stop for serious art collectors, and major workshop and residency institutions like Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Aspen art scene is now one that rivals towns 10 times its size. And as the 2017 FIS Alpine World Cup approaches, and with it even more international visitors, town is ready to show off its worldly bent. Where it was once unheard of for blue-chip New York contemporary art galleries such as Marianne Boesky or postwar art specialists like Chica- go (and East Hampton) staple Casterline|Goodman to have successful outposts in Aspen, it is now par for the course in a town where there is one gallery for every 200 year-round residents. A new (and coveted) museum, blue chip galleries galore, myriad endowments and residencies—suddenly, Aspen fnds itself in the art-world pantheon. the Arts