It’s not just Basel on the schedule. Art Basel’s sister fair, Design Miami, is also taking place this week — alongside the 20-plus other fairs that make up Miami Art Week. A jam-packed art schedule is supplemented by a vast offering of adjacent events across fashion, sport and food. Miami Art Week is where the overlap between cultural industries really comes to a head — and where younger people with an interest, if not a fluency, in art are able to dabble. Once they sort through the week’s goings on, that is.
Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), running from December 3 to 7 (the first two days are VIP-only), as well as the wider Miami Art Week, which kicked off on December 1.
The Miami mood
Miami’s sunny and warm weather is a draw for collectors as much of the world — including the majority of the US — heads into the winter months. “It’s this incredible postcard of a place, but it’s also got such a rich arts community that has only gained strength and momentum over the last 23 years,” Finn says.
The warmth and ease that comes with the locale aligns well with what many art collectors are gravitating toward, Lesser says. “Artsy’s data shows our buyers are gravitating toward pieces that offer calm, be that through color or subject matter; the great outdoors, we’re seeing that desire to ‘touch grass’; and even lots of food art,” she says. Small works are selling particularly well, Lesser adds — a sign of the (economic) times.
Photo: Courtesy of Art Basel
