'''Miami Art Week''' is a series of art-related fairs, events and showings anchored by Art Basel Miami Beach and that takes place in early December in the Miami area. It is considered the premiere period for contemporary art activity in the United States.<ref name="Sokol-2019">{{Cite news |last=Sokol |first=Brett |date=2019-11-29 |title=Art Basel Miami, Where Big Money Meets Bigger Money |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/arts/design/art-basel-miami.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It has taken place every year since 2002, with the exception of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its cancellation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=M. H. |date=2024-12-09 |title=The Most Memorable Things We Saw at Miami Art Week |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/t-magazine/art-basel-miami-beach-highlights.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Activities == In addition to Art Basel Miami Beach, there are now some two dozen satellite art fairs with different curatorial focuses. Among the more established of the satellite conferences are the following:
* PRIZM, which showcases art from Africa and the African diaspora.<ref name="Vassolo-2024">{{Cite web |last=Vassolo |first=Sommer Brugal,Martin |date=2024-11-20 |title=Miami Art Week 2024: Basel and other fairs to check out |url=https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2024/11/20/art-basel-2024-events |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Liscia |first=Valentina Di |date=2024-12-03 |title=A No-Nonsense Guide to Miami Art Week |url=http://hyperallergic.com/967631/a-no-nonsense-guide-to-miami-art-week-2024/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}</ref> * Pinta Miami, which focuses on Ibero-American art.<ref name="Vassolo-2024" /> * UNTITLED Art, which was founded in 2012 with a curated selection of up and coming galleries.<ref name="Loos-2019">{{Cite news |last=Loos |first=Ted |date=2019-12-03 |title=A (Brief) Guide to Miami Art Fairs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/arts/miami-art-fairs.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It has announced a satellite edition in Houston. * New Art Dealers Alliance or NADA, highlights up and coming galleries which can often offer an early look at future art stars. Many of the galleries then graduated to main Art Basel Miami Beach.<ref name="Loos-2019" /> * Design Miami, located next to Art Basel Miami Beach, is partially managed by the same owners.<ref name="Loos-2019" /> * Art Miami, while often treated as a satellite fair, it is actually decades older than Art Basel Miami Beach itself.<ref name="Loos-2019"/> It originally took place in January, but moved to December to sync up with the other art fairs.<ref name="Loos-2019" /> * SCOPE Miami Beach, staged annually in a pavilion on South Beach since the early 2010s, hosts around 100 international exhibitors and public programming under the banner “The New Contemporary.”<ref>{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Falyn |title=SCOPE Miami Beach 2019 |url=https://www.timeout.com/miami/things-to-do/scope-miami-beach-2019 |website=Time Out Miami |date=22 October 2019 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scope Art Show Returns to Miami With a Focus on Collaboration |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scope-art-fair-2024-2555891 |website=Artnet News |date=22 October 2024 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
== History == Art Basel Miami Beach launched in 2002, catalyzing numerous other art fair and events. Local Miami art collectors, including Don and Mera Rubell, worked to convince the Switzerland-based Art Basel fair organizers and local Florida government officials that Miami was a logical stop in the art world circuit.<ref name="Sokol-2019" /> The inaugural Miami fair was originally scheduled for 2001, but was delayed after the 9/11 attacks.
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