{{Short description|International contemporary art fair}}
{{Infobox recurring event | name = SCOPE Art Show | image = Max Zorn - Scope Art Fair - 2022.jpg | alt = Max Zorn creating a backlit packing-tape artwork at SCOPE Miami Beach in 2022 | caption = [[Max Zorn (artist)|Max Zorn]] demonstrating tape art at SCOPE Miami Beach (2022) | status = Active | genre = Contemporary art fair | frequency = Annual | location = Miami Beach, Florida; New York City; Basel, Switzerland | first = 2002 | founders = Alexis Hubshman | website = {{official|https://scope-art.com/}} }}
'''SCOPE Art Show''' (stylized '''SCOPE''') is an international [[contemporary art]] fair founded in 2002 by gallerist Alexis Hubshman. The fair has staged editions in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], [[New York City|New York]], and [[Basel]], with early iterations taking place in hotel venues such as the Gershwin Hotel in New York (May 2002) and the Townhouse in Miami Beach (December 2002).<ref>{{cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Susan |title=The Scope L.A. festival trains its gaze on the cutting edge |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-17-wk-art17-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=17 July 2003 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> In Miami Beach the fair is mounted during [[Miami Art Week]] in a temporary pavilion on South Beach; coverage of the 2019 edition cited about 140 exhibitors and roughly 60,000 anticipated visitors, and the 2024 edition publicized 86 exhibitors and “over 100,000” expected visitors.<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 == SCOPE’s first iterations took place in New York at the Gershwin Hotel in May 2002 and at the Townhouse Hotel in Miami Beach in December 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Susan |title=The Scope L.A. festival trains its gaze on the cutting edge |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-17-wk-art17-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=17 July 2003 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> In October 2004 the fair debuted in London at the Meliá White House near Regent’s Park during Frieze Week.<ref>{{cite web |last=Buck |first=Louisa |title=Frieze already an established British tradition |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2004/11/01/frieze-already-an-established-british-tradition |website=The Art Newspaper |date=1 November 2004 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
SCOPE introduced its Basel edition in June 2007, initially at E‑Halle within walking distance of Art Basel,<ref>{{cite web |title=Announcing the launch of the first SCOPE Basel contemporary art fair |url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/40291/announcing-the-launch-of-the-first-scope-basel-contemporary-art-fair |website=e‑flux |date=7 June 2007 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> and later in and around the Kaserne cultural complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=THIS YEAR'S BASEL EDITION |url=https://scope-art.com/show/basel-2011/visitor/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=2011 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> Mid‑2010s editions typically featured on the order of 75–100 exhibitors; for example, [[Artnet]] reported “over 100 exhibitors” and a special focus on South Korea for 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Perlson |first=Hili |title=Scope Basel Abounds With Discoveries Off the Beaten Track |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/scope-basel-2015-highlights-309324 |website=Artnet News |date=18 June 2015 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> The Basel edition’s most recent outing was in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Basel — Visitor |url=https://scope-art.com/show/basel-2018/visitor/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=2018 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
In 2020, amid the COVID‑19 pandemic, SCOPE launched '''SCOPE Immersive''', a two‑part online fair that offered a three‑dimensional viewing environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=SCOPE Immersive’s Second Edition Promises to Put Some Energy Into the Online Fair Experience |url=https://news.artnet.com/partner-content/scope-immersive-fall-2020 |website=Artnet |date=2 September 2020 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Donoghue |first=Katy |title=SCOPE Immersive Miami Beach |url=https://whitewall.art/whitewaller/scope-immersive-miami-beach/ |website=Whitewall |date=8 December 2020 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
== Editions == === Miami Beach === SCOPE Miami Beach is staged annually during Miami Art Week in a temporary pavilion on the sands near Ocean Drive. In 2013 the fair announced a new beachfront location at 10th Street and Ocean Drive with a pavilion format it has used since.<ref>{{cite web |title=VH1 + SCOPE (press release) |url=https://scope-art.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vh1-press-release-SMB13.html |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=16 October 2013 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> ''Time Out'' listed 140 exhibitors and roughly 60,000 anticipated visitors for the 2019 edition at 801 Ocean Drive.<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> Local coverage has described SCOPE as one of the few Art Week fairs mounted directly “on the sands of South Beach,” just off Eighth Street and Ocean Drive.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Art Fair 2020: Scope Miami Beach |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of-miami/2020/arts-and-entertainment/best-art-fair-11759808 |website=Miami New Times |date=2020 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> For 2024, Artnet reported that the fair expected “over 100,000” visitors and 86 exhibitors.<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>
SCOPE’s public‑facing programming in Miami Beach has included '''The New Contemporary'''—a pavilion‑based schedule of installations, talks, music, and wellness activations—and '''OASIS''', a branded day‑to‑night program launched for the 2019 edition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Programming (Miami Beach 2015) |url=https://scope-art.com/show/miami-beach-2015/programming/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Programming (Miami Beach 2019) |url=https://scope-art.com/show/miami-beach-2019/programming/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=2019 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SCOPE’s Miami Edition Promises Exciting New “OASIS” Experience |url=https://www.artandobject.com/press-release/scopes-miami-edition-promises-excite-new-oasis-experience |website=Art & Object |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> In 2021 SCOPE partnered with blockchain‑ticketing company YellowHeart to offer a limited run of NFT‑minted VIP tickets.<ref>{{cite web |title=YellowHeart × SCOPE — NFT Tickets |url=https://scope-art.com/show/miami-beach-2022/yellowheart-x-scope/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=2022 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
=== New York === SCOPE maintained a regular New York presence through 2020, typically aligning its dates with Armory Week. The 20th New York edition (5–8 March 2020) returned to the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea with presentations from about 60 exhibitors.<ref>{{cite web |last=Di Liscia |first=Valentina |title=Your Concise Guide to Armory Week 2020 |url=https://hyperallergic.com/544768/your-concise-guide-to-armory-week-2020/ |website=Hyperallergic |date=2 March 2020 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
=== Basel === SCOPE Basel launched in 2007 as a satellite fair concurrent with Art Basel, initially at E‑Halle and later moving to a pavilion at the Kaserne complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Announcing the launch of the first SCOPE Basel contemporary art fair |url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/40291/announcing-the-launch-of-the-first-scope-basel-contemporary-art-fair |website=e‑flux |date=7 June 2007 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THIS YEAR'S BASEL EDITION |url=https://scope-art.com/show/basel-2011/visitor/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=2011 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> Mid‑2010s editions featured on the order of 75–100 exhibitors; in 2015 Artnet reported “over 100 exhibitors.” The Basel edition’s most recent outing was in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Perlson |first=Hili |title=Scope Basel Abounds With Discoveries Off the Beaten Track |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/scope-basel-2015-highlights-309324 |website=Artnet News |date=18 June 2015 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Basel — Visitor |url=https://scope-art.com/show/basel-2018/visitor/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=2018 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
== Programming == Across cities SCOPE has produced a mix of curated projects, talks, and partner activations. Long‑standing strands include the '''Breeder Program''' for first‑time and emerging galleries and, since 2020, '''SCOPE Immersive''' online editions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Programming (Miami Beach 2015) |url=https://scope-art.com/show/miami-beach-2015/programming/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SCOPE Immersive’s Second Edition Promises to Put Some Energy Into the Online Fair Experience |url=https://news.artnet.com/partner-content/scope-immersive-fall-2020 |website=Artnet |date=2 September 2020 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Donoghue |first=Katy |title=SCOPE Immersive Miami Beach |url=https://whitewall.art/whitewaller/scope-immersive-miami-beach/ |website=Whitewall |date=8 December 2020 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
== Organization and leadership == SCOPE was founded by Alexis Hubshman, who has continued to lead the fair.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Conversation With Scope Art Show’s Founder Alexis Hubshman |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2022/11/29/a-conversation-with-scope-art-shows-founder-alexis-hubshman/ |work=Forbes |date=29 November 2022 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref> In October 2024 the fair announced the appointment of its first Director, Hayley River Smith, alongside expanded roles including Head of Strategy and Partnerships (Michael Papadeas) and Client Experience Manager (Tatiana Zancajo).<ref>{{cite web |title=Interdependence |url=https://scope-art.com/news/interdependence/ |website=SCOPE Art Show |date=22 October 2024 |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hayley Smith — Alumni Profile |url=https://www.sothebysinstitute.com/alumni/hayley-smith/ |website=Sotheby’s Institute of Art |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
== See also ==
[[Miami Art Week]]
[[Art Basel Miami]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.scope-art.com SCOPE Art]
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