NewsArt market
Noah Horowitz is stepping down as Art Basel’s director of Americas—next month
The Art Basel in Miami Beach chief will leave at the end of August, less than four months before the fair is due to take place in early December
NewsPrizes
Sarah Hardie's symphonic video essay on motherhood, opera and gardens wins Soho House's inaugural art prize
The work was chosen by a panel including Tate director Maria Balshaw and curator and presenter Kate Bryan
NewsAcquisitions
Miami Beach public votes to acquire Sanford Biggers quilt for public art collection
The city bought the piece from the local dealer David Castillo’s virtual Art Basel in Miami Beach display as part of its Legacy Purchase Program
AnalysisArt fairs
The art world's Miami vice: bored with OVRs, galleries return with some physical events in lieu of Art Basel—but should they?
While the city’s flagship art fair was cancelled this year, other in-person events and pop-up projects abound despite rising coronavirus cases
NewsReal estate
The pull of Palm Beach proves irresistible for blue-chip galleries—but for how long?
Lehmann Maupin and Paula Cooper are the latest to join dealers like Acquavella and Pace in setting up seasonal spaces in the Sunshine State
NewsArt market
Miami Beach launches residency programme to help artists and businesses in lieu of Art Basel tourism revenue
The initiative encourages property owners to lend their vacant spaces for free and offers $2,500 stipends to artists—but they may still need to pay rent
NewsArt fairs
Art Basel cancels Miami Beach edition in December
The fair's organisers say they have "no other option" as Covid-19 cases in Florida stay stubbornly high and US travel restrictions remain in place
NewsArt fairs
Art Basel in Miami Beach waives August withdrawal fee for dealers amid surge in Florida coronavirus cases
Fair organisers say they remain “committed” to the show in December even as the lease for a temporary hospital and Covid-19 testing site at the Miami Beach Convention Center is extended
BlogDiary
Performance artist who ate Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana launches interactive food show in New York
Visitors to "Hungry Artist" are invited to rip off and eat common snacks displayed on gallery Ca’d’ Oro's walls
InterviewArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
Mira Lehr: Still playing with fire
The artist made waves in the 60s by championing women artists; at 85, she is still shaking things up with her use of gunpowder in her work. By Gareth Harris
InterviewArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
Cecilia Vicuña: Tales of text and texture
The first major retrospective of the Chilean-born poet and artist, at MoCA North Miami, truly combines her two practices
InterviewArtists
'I wanna catch a fish with my bare hands': Laure Prouvost on politics, mythmaking and her 'grandma's' cure-all tipple
The French artist, for whom interviews are treated as a piece of performance art, is showing work in Art Basel's new Meridians section
PreviewArt fairs
Fees revamp brings new blood to Art Basel in Miami Beach
Over a dozen galleries will join the fair's main Galleries section for the first time
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté’s immersive, multi-media art pyramid will not come to Miami
PY1's laser and acrobatics filled show promised to be a trip "through space and time" but was a box office disappointment during its premiere in Montreal this summer
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel in Miami Beach's new Meridians section to feature works by Frank Bowling and Isaac Julien
The pair are among 30 artists selected for the fair's Unlimited-style section for large-scale installations, videos and performances
NewsExhibitions
Faena Festival aims to spiritually awaken Miami Beach
The second annual arts festival explores spirituality and ritual
NewsExhibitions
Surround yourself in the 70s: Mickalene Thomas installation comes to Miami's Bass Museum
The artist's Better Nights will open during Art Basel in Miami Beach this December, but programming will keep the space active for the community throughout the year
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: performing beauty at Satellite, cosmic creations at Untitled and making sweet art world music
Plus, a look into the archive at Solange's porn confession
AnalysisLaw
Rule of law: Legal tips for art lovers
From new exhibitor regulations at Art Basel in Miami Beach to questions over insurance and taxes
InterviewArt Basel Miami Beach 2018
Bill Fontana: Miami sound machine
The artist and composer’s new South Florida-specific installation is an evocative experience
FeatureArt fairs
Behind the scenes: Diary of an art handler
Having to cope with everything from curious koi to melting Vaseline, an art handler’s working days are certainly never dull
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Jonathan Anderson
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
CommentArt fairs
When do satellite fairs become space junk?
With at least 19 such events taking place during Art Basel in Miami Beach this year, have we reached "peak fair"?
NewsIndigenous art
This land is your land: US art world acknowledge Native American land rights
Movement is partly spurred by the US Department of Arts and Culture, which issued a guide on how to honour native land in 2017
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Late artists finally get their due at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Galleries at the fair are giving lesser-known deceased artists the credit they deserve
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Estrellita B. Brodsky
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: the ghost of Dan Flavin, Dan Sallick wants to start a 'slow art movement' and Fab 5 Freddy talks art
Plus, a look into the archive at Isabella Rossellini's saucy series on the sex lives of animals
InterviewArtists
Ebony G. Patterson: new garden-inspired installations reveal an original thinker in full bloom
The artist’s exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami is an intense, immersive experience
Feature
You have to renovate to accumulate: three South Florida museums expand in very different ways
The Norton Museum of Art, the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College show that museum expansions can take different sizes and forms
CommentArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Miami’s art scene will keep on growing
The city is young, but it is making a noticeable mark internationally when it comes to contemporary art
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
A gift for Chicago, a new work for Norway, and a Rothko rockets in price: talking points at Art Basel in Miami Beach
From a Tschabalala Self painting donated to the Art Institute of Chicago to Goshka Macuga's commission the Norwegian parliament
NewsLatin American art
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros plans to take her Latin American art collection worldwide
Works from the 3,000-strong collection have already travelled to Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil and in 2019, Fontanals-Cisneros plans to “cross even more uncharted waters”
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Street art is on the rise at fairs—but does it undermine the point?
KAWS edition of 100 prints at Art Basel in Miami Beach proved so popular gallery had to run a lottery
NewsArt Basel Miami Beach 2018
Tania Bruguera and fellow artists released from Cuban jail
Cuba's culture ministry waters down Decree 349, a new controversial censorship law
Podcast
Olafur Eliasson on climate change. Plus, Art Basel in Miami Beach
The artist tells us about bringing ice blocks to London, we discuss the threat of sea level rise on heritage sites, and trace the changing cultural landscape of Miami. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: Neneh is the Cherry on top at White Cube and stars show support for HIV/Aids charity auction
Plus, feast your eyes on a ten-foot-high chocolate tower
NewsArt market
Are super-yachts the best places to keep your art collection?
From conservation and insurance to customs and tax issues, the complications of keeping art on boats
CommentLatin American art
Art Basel in Miami Beach has become Latin American art’s El Dorado
Just as the fair has transformed the city’s image and economy, it has also had a big influence on the neighbouring region's flourishing art trade
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Jorge Pérez
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewArtist interview
Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernández: 'death to planned obsolescence'
The Design Miami Visionary award-winners tell us about their projects at the fair
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Kids, Kabinett and going crazy for KAWS: talking points at Art Basel in Miami Beach
From VIPs storming Pace Prints to a tribute to the late dealer Richard Gray
AnalysisMarket
In debt we trust: the rise of art-secured lending
The rapid growth in the number of loan providers, from private banks to specialist lenders, could transform the art market’s relationship with the financial markets
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel looks to the future as ‘campus’ around the Miami Beach Convention Center grows
Fair organisers are "focusing on developing a new concept" after discontinuing the Film and Public sectors
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Brazil's artists and galleries fight back at Art Basel Miami Beach
Country's galleries are out in force at the fair after far-right Jair Bolsonaro's election
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Done deals: what's selling in Miami this week
Follow our tweets tagged #TANsalestally for notable purchases from Art Basel and the surrounding fairs
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Dennis Scholl
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewExhibitions
Larry Bell: Through the looking glass
With an exhibition at ICA Miami, we speak to the artist about his innovative work, from transparent cubes to sensuous colour installations
FeatureArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
From the archive: headlines from our 15 years (so far) at Art Basel in Miami Beach
We look back at our very first set of daily papers in 2004
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: Arnold Schwarzenegger is a forgery fan and Tomás Saraceno gets nerdy on the beach
Plus, a look into the archive at Larry Gagosian's crabby habits
InterviewThe Haas Brothers
Agony Uncles: the Haas Brothers
The stylish siblings answer your questions about the art world
NewsProtest
'Tania Bruguera's bravery always stands out': art world responds to Cuban artist's arrest
Activist is among several artists detained in Havana on Monday ahead of planned protest
CommentArt market
Will art market speculation ever go away?
Fifteen years on since we first reported from Art Basel in Miami Beach, art as an investment has taken a new form
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
The tax man cometh: new laws on sales tax pose problems for US art dealers
US Supreme Court decision is causing anxiety among dealers
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
We are all America: first Faena Festival aims to unify, not divide
There is continuity across the two continents, says curator of Miami Beach event
PreviewPolitics
Latin American galleries reassess sales strategies for Miami Art Week after border crackdown
Trump's decision to station 15,000 troops at the country's southwest border has further soured political relations between the US and its South American neighbours
PreviewExhibitions
Judy Chicago’s career and journey into the art-historical canon celebrated in new show
Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami includes test plates for the artist's most famous work, The Dinner Party
PreviewArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Dealers take a stand against transphobia at Miami's fairs
Exhibitors at Art Basel in Miami Beach and beyond respond to comments by President Trump with a wide range of queer art
NewsExhibitions
Top shows to see in Miami this week
From a tribute to the feminist stalwart Judy Chicago at the ICA to a reunion of the AfriCOBRA artist at MoCA
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Doris Salcedo's army of women reshape the meaning of guerrilla weapons
Some of the 15,000 women who were raped or sexually assaulted during the 53-year war in Colombia are telling their stories through a new memorial
NewsArt fairs
Art Basel to bring Abraham Cruzvillegas’ acrobatic Autorreconstrucción to Miami Beach
While the Public and Film sectors are not taking place this year, the large-scale performance and installation work will be shown free to the public in the convention centre's new 60,000 sq ft Grand Ballroom
NewsPerformance art
Zardulu behind video of iguana appearing in Miami family’s toilet
The performance piece, viewed by millions as a viral news story, was based on an ancient Greek myth of Kronos usurping the throne of Ouranos, the artist tells us
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Insiders’ tips: what not to miss at Art Basel in Miami Beach
We asked curators, directors and collectors to tell us about the works that stopped them in their tracks
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach
Artoon by Pablo Helguera, Art Basel Miami Beach 2017, Issue 4
"Roberto is the most unusual Miami art collector—for example, he is not building a museum with his collection"
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Expert Eye: Dan Cameron
Curator picks his top works at Art Basel in Miami Beach
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Swizz Beatz’s commission-free fair returns to Miami
The event is an entry point for new buyers and emerging artists
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Wolfsonian’s poster show to travel to New York and Germany
Works from Miami institution's collection are by Julius Klinger, master of 20th-century poster design
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
In pictures: Art Basel in Miami Beach Public sector
Artists claim their turf in Miami Beach
FeatureArt Basel in Miami Beach
ARTificial intelligence
A string of shows across the US, starting in Miami, examines the impact of technology on identity and raises the question: what does it mean to be human?
PreviewArt Basel in Miami Beach
Huge Frank Stella show highlights artist’s sense of ‘free play’
Studio materials and working archive are the focus of a 300-piece exhibition at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
InterviewArt Basel in Miami Beach
Dara Friedman: From the stage to the screen
The film-maker discusses her US-German heritage and how dance influences her work
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach
Zardulu the Mythmaker reads the tarot for Miami's fair-goers
Today’s horoscope for: Dealers
InterviewCollectors
Collector's Eye: Mera Rubell
She tells us about being open to young art and why she has pigeons in her museum
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Shortlist announced for BMW Art Journey prize
Winner is to be announced early next year
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Miami’s YoungArts foundation creates grant to mentor artists fresh out of school
Daniel Arsham will also mentor the winners, including the inaugural fellow Shenequa
PreviewExhibitions
The Warehouse goes Pop
Warhol, Johns and Lichtenstein are among the stars of a show drawing on the collection of Martin Margulies
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
The Pérez Art Museum Miami acquires skateboard drawing with help from Nada
It's the first work acquired as part of the fair's new acquisition fund for the Miami museum
FeatureArt Basel in Miami Beach
As waters rise, artists answer a call to action
Florida is on the frontline of global warming—a crisis that demands creative thinking
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Done deals: what's selling in Miami this week
Follow our tweets tagged #TANsalestally for a cross section of notable purchases from Art Basel in Miami Beach and the surrounding fairs
NewsThree to see
Three to see: Miami
From Chinese workshops to artists' studios, find out what to see beyond the fair
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach
Artoon by Pablo Helguera, Art Basel Miami Beach 2017, Issue 3
“This work is very appropriate for hurricane season—it’s a natural disaster.”
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Pulse victims remembered at Pulse fair
Phoenix Lindsey-Hall's disco ball installation pays tribute and references queer club culture
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Artists get down to work at the fair
Stands are transformed into studios as live works lay bare artists’ practice
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
On the money in Miami: Five works under $5,000
Our pick of more affordable fair finds
NewsFairs
Basquiat Boom reaches Miami Beach
Documentary about artist’s life screens at Art Basel in Miami Beach
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Battle of the Brazilian Basquiat shows
Sao Paolo museum drops show after Banco do Brasil Cultural Centre decides to organise its own
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Rauschenberg draws the crowds
The artist's "fast entertainment for people in stress" is for sale at Art Basel in Miami Beach
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
In pictures: Design Miami
Best seat in the house
InterviewArt Basel in Miami Beach
Collector's Eye: Ella Fontanals-Cisneros
She tells us about the Barbara Hepworth in her bathroom and her regret at not sitting for Warhol
InterviewArt Basel in Miami Beach
Lars Jan: Making waves in Miami Beach
With his immersive installation, the artist wants to raise awareness of climate change
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach
Mark Ronson parties with royalty and more Miami gossip
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Guggenheim commissions new works from five Chinese artists
Leading artists will produce site-specific works for permanent collection
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Artists bring fight against ‘new fascism’ to the fair
Work made under former dictatorships mirrors current political unrest
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Cuban artists crowdfund to create a ‘Havana Biennial for everyone’
Organisers vow to run their own exhibition after government postpones official event
CommentContemporary art
The five stages of an art world scandal
Creating the ultimate art shock takes more than sticking a banana to the wall
Ben Luke