Miami Beach

Miami Beach

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José Carlos Diaz on Reefline, an underwater sculpture park off Miami’s shoreline

The Pérez Art Museum Miami’s new chief curator sees Reefline as a model for a type of environmentally restorative public art that can be replicated globally

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Political statements at Art Basel Miami Beach are sparse but strident

The heated cultural climate is felt at the fair, from a caustic Maurizio Cattelan sculpture to Cristin Tierney’s stand marking—and interrogating the meaning of—the upcoming semiquincentennial of US independence

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Warhol’s Muhammad Ali canvas sells for a punchy price

The canvas sold for $18m at Art Basel Miami Beach, in the same building where Ali won his first heavyweight championship in 1964

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Cristina Chacón & Diego Uribe on the art they collect and why

The couple, who serve on the chairman’s council of the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, have acquired a collection that spans across Miami, Bogota and Madrid

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‘People didn’t believe it was real’: Indigenous artists push to shut the Everglades migrant-detention facility Alligator Alcatraz

Miccosukee and Seminole people have lead organised opposition to the detention centre, merging cultural practices with strategies of resistance

‘Christmas came early’: Art Basel Miami Beach opens with avalanche of blue-chip sales

The most valuable sale reported was an abstract painting by Gerhard Richter for $5.5m, from David Zwirner

Omar Lopez-Chahoud’s fresh curatorial project debuts at Miami Produce

The show features some of FF Projects’ artists, and brings community-minded art to the Allapattah neighborhood market

Ecological fables set in the Everglades: Kat Lyons stages first US institutional solo show at Marquez Art Projects

The artist regards Florida’s unique ecosystem as “emblematic of our larger environmental concerns”

Pilar Crespi on the art-world friendships that have inspired her collection, and how to spend five days in Miami

The Miami-based philanthropist describes her first acquisition and the best local art venues to visit

Miami Beach buys Peruvian artist’s copper weaving

The winner of the city’s annual acquisition prize, determined by public vote, is a work by Ximena Garrido-Lecca

Immersive institution could replace South Beach cinema

The Superhuman Museum will combine ‘elements of theme parks, of art museums and of experiential museums worldwide’

‘The beach is not overrated’: Cathy Vedovi on the art she collects and the beauty of Miami Beach

The collector, designer and patron shares her recent acquisitions and the hypnotic work she still dreams of

Art Basel Miami Beach aims to ‘end the year on a high note’

With emerging artists given more prominence, a new sector devoted to digital art and more Miami dealers, the fair has plenty to offer new and returning collectors

Es Devlin invites Miami Beach visitors to bond over books

The artist’s large-scale Faena Art commission is a site for dialogue in increasingly polarised times

Miami Advice: Mikhaile Solomon on the immersive Artists in Residence in Everglades programme

The founder of the Prizm fair, which is devoted to artists from the African diaspora, shares her admiration for a unique residency in the Everglades

Monumental sculpture honours women’s service in US Coast Guard during Second World War

The artist Prune Nourry has created a monument for the new waterfront Ocean Terrace Park in Miami Beach’s North Beach neighbourhood

Es Devlin to build giant, rotating free library on Miami Beach

The monumental Faena Art commission will anchor a three-part intervention by Devlin, coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach

Artist Jen Stark brings her kaleidoscopic imagery to her hometown with Miami outdoor installation

The artist invites visitors to dive into a playful space on the historic Española Way and become part of her work

Collector Jorge Pérez blasts Ron DeSantis for vetoing $32m in Florida arts funding

"We were long a society of fun and sun, but we’re no longer that—we don’t want that," he said.

Appeals court backs Miami Beach decision to remove mural of police shooting victim

Controversial action was previously ruled as an act of “government speech”

Lawsuit over removal of mural honouring victim of police shooting returns to court

Judge previously ruled that taking the artwork down did not violate free speech rights

Miami Beach hotels showcase local talent during Art Basel fair

A dozen hotels around the city will display works, predominantly from Florida artists, during the fair

Miami Beach’s Bass museum receives $20.1m municipal bond to build new wing

The funds are part of a $159m bond local voters approved in the 8 November US midterm election to benefit local cultural organisations

Judge rules removal of artwork depicting man killed by police did not violate free speech

The artwork, commissioned a citywide arts event in Miami Beach, commemorated Haitian-American Raymond Herisse, who was killed by police in 2011

‘Often we consider Blackness as a monolith’: Pérez museum presents global Black identity in all its diversity

Exhibition of features contemporary works by more than 30 artists from Africa and the African diaspora from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection