Whether you roam exhibits at the main fair, head to the mainland to tour Wynwood Walls, hop a shuttle to visit the famed Margulies Collection or cruise Aqua Art Miami and other Collins Ave hotel fairs, you’ll find this multi-venue, multi-day event a super saturated art experience.
Certain events shot to the top our must-do list. In essence, all are free, though some require invitations/tickets/donations. Follow links for details.
Wed Dec 4
9:30am The Un-Private Collection: Designing The Broad, featuring the philanthropist collectors in conversation with the future museum’s architect and founding director.
Main Hall, New World Center, 17th St @ Washington Ave, MB
8:30pm Public Opening Night @ Collins Park
Outdoor live performances, curated by Nicholas Baume, Director & Chief Curator, Public Art Fund, NY. Produced with the Bass Museum.
Featuring artists Kate Gilmore, Ryan McNamara, Olaf Breuning, Mungo Thomson and David Colman
Collins Park, 2100 Collins St., MB
Thu Dec 5
10am AB MB Conversations Premiere with Doug Aitken, about his recent nomadic art project ‘Station to Station‘.
Conversations Daily Dec 5 to Dec 8, 10am-11:30am
Free
Convention Center, Hall C auditorium, MB
5pm to 6pm
Artist Talk | Beyond Post-Black?
Rashaad Newsome, Artist, New York in conversation with Paul Goodwin, Independent Curator and Professor at Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
Artist Talks Daily Dec 5 to Dec 8, afternoons
Need ticket or VIP pass.
Convention Center, Hall C auditorium, MB
PAMM’s Big Jam with Los Jaichackers
8pm to 11pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami celebrates its first Miami Art Week in its new digs. Performance by multimedia art collaborative LOS JAICHACKERS.
Fri Dec 6
Evening in Miami Beach
8pm to 11pm Wolfsonian-FIU
Inside: Rebirth of Rome exhibitions
Outside: The Art of Illumination
Washington Ave @ 10th St
8pm to midnight Scope with VH1
Indoor lounge & beach party
1000 Ocean Drive @ 10th St
Sat Dec 7
Kolkoz: Curiosity
10am – 10pm
Miami Marine Stadium
Galerie Perrotin and Audemars Piguet present a new work by French artist duo Kolkoz. Picture a snow-covered chalet floating in front of iconic obsolescence of Miami Marine Stadium.
4pm to 5pm
ABMB Book Launch ‘Living and Sustaining a Creative Life’
Shamim Momin, Head of Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles; Ellen Harvey, Artist, New York; Brian Tolle, Artist, NY. Moderator: Sharon Louden, Artist/Editor of ‘Living and Sustaining a Creative Life’
Sun Dec 8
2pm to 3pm ABMB Artist Talk
Paradise (Working Title): The Bar as An Oasis
Naomi Fisher, Artist, Miami; Jim Drain, Artist, Miami and David Andrew Tasman, Architect, New York
What are some events that you’re planning to see?