Miami Art Week—one of the rare moments that we intersect with the art market, is a chance to consider the role of collecting in our cultural eco-system. Every December since 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach has brought a growing infusion of global commerce to the city we call home. There’s no denying that the art scene here is growing and thriving as a result.
This image gallery reflects a few of the impressions we took away from the latest annual city-wide burst of creative energy. For our team, the week offered welcome relief from the non-stop avalanche of news of the political, social and economic issues ravaging the world today. We took the time to rest our eyes on a few bright spots in the universe of contemporary art and, of course, spark meaningful conversations about creativity.
Tomás Saraceno, Albedo, detail Derrick Adams, America’s Playground Christo, Surrounded Islands, Perez Art Museum Miami Ebony G. Patterson, While the dew is still on the roses… detail Girls’ Club, Untitled art fair 2018 Jenna Balfe, Transnaturism, NADA Bisa Butler, Three Kings, detail Suchitra Mattai, Self Portrait as I never was, K Contemporary, PULSE Franz Ackermann, Miami Beach Convention Center Louis Vuitton, Objets Nomades, Design Miami Sabine Marcelis, Fendi, Design Miami USM Modular Furniture USA Wayne Hodge, Android Negroid, PRIZM Kesha Bruce, The Sky Opened for Her, Morton Fine Art Helina Metaferia, Out of the Roots of My Head Salt Sculpture, Untitled art fair, Miami Beach 2018 William Kentridge, More Sweetly Play the Dance Superflex, Kwassa, Kwassa, 2015 Miami Motel Stories 2018, MiMO Carlos Betancourt, Process Ritual, Future Eternal, 2018 Kate Ballis, Sands, Garis & Hahn Cathy Byrd with artist Paola Pivi, Lies, Bass Museum Judy Chicago, ICA Miami Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2018 (all hope abandon), Art Basel Miami Beach 2018