Art Basel Miami Beach unveils further details of its upcoming edition, including new collaborators, exhibition concepts, and exceptional proposals across the show's sectors
- Directed for the first time by Bridget Finn, Art Basel's fair in the Americas will host 285 premier galleries from 38 countries and territories, set to present the best of their distinguished programs.
- This show will present a refreshed artistic program, welcoming its largest cohort of new exhibitors in over a decade, as well as new curators and exhibition concepts to provide an unmissable experience for art professionals and enthusiasts.
- Re-configured for its fifth anniversary, Meridians, the show's trademark sector for monumental artworks, will be curated for the first time by Yasmil Raymond, featuring 18 large-scale projects by renowned artists from the Americas and beyond, including Alice Aycock, Rachel Feinstein, Roberto Huarcaya, Zhu Jinshi, Portia Munson, José Parlá, Danh Vo, Lee ShinJa, and Franz West.
- New details of exhibitors and projects in Kabinett, the show's jewel-box sector for thematic presentations, are now available, as well as further information on galleries' upcoming presentations in the Galleries, Nova, Positions, and Survey sectors, including standout proposals from newcomers and singular showcases of Modern and contemporary masters.
- Conversations, Art Basel's renowned talks program curated for the first time in Miami Beach by Kimberly Bradley, will kick off with a Premiere Artist Talk highlighting the career and practice of famed American artist Hank Willis Thomas.
- Powering an exciting, region-wide art week of world-class exhibitions and events, Art Basel Miami Beach, whose Global Lead Partner is UBS, will take place from December 6-8, 2024, with VIP Preview Days on December 4 and 5.
Once again, exhibitors will present the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs, films, new media, and editioned works by rising talents and Modern and contemporary masters across Art Basel Miami Beach's six sectors: Galleries, Kabinett, Nova, Positions, Survey, and Meridians. Welcoming its largest cohort of new exhibitors in over a decade, the show stands to be thoroughly re-invigorated, with an exceptional 34 new galleries joining the fair across all sectors and 30 exhibitors set to present in the main sector for the first time. Under Finn’s leadership, this year’s edition of Meridians, titled ‘State of Becoming,’ will have a new location and curator and reflect a renewed focus on institutionally-minded, large-scale sculpture, painting, and installation. Furthermore, Art Basel today reveals the participating galleries and standout projects in its jewel-box sector, Kabinett, which sees 'a renewed emphasis and diversity' in the context of an edition focused on facilitating discovery, said Finn:
‘We are categorically focused on the quality of exhibitors and works on view, making sure we deliver an experience that is truly unequalled the world over. Whether a first-time visitor or a seasoned fairgoer and collector, this edition has been designed with you in mind, to maximize at every turn the opportunity for surprise encounters and revelatory discoveries.’
Download the full press release here.