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Since launching in 2002, Art Basel has become North America's premier art fair and the most anticipated fall event in Miami. It's the reason Miami Art Week exists, an exhilarating flurry of art programming, satellite fairs, day raves, and after-parties around Miami Beach and its surrounds, when locals and visitors come dressed to impress, navigating the traffic becomes an Olympic-level sport.
What is Art Basel Miami Beach?
Art Basel Miami Beach is the tentpole event of what has become known as Miami Art Week, a yearly bacchanal of art fairs, gallery events, brand pop-ups and late-night afterparties where the art world's who's who, fashionable locals and what feels like the entire city of New York flock each first week of December. Art Basel itself focuses on modern and contemporary art, staging five major fairs in Hong Kong, Basel, Miami Beach, Paris and, for the first time this February, Qatar.
The main event in 2025 comprises eight sectors within the sprawling Miami Beach Convention Center: Galleries (works from leading galleries), Meridians (large-scale projects), Nova (works created within the last three years), Positions (dedicated to emerging artists), Survey (highlighting practices of historical relevance), Kabinett (curated selections and thematic exhibitions), Magazines (highlighting international art publications) and Conversations (an area for live debates and discussions).
When is Art Basel Miami Beach?
Art Basel Miami Beach takes place from Friday, December 5 to Sunday, December 7, 2025, with VIP preview days on December 3 and 4.
Where is Art Basel Miami Beach held?
Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
What's new at Art Basel 2025?
For the 2025 edition at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the fair will debut the Art Basel Awards, the first global honors celebrating excellence across the contemporary art industry. The 2025 Gold Medalists will be revealed during the Official Night of the Art Basel Awards on December 4, presented in partnership with BOSS. As in years past, Art Basel Miami Beach presents a robust lineup of 283 premier galleries from 43 countries and territories across the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. This year’s edition will foreground the “most urgent artistic currents shaping the American scene today,” according to a press release, with a particular focus on Latinx, Indigenous and diasporic positions.
How much do tickets cost?
A single-day ticket for one person costs $88. First Access tickets, which grant single-day admission for one person one hour before the official opening, cost $105. Miami Beach residents, senior citizens and veterans can take advantage of $68 reduced-price, single-day admission. Single-day admission for one child age 12 or less is free. Additional ticket tiers, including VIP and multi-day options, are also available. Tickets can currently be purchased online.
