Miami Beach Once Again Transforms into Heart of Global Art World

Miami Beach, FL — The City of Miami Beach welcomes back the global art world for the 2025 edition of Art Week Miami Beach on Monday, Dec. 1 to Sunday, Dec. 7. The annual extravaganza offers opportunities to experience art and culture in one of the best-known coastal cities with public art installations, unique exhibitions and extravagant events. Each year Art Week Miami Beach transforms the city’s seven miles of pristine beaches, world-class hotels and award-winning restaurants into an artistic wonderland for residents and visitors alike.

“Art Basel Miami Beach is an unparalleled marquee event that completely energizes our city,” said Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner. “Art Week places Miami Beach squarely on the international map, offering an experience for the art world that is simply unmatched by any other city in the world.”

Art Basel Miami Beach will feature 283 leading international galleries from 43 countries, starting with Preview Days on Dec. 3 and 4, followed by Public Days from Dec. 5 to 7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

The City of Miami Beach is also curating its own public exhibition during Art Week Miami Beach in 12 hotel lobbies across the city with its sixth edition of No Vacancy, Miami Beach. The installations are available for viewing from now through Dec. 20, 2025.

No Vacancy is a juried art competition that supports and celebrates local artists, provokes critical discourse and encourages the public to experience Miami Beach’s famed hotels as art destinations. Once again, 12 participating artists and collectives will present site-specific works at 12 different hotels around the city. Funded in partnership with the Miami Beach Visitors and Convention Authority, this year’s art competition features $35,000 in prize money, including a $10,000 public prize presented by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and a $25,000 juried prize to be decided by nationally recognized art experts. Each artist received a $10,000 stipend to create their installation at an assigned hotel.

The City of Miami Beach Legacy Purchase Program will return for its seventh year with previously acquired works by artists Sanford Biggers, Amoako Boafo, Ebony G. Patterson, Farah Al Qasimi, Juana Valdes, Anneke Eussen and Nina Surel on behalf of the residents of Miami Beach. The annual program tasks the city’s Art in Public Places Committee with selecting three world-class pieces of artwork from the emerging artists of the Art Basel Miami Beach Positions and Nova Sections. This year, the program has expanded the gallery participation to include newcomers and recent entrants to the Galleries sector presenting emerging or early-career artists. The city then asks the public to vote for its favorite, and the winning artwork will be purchased by the City of Miami Beach to go on permanent display in the Miami Beach Convention Center.

CULTURAL ACTIVATIONS FOR ART WEEK MIAMI BEACH 2025

No Vacancy, Miami Beach | Multiple locations throughout Miami Beach |
Daily, self-guided tours | Various times

The City of Miami Beach presents the sixth edition of No Vacancy, a juried contemporary public art competition that celebrates 12 artists in 12 of Miami Beach’s famed hotels. Funded with the support of the Miami Beach Visitors and Convention Authority, the program will run from Nov. 13 through Dec. 20.

The Bass | 2100 Collins Avenue

Daily | 10 AM – 5 PM | Guided tours at 2 PM

The Bass will be exhibiting “Jack Pierson: The Miami Years,” “Faire Foyer: Sarah Crowner in Dialogue with Etel Adnan,” “Lawrence Lek: Nox Pavilion,” “The Kaleidoscopic: Writing Histories through the Collection,” “Isaac Julien: Vagabondia” and “assume vivid astro focus: XI.”

Special programming at The Bass includes:

• The Bass Dialogues: Jack Pierson
  Wednesday, Dec. 3 | 10:30 AM
  Artist talk with Jack Pierson and Curator-at-Large James Voorhies.
• The Bass Dialogues: Building the Future
  Thursday, Dec. 4 | 10:30 AM
  Conversation with Tom Healy and András Szántó on the museum’s future.
• The Bass Dialogues: Isaac Julien
  Friday, Dec. 5, | 10:30 AM
  Artist talk with Isaac Julien moderated by Silvia Karman Cubiñá.
• Art Cares: Painting with the Pros
  Sunday, Dec. 7 | 3–5 PM
  Free family art event with former NFL players and artist David Sexton.
• Free Community Day
  Sunday, Dec. 7 | 10 AM – 5 PM
  Free admission for all visitors.

Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) | 1001 Ocean Drive

Daily | 9 AM – 5 PM

MDPL will be conducting Art Deco 100^th Anniversary architectural tours daily at 10:30 a.m. at the Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive.

Holocaust Memorial |1933 Meridian Avenue

Daily, self-guided tours

Guests are invited to explore the moving artistry of the Holocaust Memorial for reflection and contemplation.

Jewish Museum of Florida - FIU | 301 Washington Avenue

Sunday, Dec. 7 | 11 AM – 1 PM

Join the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU for its annual Art Basel Brunch, celebrating the art and artists featured in the museum's exhibition: “Hope Becoming Home.”

Miami Beach Bandshell | 7275 Collins Avenue

Sunday, Nov. 30 | 3:30 PM – 10 PM and Sunday, Dec. 7 | 7 – 10PM

Kick off Art Week Miami Beach in style at the Miami Beach Bandshell on Nov. 30 with Nashbash, a night of unforgettable music, art and energy. Enjoy live performances from soulful singer Maggie Rose, indie-rock favorites Moon Taxi, Americana group Paul McDonald & the Mourning Doves and rising star Jess Nolan. Then, to close out the week, come back on Dec. 7 for Tycho: ISO50, a special audio/visual experience featuring the warm and vibrant music and art of Scott Hansen.       

Miami Beach Botanical Garden | 2000 Convention Center Drive

Daily, self-guided tours

This free self-guided audio tour takes participants along the Collins Canal from the botanical garden to the beach. Pick up a guide card at the facility entrance on Convention Center Drive.

Miami Beach Urban Studios |1618 Washington Avenue

Weekdays | 9 AM – 5 PM

Special programming at the Miami Beach Urban Studio includes:

• Washington Gallery | 1618 Washington Avenue

Opening Reception: Tuesday, Dec. 2 | 6 PM – 8 PM

“Ancestral Apparatus” by Daniela Atencio and Dr. Claudio Rossi maps and reinterprets over 300 jagüeyes — ancestral water reservoirs in La Guajira, Colombia and Venezuela. Through spatial and material translation, the exhibition reveals these reservoirs as living archives of ecological intelligence and cultural memory.

• Design Gallery | 420 Lincoln Road, 4^th Floor

Opening Reception: Tuesday, Dec. 2 | 6 PM – 9 PM

Showcasing the 2025 Design & Architecture award-winning projects by FIU students, alumni and faculty from summer 2024 to fall 2025. The exhibition features research, renderings and photographs celebrating excellence in design and architectural innovation.

• Miami Beach Visual Arts Gallery | 1602A Washington Avenue

Opening Reception: Tuesday, Dec. 2 | 6 PM – 9 PM

“Made in Miami” features works by Laura Magdalena Alfonso, Alex Berlin, Paulette Harrington, Rhea Leonard, Nina Ellery Oliveira, Natalia Padilla, Devora Perez, Sterling Rook, and Ana Vergara. The exhibition highlights Miami’s creative energy through installation, painting, experimental media, and cultural storytelling.

Miami New Drama | 1040 Lincoln Road

Nov. 13 – Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025

In 2007, a mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. As curators unravel the shocking truth behind the images, the album soon makes headlines and ignites a debate that reverberates far beyond the museum walls. Based on real events, “Here There Are Blueberries” tells the story of these historical photographs — what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and our own humanity.

Moonlighter FabLab | 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue

Open daily for pre-registered workshops | 10 AM – 6 PM

Discover hands-on innovation through creative tech workshops in this community makerspace for all ages.

New World Symphony, SoundScape Park | 500 17 Street

December 5 | 7 PM – 8 PM

Pop-up Art Week performance by New World Fellows featuring no stage or seats. Catch these Fellows at SoundScape Park. Stop for a beat and let the music find you. Free swag while supplies last!

Oolite Arts | 924 & 928 Lincoln Road

Open Wednesdays – Sundays | Noon – 5 PM

Special programming at Oolite Arts includes:

One is Two and Two Are Many More, curated by Gean Moreno

Wednesday, Nov. 19 – Sunday, Jan. 18

Marking Oolite Arts’ 40^th anniversary, One Is Two and Two Are Many More examines the institution’s role within Miami’s evolving cultural landscape. The exhibition traces the networks and artist-led initiatives that have intersected Oolite over four decades, among them the Alliance Film/Video Co-Op, Ground Level Gallery, Imperfect Utopia, the Listening Gallery, and CAVA.

Featuring works by Carlos Betancourt, william cordova, Dara Friedman, Luis Gispert, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Robert Melee, Tag Purvis, and ongoing activations include a film series curated by Barron Sherer, the show underscores how artmaking and collaboration have shaped the city’s creative fabric. On view in the galleries at 924 and 928 Lincoln Road. Exhibition design in collaboration with Office GA.

Oolite Arts’ Miami Art Week VIP Brunch

Saturday, Dec. 6 | 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

As part of their Art Week Miami Beach tradition, Oolite Arts will host its VIP Brunch, welcoming locals and visitors to celebrate their 2025 resident artists and their ongoing exhibition. This event is free and open to the public.

The Wolfsonian–FIU |1001 Washington Avenue

Daily, Free Art Week Miami Beach Admission | 10 AM – 6 PM

The Wolfsonian–FIU will be exhibiting “Marco Brambilla: After Utopia,” “World's Fairs: Visions of Tomorrow”, “Modern Design Across Borders,” “La Superba: Genoa and The Wolfsoniana,” and ongoing exhibit “Harry Clarke and the Geneva Window.”

ART WEEK MIAMI BEACH 2025 FAIRS & PARTNERS

Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive
Friday, Dec. 5 – Sunday, Dec. 7 (Public Days) | 11 AM – 6 PM

Design Miami | Pride Park, 1809 Meridian Avenue
Thursday, Dec. 4 – Sunday, Dec. 7 (Public Days) | Multiple Event Times

SCOPE Art Show | 801 Ocean Drive
Tuesday, Dec. 2 – Sunday, Dec.  7 | 11 AM – 8 PM

Untitled Art | 1200 Ocean Drive

Wednesday, Dec. 3 – Saturday, Dec. 6 | 11 AM – 7 PM

Sunday, Dec. 7 | 11 AM – 5 PM

Aqua Art Miami | 1530 Collins Avenue

Thursday, Dec. 4 | 12 PM – 9 PM

Friday, Dec. 5 – Saturday, Dec. 6 | 11 AM – 9 PM
Sunday, Dec. 7 | 11 AM – 6 PM

INK Miami Art Fair | 1850 Collins Avenue

Wednesday, Dec. 3 | 9 AM – 7 PM

Thursday, Dec. 4 | 10 AM – 9 PM

Friday, Dec. 5 – Saturday, Dec. 6 | 10 AM – 7 PM

Sunday, Dec. 7 | 10 AM – 3 PM

SATELLITE Art Show | 1520 Collins Avenue

Thursday, Dec. 4 | 4 PM – 10 PM

Friday, Dec. 5 – Saturday, Dec. 6 | 12 PM – 10 PM

Sunday, Dec. 7 | 12 PM – 6 PM

Contemporary African Diaspora Art (CADA) | 1001 Ocean Drive

CADA International LLC proudly presents Divine Swagger: Portraits of Power, Rhythm, and Remembrance, a major exhibition curated by Ludlow E. Bailey during Art Week Miami Beach. This landmark show celebrates the elegance, confidence, and spiritual resonance that define contemporary art of the global African Diaspora.

The exhibition will be on view from Dec. 6-7 with a panel discussion on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

CADA x KEY Art + Design Fair | 763 Collins Avenue

Wednesday, Dec. 3 – Saturday Dec. 6 | 12 PM – 9 PM

Sunday Dec. 7 | 12 PM – 7 PM

Enjoy curated exhibitions, special programming, and immersive experiences, as KEY Art + Design Fair creates a platform for established and emerging artists to engage with collectors, curators, and art lovers worldwide.

The Betsy Hotel | 1440 Ocean Drive

Daily | 10 AM – 10 PM

The Betsy Hotel’s Art Week Miami Beach shows, curated by Betsy owner Lesley Goldwasser, feature work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Larry Fink, Art Shay, Ken Regan, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Bob Gruen, David Godlis, Steve Dozier, Ira Wagner, Laura Paresky Gould, Tamary Kudita, Lianne Jedeikin Goldsmith, Dahlia Dreszer, Anastasia Samoylova, Ray Tenorio and LIZN’BOW as part of the City of Miami Beach’s No Vacancy program.

Special programming at The Betsy Hotel includes:

• Public Opening | Enter through 1433 Collins Avenue

Thursday, Dec. 4 | 8 PM – Midnight

• Public Art Installation: Portal to Niña by LIZN’BOW

Thursday, Nov. 13 – Saturday, Dec. 20

• Dance Performance: Peter London Global Dance Company

Thursday, Dec. 4 | 8 PM – Midnight

• Artist Book Events:Friday, Dec. 5 | 3 PM
  Anastasia Samoylova’s Atlantic Coast (Aperture, 2025) retraces Berenice Abbott’s 1954 photographic journey, documenting dislocation, loss, and a shifting American dream.

Saturday, Dec. 6 | 3 PM
Deborah Willis’ Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present (LiveRight, 2025) redefines our understanding of American history through an exploration of Black photography.

• Live jazz music in The Piano Bar daily.

Faena | 3201 Collins Avenue

Daily | 10 AM – 6 PM

This year, Faena Art celebrates a decade in Miami Beach with artist Es Devilin’s illuminated “Library of Us,” a 50-foot revolving library and luminous reading room transforming Faena Beach and the Faena Cathedral. Es Devlin’s luminous installations will transform the Faena District into a temporary society gathered in reading, reflection, and encounter at the Faena Beach, Cathedral, and Project Room.

Lincoln Road Business Improvement District | Lincoln Road

Now – April 2026

Lincoln Road, Miami Beach’s iconic open-air promenade and cultural hub, will once again come alive for Art Week Miami Beach 2025 with 14 free public art installations. Highlights include Philippe Katerine’s whimsical “Mr. Pink Takes Flight” inflatables, Rubem Robierb’s “Dream Machine” and “Empower Flower,” Oscar Esteban Martinez’s “La Herencia Viva” (winner of Lincoln Road’s inaugural Call to Artists), and expanded works by internationally acclaimed duo Gillie and Marc. Katerine’s six bubblegum-pink sculptures — five inflatables and one street-level piece—embody his playful “Cuteism” philosophy and will be on view from November 2025 through April 2026.

GETTING AROUND

This year’s installment of Art Week Miami Beach will once again include complimentary water taxis connecting Miami Beach with downtown Miami, along with a fleet of free, dedicated shuttle buses designed to transport visitors and residents to a variety of art fairs.

Water Taxi Service

Up to seven water taxi vessels will operate across beautiful Biscayne Bay from Monday, Dec. 1 to Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to midnight and on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The water taxi service will run every 10-15 minutes between Maurice Gibb Memorial Park (1790 Purdy Avenue) in Miami Beach and the Venetian Marina & Yacht Club (1635 North Bayshore Drive) in Miami.

Art Week Dedicated Shuttles
A series of free, dedicated shuttles linking the water taxi and several art fairs will run every 15 minutes throughout Miami Beach to connect visitors and residents with several art fairs. Shuttle operating hours will mirror the water taxis and can be tracked in real time on the Art Week Miami Beach website at www.artweekmb.com.

A dedicated Water Taxi Shuttle will operate between the Miami Beach water taxi stop at Maurice Gibb Memorial Park (1790 Purdy Avenue) and the Miami Beach Convention Center (Convention Center Drive and 18 Street).

South Beach Art Shuttles will travel between the Miami Beach Convention Center (Convention Center Drive and 18 Street) and Collins Avenue between 10 and 11 streets.

Mid Beach Art Shuttles will travel between the Miami Beach Convention Center and Mid Beach, with the following stops: Convention Center Drive and 18 Street, Collins Avenue and 22 Street, Collins Avenue and 32 Street, Collins Avenue and 46 Street as well as Royal Palm Avenue between 41 and 42 streets.

Miami Beach - Design District Shuttles will travel between the Miami Beach Convention Center (Convention Center Drive and 18 Street) to/from NE 38 Street and NE 1 Court in the City of Miami — with the ability to operate on the dedicated inside shoulders of the Julia Tuttle Causeway to reduce travel time.

Park and Ride

For the above complimentary services there will be designated pickup and drop-off locations in the immediate vicinity of various parking garages in Miami Beach and Miami.

The designated shuttle pickup and drop-off locations in Miami Beach are as follows:

• Royal Palm Avenue between 41 and 42 streets serving the 42 Street Garage (4049 Royal Palm Avenue)
• Convention Center Drive between 17 and 18 streets serving the 17 Street Garage (640 17 Street), Pennsylvania Avenue Garage (1661 Pennsylvania Avenue) and Miami Beach City Hall Garage (1755 Meridian Avenue)
• Purdy Avenue and 18 Street serving the Sunset Harbour Garage (1900 Bay Road)

The designated shuttle pickup and drop-off location in Miami is as follows:

• NE 38 Street and NE 1 Avenue serving the City View Garage (25 NE 38 Street), Palm Court Garage (155 NE 38 Street) and Public Parking Lot (3630 NE 1 Court)

The designated water taxi pickup and drop-off locations in Miami Beach/Miami are as follows:

• Miami Beach - Maurice Gibb Memorial Park (1790 Purdy Avenue) serving the Sunset Harbour Garage (1900 Bay Road)
• Miami - Venetian Marina & Yacht Club (1635 North Bayshore Drive) serving the Omni Garage (453 NE 15 Street)

Click here to view a detailed map of the various free shuttle and water taxi routes as well as Park and Ride locations.

Miami Beach Trolley & Bicycle Options
Residents and visitors can also take advantage of the year-round free Miami Beach Trolley, which connects various neighborhoods, as well as Freebee services. The Miami Beach Trolley service will operate at an enhanced frequency of service from 8 a.m. to midnight from Wednesday, Dec. 3 to Saturday, Dec. 6, to help reduce the anticipated traffic congestion. Download the Miami Beach Gov app to track specific trolleys in real-time. Outside of those dates, the Miami Beach Trolley will operate regular service hours.

Biking and micro-mobility enthusiasts will find miles of beachwalk, green bike lanes and convenient bicycle parking throughout Miami Beach. View the city’s bicycle parking maps for more information. Additionally, Citi Bike offers more than a thousand bicycles, including electric-assisted bikes, at conveniently located bike sharing stations throughout the city. Note e-bikes and e-scooters are not permitted on the beachwalk and other shared-use paths around the city.

Miami-Dade Transit also offers Metrobus service to and from the mainland. The closest taxi, ride-share and valet locations to the Miami Beach Convention Center will be on the east side of Convention Center Drive north of 18 Street and on the west side of Washington Avenue between 20 and 21 streets and also south of 18 Street.

Peak Travel Times
The heaviest traffic during Art Week Miami Beach typically occurs on weekday afternoons with congestion increasing closer to the weekend. Traffic congestion leaving Miami Beach can be exacerbated by traffic or incidents on major thoroughfares outside of the city, including I-395, I-195 and I-95. The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) ongoing road work and lane reductions near the Biscayne Boulevard off-ramp in downtown Miami is expected to impede westbound traffic leaving Miami Beach along the MacArthur Causeway. A citywide construction moratorium will suspend all non-city construction-related activities within the city’s right of way throughout the week — prohibiting road, sidewalk and lane closures.

To reduce congestion along the Venetian Causeway connecting downtown Miami and Miami Beach, the East Venetian Causeway drawbridge will be on lockdown and will not open to vessels from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1 through Friday, Dec. 5, and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7, except for emergency vessels and vessels in distress.

The city plans to implement special event signal timing changes and other traffic management measures, as needed, to help manage congestion along major thoroughfares with an enhanced level of real-time traffic monitoring during Art Week Miami Beach. This will include 17 hours of traffic monitoring, from 7 a.m. to midnight on Monday, Dec. 1 through Saturday, Dec. 6. Beyond those dates, the traffic monitoring services will continue from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Traffic monitors will coordinate with the Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) to enforce traffic regulations at intersections while keeping motorists informed of delays through digital message signs. The city will proactively communicate with Waze, Google and Inrix to accurately reflect all street closures on their respective mobile platforms in real-time.

In addition, the city will issue traffic text alerts as warranted to notify the public of major roadway incidents. Subscribe to receive traffic text message alerts by texting MBAlert to 888777. City staff will work closely with the FDOT SunGuide Traffic Management Center to program traffic messages on overhead digital message signs along I-95, SR 112/I-195 and SR 836/I-395 regarding any major incidents affecting traffic flow on Miami Beach causeways.

PUBLIC SAFETY

To enhance public safety, MBPD will significantly increase its staffing levels from Wednesday, Dec. 3 through Sunday, Dec. 7. In a concerted effort, officers will be deployed for additional shifts, including overtime and off-duty. Their strategic placement along key intersections in and around events, as well as in residential neighborhoods surrounding the Miami Beach Convention Center and along the 41 Street corridor, aims to ensure attendees' safety and address potential traffic challenges.

MBPD officers will be assigned the task of strategically reducing instances of cut-through traffic within residential areas. By encouraging drivers to utilize main thoroughfares, the city aims to minimize disruption to local neighborhoods. MBPD’s Public Safety Specialists will be strategically posted to assist with traffic mitigation.

For additional information on Art Week Miami Beach, visit www.artweekmb.com.

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