Art Basel Miami International Art Fair

Art Basel Miami Beach 2025: 285 Galleries, the Cuban Emergence, and the Rise of Latin America on the Global Scene
The international art fair announces a historic edition with an unprecedented Cuban presence and a wave of Latin American proposals. New voices and trends are redefining the global art scene.

The Art Basel Miami Beach international art fair released its official list of exhibitors this Wednesday, bringing together 285 galleries, 41 of which are newcomers, for the 2025 edition, which will take place from December 5 to 7 in Miami Beach, Florida.
The 23rd edition of the fair, which will feature participation from 44 countries and territories, will highlight contemporary American art movements, with a particular emphasis on proposals from Latinx, Indigenous, and diaspora artists, according to a press release from the event.
The edition reinforces Miami Beach's role as a bridge between North and South America, offering a panoramic view of the region's creative influence in a global context, organizers stated.
"The quality and relevance of this year's exhibitors reaffirms the centrality of Art Basel Miami Beach within the global art ecosystem," said Bridget Finn, director of Art Basel Miami Beach.
The show will feature representation from Latin America, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa, consolidating its position as a global platform for the exhibition of works by modern, post-war, contemporary, and emerging artists.

This year's participating Latin American galleries come from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Peru, and Uruguay.

In addition to the regional icons, a new generation of emerging galleries expand the offerings, such as El Apartamento, which debuts as the first Cuba-based gallery to join the fair.

“This edition reflects the vitality of artistic production in the Americas, which continues to shape contemporary art practice, patronage, and discourse around the world,” Finn clarified in the release.

The fair's director added that the event serves as “a critical gateway to introduce pioneering international artists and new perspectives to the US market.”

From the United States, this year's edition welcomes a wave of emerging galleries from New York's alternative art scene, while the US West Coast significantly expands its presence with nearly 50 California galleries.

The international art scene maintains its presence at the fair with approximately 100 exhibitors from Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a significant presence of galleries from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, and Japan.

“This is a daring, demanding, and highly connected edition,” Finn stated.

Art Basel Miami Beach is structured into several specialized sectors: Galleries, the main sector with modern and contemporary works; Nova, a space for recent works created in the last three years; Posiciones, for solo exhibitions of emerging artists; and Survey, dedicated to galleries highlighting historically significant artistic practices (1900–1999).

The 2025 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach will coincide with the announcement of the gold medalists of the inaugural Art Basel Awards, selected from a distinguished group that includes artists Cecilia Vicuña, Nairy Baghramian, and Meriem Bennani.

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