This year’s Art Basel Miami Beach’s 2023 edition was marked by an extraordinary diversity of artistic positions on view; a new floorplan, with 25 new participating galleries, hailing from the US to Mexico, Brazil, France, The Netherlands, Poland, and Egypt; a strong showing of leading collectors and institutions from the region and around the world; and a vibrant program of eents and activations unfolding both at the fair and across the city’s rich cultural landscape. Bringing together 277 leading internatinal galleries across five sectors, the show attracted an overall attendance of 79,000 throughout its VIP and public days.
Drawing inspiration from Miami’s position as a gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean , Art Basel’s Conversations program featured prominent speakers including leading Cuban-born artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons; collector, curator, and philanthropist Estrellita Brodsky; and singer-songwriter, producer, and activist Chance the Rapper.
The first edition of Access by Art Basel, a new online sales platform powered by Arcual and designed to support philanthropic giving, launched at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 with 15 galleries exhibiting in the fair. In addition, leading art patrons and private collectors from over 92 countries and territories visited the fair including representatives from more than 200 cultural institutions and foundations.
“The quality and ambition of works presented at the show this year were nothing short of extraordinary, met with an exceptional attendance of local and international collectors.”
Vincenzo de Bellis, Director Fairs and Exhibition Platforms, Art Basel
“Art Basel Miami Beach has once again proven to be the pre-eminent art fair in the Americas. The quality and ambition of works presented at the show this year were nothing short of extraordinary, met with an exceptional attendance of local and international collectors,” says Vincenzo de Bellis, Director of Fairs and Exhibition Platforms, Art Basel, who spearheaded the 2023 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach. Bridget Finn, Art Basel’s recently appointed Director, Art Basel Miami Beach, will lead the direction of the show in 2024. She said of this year’s show: This edition of Art Basel Miami Beach was indescribably special, being my first experience of the show as Director. It was a week of deep learnings and discoveries with the Art Basel
community in Miami Beach – our galleries and their artists, our institutional collaborators, and our new and longstanding partners. Having experienced the fair from many different vantage points over the years, Art Basel Miami Beach is truly unlike any event in the art world and undoubtedly the most significant in the Americas. I am elated to work with our team to continue propelling this vital show into the future.”
“This edition of Art Basel Miami Beach was indescribably special, being my first experience of the show as Director. It was a week of deep learnings and discoveries with the Art Basel community in Miami Beach – our galleries and their artists, our institutional collaborators, and our new and longstanding partners.”
Bridget Finn, Director Art Basel Miami Beach
Extending beyond the fair halls, Art Basel collaborated with a host of world-class institutions, private collections, and cultural partners for a premier program of exhibitions, events, and activations across Miami Beach throughout the fair week. Celebrating the intersections of art, music, and film, Art Basel partnered with Tribeca Festival for the first-ever Tribeca Festival at Art Basel Miami Beach. The event hosted four days of live musical performances and exclusive conversations with trailblazing artists throughout the fair week at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, including a headline Talk featuring Robert De Niro in conversation with French photographer and street artist JR.