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Miami’s art scene continues to attract international galleries, with the latest new arrival coming from our neighbors to the north.
Montreal-based Galerie de Bellefeuille has announced the opening of two new locations, including one in Miami. The art dealership, which currently has four storefronts across Toronto and Montreal, will debut a new 4,000-square-foot space at 136 NW 25th St. in Wynwood. The location will open in the summer, a few months after the gallery’s planned U.S. flagship in Midtown New York.
“New York and Miami represent two of the most dynamic and influential art capitals in the world,” said gallery founders Jacques & Helen Bellefeuille in a statement. “This expansion allows us to further bring our artists into global conversations while remaining rooted in the values and curatorial integrity that have defined Galerie de Bellefeuille for over four decades.”
Founded in 1980, Galerie de Bellefeuille is said to represent more than 100 artists. Focusing mostly on modern, contemporary, and pop art, it has exhibited work from the likes of Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Jeff Koons, and Alexander Calder, and has debuted artists such as Jim Dine and Mel Bochner in Canada. The gallery frequently exhibits at South Florida area art fairs, including Art Miami and Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary.
The announcement provides further evidence that Miami’s art scene is internationalizing after years of relative insularity. Though Art Basel Miami Beach provided a stage for global galleries to exhibit in the area since 2002, the gallery scene was mostly driven by locals. It wasn’t until after 2020 that a wave of out-of-town dealers began to put down roots in the city. Ukraine’s Voloshyn Gallery, Colombia’s Galeria La Cometa, and Venezuela’s Ascaso Gallery have all opened locations in Miami in recent years, and Pace Gallery debuted its Superblue immersive art concept here in 2021. A Turkish gallery, Zilberman, also briefly opened a Miami branch before quietly shuttering sometime last year.
Few of these galleries have opened in Wynwood, however. Though the neighborhood has branded itself as an “arts district” for many years, the moniker is something of a misnomer these days. While the area built its reputation as a downmarket haven for warehouse studios and street muralists, most artists and galleries have been pushed out due to high rents, moving on to areas such as Allapattah, Downtown Miami, and Little Haiti/Little River. A few attractions, such as the Margulies Collection, Wynwood Walls, and Museum of Graffiti, remain as touristy remnants in what is now mainly a nightlife and entertainment district. It remains to be seen whether Galerie de Bellefeuille will do much to reinvigorate the district’s flagging reputation among locals and art lovers.
Galerie de Bellefeuille. 136 NW 25th St., Miami; debellefeuille.com. Opening summer 2026.
