Record Number of Local Galleries Showing at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025

Miami may still be roasting in the late July heat, but the art world is already thinking ahead to December. Art Basel Miami Beach has just released the official exhibitor list for its 2025 edition, taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 5 to 7 (with VIP preview days on December 3 and 4).

The big news for this year is the South Florida art scene's biggest-ever presence at the fair, still the largest and most prestigious event happening during Miami Art Week. Six Miami art galleries have been invited to participate this year — the most ever — with two newcomers:

Nina Johnson will make its debut after many years of exhibiting at NADA Miami during Art Week. The Little Haiti gallery, which frequently shows works from Indigenous artists, will stage a show of layered abstract paintings from Diné (Navajo) artist Patrick Dean Hubbell in the main Galleries section.

Voloshyn Gallery, originally based in Kyiv and which opened an outpost in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, becomes the first exhibitor from the country in Art Basel Miami Beach history. The gallery will show 1940s portraits by Ukrainian-American artist Janet Sobel in the fair's Survey section, which focuses on historical work.

Previous exhibitors Central Fine, David Castillo, Fredric Snitzer, and Piero Atchugarry will also return to the fair. Two Palm Beach galleries, Acquavella and Gavlak, will also present booths again this year.

A total of 285 galleries — including 41 debuts and representing 44 different countries and territories — will show at the fair this year. Both totals are up slightly from last year. One of the most prominent debuts is Havana-based El Apartamento, the first gallery established in Cuba to join the fair, while galleries from as far away as Seoul, New Delhi, Sydney, Berlin, Bogota, and Lima will also show at Miami Basel for the first time. They join the usual big name and blue chip galleries such as Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Perrotin, and David Zwirner.

"The strength and caliber of this year's exhibitors reaffirms Art Basel Miami Beach's centrality within the global art ecosystem," said Art Basel Miami Beach director Bridget Finn in a statement. "This edition reflects the vitality of artistic production across the Americas — which continues to shape contemporary art practice, patronage, and discourse worldwide."

Also new this year are the Art Basel Awards, which the fair bills as "the first global honors celebrating excellence across the contemporary art industry." The awards will be unveiled on December 4 ahead of the fair's public days and will be decided by a panel including artists Cecilia Vicuña and Nairy Baghramian and fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner.

Twenty-three years after its debut in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach remains the company's only event in the Americas despite significant expansion elsewhere. Art Basel recently announced a new fair in Qatar, its first in the Middle East, set to debut in February 2026; this follows the introduction of the Paris fair in 2022 and Hong Kong in 2013.

Despite Art Basel's continued growth and more visibility for Miami galleries, the art market overall has been suffering, with global art sales dropping by 12 percent in 2024. Art Basel's 2024 Art Market Report blamed "ongoing geopolitical tensions, economic pressures and shifting buying behavior" for the slump. Meanwhile in the U.S., the Trump Administration tariff threats and attacks on organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts that provide arts funding have also created issues for both collectors and artists.

Art Basel Miami Beach 2025. Friday, December 5, through Sunday, December 7, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach; 786-276-2600; artbasel.com. Preview days on Wednesday, December 3, and Thursday, December 4.