Art Basel announces exhibitors and first highlights for its 2024 show in Miami Beach, the first edition under the leadership of director Bridget Finn

Art Basel is delighted to announce the participating exhibitors and first details of its 2024 edition in Miami Beach, taking place from December 6-8, 2024 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Led for the first time by Bridget Finn, Art Basel’s stalwart fair in the Americas will host 283 galleries from 34 countries and territories presenting the best of their world-class programs, including 32 first-time participants, marking the fair’s biggest cohort of newcomers since 2008.

Reflecting the fair’s singular position at the geographic and creative nexus of North and South America, Art Basel Miami Beach will showcase historical rediscoveries and bold, contemporary proposals from leading galleries in the Americas as well as premier international exhibitors whose programs attend to artistic production in the region. Nearly two-thirds of exhibitors at this year’s show hail from the Americas, representing the United States,Canada,Mexico,Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, and Uruguay – a testament to Art Basel’s mission to platform artistic excellence in the region and to support discovery and generative collaboration between regional and international art scenes and markets.

Exhibitors from Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina will join the Miami Beach fair for the first time. Newcomers from the United States come from Florida, New York, California, Illinois, Texas, and Oregon, alongside several galleries from Canada. From Europe, the fair will see an expanded presence of newcomers from Spain, Portugal, France, and Poland, with Romania being represented at the show for the first time. There will also be a significant showing of new joiners from Asia, hailing from China, Singapore, and South Korea, with a first-time presence of Indonesia at the Miami Beach show.

A significant increase compared to recent years, 25 galleries will enter the show’s main sector, Galleries, for the first time this edition. This comes after the introduction of a new minimum­ size booth option aimed at creating a more accessible and equitable starting point for small and mid-size exhibitors entering the main sector of the show. Galleries furthermore benefit from the fair’s sliding scale pricing system, whereby galleries with a larger booth pay more per square meter than galleries with a smaller booth. Adopted in 2019 and implemented across Art Basel’s four fairs globally, the linear sliding scale system was created to ensure a more level playing field for galleries across all segments of the market. Five galleries have also opted to share a booth at this year’s show, a model introduced by Art Basel in 2019.

Bridget Finn, Director of Art Basel Miami Beach, said: ‘We have an exceptional roster of galleries participating in our Miami Beach show this year, coming from all corners of the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The proposals in Nova, Positions, and Survey are of exceptional quality and ambition, and it’s clear that galleries in the main sector will not be holding back come December, bringing their best of the best to this all-important fair in the world’s leading art market. It was incredibly important that we carve out a more equitable path to participation for small and mid-sized galleries entering the main sector of this show, and the proof is in the extraordinary number of newcomers joining this edition. We remain super agile and attuned to the changing and individual needs of our galleries and their artists, and committed to creating an absolutely cannot-miss experience for them and for collectors, museums and foundations, major cultural partners, and visitors from Miami Beach and around the world.’

Art Basel Miami Beach will be structured across several exhibition sectors: Galleries, in which exhibitors present the full breadth of their program; Nova, platforming younger galleries presenting work created within the last three years by up to three artists; Positions, dedicated to solo showcases of emerging galleries and artists; and Survey, featuring highly singular curatorial proposals of historically relevant works created before the year 2000. Meridians, the show’s sector dedicated to projects that transcend the traditional art fair booth, will be curated for the first time this year by Yasmil Raymond, independent curator and outgoing Director of Portikus and Rector of the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste-Stadelschule. Raymond succeeds Magalf Arriola, who successfully oversaw the sector and its maturation since its introduction in 2019. Further details on Meridians and Kabinett, the sector for tightly curated presentations displayed by galleries in a separate section of their main booth, will be announced in the fall.

Art Basel Miami Beach’s renowned Conversations program will also return, curated for the first time this year by American writer, editor, and educator Kimberly Bradley. Details on dates, tickets, and the programming line-up for Conversations will be revealed in the next few months.

Furthermore, Art Basel Miami Beach will usher in a week of world-class exhibitions and activations throughout Greater Miami, including a 30-year survey of Rachel Feinstein at The Bass Museum, the first major exhibition in the artist’s hometown; also at The Bass, the first public museum installation of assume vividastrofocus:XIby the Sao Paulo-based artist collective, gifted by the late arts patron and collector Rosa de la Cruz and her husband, Carlos de la Cruz; and a major group exhibition on experimental artistic practices dating back to the key years of the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s at Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM).

Galleries

Galleries brings together 227 world-renowned Modern, postwar, and contemporary art dealers from the Americas and beyond. Exhibitors in this sector present the full breadth of their distinguished program, ranging from works by 20th-century masters to contemporary blue-chip artists, mid-career practitioners, and emerging talents. Four of them are first-time participants in Art Basel’s Miami Beach fair. They are:

• Gallery Baton (Seoul), with a selection of works by Claire Fontaine, Suzanne Song, Rinus Van de Velde, Yuichi Hirako, Doki Kim, Liam Gillick, and Jimok Choi that contemplate the role of art in urgent and evolving reflection of the global environmental crisis.
• Pearl Lam Galleries (Hong Kong, Shanghai), with a presentation tracing the evolution of abstract painting in contemporary China, juxtaposing the works of seven multi­ generational artists: Pang Tao, Qiu Deshu, Qian Jiahua, Su Xiaobai, Yan Lei, Zhu Jinshi, and Zhu Peihong.
• Leeahn Gallery (Daegu, Seoul), with a selection of works by Korean contemporary artists whose practices critically engage the legacy of Dansaekhwa, or Korean monochrome painting: post-war artists Lee Kun-Yong, Lee Kang-So, and Yoon-Hee, alongside younger voices Nam Tchun-Mo, Lee Jin-Woo, Kim Taek-Sang, and Kim Keun-Tai.
• Gallery Wendi Norris(San Francisco), with a presentation of works by Cuban-born contemporary artist Marfa Magdalena Campos-Pons in dialogue with rare paintings of
• Spanish Surrealist Remedios Vara, exploring the artists’ shared interest in the power of transformation through science and spirituality
• Echoing Art Basel’s mission to accompany young galleries in their growth, the sector will include twelve galleries who exhibited in Nova, Positions, or Survey in 2023. They include:
• Isla Flotante (Buenos Aires), who, following a six-year run in Positions and Nova, will exhibit in the main sector for the first time, with a three-part presentation of Argentine artists Valentina Liernur, Valentfn Demarco, and Mariela Scafati on the theme of bodily transfiguration.
• Central Fine (Miami Beach), showcasing works by gallery artists including Buenos Aires­ born, New York-based painter Constanza Schaffner, known for her evocative use of self­ portraiture.
• Meredith Rosen Gallery (New York), with a new sculptural installation by American artist Charlemagne Palestine, activated by a live performance of the artist’s 1974 album StrummingMusic,as well as by paintings by Italian artist Carla Accardi and Swiss artist Karl Gerstner.
• Afriart Gallery (Kampala) and Rele Gallery(Lagos, London, Los Angeles), jointly showcasing six artists from the African continent who source and incorporate materials from their respective communities and immediate environments: Richard Atugonza and Sanaa Gateja from Uganda, Agnes Waruguru from Kenya, Sedireng Mothibatsela from Botswana, Fiker Solomon from Ethiopia, and Yoma Emore from Nigeria.
• lnstitutode vision (New York, Bogota), with a presentation of six artists from the Americas – Colombians Ofelia Rodriguez, Nohemf Perez, and Cristina Camacho, Peruvian Venuca Evanan, Argentine Claudia Fontes, and Mexican Pia Camil-that reflect on the relationship between nature, territory, and the body.
• Edel Assanti (London), bringing new works by five significant artists from their program, including a film by French Noemie Goudal, sculptural works by seminal American artist Lonnie Holley and Tel Aviv-born, New York-based Oren Pinhassi, a photographic diptych by Iranian-American artist and activist Sheida Soleimani, and a triptych collage work by Polish Marcin Dudek.
• Daniel Faria Gallery (Toronto), with a three-pronged presentation of works by American-Canadian June Clark, Filipina-Canadian Stephanie Comilang, and German­ Canadian Iris Haussler contending with notions of home, migration, and loss.
• Returning exhibitors to the sector include:
• Luisa Strina (Sao Paulo), celebrating its 50th anniversary as the longest-running contemporary art gallery in Sao Paulo with a booth paying homage to the gallery’s history, including paintings by Cildo Meirelles, ceramics by Anna Maria Maiolino, and sculptures by Clarissa Tassin, alongside works by artists new to the gallery’s program such as Luisa Matsushita, former lead vocalist of the rock band Cansei de Ser Sexy.
• Alison Jacques (London), returning to the fair after a five-year hiatus, with works by the pre-eminent, 20th-century Brazilian artist Lygia Clark; the late Moroccan-born, French. Pop artist Nicola L.; and pioneering American fiber artist Lenore Tawney, alongside new pieces by Veronica Ryan, Donald Locke, Emma Amos, and Sagarika Sundaram.
• Bortolami (New York), James Cohan (New York), kaufmannrepetto (Milan, New York), Anton Kern Gallery (New York), Andrew Kreps Gallery (New York), and kurimanzutto (Mexico City, New York), founders of the new collaborative exhibition space The Campus in Upstate New York and veteran exhibitors in Galleries, each bringing works by artists from their respective programs.
• Nicola Vassell (New York), with a presentation of works by leading artists including Alvaro Barrington, Julia Chiang, Adebunmi Gbadebo, Alteronce Gumby, Kapo, Che Lovelace, Wangari Mathenge, Frida Orupabo, George Rouy, Sean Shim-Boyle, Ming Smith, Elizabeth Schwaiger, Uman, and Alberta Whittle on the theme of ‘paradise lost and found.
• Pace Gallery (New York, Los Angeles, London, Geneva, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo), with works by artists from across the gallery’s Modern and contemporary program, including: Robert Frank who is celebrating his centennial anniversary this year, alongside Adolph Gottlieb, Pam Evelyn, Irving Penn, Loie Hollowell, Hank Willis Thomas, Lawrence Weiner, Paulina Olowska, Arlene Shechet, Jean Dubuffet, Hermann Nitsch, Louise Nevelson, Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko, Kiki Smith, James Turrell, and Fred Wilson.
• David Castillo (Miami), with a selection of works by gallery artists Belkis Ayon, Sanford Biggers, Pepe Mar, Amelia Pelaez, Maria de Los Angeles, Rodriguez Jimenez, Xaviera Simmons, and Vaughn Spann, examining abstraction across a range of media as a means of both what is seen and unseen.
• Vermelho (Sao Paulo), with a selection of works by artists from their program, including Swiss-born, Sao Paulo-based photographer and activist Claudia Andujar, whose practice is dedicated to the Yanomami Indigenous peoples. A third of the profits from the sale of the artist’s work go to Hutukara Associa ao Yanomami (HAY), an NGO led by Yanomami shaman and political leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami.
• Helly NahmadGallery (New York), bringing works of 20^th-century pioneers from the gallery’s roster including Wassily Kandinsky, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Fernand Leger, Lucio Fontana, and Joan Mir6.
• Nova
• Singular to Art Basel’s Miami Beach show, Nova provides a platform for younger galleries presenting works created within the last three years, by up to three artists. Since its inception in 2003, the sector has become known as a space for the discovery of prescient works fresh from the artist studio. Featuring 21 presentations of 40 artists from around the world, the sector welcomes nine newcomers to the show this year, including:
• Charles Moffett (New York), with the first collaborative presentation by New York-based artists Kim Dacres and Melissa Joseph, known for their respective work in recycled tire rubber and felt.
• Galerie Allen (Paris), with a presentation on the theme of ‘sanctuary amongst the grotesque,’ featuring paintings by Ex-Situationist Jacqueline de Jong, aquarium works by Trevor Yeung, and hand-blown glass sculptures of tongues by Tarek La khrissi that evoke queer gateways into safe-space backroom culture.
• Gallery Nosco (Brussels), whose program centers artists and artistic practices from Latin America, with a presentation by Peruvian Alberto Casari, Venezuelan Magdalena Fernandez, and Portuguese Marcelo Moscheta, tracing the artists’ distinct approaches and contributions to geometric abstraction.
• Gallery Vacancy (Shanghai), presenting paintings and a sculptural installation by Henry Curchod, Michael Ho, and Chen Ting-Jung on the ethereal quality of materials as it relates to the diasporic experience in their respective practices.
• Fabian Lang (Zurich) and Espacio Valverde (Madrid), with a joint presentation of Spanish artist Elena Alonso’s large-scale wall panels, sculptures, and paintings, on the construction and integrity of the body and its philosophical and gestural correspondences in the history of architecture and design.
• Among the sector’s returning exhibitors:
• Nazarian/Curcio (Los Angeles), with a solo booth of large-scale works by Korean-born, Los Angeles-based artist Ken Gun Min, featuring an immersive landscape painting and a handmade folding screen that evoke queer utopias.
• Galeria Marilia Razuk (Sao Paulo), with paintings, clay-and-enamel sculptures, and over 100 ceramic figurines by Chilean artist Seba Calfuqueo inspired by the histories and identity of the artist’s Mapuche community.
• Madragoa (Lisbon) and Galeria Dawid Radziszewski (Warsaw, Vienna), with a joint booth of Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska composed of analogue photographs and a textile installation that interrogate the liberation and coercion of the family, through the staging of gestures of closeness in domestic spaces.
• Adams and OIiman (Portland), with a solo presentation of paintings by American artist Marlon Mullen that reference found images from art magazines in the library at Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development (NIAD) in Richmond, California, a studio for adult artists with developmental disabilities, where the artist has worked for nearly 40 years.
• Emalin (London) and Soft Opening (London), with a joint presentation comprising marbles mosaics and bronze sculptures by Russian artist Evgeny Antufiev, who grew up in the Siberian republic of Tuva, and mylar collage works by London-based Ebun Sodipo, both of which mine material culture for alternative and critical histories of representation – of indigeneity in imperialist Russia and of Black transness, respectively.
• Positions
• Providing collectors, museum professionals, curators, critics, and art enthusiasts the opportunity to dive deeper into the practice of individual emerging artists, Positions this year hosts 15 solo showcases of vanguard works by rising international talents. Nine exhibitors in Positions are participating in Art Basel’s Miami Beach show for the first time. They include:
• Gordon Robichaux (New York), presenting a series of shrine works derived from the personal archives of Chinese-Spanish-Filipino-American performance artist and activist Agosto Machado, marking an important introduction to broader commercial audiences of this crucial figure in the cultural underground scene of 1960s Downtown New York.
• Carmo Johnson Projects (Sao Paulo), bringing a series of paintings by MAH KU, an artist collective formed by the Huni Kuin Indigenous People of the western region of the Brazilian Amazon, that transpose the experiences of sacred ayahuasca chants and myths.
• Catinca Tabacuru (Bucharest), with a suite of new sculptures by Zimbabwean artist Terrence Musekiwa that render carved stone heads atop bodies of kaleidoscopic found materials, drawing on a rich tapestry of African maximalism.
• Piedras (Buenos Aires), with a selection of Argentine artist Jimena Croceri’s ergonomic sculptures which, used or activated performatively, take their shape from the observation of cavities of within and between human bodies, with historical reference to Amerindian Muisca metalwork.
• The sector’s returning exhibitors include:
• Rolf Art (Buenos Aires), with an audiovisual installation by Argentine-Peruvian artist Julieta Tarraubella, comprising a cyborg-garden of video-sculptures and an observation laboratory that meticulously documents the flowers’ lifecycle via security cameras.
• Llano (Mexico City), with an installation by Mexican dancer and choreographer Diego Vega Solorza, including a large-scale saddle and barrel sculpture activated by choreographic video works and photography, exploring models of masculinity and the body’s capacity to perform and withstand violence.
• Survey provides a platform for highly singular projects created before the year 2000. The sector is dedicated to presentations that challenge the conventional art historical canon, with a focus on elevating significant yet little-known artistic practices. 17 galleries will participate in the sector this year, including ten newcomers to the fair, many with presentations that shed light on overlooked women artists in the 20^th century. These include:
• ILY2 (Portland), with a booth dedicated to American artist Bonnie Lucas, including meticulously hand-sewn, abstract low-relief assemblages of sewing notions and dollar store goods on fabric, from the artist’s series from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s.
• SAPAR Contemporary (New York), with a suite of monofilament fiber hanging sculptures by American artist Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz, from the artist’s iconic 1989 Cosmic Series.
• Gajah Gallery (Singapore), bringing previously unseen paintings and wood and cotton sculptures by Indonesian artist I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih, on feminine pleasure, autonomy, and body horror.
• Gunia Nowik Gallery (Warsaw), with a presentation, curated with Teresa Gierzynska, of the artist’s photographic works from the 1970s to the 1990s exploring feminine states of being, the banality of female desire, and pleasure.
• Casemore Gallery (San Francisco), bringing the seminal 1976 YarnDrawingsby American artist Sonya Rapoport, constructed of expanses of continuous-feed, dot-matrix computer paper that the artist collected from the math department at UC Berkeley.
• The sector’s returning exhibitors also include:
• Luis De Jesus Los Angeles (Los Angeles), with works from the 1970s to the early 1990s by pioneering American feminist artist Mimi Smith, including her pivotal series of Television Drawings which recorded live broadcasts of current events, garments fashioned to help women survive dystopic situations, and ‘computer error’ paintings which exposed gender biases in early computer code language.
• Lyles & King (New York), with a presentation of the iconic New York feminist artist and writer Mira Schor, including a selection of her largely unknown and unexhibited paintings on paper from the early 1980s.
• Weinstein Gallery (San Francisco), bringing a selection of rare paintings by little-known French Surrealist artist Jacqueline Lamba created following the artist’s separation from Andre Breton in 1942 and charting the trajectory of her oeuvre inspired by light, movement, and nature until 1980.
• For the full list of galleries, click here.