This annual gathering transforms the city into a cultural hub, showcasing innovative works across galleries, public spaces, and satellite fairs like NADA, Design Miami, and Untitled. Emerging and established artists converge to exhibit paintings, sculptures, and digital creations.
Miami Art Week 2024: A Global Celebration of Creativity
Miami Art Week 2024 promises to be a vibrant celebration of contemporary art, drawing global attention with its array of prestigious events, including Art Basel Miami Beach.
Jeffrey Deitch Presents “Austin Lee: Psychomachia”
Austin Lee delves into human psychology and emotions through a fusion of digital and traditional art techniques, producing vibrant paintings, sculptures, and videos. In this exhibition, he examines the hyperreality of the digital era, employing 3D and virtual reality software to create pieces later translated onto canvas or crafted from materials such as resin and bronze. Inspired by his visit to Italy’s Giotto Chapel and the allegorical themes of Prudentius’s Psychomachia, Lee’s works reflect on virtues, vices, and fundamental human emotions.
Location: 35 NE 40 St, Miami, FL 33137
Dates: December 2-8
THE OPEN INVITATIONAL
THE OPEN INVITATIONAL is a groundbreaking fair dedicated to progressive art studios that feature works by artists with physical and mental disabilities. Its mission is to advance the careers of these artists while dismantling outdated hierarchies in the contemporary art world. Guided by openness as its core principle, the fair aims to raise public awareness of progressive art studios and promote unique and compelling artwork to collectors and institutions. THE OPEN INVITATIONAL was founded by gallerist David Fierman and arts patron Ross McCalla.
Location: 140 NE 39th St, 3rd Floor, Miami, FL 33137
Dates: December 2-8, 12PM – 7PM
Saatchi Yates Presents Slawn
Following his successful debut solo exhibition at Saatchi Yates in London, Olaolu Slawn will showcase a new body of work in Miami’s Design District during Art Basel 2024. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Slawn is renowned for blending street art with Abstract Expressionist styles. His work, rooted in Yoruba heritage and contemporary societal themes, addresses complex issues such as politics, race, and identity. Slawn’s artistic journey began in Lagos at Wafflesncream, Nigeria’s pioneering skate shop, where he co-founded the apparel brand Motherlan. His transition to painting came during London’s 2020 lockdown.
Location: 70 NE 40th St, Miami, FL 33137
Dates: November 26 – December 10, 11am-6pm
Mario Ayala: “Mucho Mucho Amor (Bumper Sticker)”
Los Angeles-based artist Mario Ayala creates hyperrealistic paintings that mimic everyday formats like food trucks, towing signs, and bumper stickers. For this public art project, Ayala expanded a painting featuring a portrait of the late Puerto Rican astrologer and TV icon Walter Mercado. Depicted with a radiant aura from another realm, Mercado symbolizes calm amid chaos, aptly anticipating the annual traffic congestion during Miami Art Week.
Location: NE 2nd Ave. & NE 40th St, Miami, FL 33137
Jill Mulleady: “Pesca a la Encendida”
Uruguayan-born, Paris-based artist Jill Mulleady collaborated with ICA Miami and the Miami Design District to produce a large-scale billboard visible along the busy I-95 highway. The piece reproduces her 2024 painting Pesca a la Encendida (Dazzled Fishing), showcased at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis—a Roman church historically serving port workers. The painting’s multicolored skies, mirrored on the turbulent ocean surface, contrast with the bright flame used by the fisherman to lure fish. The scene evokes Mulleady’s fishing activities in Uruguay while breathing secular life into the historic site.
Location: 3704 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137 (South Facade)
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