Picassos, Warhols, Basquiats, Miró, Giacomettis, Magrittes, Hirtts, Fontana, Koons and a long etcetera of the works of the best artists in the world have a must in December of each year in Miami in the most important art fair called “Art Basel Miami”.
Think of any work, the one you want, an artist, whoever you want, regardless of nationality, age, sex, if he is not alive or still living and will surely appear in a corner of Art Basel Miami.
Paintings of all sizes, sculptures over three meters high, video installations, murals, design, fashion, architecture, music; Art in its greatest expression and splendor hosts this fair.
Undoubtedly, those who have dared to affirm that Miami has become a world art capital they are not wrong, because just as Art Basel becomes the center of attention and attraction of the best of modern and contemporary art in the world at this time, they also reinforce the artistic circuit of Miami; its galleries, its museums, Wynwood, cultural centers, public and private spaces with a single purpose: to dress the city of Art.
A few years ago it would be easy to predict the economic movement of Miami in December; sun, beach, rumba, visit parks, shopping, cruises; It would never have been thought that art would take its toll and become one of the great drivers of the city’s economy at the end of the year.
Art Basel Miami mobilizes millionaires, collectors, galleries, artists, people of all kinds, With knowledge of art and without any knowledge, families, all of them attracted by what art has to offer in each version of the fair, which year after year takes greater relevance and attention in the world and significantly increases its attendees and reach.
Art Basel Miami turned eighteen this year, it is celebrated the first week of every December, it is an initiative that originates in Basel (Switzerland) whose founding event is Art Basel Switzerland created by Messe Basel.
Miami was chosen as the headquarters of Art Basel for being the bridge in the USA and Latin America, for there year after year to make an exclusive selection of the world’s leading galleries from Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, presenting works of art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
What you could not see of your favorite artists in any museum or gallery in the world around the year, will surely be in Miami in December at the next edition of Art Basel Miami.
