Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB) returns this year from 5 to 7 December with 285 galleries, its organisers announced today (23 July). This year’s show will “foreground the most urgent artistic currents shaping the American scene today, with a particular focus on Latinx, Indigenous, and diasporic positions”, according to a press release.
The forthcoming edition will see the geographic diversity of Art Basel Miami Beach exhibitors expand, with 44 countries and territories represented. Meanwhile, more than two-thirds of participating galleries operate a space in the Americas.
A robust 41 galleries will make their fair debut. This is an increase from the past few editions: first-time exhibitor numbers since 2021 have ranged from around 20 to 30.
New participants at the fair hailing from New York will include David Peter Francis, Candice Madey, Margot Samel, Theta, Kate Werble Gallery and YveYang. Erin Cluley Gallery from Dallas will debut at this year’s fair, as well as Miami galleries Nina Johnson and Voloshyn Gallery, the first Ukrainian exhibitor at the Miami Beach fair.
“It’s incredibly exciting to welcome such a strong cohort of first-time exhibitors to Art Basel Miami Beach this year,” the fair’s director Bridget Finn told The Art Newspaper in a statement. Since its inception, ABMB has been committed to creating opportunities for galleries of all sizes, Finn adds. Finn herself previously worked as a gallerist at Reyes Finn in Detroit, before being named the new director of Art Basel Miami Beach in 2023.
“In recent years, we’ve thought deeply about how to lower barriers to participation—from introducing a sliding-scale pricing model to expanding eligibility criteria,” Finn said in a statement. “The addition of smaller, more accessibly priced booth formats has been a key part of this approach, and it’s been wonderful to see how it has encouraged highly ambitious small and mid-sized galleries to take part in the main sector of the fair, where they can showcase the full breadth of their programmes.”
The fair will also welcome the return of familiar mega-galleries, including Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Pace Gallery and White Cube.
More than 50 exhibitors taking part in Art Basel Miami Beach also operate spaces across California, including David Kordansky Gallery, Roberts Projects, Vielmetter Los Angeles and Regen Projects. Participating galleries with locations in the Miami and South Florida area include Central Fine, Piero Atchugarry, David Castillo, Gavlak, Fredric Snitzer and Acquavella Galleries.
There are some notable names missing from this year’s exhibitors. Galleries that had stands at the 2024 fair but appear to not be returning include New York’s Clearing, Greene Naftali, DC Moore Gallery and Company Gallery, as well as Various Small Fires from Los Angeles.
From London, Pilar Corrias, Sadie Coles HQ and Waddington Custot are also absent from the 2025 exhibitor list after taking part last year. Galleria Christian Stein from Milan, Meyer Riegger, Galerie Buchholz, Tanya Leighton and Galerie Nagel Draxler from Germany and Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder from Vienna are also not listed as participants this year.
Global sales of art and antiques fell for a second year in 2024, by 12% to an estimated $57.5bn, according to the most recent Art Basel/UBS Art Market Report released in April. Dealers reported that while art fair sales increased slightly compared to 2023, transactions made at live events still haven’t reached parity with pre-pandemic times.
Another first at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach is the reveal of the gold-medalists as part of the Art Basel Awards, scheduled to take place during a ceremony on 4 December.
