Miami Art Week 2026: What to See, Where to Look

Miami Art Week runs November 30 through December 6, 2026, and the city reorganizes itself around it in ways that still catch me off guard after all these years. The fairs are the obvious anchors — Art Basel Miami Beach at the Convention Center, SCOPE on the beach, Design Miami just outside, Art Miami and CONTEXT along Biscayne Bay. But the parts I find myself coming back to are the ones that happen between the fairs, in the neighborhoods, in the hotels, in the alleys.

Dolly and Oz Presents (715 Fifth St., Miami Beach) is bringing together eight emerging artists during Art Week — fashion and beauty photography from Lyall Aston, bold acrylic portraiture from Jeremy Turpin, sculptural masks by Anita Katz that turn family history into something you can hold. Founded in 2022, the gallery pairs strong work with programming that actually brings people together.

The Betsy Orb at 14th Place between Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue has had a permanent projection system installed this year, turning it into a year-round public digital art canvas. During Art Week it will be part of the City of Miami Beach's No Vacancy project, lit with a commissioned digital and acoustic piece through December 19.

On Lincoln Road, two public art installations are worth finding. "The Stories We Carry" by Nigerian-born artist Oluwatobi Adewumi — sculptural suitcases and suspended travel tags reflecting on migration, memory and identity — debuts in November. In December, Gillie and Marc bring "A Wild Race Against Time," 13 interactive sculptures of endangered animals you can actually climb on. Also on Lincoln Road: "Deco Portals," art deco-inspired sculptural portals from Moonlighter FabLab's workforce development program. All free.

Kush Wynwood (2003 N. Miami Ave.) just reopened in its historic 1926 home and is treating Art Week as an unofficial gallery — more than 25 pieces from 20 artists throughout the property, including a Walter Mercado mural by Lalone outside and an entrance corridor by Camilo Rojas featuring the names of 180 artists who helped build Wynwood. Pick up the newspaper-style guide at the door.

Keep an eye on KA$PER — a Miami kid from Hialeah who started fixing cars at a body shop and is now making work for Bad Bunny, Maluma and Ozuna. He built it all here. That is still the Miami story I find most interesting.

In Broward, MAD Arts in Dania Beach (481 S. Federal Highway) is presenting the U.S. premiere of BLUR, an internationally acclaimed XR theater experience running November 9 through January 4. Small groups move through the space alongside live actors and computer-generated visuals exploring cloning, de-extinction and what it means to want to overcome death. Tickets start at $49.99.