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Art Basel announces gallery lineup for its 18th edition in Miami Beach in December

• Global focus: 269 leading galleries from across the world to exhibit, with 20 galleries joining the fair for the first time

• Unique overview of galleries and artists from the United States and Latin America, highlighting the fair's importance within the region

• Expansion of the fair with a new sector, Meridians, dedicated to large-scale works

• Art Basel, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place from December 5 to December 8, 2019 at the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC)

Today Art Basel announced the 269 leading international galleries selected for its 2019 edition in Miami Beach this December. As the premier art fair of the Americas, more than half of the exhibitors have exhibition spaces in North and South America, providing a unique overview of the art scenes within the region. 12 galleries from the Americas are participating in the fair for the first time: Barro Arte Contemporáneo from Buenos Aires; Document, moniquemeloche, and Mariane Ibrahim Gallery from Chicago; M+B and Parker Gallery from Los Angeles; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Company Gallery and Karma from New York; Galería Agustina Ferreyra from Mexico City; Central Fine from Miami Beach; and Cooper Cole from Toronto.

Galleries

The main sector of the show features 203 of the world's leading galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawings, installation, photography, video, and digital works. As debuted at its Basel fair this past June, Art Basel is also applying a sliding-scale pricing model in Miami Beach this December and welcomes 13 influential galleries to the main sector for the first time: Ben Brown Fine Arts, Ceysson & Bénétière, Clearing, Hanart TZ Gallery, High Art, hunt kastner, Gaga, Karma, Maisterravalbuena, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, Revolver Galería, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, Société. In addition, seven galleries – Peter Blum Gallery, Luciana Brito Galeria, Taka Ishii Gallery, Catriona Jeffries, Galeria Leme, Roberts Project and Galleria Christian Stein – are returning to Galleries after a hiatus. For the full gallery list for Galleries, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/galleries.

Positions

Allowing curators, critics, collectors, and visitors to discover new talents from across the globe, galleries in Positions present one major project by a single emerging artist. This year, the sector features 14 solo booths, including six exhibitors who are participating in the show for the first time. Sector highlights include: 'Watch Before You Fall' by Manal AlDowayan at Sabrina Amrani, Colter Jacobsen's ‘Begin Being’ atCallicoon Fine Arts; Cooper Cole presenting sculptural work by Canadian artist Tau Lewis, and photographs by Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Document. For the full gallery list for Positions, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/positions.

Nova

Providing a platform for galleries to present new work by up to three artists, Nova this year features 25 exhibitors and is supported by MGM Resorts Art & Culture. Highlights include: a series of new painting by Miami-based Haitian artist Tomm El-Saieh at Central Fine, work by Mira Dancy and Jesse Darling at Chapter NY, an immersive installation by Raúl de Nieves and Cajsa von Zeipel at Company Gallery, a new series of paintings by Didier William at James Fuentes, a solo presentation by Paris-based multidisciplinary artist Neïl Beloufa at Ghebaly Gallery, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery's showcase of new and recent works by Amoako Boafo, and the debut of a new body of work by conceptual photographer Todd Gray at David Lewis. For the full gallery list for Nova, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/nova.

Survey

Featuring 16 focused presentations of work created before 2000, Survey introduces six new galleries to the Miami Beach edition, among them: 10 Chancery Lane Gallery from Hong Kong; acb from Budapest; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery from New York; and Galerie Mitterrand from Paris. Further highlights include Miriam Schapiro at Eric Firestone Gallery; Parker Gallery’s group exhibition of surreal ceramic sculptures by Bay Area artists, Jess (Collins) at Tibor de Nagy, Faith Ringgold at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, and Joseph Yoakum at Venus Over Manhattan. For further information, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/survey.

Edition

The sector presents 11 global leaders in the field of prints and editioned works: Cristea Roberts Gallery, Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L., Carolina Nitsch, Pace Prints, Paragon, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Susan Sheehan Gallery, STPI, Two Palms, and ULAE. For further information, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/edition.

Meridians

Curated by Magalí Arriola, Director of Museo Tamayo, the new sector will feature around 30 ambitious presentations pushing the boundaries of a traditional art fair layout. Meridians will be staged in the MBCC's new Grand Ballroom, directly connected to the exhibition halls. More details will be released in October.  

Further details on the project-based Kabinett sector, as well as the Conversations program, will be available in the coming months.

Museums Shows and Private Collections

Visitors to the Miami Beach show will have the opportunity to view South Florida’s leading museums and private collections, including the new Rubell Museum, a 100,000-squarefoot campus that will present exhibitions drawn from an unparalleled collection built over 54 years, and Espacio 23, a contemporary art space founded by collector and philanthropist Jorge M. Pérez, serving artists, curators, and the general public, with regular exhibitions, residencies and a variety of special projects drawn from the Pérez Collection. Both spaces will open in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood.

• The Bass
  ‘Haegue Yang: In the Cone of Uncertainty’
  ‘Lara Favaretto: Blind Spot’
  ‘Mickalene Thomas: Better Nights’
  
  
• de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space
  ‘From Day to Day’
  
  
• Espacio 23 / Jorge Pérez Collection
  ‘Time for Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’
  
  
• Frost Art Museum – Florida International University
  ‘Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989’
  
  
• The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami)
  ‘Sterling Ruby’; ‘Dan Flavin'
  'Carlos Sandoval de Leon'
  'Wong Ping'; 'Agustin Fernandez’
  
  
• NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
  ‘Happy!’
  ‘I Paint My Reality: Surrealism in Latin America’
  
  
• Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA)
  ‘Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen’
  ‘Alice Rahon: Poetic Invocations’
  
  
• Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
  'The Gift of Art'; ‘José Carlos Martinat: American Echo Chamber’
  'Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: Estás vendo coisas'
  ‘Zhao Gang: History Painting’
  'The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art'
  'What Carried Us Over: Gifts from Gordon W. Bailey'
  'Teresita Fernández: Elemental'
  'George Segal: Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael'
  
  
• Wolfsonian – Florida International University
  ‘A Universe of Things: Micky Wolfson Collects’
  ‘Deco: Luxury to Mass Market’
  ‘Cuban Caricature and Culture: The Art of Massaguer’
  ‘Caricaturas’
  
  
• Margulies Collection at the Warehouse
  'Can It Really Be 20 Years Already? Art in Our Times, Contemporary Masters, and Philanthropy'
  
  
• Rubell Museum
  ‘Unveiling the new Rubell Museum in Miami’