Miami’s biggest week for art takes place just before the city hosts world leaders. Art Basel Miami Beach runs December 4 to 6, 2026, with invitation-only preview days on December 2 and 3. The G20 Leaders’ Summit follows in Miami on December 14 and 15, with the final G20 sherpa meeting in the city from December 10 to 12.
For delegates, press and executives arriving early, the overlap means busy hotels and venues in the first week of December, and a full program of exhibitions that remain open after the fairs close.
A smaller, more focused Art Basel
Art Basel says this year’s Miami Beach edition will bring together 272 exhibitors from more than 40 countries and territories at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The fair is reconfiguring its showfloor: it will occupy about 12 percent less space, its main Galleries sector will have about 10 percent fewer exhibitors, and the layout will be organized around four hospitality plazas instead of five.
More than 30 galleries are taking part for the first time. Five countries will be represented for the first time: The Bahamas, Estonia, Georgia, Ghana and Hungary. Art Basel says more than two-thirds of the galleries operate spaces in the Americas.
Zero 10, Art Basel’s program for art of the digital era, returns with a presentation titled Generation, bringing together 19 projects. The Art Basel Awards Night takes place on December 3 at the New World Center in Miami Beach. Art Basel’s Conversations program will include a full day on the relationship between art and sport.
Design Miami and the city’s museums
Design Miami, the collectible design fair, holds its 22nd edition next to the convention center, at Convention Center Drive and 19th Street. Its preview day is December 1, and public show days run from December 2 to 6. This year’s curatorial theme, chosen by curatorial director Charlene Prempeh, is Unveiling.
Across the city, Art Basel lists exhibitions at major institutions during the week. Pérez Art Museum Miami will present Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen and Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami will open exhibitions devoted to Carroll Dunham and Diego Singh, and The Bass will show work by Yuko Mohri and Amalia Pica. In Collins Park, Public Art Fund will install Between Tides, six artist-designed ping-pong tables that visitors can play on.
Planning a visit
Art Basel’s public days are Friday to Sunday, December 4 to 6, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with access by ticket or invitation. Design Miami’s public days run until 7 p.m. from Wednesday to Saturday and until 6 p.m. on Sunday, December 6. Both fairs sell tickets through their official websites.
