Hyperallergic: A No-Nonsense Guide to Miami Art Week

Antonia Wright in collaboration with Ruben Millares, Job Creation in a Bad Economy, 2010, Single channel video, 2 minutes, 8 seconds, Installation image at the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

By Valentina Di Liscia, December 3, 2024.

Here are the fairs, exhibitions, and events that should be on your radar, and a few words of traffic advice to keep you sane.

Miami Art Week is upon us, and to help you cut through the noise, here’s a tidy list of art fairs, exhibitions, and more, which I narrowed down from a mountain of press releases by excluding the search terms “yacht” and “crypto.”

But first, a traffic report.

It’s not looking good, folks. Ongoing roadwork around Biscayne Boulevard on the mainland is expected to cause slowdowns for cars leaving the beach on the MacArthur Causeway. Add in the usual congestion on Collins Avenue and Alton Road and commuters on I-195, and the vibe will be more bottleneck than poppin’ bottles.

Fortunately, there are many miles of bike lanes and a fair amount of bike parking. You can cycle from Downtown Miami to South Beach on the Venetian Causeway, for instance — just please ride carefully and wear a helmet. There’s also free water taxis across Biscayne Bay this week, with shuttle buses between the stop and the Miami Beach Convention Center where Art Basel is held (see a map of these services here). Even the Miami Beach Trolley (yes, that’s a thing) is working overtime this week, with an expanded schedule.

Worst case scenario, you’ll just be really late to everything, not unlike most of Miami the rest of the year. (I can say that because I’m from here.) Cójelo suave — take it easy — and lean into the chaos.

Performances and Programs

Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares, “Banned Pending Investigation”

Zilberman Gallery, 25 NE 39th Street, Miami, Florida
December 4, 7pm

In this public performance, Miami natives Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares examine the alarming rise of book bans in Florida, which had over 4,500 titles prohibited in the 2023–2024 school year alone. Local high school students will collaborate with the artists to build a wall of historically and presently banned books that they will then run through as a way of symbolically and physically dismantling this barrier. The performance is in dialogue with the gallery’s ongoing group exhibition Truth, Old Past, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud.