The Week at a Glance
Miami Art Week runs on two sides of the bay. The main fair and most of the big satellites are on Miami Beach; the Design District and Wynwood hold the galleries, museums and design showrooms on the mainland. The smart plan is to shop the neighborhood your fair is in, and save the cross-bay days for when you're not trying to make a preview.
Art Basel Miami Beach runs Friday, December 4 through Sunday, December 6, 2026, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive. Public hours are 11am to 6pm. The VIP Preview Days, by invitation only, are Wednesday, December 2 (from 4pm) and Thursday, December 3. This year's show has 272 exhibitors from more than 40 countries and territories on a single, reconfigured floor.
The satellites open earlier in the week. Untitled Art returns for its 15th Miami Beach edition at Ocean Drive and 12th Street, with a VIP and press preview on Tuesday, December 1, then public days Wednesday, December 2 through Sunday, December 6 (11am to 7pm, closing at 5pm on Sunday). NADA Miami, the 24th edition, runs December 1 to 5 at Ice Palace Studios. Design Miami's flagship edition runs December 1 to 6 in Miami Beach, under the theme "Unveiling," conceived by curatorial director Charlene Prempeh.
Lincoln Road: Steps From the Convention Center
Lincoln Road is the closest real shopping to the convention center, a car-free promenade a few blocks south. Start at TASCHEN (1117 Lincoln Rd), the art-book publisher's Miami store for oversized art, architecture, photography and design titles plus signed limited editions. It's open Monday to Saturday 11am to 7pm and Sunday noon to 5pm.
Oolite Arts (924 Lincoln Rd) is a nonprofit founded in 1984 with a free street-level exhibition space showing its resident Miami artists, open Wednesday to Sunday noon to 5pm. For editions at gentler prices, LUMAS (737 Lincoln Rd) sells hand-signed limited-edition photography and prints, framed to order. Romero Britto Fine Art Gallery (1102 Lincoln Rd) has been on the road since 1993 and stays open until 9pm daily. If the fair has you thinking about your own walls, CB2 (1661 Jefferson Ave) is just off the west end for modern furniture.
Collins Avenue and the Untitled Blocks
Untitled sits at Ocean Drive and 12th Street, which puts The Webster South Beach (1220 Collins Ave) a block away. Laure Heriard Dubreuil's multi-brand flagship fills a 1939 Art Deco hotel with designer womenswear, menswear and accessories. Two blocks south, the Official Art Deco Gift Shop (1001 Ocean Dr) in the Art Deco Welcome Center sells posters, books, prints, local art and vintage Miami Beach memorabilia, open daily 9am to 5pm.
Closer to the convention center, Kith Miami (1931 Collins Ave) is Kith's first permanent shop outside New York, with a Kith Treats bar inside. For a quick break, Puerto Sagua (700 Collins Ave) is an old-school Cuban diner for café con leche and Cuban sandwiches.
Design District: Museums, Galleries and Showrooms
The Design District is the mainland's best Art Week day. Two of its anchors are free: Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (61 NE 41st St) has a sculpture garden and galleries open Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm, with the museum shop open daily. The de la Cruz Collection (23 NE 41st St) shows Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz's contemporary collection across three floors, Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.
For buying art, Opera Gallery (151 NE 41st St, Suite 131) in Paradise Plaza shows modern and contemporary work by names like Picasso, Warhol and Botero. Dalé Zine Shop (50 NE 40th St) is an independent art bookshop and gallery publishing since 2009, with more than 85 in-house titles and zines by Miami and international artists. For design, Cassina (3901 NE 2nd Ave) shows new pieces alongside reissued Modern Movement icons by Le Corbusier and others; note that it's closed Sunday. At FoundRae (4012 NE 2nd Ave), inside The Moore building, look for the shell-motif Miami seal piece sold only at this store.
For dinner, Michael's Genuine (130 NE 40th St) has been the district's destination restaurant since 2007. Park in the Palm Court, Paradise Plaza or Museum garages rather than hunting for a meter.
Wynwood: Murals, Prints and Coffee
Wynwood is where to buy art you can carry. The Wynwood Walls Shop (2516 NW 2nd Ave) sells limited-edition prints, art books and collectibles by the artists on the walls, open daily 10:30am to 6:30pm. The Museum of Graffiti (276 NW 26th St) has a gift shop of prints and books; admission is $16. Glottman (2213 NW 2nd Ave) is the neighborhood's long-running design shop, with one-of-a-kind objects, lighting, books and work by local artists.
Fuel up at Panther Coffee (2390 NW 2nd Ave), the original 2011 roastery-café, or at Zak the Baker (295 NW 26th St), which opens at 7am but is closed Saturdays. Parking is metered through the PayByPhone app, and the lots fill fast on weekends.
Getting Around
On Miami Beach, use the city's free trolley. It runs daily from 8am to 11pm, about every 20 minutes. The South Beach Loop stops at 17th Street and Convention Center Drive (westbound, Loop B), on Lincoln Road at Washington, Meridian and Alton, and on Collins Avenue at 21st Street. Track it in real time on the Transit App, which the city pays for so riders get the premium features free.
At Art Basel, guided tours are booked through ArtNexus, whose desk and meeting point are in the North West Lobby on Level 2. Tour groups are capped at six people on VIP days and 12 on public days, and self-guided tour groups must register before the show. Tour purchases don't include admission, so buy tickets separately.
How to Split the Week
Do the mainland early. ICA Miami galleries open Wednesday through Sunday and the de la Cruz Collection Tuesday through Saturday, so Wednesday or Thursday works for a Design District afternoon. Save Friday through Sunday for Miami Beach, when Art Basel is open to the public and Lincoln Road and Collins are a short trolley ride away. On Sunday, remember that several furniture showrooms close and TASCHEN runs shorter hours.