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One week in December when Miami becomes the art market capital of the Americas.
From 1 to 7 December, Art Basel Miami Beach takes over the Convention Center and pulls everything around it: Design Miami next door, NADA, Untitled on the sand at Ocean Drive and more than twenty satellite fairs across the city. In 2026 the fair brings 272 galleries and platforms from more than 40 countries, and Brazil arrives with seven galleries, the third-largest national presence.
What people talk about afterwards is not only the fair. It is the VIP days before the public, the private collections that open their doors, the gallery dinners, the beach parties and the tables that disappear weeks ahead. WAYFARER puts you in on the right days and arranges the city around them.
In numbers
One week, the whole city in art.
The access
In where the week happens.
Three levels of entry
The VIP card, by invitation, opens Wednesday and Thursday. Premium Connection gives the vernissage and the Collectors Lounge. A ticket covers the public days. Every proposal states in writing which one you hold.
Collections by appointment
Rubell Museum and the Margulies Collection, reopened in November, timed into the itinerary and, for those travelling as collectors, the Rubell’s reserve collection, away from the public galleries.
The nights
Gallery dinners, beach parties, Art Basel’s awards night and the Miami Beach house lists.
Brazil at the fair
Brazil is Art Basel’s third country.
Seven galleries from São Paulo, Rio and the South bring their artists to Miami Beach in 2026. For those who want to meet, talk or buy, WAYFARER introduces you to the gallerists, with a set time at the booth.
It is the most natural meeting of the week for anyone travelling from Brazil, and one no other trip to the fair offers.
- A Gentil CariocaRio de Janeiro and São Paulo
- Almeida & DaleSão Paulo
- Gomide&CoSão Paulo
- Mendes Wood DMSão Paulo, Brussels, New York and Paris
- Nara RoeslerSão Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and New York
- Raquel ArnaudSão Paulo
- Simões de AssisSão Paulo, Curitiba and Balneário Camboriú
What WAYFARER arranges
Three ways to live the week.
Four nights
The VIP days
Arrive before opening, the fair without rush on a Premium pass, the collections and two well-chosen nights.
Seven nights
The full week
Art Basel with Premium Connection and the Collectors Lounge, Design Miami, Untitled and NADA, with a driver, a boat, tables held and the parties.
Bespoke
For collectors
An art advisor every day, a VIP card through a gallery invitation where the relationship allows, introductions to gallerists and private dinners.
For those travelling along who skip the fair, a parallel programme: beach, spa and the Design District maisons. Hotel, access, transfers and reservations arranged by WAYFARER. Flights separate, at the best fares.
Where to stay
In Miami Beach, close to the fair.
- Faena Hotel Miami BeachAlan Faena’s golden theatre, with the Faena Forum and the week’s hardest parties.
- The SetaiThree towers on the ocean and the quietest courtyard in South Beach.
- Four Seasons at The Surf ClubThe 1930 Surfside club reworked by Richard Meier, with Le Sirenuse.
- The Miami Beach EDITIONThe Basement, ice rink and bowling, where many nights end.
- DelanoReopened in 2026, with the Rose Bar remade and the Delano Members Club, a few blocks from the fair.
- The Ritz-Carlton, South BeachArt Basel’s official hotel in 2026, on the ocean and minutes from the Convention Center.
- Soho Beach HouseThe members’ house on Collins, with Cecconi’s in the garden.
The map of the week
Fairs, collections and tables.
The fairs
Art Basel and around it
Art Basel Miami Beach
Design Miami
Untitled Art, on the beach
NADA Miami
and the satellite fairs
Collections and museums
Where the city collects
Rubell Museum
Superblue
Margulies Collection
ICA Miami
Pérez Art Museum
The tables
The week’s hardest
Carbone
Casa Tua
Gekkō
Cecconi’s at Soho Beach House
Joe’s Stone Crab
Beyond the fair
The whole city becomes a museum.
Outdoors
James Turrell
A new work by the artist, made with the Turrell Art Foundation and Pace, open to the public during the week. Best seen late in the afternoon, as the light shifts.
Collins Park
Between Tides
Public Art Fund brings ping-pong tables designed by artists such as Amalia Pica and SUPERFLEX to the park.
The museums
The week’s shows
Amalia Pica at The Bass, and exhibitions at PAMM, ICA Miami, the Lowe Art Museum and the Margulies Collection.
Day by day
How the week takes shape.
Monday 30
Arrival
Check-in in Miami Beach, the city still calm and the first table of the week.
Tuesday 1
The previews
Previews at Design Miami, Untitled, NADA and Art Miami, the first museum openings and the gallery dinners.
Wednesday 2
The first VIP day
Art Basel by invitation only. This is when the important works are reserved. Untitled and NADA already open to the public.
Thursday 3
Awards night
Breakfast at the Bakehouse open studios, the second VIP day and, in the evening, Art Basel Awards Night at the New World Center, where the year’s winners are named.
Friday 4
The open fair
The public at the Convention Center, lunch at the collections and the museum nights.
Saturday 5
The whole city
The Design District in the morning, the fair in the afternoon and James Turrell as the light falls.
Sunday 6
The fairs’ last day
A last walk through the Convention Center and the closing parties.
Monday 7
Home
Brunch, the last installation on the beach and an unhurried return.
The nights
Parties and after parties.
On the beach
Parties on the sand
Faena’s beach programme, the New York club tents at the Nautilus and brand dinners facing the ocean.
In the houses
The members’ addresses
Soho Beach House, the EDITION Basement and the gallery nights, where the list decides who gets in.
After two
The after parties
The parties that start when the others end, in private villas and the clubs of Wynwood and South Beach.
Exclusive experiences
What the ticket does not include.
Before opening
The fair with an advisor
A guided walk on the VIP days with a specialist who knows the galleries and what is worth seeing.
Collections inside
Private visits
Miami’s private collections opened by appointment, away from the queue, and the museums’ patron levels that bring previews and after-hours visits.
After closing
A night at Superblue
Superblue opened for your group alone, with dinner among the installations by James Turrell, Es Devlin and teamLab.
On the bay
By water
A boat across the bay between the Design District, PAMM and Miami Beach, clear of the causeway traffic, and a yacht on Biscayne Bay with lunch on board.
Further
The week does not have to fit in Miami Beach.
Saturday 5
Palm Beach by helicopter
A flight to West Palm Beach for the Norton Museum’s ArtBeat, its night of art and music, and back to Miami the same day.
Monday 7
A day in the Bahamas
A seaplane from Watson Island to Bimini or Harbour Island, to end the week on the sand rather than at the airport.
Design District
The maisons by appointment
A personal shopper opens Louis Vuitton, Dior and Hermès at a reserved time, with pieces set aside before you arrive.
The difference
What changes with WAYFARER.
The right days
The trip built around VIP, not the crowded weekend.
No traffic
A Miami Beach hotel, a driver and a boat to cross the bay only when it is worth it.
A table held
Carbone, Casa Tua, Gekkō: settled before you fly.
One contact
One person handling everything, from landing to the last dinner.
The trip, told
A photographer from the editorial team joins you for an afternoon or an evening, and the images are yours.
Brazil’s gallerists
Introductions to the Brazilian galleries at the fair, in Portuguese and at a set time.
Those travelling along
A parallel programme for whoever skips the fair: beach, spa and the Design District.
After the purchase
Shipping, insurance and paperwork for the work, coordinated with a specialist art shipper.
How it works
Three steps to a proposal.
You tell us the date, how many are travelling and what you would like to see.
We check real availability of access, hotel and table, and send the proposal in writing.
We adjust until it is right. Only then is there a booking and payment.
Frequently asked
Before you write.
Is access secured?
It depends on the date and on what you want. In the proposal we confirm in writing only what is already secured. When something still rests with third parties, we say so plainly rather than promise it.
What does it cost?
There is no price list, because each trip is built once. The figure depends on the access category, the stay and the number of guests. The proposal itemises everything, with no obligation.
Can I bring a group?
Yes. Groups change the logistics and sometimes open doors that do not exist for two people: a whole house, a private table, a boat. Tell us the number when you write.
What if I buy a work?
We coordinate shipping, insurance and paperwork for the work with a specialist art shipper, and follow the conversation with the gallery until the piece arrives. Freight, insurance and taxes are charged separately, case by case.
What if the date changes?
Event calendars change, and that is not ours to control. When they do, we rebuild whatever can be rebuilt and tell you at once what is refundable and what is not, according to each supplier’s rules.
Miami Art Week 2026
December in Miami, done right.
One week when Miami becomes the art market capital of the Americas. We arrange the rest.
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