An insider’s guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2022

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From the best exhibitions to the hottest parties, art curator and magazine editor Edith Vaisberg shares her list of unmissable events at the annual art fair 

Monday 28 November 2022  By Edith Vaisberg

Art Basel is back in Miami with a week-long line-up of the most exciting art exhibits and events of the year. As always, it’s easy to get lost in all the offerings, so we’ve enlisted Venezuelan curator, gallerist, collector, and Soho House member, Edith Vaisberg, to help us compile an insider’s guide to the shows and events worth attending this year. As the founder and editor of adhesivo magazine, Vaisberg has expanded the brand into adhesivo contemporary, curating shows in Mexico City, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris in the past year, and will have booth at NADA Art Fair this week at Basel.  

From a huge Porsche-hosted party with Rick Ross to a major retrospective at MOCA, here are Vaisberg’s curated picks for Art Basel Miami Beach 2022. 

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Monday 28 November

Opening: ‘Big Butch Energy’ by Nina Chanel Abney

Featuring large-scale installations and collage pieces, Abney explores the realities of intersectional identities – Black, queer, cisgender and trans – within the American realm of Greek collegiate life. A must-see.

Where: ICA Miami, 61 NE 41st Street

Time: 12pm - 6pm

Opening: Boil, Toil + Trouble

Curated by Abby Pucker and Zoe Lukov, this water-themed, mystical group show is a unique experience. It will present more than 30 contemporary artists, including the renowned Ana Mendieta, Marina Abramović, Bruce Nauman, and rising stars such as Astrid Terrazas, Bony Ramírez and Hiba Schahbaz.

Where: 39 NE 39th Street

Time: 6.30pm

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Tuesday 29 November

Event: A Surrealist Stay

Enjoy cocktails by the pool, along with the presentation of three artists at the newly opened luxury hotel, Mr C Miami in Coconut Grove. Don’t miss the ceramics of Mexican sensation Ramiro Gonzalez Luna, inspired by everyday objects and experiences, as well as Celeste’s striking textiles.

Where: Mr C Miami – Coconut Grove, 2989 McFarlane Road

Time: 6.30pm

Opening: Leandro Erlich: Liminal

This is a monumental show, as it marks the first monographic survey exhibition of Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich’s work in North America. It will present 16 works that span more than two decades of his production and will leave viewers with an intensified awareness of this inherent duality of daily life.

Where: Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), 1103 Biscayne Boulevard

Time: 11am to 6pm

Event: Porsche Presents: Art and Music

Porsche is celebrating a week full of installations at Basel with a blowout party at Soho Beach House Miami. What better way to get the festivities going than catching a performance by Mr. Miami himself, Rick Ross?

Where: Soho Beach House Miami, 4385 Collins Avenue

Time: 9pm to 4am

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Wednesday 30 November

Event: A Dive Bar Takeover Show

This is presented by one of Miami’s coolest curatorial collectives, Good To Know FYI. It features video and digital works in partnership with DAATA, as well as selected artworks by Kelly Breez, Jillian Mayer, Antonia Wright, and more.

Where: Beaches Bar, 4299 Collins Avenue

Time: 7pm to 11pm

An insider’s guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 | Soho House
An insider’s guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 | Soho House

Thursday 1 December

Opening: NADA art fair

The art world’s favourite fair, NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance), celebrates its 20th anniversary. Known for showing the most ground-breaking talents in the emerging scene and galleries from all around the world, you can help mark this milestone. Stop by the Adhesivo Contemporary booth, P.14, to see Devin Osorio’s most recent (and beautiful) paintings. There’s also a talk at 12pm with PAMM’s assistant curator Maritza Lacayo and Colombian collector Leon Amitai, where we’ll be discussing the importance of collecting and promoting Latin American art responsibly.

Where: Ice Palace Studios, Wynwood, 1400 N Miami Avenue

Time: 11am to 7pm

Collections: Open Studios at Bakehouse Art Complex

Check out one of the oldest artist-serving organisations in Miami, comprised of approximately 100 resident and associate artists.

Where: Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32nd Street

Time: 12pm to 5pm

Event: Art Talk: Cultured magazine with Chance the Rapper

Cultured magazine will be hosting Chance the Rapper for a conversation about art, capping off the artist’s eventful year in which he produced an interdisciplinary art piece at Art Basel Switzerland and worked on multimedia pieces with painters including Nikko Washington and Naïla Opiangah.

Where: Soho Beach House Miami, 4385 Collins Avenue

Time: 1.30pm to 2.30pm

Event: Vamos a la Playa: El Futuro Es Latinx with RIMOWA and Mexico Design Fair

Vamos a la Playa is bringing some of the most exciting Latinx artists together for a night of art and celebration. Santiago Rubino will showcase a custom digital art piece in collaboration with RTFKT, while DJ Berrakka provides the tunes. Avant-pop artist Helado Negro will then give a performance, before Ape Drums takes over for a late-night dance party.

Where: Soho Beach House Miami, 4385 Collins Avenue

Time: 9pm to 4am

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Friday 2 December

Collections: De La Cruz, Rubell, El Espacio 23, Margulies Collection

For a quick break from the fairs, visit some of Miami’s most important contemporary collections, open to the public all year round.

Where:

De La Cruz – 23 NE 41st Street (Design District)

Rubell – 1100 NW 23rd Street (Allapattah)

El Espacio 23 – 2270 NW 23rd Street (Allapattah)

Margulies Collection – 591 NW 27th Street (Wynwood)

Event: IYKYK: Art Week edition

Friday nights are for dancing, and there’s one can’t-miss line-up. Soho House New York Membership Manager, Austin Gebbia, is bringing his IYKYK party to Miami in collaboration with MATTE Projects and A Club Called Rhonda. Together, they’re bringing Goddalars and American Dance Ghosts to kick things off, before James Blake takes over for a special DJ set.

Where: Soho Beach House Miami, 4385 Collins Avenue

Time: 9pm to 4am

An insider’s guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 | Soho House
An insider’s guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 | Soho House

Saturday 3 December

Curator’s tour: Didier William: Nou Kite Tout Sa Dèyè


Join curator Erica Moiah James as she guides you in the largest retrospective of Didier William’s career. The show presents an in-depth look at the North Miami-raised artist’s career and memory in the very neighbourhood where he grew up.

Where: MOCA Miami, 770 NE 125th Street

Time: 11am