In this installment, we focus on the big one. As daunting and seemingly endless as Art Basel Miami Beach can seem, the the 500,000 square-feet of exhibition space yields opportunities to see both worthy emerging and trusted talent alongside the other. The sampling size is quite massive: more than 4,000 artists and more than 200 galleries represented.
Jordan Wolfson
Koichi Enomoto
Chloe Wise
The veteran artists to appear in the fair include Kehinde Wiley, who was recently commissioned to paint the official portrait for President Barack Obama. (Pieces by Amy Sherald also appear in the neighboring Untitled. But more on that show tomorrow.) Meanwhile, Mary Boone Gallery’s inclusion of a recent Peter Saul piece: “President Trump Becomes a Wonder Woman, Unifies the Country and Fights Rocket Man.” And speaking of pieces that stirred passers-by: Paul McCarthy’s “White Snow Dwarf, Bashful” regularly gathers crowds.
Paul McCarthy
Some of the more provocative work continued the conversation around the tension between technology and the traditional, as in the case of Damian Ortega’s enormous, circuit board rug. Elsewhere, Tony Tasset’s melted snowman sculpture adds humor, while Chloe Wise’s oil paintings absorb at Almine Rech Gallery’s section.
Damian Ortega
See more sights from the fair below. And check out the first installment from our diary here.
Andrea Bowers
Paulina Olowska
Firelei Baez
Miami Art Week is back in full force for another year, with 267 galleries and thousands of artists from all over the world descending upon the city's shores. The fair that started it all is 
One of the largest fairs of Miami Art Week, 
One of the first fairs to open during Miami Art Week, 
Interesni Kazki detail While the collectors were busy at the fairs during Miami Art Week, street artists descended upon the Wynwood neighborhood to add new murals to the urban landscape, with thousands of eager tourists with cameras at the ready following not far behind. While many murals from past years have been preserved, we spotted new additions by the likes of Interesni Kazki, Nychos (who painted five separate walls), Faith47, Alexis Diaz, Swoon, Cleon Peterson, and many others. Colorful new pieces spilled out of the designated