With an atrium filled with projects curated by Hi-Fructose Magazine, SCOPE Miami Beach 2018 welcomed thousands through its entrance, which was adorned with an often-photographed installation by HOTTEA. The artist was joined by OKUDA and AJ Fosik in the trio of installation work handpicked by this magazine. See photos of these fair features below, as well as Logan Hicks’s enormous painting in the fair’s Porsche Lounge. Read our Q&As with the atrium artists here, here, and here.
OKUDA’s centerpiece was a popular selfie backdrop throughout the fair.
Hicks’s massive painting, inspired by Monet.
Fosik’s totem-like sculptures were scattered across the site.
Elsewhere at the 18th edition of SCOPE, works from a range of mediums (with both artists that should be familiar to HF readers and new faces) came from 140 international exhibitors (with 25 countries and 60 cities represented, in total). Below, see some of these works.
Jamie Salmon
Erika Sanada
Superchief Gallery’s Devil’s Lounge served as a mid-fair refuge.
Alan Waring
Leon Keer
Ivan Alifan
Claes Gabriel
Tim Conlon
Redd Walitzki
Matt Gordon
Jason Borders
Returning for its fifth year, 
Okuda
The current art market in the Bay Area is precarious. Two of the City's three major art fairs disappeared last spring, galleries are getting evicted and artists are leaving due to unimpressive sales and rising rents. Curators from San Francisco and Oakland alike are racking their brains about how to appeal to the growing class of Twitterati. There is a disconnect between the Bay Area's influx of wealth and its art. Tucked away in suburban San Mateo, just south of SF, 
Hi-Fructose readers need no introduction to the plethora of artists and galleries that were featured in this year's installment of SCOPE Miami Beach. Known as the biggest worldwide professional show of modern art, 2015 marked the fair's 15th anniversary. Despite heavy rains and winds that led to water seeping into the fair's signature white tent, attendance was higher than ever- roughly 49,000 attended compared to last year's 45,000 attendees. Take a look at more of our highlights from SCOPE Miami Beach after the jump!