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A music and dance collective has grown beyond day parties into a full-fledged cultural community — bringing its unfettered energy to Miami Art Week each year.

A new 3-day art activation during Soul Basel in Overtown seeks to highlight similarities and connection between human migration — and animal displacement through an array of murals.

“No Vacancy,” an annual art exhibition taking over around a dozen hotels and resorts across Miami Beach, returns to Art Basel this year with a new crop of South Florida artists.

The annual global art fair in Miami featured a heady mélange of artists, gallerists, A-list celebrities, luxury brands and Mad Libs-esque collaborations among many of them.

The South Florida Coalition for Palestine, joined by South Florida artists, led a rally at the Miami Beach Convention Center during Art Basel Miami Beach on Friday to demand a permanent ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. And an end to millions of dollars in Israeli bonds purchased by Miami-Dade County.

Collectors can donate to charity while they bid on art.

Miami’s arts community has seen a wave of notable retirements and depart in recent years, making way for a new crop of arts leaders to emerge. For some, this upcoming arts season is their first.

Bridget Finn, a gallerist and curator, will assume the role in September based in New York City. She is Art Basel Miami Beach’s first director since Noah Horowitz left the role in 2021.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of artist Maurizio Cattelan and his viral banana, ending the years-long legal battle that had the judge questioning the meaning of art.

Miami Herald art reporter Amanda Rosa told the South Florida Roundup that Miami Art Week at 20 is bigger than ever and less NFT-obsessed, with artists tackling themes of "light and dark".

As art aficionados flock around Miami-Dade during the week, curators and artists who live in our backyard say: Don’t miss the heart and soul of African-American fine art in Overtown, Miami’s historic Black neighborhood.

Three years ago, the city of Miami Beach did something that many people who attend Art Basel do: It became a collector of art exhibited at the giant show.