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With sauntering style and year-round sunshine, Miami turns the good life into an art form — the whole city’s
an open-air gallery of cool, from South Beach sidewalks to the beaches of Key Biscayne. It’s no surprise that the
colorful metropolis is a magnet for the creative elite, too, and in recent years, Miami’s earned a long-deserved title
as a global capital of art.
Towering murals in the renowned Wynwood neighborhood draw graffiti and street artists from around the world,
and private galleries aim to match the buzz with their own collections of cutting-edge work. But the biggest paint
splash remains the annual Art Basel — North America’s biggest contemporary art fair — which, since 2002, has
made headlines with record-setting sales, bold installations, and auctions with celebrity glitz.
Miami’s art scene is rapidly growing, too. In December 2019, a pair of scene-shaping collections — the Rubell
Museum and El Espacio 23 — moved to the working-class Allapattah neighborhood, signaling that art is still a
dynamic force in the city’s future. Here’s where to dip your toes, or fully immerse, into the Miami art scene:
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