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C O U R T E S Y O F M A D I S O N VO E L K E L / B FA ; R I G O R A M I R E Z A N D F E L I X A R T FA I R Miami Art Basel Miami Beach, December 3–8, 2024 When Art Basel Miami Beach's inaugural edition was held in 2002, the fair directors couldn't have known the behemoth that they were about to unleash on the beach. After more than 22 years, the event has become a world-renowned destination, with at least 20 other satellite fairs orbiting around it (including NADA, Scope, Untitled Art, Design Miami)—in addition to multiple collateral events across the city. In short, there is something for everyone and anyone remotely curious about art. Calida Rawles at Pérez Art Museum Miami, through February 2, 2025 The bayfront siting of PAMM makes it a perfect place to encounter the watery works of Los Angeles–based artist Calida Rawles; her large-scale, hyperrealist figurative paintings explore the nuances of Black Americans' relationship with water, from the Atlantic slave trade to transcendence. Usually the characters in Rawles paintings are depicted in some level of submersion. This gives them a weightless, almost balletic quality. It seems that Rawles choreographs as much as she paints. Reynaldo Rivera at Nina Johnson, January 16–March 1, 2025 This spring, Los Angeles–based photographer Reynaldo Rivera got his first mid-career survey at With this month kicking off the winter art season in Miami, we're excited for all that's to come in 2025. Here, we've curated a cultural map of the best places to start your next year of art, in a few major US cities—from the most exciting exhibitions to the essential fair stops— and a few don't-miss shows closing soon. BY KAT HERRIMAN art circuit New York's MoMA PS1. Following hot on the heels of this institutional milestone, Rivera makes his Miami debut at Nina Johnson gallery, with an exhibition that zooms in on one of the artist's most formative muses, Mrs. Alex. Renowned throughout Mexico, Mrs. Alex was a dancer and performer whom Rivera met in the clubs of LA back in the 1980s, when he was both frequenting and documenting that scene. Singular in her beauty, Mrs. Alex also operates as a visual Felix Art Fair takes over The Hollywood Roosevelt with an international roster of galleries exhibiting throughout its rooms. The 2024 edition of NADA brings together more than 150 galleries at Miami's Ice Palace Studios. synecdoche for the gentle way that Rivera treats his subjects: always trying to catch them in their best light. San Francisco Julie Buffalohead at Jessica Silverman, January 9–February 22, 2025 Ever since "Noble Coyotes," Julie Buffalohead's 2022 debut at Jessica Silverman's gallery, the San Franciscan stalwart has been slowly introducing the Indigenous artist's work around the country. And while there are ancestral references and symbols held inside Buffalohead's work, there are also universal ones that don't require a familiarity with Native cultures to access. The stories Buffalohead tells are engrossing, and remind us in their lyrical nature of the work of fellow artist Kiki Smith. "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" at SFMOMA, through March 9, 2025 The portraits of New York–based artist Amy Sherald first came into the American consciousness with her iconic depictions of former First Lady Michelle Obama for the official presidential portrait. Then it was Sherald's heroic depiction of Breonna Taylor that became synonymous with a movement. This January, these paintings join 38 others from Sherald's archive to form the first mid-career survey of the internationally recognized artist. Debuting first at SFMOMA and then traveling to the BALHAR B O U RSH O P S .CO M

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