Whitewaller Miami is thrilled to present its 2025 edition—your Ultimate Guide to Miami Art Week—with the incredible Sarah Arison returning as our Guest Editor. Download your copy HERE.
Thank you for joining us for Whitewall’s Miami Art Week edition. As this year’s guest editor and someone who lives and breathes the art rhythms of Miami, I’m so excited to highlight a few exhibitions, fairs, and events that are on my radar. In this special edition, we did the legwork for you, highlighting some of the best offerings during this fast and furious, art-filled week.
YoungArts Spotlight
Andres Gimenez, Still of “Impotent Desert,” 2024, short film, courtesy of the artist and YoungArts.
A visit to Miami during Art Basel isn’t complete without a stop at YoungArts, an organization very close to my heart. YoungArts is dedicated to supporting artists and their creative capacity for life. With its finger always on the pulse, YoungArts showcases who’s next and who to pay attention to. This year, see works from artists-in-residence Andres Gimenez, Nadege Green, Qadir Parris, and Nadia Wolff, a cohort of YoungArts winners from 2003 through 2022, and a vivid testament to YoungArts’ commitment to nurturing creativity at every stage of an artist’s journey.
Sarah Arison on Supporting Local Galleries
Katie Stout, “Griselda,” 2023, Glazed and lustered ceramic, 21 x 17 x 22 inches; courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson Gallery.
Getting off the beaten path to support local galleries is always worthwhile. Nina Johnson is a gem of a gallery Little Haiti, this year presenting Miami-based artist Dara Friedman’s euphoric film works. In the Allapattah neighborhood, you can check out Susan Kim Alverez’s show at KDR and works by Zoë Buckman at Mindy Solomon Gallery. And in the Design District, new paintings by Studio Lenca are on view at David Castillo Gallery.
Must-See Institutional Highlights
Andre Sakhai with Jadé Fadojutimi’s “A point to pointlessness,” 2019 at ICA Miami; Courtesy of Spicy Hospitality Group.
World-class Miami arts institutions like Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Miami are not to be missed. You’ll leave inspired and feeling more connected to place, to art, and the stories they tell. PAMM will debut Woody de Othello’s first solo exhibition in Miami, coming forth by day, as an artful homecoming for this Miami-born artist. Othello’s investigation of his ancestral Haitian roots through his ceramic and sculptural works bears witness to histories and evokes emotional and spiritual terrains as a bridge between the material and the metaphysical.
Richard Hunt at ICA Miami
“Richard Hunt: Metamorphosis – A Retrospective,” White Cube Bermondsey, 25 April – 29 June 2025. © 2025. The Richard Hunt Trust / ARS, NY and DACS, London. Photo © White Cube (Ollie Hammick).
For a show steeped in power, history, form, and justice, head over to ICA Miami for the first posthumous survey of sculptor Richard Hunt to see works that haven’t been seen in over five decades since his landmark 1971 survey at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Hunt’s works draw upon the natural world, classical mythology, and the artist’s cultural heritage and often allude to the social inequities of the civil rights movement and themes of social justice.
Pro Tips for the Week from Sarah Arison
Courtesy of The Standard Spa, Miami Beach.
Pro tips: When you hit the fairs, map out a path to hit your favorite galleries, but leave wiggle room for meandering and discovery. Soaking in the sun by the ocean or taking a stroll on the beach walk are easy ways to reset your senses and spirit to get the most out of your art-filled week. And if you see me, please do come and say hello!
Sarah Arison
Arison Arts Foundation
