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Miami Art Week 2018

As Art Basel Miami Beach opens its doors, we look at the fairs, people and trends shaping the art market in the Americas

Miami’s ICA showcases Judy Chicago’s flamboyant feminist visions

An intriguing show traces a journey from youthful minimalism to vivid celebrations of women’s potential

Raw power meets fierce intelligence in Purvis Young’s Miami retrospective

The homeless painter’s penetrating works depict slaves, prisoners and protesters

Voluptuous benches, soft-toy chairs and Jean Cocteau plates at Design Miami

This year’s event finds an increasing acceptance among collectors of new work that falls between furniture and art

Sarah Morris’s work for Art Basel Miami Beach is sleek, graphic and uncompromising

Fascinated by power and capital, the New York-based artist produces work that resists easy interpretation

Blue-chip artists retain evergreen appeal at Art Basel Miami Beach

Big names are still a safe bet for galleries at fairs, but embracing new markets might prove a canny move

Manuel Solano’s inner demons at the ICA Miami

The Mexican artist presents their most personal exhibition to date

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Why Cuba’s artists are protesting

As Cuban art goes on show in Miami, artists back home are being jailed after protesting a draconian new law

The Haas Brothers at the Bass Museum, Miami — furry beasts, pink tinsel and velveteen cacti

Known for creating seven-foot bronze penises, the artist-designer duo’s recent work is less about sex and more about the natural world

Will Jeff Koons fare better in Miami?

Plus: Medieval forgeries for show; Pace steps up in New York; momentum builds at fee-free auction business

Tomás Saraceno on capitalism, meditation and spiders

The Argentine artist is undertaking an ambitious commission for Miami Beach

Art collector J Tomilson Hill: ‘It’s about what I like’

The financier on creating a new public foundation that reflects a very personal passion

Abraham Cruzvillegas on making art out of trash

‘Autorreconstrucción’, the artist’s installation in Miami, is Art Basel’s first free public exhibition

Outliers and American Vanguard Art at LACMA

An exhibition of ‘outsider art’ raises questions about how museums shape the canon

Prison art: ‘I never thought so many people would read my words’

A Florida exhibition of letters, poetry and drawings by inmates aims to shed light on the realities of mass incarceration

Art fair eco-system in flux

Art Basel is at the centre of changes to the fair landscape, with concerns over smaller galleries and regional events

Paula Cooper on 50 years in the New York art world

She now co-represents the estate of renowned German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher

A fight to remember: the visual arts in Peru

All over the country, artists are making powerful work about the impact of decades of violence and isolation

How contemporary art embraced ceramics

Previously seen as a lowly ‘craft’, the medium has been embraced by commercial galleries and experimental artists alike

Feliciano Centurión’s textile works

The Paraguay-born artist’s work will be shown in depth at a major fair for the first time

Miami Art Week’s satellite fairs