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50 Hours in Miami

A mid-December tour of Design.Miami, Art Basel, the New Art Dealers Alliance fair, and the ICA Miami opening revealed a steady flow of visitors, plenty of eager buyers, and an ostensible return to form for the city’s biggest annual art fair.

Design.Miami
Design.Miami’s own leader, Jen Roberts, was too absorbed in conversations for me to get anywhere near her. But I would have told her that their reconfigured fair was impressive, and as V.I.P. guests started to trickle in, I was able to case some of the booths. Photo: Courtesy of Design.Miami
Marion Maneker
December 5, 2025

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It was 32 degrees when I left the house early on Tuesday to catch my 6 a.m. flight to Miami. I had intended to wear clothes suitable to the humidity, but chickened out at the last minute. After all, what’s an extra sweater when you only packed for two days? And I didn’t regret the choice, even when I found myself changing in a Fort Lauderdale airport bathroom before jumping in a car bound for Design.Miami to catch their 10 a.m. press preview, which a brief delay at LaGuardia caused me to miss by half an hour.