Attendance Boost Fuels Sold-Out Booths and Museum Acquisitions at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025
Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 Solidifies Its Place as Miami Art Week’s Premier Destination with Exceptional Sales, New Prizes, and Strong Institutional Engagement
Miami Beach, FL, December 10, 2025—The 14th edition of Untitled Art, Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 7, 2025, with record attendance, stellar sales, and expanded partnerships, emphasizing the fair’s position as the leading fair for discovery during Miami Art Week. Throughout the week, top collectors and leading institutions engaged with established, underrecognized, and emerging artists from around the world, contributing to sold-out booths and dozens of high-profile museum acquisitions, underscoring market resilience and confidence for quality and innovation from artists and galleries alike.
“The fair’s commitment to fostering new talent and introducing fresh voices to the art-world mainstream is on full display this year, both in the Nest sector of the fair (which offers subsidized booths to emerging galleries) and throughout its airy tent. Untitled was abuzz with patrons during Tuesday’s preview, with institutional figures like the mega-collectors Don and Mera Rubell, and the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist on hand,” wrote The Art Newspaper, while ARTnews opined, “Untitled Art provided the more international, concept-forward energy.” Artsy observed, “Untitled Art is now a key plank in Miami Art Week’s packed slate of openings and events.”
“This is our fourth time at Untitled Art… and it never disappoints,” said Amanda Coulson of TERN. “Despite market jitters, the energy was palpable daily—we re-hung the booth twice in the first three days.” Carl Freedman Gallery’s Mine Yanyali captured the collector pulse: “The energy was as ecstatic as always… works by Laura Footes, Billy Childish, and Vanessa Raw have been placed in esteemed collections.” Jennifer Carvalho, founder of CARVALHO, shared: “From the earliest moments of the fair, enthusiasm moved immediately into action. The atmosphere felt charged with a current that held steady throughout the entire week, a rarity for most fairs. Nearly all works by our four featured female artists were placed in the opening hours of the VIP Preview, many with collectors new to the gallery.” This desire to seek out top work from emerging and established artists and dealers set the tone for the week.
Long-time arts patron Mera Rubell underscored her support of the fair, saying, “My family appreciates the thrill of experiencing the very dynamic art we always discover at Untitled Art.” Art Director of Jorge Pérez’s Related Group and El Espacio 23 Patricia Hanna distilled the fair’s global magnetism: “The fair exemplifies Miami’s place in the global contemporary art scene… bringing together projects from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and beyond.”
Guided by Founder Jeffrey Lawson and Clara Andrade Pereira, this year introduced an expanded curatorial framework led by guest curators Allison Glenn, Petra Cortright, and Jonny Tanna, presenting an ambitious program of Special Projects, a reimagined Nest sector, a new Artist Spotlight section dedicated to solo presentations, new Non-Profit initiatives, and a robust lineup of programming initiatives on and off site, including performances and panel discussions as part of the Untitled Art Podcast.
“The 2025 edition of Untitled Art, Miami Beach reflects how we’re evolving as a fair,” said Clara Andrade Pereira, Executive Director of Untitled Art. “As we expand into new markets and reinforce our position in Miami Beach, we are positioning ourselves as an art fair that drives innovation, providing a robust marketplace for galleries, collectors, and art professionals to transact and network, while responding to changes in the art world and advancing the contemporary art landscape.”
Sales
– Sold-out booths included Miro Presents, CARVALHO, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, SGR Galería, HAIR+NAILS, Stems Gallery, Vigo, Rajiv Menon Contemporary, LBF Contemporary, Cierra Britton Gallery, Bolanle Contemporary, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Wishbone, Wilder Gallery, Anna Erickson Presents, with multiple others reported nearly sold-out booths, many within the first hours of the fair opening.
– Six-figure highlights: high booth totals included Galerie Forsblom ($187,000), MARC STRAUS (over $500,000), Carl Freedman Gallery ($178,000), HEXTON Gallery ($155,000), Danziger Gallery ($120,000), PIERMARQ* ($210,000), Sundaram Tagore Gallery (over $200,000), and WIZARD GALLERY ($144,000).
– The mid-market—$20,000–$80,000—was no less charged: steady museum and foundation buys from Yancey Richardson, Neon Parc, JECZA, CURRO, Hollis Taggart Downtown, Fridman Gallery, Adrian Sutton Gallery, Yiwei Gallery, Marshall Gallery, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Heft, ORA, and SAENGER Galería, which placed all twelve Sebastián Hidalgo works at $50,000 each.
– Meanwhile, the Walker Art Center and AMOCA Wales made headline buys, joining a run of placements into U.S. and international museum collections and private foundations, including Jorge M. Pérez Collection / El Espacio 23. For many galleries, these were first-time institutional relationships forged directly on the sand—a signature of Untitled Art’s ability to match emerging practices with serious institutional interest.
Advisor-Driven Demand
The fair also introduced a new strategic partnership with The Agency Art House, led by Mauricio Umansky and Arushi Kapoor. This advisor-led walkthrough program helped guide emerging and established collectors through the fair, offering insights into key presentations, market dynamics, and acquisition strategies. Acquisitions ranged from accessible works in the four-figures to significant six-figure sales, reflecting a dynamic and diverse collecting landscape. The partnership resulted in over $500,000 in sales, placing works with both new and long-standing collectors.
Attendance and Collectors
The 2025 edition attracted a distinguished group of collectors, museum directors, and institutional representatives from across the United States and internationally.
– Before opening the doors to the VIP and Press Preview, Untitled Art was honored to welcome the Mayor of Miami Beach, Steven Meiner, along with John Copeland, Director, Arts & Culture Tourism of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, for opening remarks and reflections on the significance of the fair to the city during Miami Art Week.
– Throughout the week, influential patrons of the arts in attendance included Mera, Don, and Jason Rubell, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Jorge and Darlene Pérez, Susan and Michael Hort, Reggie and Leigh Smith, Sheryl Adkins-Green, Yvonne Force Villareal, Hassan Smith, Conrad Woody, Daphna and Ariel Bentata, John Marquez, and Dennis Scholl.
– Institutional presence remained strong throughout the fair, with leading curatorial figures in attendance such as Mary Ceruti (Walker Arts Center); Aaron Cezar (Delfina Foundation); Kim Conaty (The Whitney Museum of American Art); Silvia Karman Cubiñá (Bass Museum); José Carlos Diaz (Pérez Art Museum); Vivian Li (Dallas Museum of Art); Brooke Minto (The Columbus Museum of Art); Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Galleries); and Jeffrey Uslip (Curator, United States Pavilion, 61st International Art Exhibition 2026 La Biennale di Venezia) in addition to tours and visits from directors and curators from many other leading institutions, underscoring the fair’s continued role as a vital platform for global and regional art communities.
– As part of initiatives to help support and nurture a new wave of collectors, the fair held a Young Collectors Day, extending further visibility to collecting practices by emerging artists and galleries. Notable collectors in attendance throughout the week included Tiffany Zabludowicz, Chloe Berkowitz, Kyle De Woody, Terrell Estime, Danielle Falls, Elizabeth Margulies, and Ellie Hayworth.
Curated Sectors with Market Gravity
Guest-curated by Allison Glenn, the Special Projects sector welcomed eighteen site-specific installations and ambitious projects across the fair and throughout the city, exploring water as metaphor and material. Artists included Tiff Massey, Leonel Vásquez, Cameron Harvey, and Celeste, alongside Cristina Molina and Kite (Oglála Lakȟóta), activating the fair’s beachfront and the city beyond, with several large-scale digital installations on view through Orange Barrel Media’s IKE Smart City Platform and its network of digital kiosks across Miami’s mainland. “The excitement of presenting institutional-quality installations in a light-filled tent on the beach was an opportunity to think expansively about the impact of curated artist presentations in the temporal space of an art fair,” says Glenn.
The reimagined Nest sector, guest-curated by Jonny Tanna of Harlesden High Street, demonstrated Untitled Art’s continued commitment to collaboration by elevating emerging artistic voices and encouraging experimental approaches. “Speaking as a staunch fair enthusiast, I can say without any bias that Untitled Art by far has the most consistent balance of quality, comfort, and selling power across the fair landscape in Miami,” says Tanna. “This was a wonderful experience, and all of my exhibitors are happy to return next year to Nest if they are re-invited.”
The debut Artist Spotlight sector, curated by Petra Cortright, offered focused solo presentations that brought visibility to artists working across digital culture and outsider art, “creating a truly beautiful, focused, and relaxed environment,” says Cortright. According to The New York Times, “The painters, sculptors and assorted object-makers showing in the Artist Spotlight section at Untitled Art in Miami…come with their own signature moves, building their reputations on work that could be considered over-the-top, even in an art world where the outrageous can be common.”
Beyond these sectors, a new Non-Profit section further broadened the fair’s scope, giving mission-driven organizations a dedicated platform and underscoring their vital role in supporting artists’ careers.
Artist Prizes
Five artist-centric prizes were awarded during the fair, underscoring Untitled Art’s continued commitment to championing artists through meaningful residencies and resources, each supported by a member of Untitled Art’s Ambassadors Committee:
– The Eighth House Residency Prize was awarded to Sho Shibuya, presented by Bienvenu Steinberg & C (New York, NY) and supported by Jack Benmeleh.
– The Best Digital Booth Prize, supported by Arcual, was awarded to CURRO (Guadalajara, MX), supported by Dustin Yellin.
– The Last Resort Artist Retreat Residency Prize was awarded to Lyndon Barrois Jr., presented by Alma Pearl (London, UK). In addition to this year’s prize, Derrick Adams, Founder of The Last Resort Artist Retreat, confirmed that Kivan Quiñones Beltrán of Negrón Pizarro (San Juan, PR) and Georgia Semple of Studio/Chapple (London, UK) have accepted invitations to participate in the 2026 cohort. This award is supported by Hank Willis Thomas.
– The CCA Andratx Artist-in-Residence Prize was awarded to C. Lucy R. Whitehead with Soho Revue (London, UK), supported by Maria Vogel.
– The Fountainhead Residency Artist Prize was granted to Mira Dayal, presented by Spencer Brownstone Gallery (New York, NY), supported by Allison Glenn.
The Untitled Art Podcast
Further programming highlights included live recordings of the Untitled Art Podcast, featuring key cultural voices including John Abodeely, Amy Galpin, Lorie Mertes, Katharina McCarty, rashid shabazz, and Julie Egan; Guest Curators Jonny Tanna and Allison Glenn, artists Cameron Harvey, Cristina Molina, Carlos Rolón; renowned journalists Annie Armstrong (Artnet News), Daniel Cassady (ARTnews), Casey Lesser (Artsy), Tim Schneider (The Gray Market), Jenny Wu (ArtReview), and Benjamin Godsill (Nota Bene); numerous exhibiting galleries and organizations such as Louis Chapple (Studio/Chapple), Bolanle Tajudeen (Bolanle Contemporary), and Leyden Rodríguez-Casanova (Dimensions Variable). As well as a special activation with NoReserve by Josh Baer (The Baer Faxt), offering insights for emerging collectors in a live segment of “A.S.K.” (Access Sophisticated Knowledge); and two performances from participants of the Special Projects sector, featuring Kite (Oglála Lakȟóta) and Nicole Cherubini.
