‘It’s been a great way to end the year – definitely our best fair of 2016. Graduating to the Galleries sector has enabled us to show very current, thought-provoking work from a wider range of artists in our program. Perhaps there were less people. However, the most important fair goers and high quality collectors were definitely here and buying.’ Mary Cork, Director, Pilar Corrias, London

‘Of course there were collectors from Brazil present, but also from new markets such as China and Russia, which has been good for our business. Overall we have been pleased with the fair – we’ve made consistent sales each day.’ Alexandre Gabriel, Managing Director, Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo

'This has been an excellent year for Becky Kolsrud, so we were very excited to exhibit her work in the Positions sector of the fair and introduce her to a wider audience. Everyone we sold to was a new collector, so we truly saw the value in participating in the Miami Beach show. We also really appreciated the connections we made with other galleries that are here – the opportunity to build these relationships with both collectors and gallerists is precisely why we come to Art Basel.' Marie Catalano, Director, JTT, New York

'Art Basel in Miami Beach has been a truly great first experience for us. We really feel that the show here is still very much about the art. Art Basel allows galleries – such as ourselves – to put on exhibitions that we simply couldn’t do anywhere else.' Jason Hwang, Director, High Art, Paris

‘This is the second year for us at Art Basel in Miami Beach and we are thrilled to have had this opportunity to present our artist in the Positions sector. American collectors have shown great interest in his work and I am also pleased to see young artists – born after 1985 – in general standing out this year.’ Tian Yuan, Director, White Space Beijing, Beijing

'As a new exhibitor to Art Basel in Miami Beach, we are thrilled to have been able to expose our gallery and the work of Carmelo Arden Quin to a broader base of international private collectors as well as major institutions, such as MoMA and Tate. As a result, we have had numerous meaningful conversations and many of the works we brought to Miami Beach sold.’ Guilherme Simões de Assis, Partner, Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte, Curitiba

Galleries
This edition of the show featured 193 of the world’s foremost galleries in the main sector, each presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography and video works. With a strong emphasis on supporting younger galleries, this year’s sector incorporated 12 new participants, eight of which had previously exhibited in the Miami Beach show’s project-based sectors – Nova, Positions and Survey. Artworks by Modern masters were presented throughout the sector, including paintings and sculptures by Pablo Picasso (b. 1881; d. 1973) at Helly Nahmad Gallery; rarely seen pieces by Dada and Surrealist artists at Di Donna; a group show of post-war avant-garde Italian artists at Tornabuoni Art and celebrated Mexican artists Diego Rivera (b.1886; d.1957) and Rufino Tamayo (b. 1899; d. 1991) at Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art. Among the contemporary art many presented, Goodman Gallery celebrated its 50th anniversary with works by African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955); Mitchell-Innes & Nash showed an iconic painting by Tom Wesselmann (b. 1931; d. 2004); Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac included an important work by Robert Rauschenberg (b.1925; d. 2008); while Acquavella Galleries brought an exceptional canvas from 1964 by Kenneth Noland (b.1924; d. 2010). Kukje Gallery / Tina Kim Gallery featured a wide range of Dansaekhwa artists, including Kim Youg-Ik (b. 1947), Park Seo-Bo (b. 1931), Ha Chong-Hyun (b. 1935), Lee Ufan (b. 1936) and Chung Sang-Hwa (b. 1932). Galleries that addressed the current and uncertain socio-political landscape in their booths with deeper and more political art include: Pilar Corrias, Gavin Brown’s enterprise and neugerriemschneider with new artworks by Rirkrit Tiravanija (b. 1961); Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects who prominently featured Karl Haendel’s (b. 1976) portrait of Hilary Clinton; Blum & Poe’s notable display of Sam Durant (b. 1961); and new work by Jonathan Horowitz (b. 1966) at Sadie Coles HQ. Other highlights from the sector included Michael Heizer (b. 1944) at Peter Freeman, Inc., Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955) at Jack Shainman and Mira Schendel (b. 1919, d. 1988) at Bergamin & Gomide.

Edition
In its fourth year, Art Basel’s sector for works in multiples or prints, Edition, spotlighted 11 galleries: Alan Cristea Gallery, Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L. LLC, Sabine Knust, Carolina Nitsch, Pace Prints, Paragon, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, STPI, Two Palms and ULAE.