Miami Art Week Without the Gridlock

For one week in early December, the art world lands on two islands connected by causeways that were full in November. Art Week isn't about distance — Miami Beach to Wynwood is seven miles — it's about timing.

The geography problem

• Basel proper lives at the Convention Center on the Beach; satellite fairs (Untitled, Scope, NADA) dot the sand and the mainland; Wynwood and the Design District hold the parties.
• The MacArthur and Julia Tuttle causeways jam from 4pm — a 20-minute hop becomes an hour at gallery-dinner time.
• Parking on the Beach functionally disappears. Valet queues at the big hotels run 45 minutes on peak nights.

How collectors actually move

One chauffeured SUV on hourly, all day: fairs in the morning, the car holds your purchases while you lunch, mainland galleries before sunset, and a driver waiting outside dinner when the night's third stop gets decided at the table. Koast in Miami →