# Aqua Art Miami 2026 – Public days

Aqua Art Miami reaches its 20th edition, a fair devoted to emerging and mid-career artists. More than 40 galleries and studios show work across the hotel's rooms and courtyard in South Beach, as part of Miami Art Week. Tickets are sold online only, and an RSVP is needed.

- Type: Fair
- When: Thursday 3 December 2026, 12:00 PM (EST) until Dec 3 – 6
- Where: Aqua Hotel, 1530 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139, South Beach
- Part of: [Miami Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/miami-art-week)
- RSVP: https://www.aquaartmiami.com/tickets
- Event's own page: https://www.aquaartmiami.com/
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/aqua-art-miami-2026-public-days

## From the organiser

The 20th edition of Aqua Art Miami, a fair for emerging and mid-career artists with more than 40 galleries and studios showing in the rooms and courtyard of the Aqua Hotel on Collins Avenue. Tickets are sold online only: one day $32, or the $184 multi-day pass for Art Miami and CONTEXT, which also admits to Aqua. Hours: Thu 3 Dec 12:00–21:00; Fri 4 Dec 11:00–21:00; Sat 5 Dec 11:00–21:00; Sun 6 Dec 11:00–18:00.

## Also on Thursday 3 December

- **Until Dec 6** · [Kindred Spirit: A Miami Art Week 2026 exhibition (MUCE)](https://artweekguide.com/events/kindred-spirit-a-miami-art-week-2026-exhibition-muce) — Show at Ninth Street Pedestrian Mall (Historic Overtown), Overtown. MUCE's exhibition at the Ninth Street Pedestrian Mall in Historic Overtown looks at migration, adaptation and coexistence between people, animals and place. It brings together painting, photography and mixed media, and is presented within Soul Basel as part of Miami Art Week.
- **9:00 AM** · [Baker's Brunch: Open Studios & Cafecito at Bakehouse Art Complex](https://artweekguide.com/events/baker-s-brunch-open-studios-cafecito-at-bakehouse-art-complex) — Breakfast & Brunch at Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood. Bakehouse Art Complex hosts its yearly Miami Art Week breakfast with open studios and a Creole-inspired menu, marking five years of Villa Albertine's residency programme. Former Villa Albertine artists stage activations, and the exhibitions *Homegrown* and *BAKEHOUSE @ COLDEFY / COLDEFY @ BAKEHOUSE* are on view. Free; RSVP required.
- **10:00 AM** · [AfriKin Talks: CHANGÁ: Griot Moves (Breakfast, Screening & Conversation)](https://artweekguide.com/events/afrikin-talks-changa-griot-moves-breakfast-screening-conversation) — Film at Maison AfriKin (Scott Galvin Community Center), North Miami. A breakfast screening of the documentary *Changá*, directed by Francio Guadeloupe and Manpreet Brar, at Maison AfriKin in North Miami. Guadeloupe gives a keynote, then talks with Patricia J. Saunders of the University of Miami. A live domino activation follows. RSVP needed.
- **10:00 AM** · [The Bass Dialogues: Architects Johnston Marklee in conversation with Tom Healy](https://artweekguide.com/events/the-bass-dialogues-architects-johnston-marklee-in-conversation-with-tom-healy) — Talk at The Bass Museum of Art, South Beach. A talk at The Bass Museum of Art in South Beach, part of Miami Art Week 2026. Architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee present their design for the museum's expansion in public for the first time, in conversation with poet and Bass trustee Tom Healy. RSVP needed; capacity is limited.