As street art gains traction in the elite word of Miami Art Week fairs, Shepard Fairey and other artists take time to reflect on the gains.

VIPs swarmed the Miami Convention Center Wednesday for the 23rd edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, which comes at a time of angst and uncertainty in the fine art market.

While the moneyed collectors and elite gallerists at the big art fairs in Miami Beach, the pulse of Miami Art Week beats just as hard a few miles inland in Wynwood

The art world makes its annual southern pilgrimage December 2-7, and for seven days, Miami becomes the proving ground where reputations are minted, careers launched, and the very definition of contemporary art is contested. Here’s your guide.

The complicated story of how street art finds its way from alley walls into private collections.