Best of the beach: What art exhibits to hit up in Miami Beach this week

The Jewish Museum of Florida’s Art Basel headlining exhibit honors the life and work of the late photojournalist, Ruth Gruber.

Contemporary artists Eric Goldemberg and Veronica Zalcberg explore art using 3D printed props.

An array of art will be the center of the tent, with headlining pieces by Kelsey Montague and Suzy Kellems Dominik. Kellems Dominik displays what she calls a “12-foot orgasm” in her a multi-sensory neon sculpture installation. Montague joins forces with Gran Centenario Tequila from Dec. 7 to 9 to showcase her iconic angel wings mural, this time in white and gold. For every photo posted on social media, Gran Centenario will donate $10 to Mexican earthquake relief charities.

Phillip K. Smith III brings together the sky and the water with 300 geometric reflectors angled at 110 degrees, with every moment changing as the sun rises and sets.

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The Sagamore hotel’s exhibit pays homage to urban street art, with works by ABSTRK, Bambi, Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romain Froquet, Inkie, Keith Haring, and more.

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The hotel will be getting in on the Art Basel fun with installations in the lobby and rooftop by Bisco Smith, Michael Benisty’s “When Balloon Dog Meets Keith Haring Dog . . . Love Happens,” and WhIsBe’s 7-foot-tall gummy bear installation.

Book a 10-minute session with artist Moral Turgeman, who will produce a portrait using a single line.

Turn your home into living art with woodworking masterpieces, robotic fabrication, unique wares and jewelry, and world debuts of pieces.

COS and Studio Swine come together to present a work inspired by the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival and the Art Deco movement, where a tree releases mist-filled flowers that can only survive when touched by gloved hands.

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Students from the Pratt Institute team up with fellows from the New World Symphony America’s Orchestral Academy for four visual and auditory performances. Topics include the elements, astrology, the cycle of nature, and climate change.

The sister fair to Art Miami, 51 exhibitors from around the world, including Laura Kimpton of Burning Man fame, live tattoo art by Thea Duskin, art as fashion, and more.

NaiYaRa hosts the graffiti-pop artist as he creates a wall art alongside custom-painted bottles of Macallan.

Sheinina Lolita Raj’s photography exhibition, accompanied by a sound collaboration by Nelly Furtado, showcases self portraits of her wearing traditional, authentic clothing from cultures around the world. Raj hosts an artist talk on Dec. 8 and her exhibit is on display through Dec. 30.

Close out Art Basel with a breakfast gathering with Maya Benton, the curator of the International Center of Photography, to discuss the late Ruth Gruber and 3D artist, Eric Goldemberg.