About
KEY Art + Design Fair
Opening Doors for Emerging Voices in Art + Design
Where Global Black Art, Ideas, Music, and Culture Converge
During Miami Art Week 2026, KEY Art + Design Fair gathers an international community — artists, collectors, curators, scholars, and cultural leaders — for an immersive celebration of contemporary Global Black art, oceanfront at 4601 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach.
The founder of KEY Art + Design Fair, Kellee Baker, is an art collector, a Howard University School of Law graduate, and lifetime entrepreneur. The fair was built around a simple observation from years of Decembers in Miami: the culture fills every room of Art Week, but never owned a stage of its own. KEY Art + Design Fair is that stage — promoting emerging artists, art panel discussions and musical performances.
The Fair's Artistic Director & Chief Curator, Ludlow E. Bailey, has curated Contemporary African Diaspora Art programming during Miami Art Week for seventeen consecutive years — the panels, exhibitions, and collector events that make him one of the most trusted names in the art world.
Our proposition is simple and ambitious: Global Black art deserves a global platform equal to its extraordinary influence on contemporary culture. KEY presents emerging, mid-career, and established artists of Africa and its Diaspora — from the Continent and the Caribbean to the Americas and Europe — across painting, photography, sculpture, installation, digital practice, fashion, design, performance, and music.
A Fair for Discovery
KEY is built for the serious collector searching for the artist whose work belongs in an important collection today — and whose ideas may define the art history of tomorrow. And because the future of art must be cultivated, not simply observed, KEY builds on its relationship with Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and other HBCU art programs to create pathways connecting HBCU and emerging artists with curators, collectors, and the international marketplace.
Beyond the Booth
KEY Conversations convenes museum directors, artists, critics, and collectors for provocative dialogue on the forces reshaping Global Black art — while live music, from jazz and Afrobeat to soul and Caribbean traditions, animates a fair conceived around art, conversation, hospitality, and connection.
Curated Access
For collectors: private previews, curator-led tours, artist encounters, and VIP hospitality. For select global brands: cultural participation beyond conventional sponsorship — commissioned installations, collector lounges, artist collaborations, and support for emerging talent.
This is our 4th art week event. The first two were “Black Art Yacht Experience” (BAYE Miami). We expanded to KEY Art + Design Fair, which debuted in December 2025 in a 15,000 sq ft venue at 8th & Collins, where Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts brought thirty student artists to exhibit, sit on panels, and meet the collectors and press of Miami Art Week. Year Two exists because Year One delivered — and grew: with the support of the City of Miami Beach, we now hold a one-acre oceanfront site at 4601 Collins Avenue, in the hotel corridor adjacent to Eden Roc Nobu, Fontainebleau, and Soho Beach House.
KEY Art + Design Fair
Located at 4601 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 31340
(North of Soho Beach House, Fontainebleau & Eden Roc Nobu Hotel).
Open December 2-6, 2026 from11-6 pm, with ticketed events until 11pm.
About our 501(c)(3) Non-Profit:
KEY Emerging Art Fund, Inc. supports and advances the work of artists from diverse, often underrepresented backgrounds. Through exhibitions, educational programs, public art initiatives, and professional development, the organization fosters collaboration, cultural equity, and innovation across contemporary art, music, fashion, architecture, and design.
About Our Cultural Partner CADA:
CADA (Contemporary African Diaspora Art) is a premier global event dedicated to showcasing contemporary art and design from the African Diaspora. Established 17 years ago, CADA celebrates the diversity and innovation of African Diaspora artists residing in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. This year CADA returns with its annual Sunday Art Panel Discussion from 12-4.
