Bridget Finn has been appointed Director of Art Basel’s Miami Beach show. In this role, Finn will steer the direction of the American edition of the fair as it continues to innovate, overseeing the team, cultivating and expanding Art Basel’s network of galleries, collectors, and artists in the Americas, and working in concert with Miami and South Florida’s world-class museums, institutions, and cultural partners. Finn will focus on strengthening Art Basel’s position as the premier Modern and contemporary art fair in the Americas and global platform for the dialogue and discovery of new artistic practices and perspectives from the region. Finn will begin her directorship in September 2023 and will be based in New York.
Finn brings to the role a deep knowledge of the gallery ecosystem. Before joining the eponymous, Detroit-based gallery Reyes | Finn, she directed the contemporary art program at Mitchell-Innes & Nash (2013-2017) and held several roles at Anton Kern Gallery (2007-2010) in New York.
She comes to the position with an intimate understanding of the North and South American art markets and an extensive, established network of galleries, collectors, artists, curators, and institutional leaders across the region. A Detroit native, Finn co-founded the city-wide exhibition platform Art Mile Detroit in 2020, serving dozens of local galleries, institutional non-profits, museums, and artist-run spaces.
As part of a gallerist collective, she established the collaborative curatorial project space Cleopatra’s (2008-2018) in New York, which later operated a Berlin location, working collaboratively with hundreds of artists and cultural producers for a decade. Previously, Finn served as the Director of Strategic Planning & Projects at Independent Curators International (ICI) (2010-2013), where she developed unique projects and formats in partnership with leading galleries, museums, auctions houses, corporations, and philanthropic organizations to deliver contemporary art programs to broad public audiences.
Finn will lead the 2024 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach. She will attend the 2023 edition in December, which is spearheaded by de Bellis. She joins Art Basel alongside the recently appointed Maike Cruse, Director, Art Basel in Basel; Clément Delépine, Director, Paris+ par Art Basel; and Angelle Siyang-Le, Director, Art Basel Hong Kong.
