You may have seen reports of a dozen or so galleries dropping out of Art Basel Miami Beach this year, but that's not stopping 283 exhibitors from shouldering substantial booth fees to peddle their wares at the Convention Center. Despite art market woes, this remains a central event for the commercial sector, as evidenced by the continued participation of blue-chip galleries. Personally, I'm always wowed by the Meridians section, dedicated to art so big it wouldn't even fit in a billionaire's house, meaning it usually skews less decorative and more conceptually rigorous; Luisa Rabbia's 18-foot-long oil on canvas rhapsody to the fight for women's rights is at the top of my list. As usual, though, many worthwhile stops will be much less visible to the naked eye: a Pedro Reyes mosaic in the booth of Lisson Gallery, works by the late New York-based Chinese artist Ming Fay with Alisan Fine Arts, and Bruce Silverstein's presentation of the pioneers of AbEx photography, staged in tribute to the late historian David Anfam.
