At Art Basel Miami Beach, Large-Scale Artworks Reflect on Tumultuous Past Two Years

Several large-scale artworks have touched down this week in the Miami Beach Convention Center as part of Art Basel’s U.S. edition, the first to take place since 2019. Taking its name from the imaginary geographical lines that run from north to south, the fair’s Meridians section will present a range of 16 commissioned and historic works by some of today’s leading and most-closely watched artists, including Howardena Pindella, Yinka Shonibare, Maxwell Alexandre, Brendan Fernande