Doors open 5:30 PM | Miami Art Week
Dress code
All White with a Splash of AfriKin Chic
About the Event
AfriKin Art Fair opens its 12th edition with the Vernissage, an All-White red-carpet gala and collectors' preview that sets the tone for Miami Art Week. Guests receive first access to GRIOT: Urgent Storytelling for Our Times, an exhibition of an estimated 70 artists of African heritage from 35+ countries and territories, curated by Joseph L. Underwood, Ph.D., of Kent State University.
The evening brings together collectors, cultural leaders, diplomats and tastemakers for live performances, immersive installations and the presentation of the 2026 AfriKin Award of Excellence.
2026 Honoree
CCH Pounder Award-winning actress and art collector CCH Pounder receives the 2026 AfriKin Award of Excellence. Her collection holds more than 500 works by Caribbean, African and diaspora artists, loaned to museums across the United States, Europe and Africa. In 1992 she co-founded the Musée Boribana in Dakar, the first privately owned contemporary art museum in Senegal. She is a four-time Emmy® nominee known for The Shield, NCIS: New Orleans and James Cameron's Avatar films.
Evening Highlights
- Collectors' preview and first access to the GRIOT exhibition
- Red-carpet arrivals in All White
- Live performances and immersive installations
- Presentation of the 2026 AfriKin Award of Excellence to CCH Pounder
- Networking with collectors, artists and cultural leaders from around the world
About AfriKin Foundation
AfriKin Foundation, Inc. is a Miami-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit art institution dedicated to contemporary African and diaspora art and culture. Founded in 2015 by Alfonso D. Brooks, AfriKin is guided by the principle that culture creates commerce, commerce strengthens community, and community safeguards culture. AfriKin Art Fair 2026 is presented with Miami Art Week partners the City of North Miami, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and Art of Black Miami, Dutch Culture USA, Tito's Handmade Vodka and CNW Network, with additional support from North Miami Parks.
About the Venue
All programs take place at Maison AfriKin, Scott Galvin Community Center, 1600 NE 126th Street, North Miami, FL 33181. AfriKin has operated Maison AfriKin since 2022 as a cultural home in Downtown North Miami, nestled between Aventura, Miami Shores and Bal Harbour. It welcomes collectors, scholars and cultural leaders from around the world to experience Miami Art Week through the lens of Africa and its diaspora.
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Event venue
Scott Galvin Community Center, 1600 NE 126th St, North Miami, FL 33181, United States, Miami Shores
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