5–7 December 2025
Booth D15
Art Basel Miami Beach 2025
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2025
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Goodman Gallery and Stephen Friedman Gallery are pleased to announce a collaborative presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, centred on a significant selection from Yinka Shonibare’s Library collections (2014-2025).
“It is unusual for a work of this complexity to be shown within the core section of a fair. Our collaboration with Stephen Friedman Gallery gives the Library collections the space and visibility they deserve. It's a project that demands care and collective stewardship. When galleries work together, we create conditions for significant artworks to be viewed and understood in ways that might not otherwise be possible.”
– Liza Essers
“We are delighted to be collaborating with Goodman Gallery to bring this important work to Miami for the first time. Shonibare's practice embodies community, ritual, and learning – values that resonate deeply with both of our galleries. Presenting a work of this scale and ambition is only possible through genuine collaboration, and we are proud to create the conditions for it to be experienced in a context that invites dialogue and understanding.”
– Stephen Friedman
Ghada Amer
NO EMPIRE LASTS FOREVER, 2025
Cotton appliqué on canvas
Work: 115 x 115 cm (45.3 x 45.3 in.)
Unique
El Anatsui
Untitled II, 2023
Aluminum, copper wire and nylon string
Work: 363 x 360 cm (142.9 x 141.7 in.)
Unique
El Anatsui
Fli, 2024
Burnt and incised tropical hardwood, tempera, bottle caps
Work: 105 x 300 cm (41.3 x 118.1 in.)
Unique
Winston Branch
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
Work: 90 x 140 x 2 cm (35.4 x 55.1 x .8 in.)
Unique
Nolan Oswald Dennis
further notes 4 a planet (3 dash), 2025
Screen print on powder coated steel, with beaded connectors and hanging hardware
Work: 48 x 172 cm (18.9 x 67.7 in.)
Unique
Leonardo Drew
Number 439, 2024
Wood, paint, plaster and glass
Work: 74.9 x 74.9 x 17.8 cm (29.5 x 29.5 x 7 in.)
Unique
Jared Ginsburg
Key case (Lovers II), 2025
Oil on acrylic resin, steel key case
Work (open): 50.5 x 53.5 x 2.5 cm (19.9 x 21.1 x 1 in.)
Work (closed): 25.5 x 53.5 x 5 cm (10 x 21.1 x 2 in.)
Unique
Presented jointly by both galleries for the first time, this iteration of the Library collections echoes the global scope of Shonibare’s project and underscores the importance of cross-institutional partnerships in expanding access to complex installations. In 2026, Shonibare will have several to-be-announced museum exhibitions across the globe, including a major commission debuting at JFK Airport in New York in 2026. Alongside the installation, each gallery will showcase work from their respective programmes.
In addition to Shonibare, Goodman Gallery’s presentation brings together leading artists practicing across diverse geographies and approaches, including Ghada Amer, El Anatsui, Winston Branch, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Leonardo Drew, Jared Ginsburg, David Goldblatt, Dor Guez, William Kentridge, Kapwani Kiwanga, Atta Kwami, Misheck Masamvu, Cassi Namoda, Shirin Neshat, Hank Willis Thomas, Clive van den Berg and Carrie Mae Weems.
Several artworks not yet seen in the US will feature on the booth. Highlights include major bronzes and works on paper by Kentridge, as well as recently created wooden works by Anatsui – who is currently featured in Nigerian Modernism at the Tate Modern. Kiwanga presents a recent sensorial work composed of mahogany, glass beads and metal, ahead of her major site-specific commission for the Studio Museum in Harlem’s new building. Namoda debuts a powerful new painting in advance of her first US museum solo exhibition at ICA Virginia in 2026.
The booth also introduces the work of Branch, a British artist from Saint Lucia, who makes his Goodman Gallery debut in London this month with large-scale abstract paintings. His transatlantic career as both artist and educator – with teaching commitments at various institutions in London, as well as in California, Tennessee and Kansas – resonates with that of Kwami, the late academic, artist and founder of the SaNsA International Artists Workshop in Kumasi, Ghana, an important node within the International Triangle Artists Workshop network which is nominated this year at the Art Basel Awards in Miami.
William Kentridge
Drawing for The Great Yes, The Great No (The Radios Go Silent), 2024
Paint, Indian ink, charcoal and collage on canvas
Work: 250 x 142 x 5 cm (98.4 x 55.9 x 2 in.)
Unique
William Kentridge
Milk, 2023
Bronze
Work: 105.5 x 124 x 82.8 cm (41.5 x 48.8 x 32.6 in.)
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Kapwani Kiwanga
A Coincidence of Wants: Mahogany-Red, 2024
Mahogany, glass beads, metal
Work: 230 x 76 x 10.5 cm (90.6 x 29.9 x 4.1 in.)
Unique
Misheck Masamvu
A Bag of Blessings, 2025
Oil on canvas
Work: 160 x 145 cm (63 x 57.1 in.)
Unique
Cassi Namoda
Night always returns, 2025
Oil on linen
Work: 182.9 x 152.4 cm (72 x 60 in.)
Unique
Yinka Shonibare
The African Library Collection: Footballers, 2023
Approximately 225 Hardback books, Dutch wax printed cotton textile,
gold foiled names, bookcase, bespoke card catalogue box
Work: 233.7 x 139.7 x 33.7 cm (92 x 55 x 13.3 in.)
Unique
Yinka Shonibare
The African Library Collection: Theatre Practitioners, 2020
Approximately 225 Hardback books, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, gold foiled names,
bookcase, bespoke card catalogue box
Work: 233.7 x 139.7 x 33.7 cm (92 x 55 x 13.3 in.)
Unique
Yinka Shonibare
African Bird Magic (Mauritius Kestrels with Head of an Oba), 2024
Patchwork, applique, quilting, hand dyed silk, linen, cotton and Dutch wax fabric
Work: 203.5 x 163.5 x 5.3 cm (80.1 x 64.4 x 2.1 in.)
Unique
Hank Willis Thomas
Endless Column III, 2017
Figerglass, chameleon auto paint finish
Work: 217.2 x 241.3 x 24.1 cm (85.5 x 95 x 9.5 in.)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Hank Willis Thomas
Untitled, 2024
Mixed media including decommissioned US Prison Uniforms and US Flags
Work: 101.6 x 76.2 cm (40 x 30 in.)
Unique
Carrie Mae Weems
Listening for the Sounds of Revolution, 2022
Gelatin silver print
Frame: 71 x 71 x 3.8 cm (28 x 28 x 1.5 in.)
Edition of 8