Art Basel on Tuesday announced the gallery list for its 2016 show in Miami Beach, comprising 269 leading international galleries, drawn from 29 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Exhibitors will present works of art – from historically significant projects and film, to painting, photography and largescale sculpture – by Modern and contemporary artists.

With a reapplication rate of 98% for the Galleries sector and in addition to a strong selection of returning exhibitors, the show features 21 galleries who are completely new to the Miami Beach edition, including 12 first-time entrants to the Galleries sector. The fair, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 1 – 4, 2016.

Attracting leading collectors, curators, museum directors and critics from across the globe, Art Basel in Miami Beach is the premier art show of the Americas, with half of the galleries having exhibition spaces in the region. The geographically diverse list of participants spans 29 countries around the world, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

2016 marks the fifteenth edition of the Miami Beach show, which has expanded over the years to include dedicated sections for film, outdoor sculpture, works in edition and curated shows of historical significance. The show has always offered both exploration – with new works created by emerging artists – and a continuity of a high quality international roster. Over 85 galleries exhibiting this year also took part in the very first edition in Miami Beach in 2002.

Joining an extensive roster of returning galleries will be first-time participants from North and South America, including from Los Angeles: The Box, Marc Selwyn Fine Art and Various Small Fires; from New York: Callicoon Fine Arts, Clearing, Di Donna, Thomas Erben Gallery, JTT and Off Vendome; from Mexico City: House of Gaga and joségarcía ,mx; and from Curitiba in Brazil: Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte. New participants from Europe include Christian Andersen, Galleria d’Arte Maggiore G.A.M., Galerie Greta Meert, Galerie Maria Bernheim, High Art and Vigo Gallery. Reflecting Art Basel’s global reach, first time exhibitors from Asia will include Edouard Malingue Gallery, Leo Xu Projects and Nanzuka. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/exhibitors.

Comprising 193 of the world’s leading galleries, the Galleries sector presents the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography and video works. Highly competitive, the sector is always a highlight, leading 98% of last year’s exhibitors to reapply. In addition to many long time exhibitors, Galerie Nagel Draxler returns for this edition following a five-year hiatus. After previously participating in the show’s proposal based sectors, eight exhibitors will join the Galleries sector for the first time, including: Altman Siegel, Bergamin & Gomide, Cherry and Martin, GALLERYSKE, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Labor, Menconi + Schoelkopf and Pilar Corrias. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/galleries.

The Edition sector presents 11 global leaders in the field of prints and editioned works. This year’s show will feature Alan Cristea Gallery, Carolina Nitsch, Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L. LLC, Pace Prints, Paragon, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Sabine Knust, STPI, Two Palms and ULAE. Survey returns with 14 focused presentations of work from before 2000, comprising: Carmelo Arden Quin (b. 1913) at Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte; Romare Bearden (b. 1911, d. 1988) at DC Moore Gallery; Graciela Carnevale (b. 1942) at espaivisor; Ibrahim El-Salahi (b. 1930) at Vigo Gallery; Margaret Kilgallen (b. 1967, d. 2001) at Ratio 3; Giorgio Morandi (b. 1890, d. 1964) at Galleria d’Arte Maggiore G.A.M.; Howardena Pindell (b. 1943) at Garth Greenan Gallery; David Reed (b. 1946) at Peter Blum Gallery; George Rickey (b. 1907, d. 2002) at Maxwell Davidson Gallery; Mimmo Rotella (b. 1918, d. 2006) at Robilant + Voena; Barbara T. Smith (b. 1931) at The Box; Betye Saar (b. 1926) at Roberts & Tilton; Kishio Suga (b. 1944) at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP; and Jacques Villeglé (b. 1926) at Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois. Further details on the individual projects will be announced in the coming months. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/survey.

The 16 curated solo booths in Positions provide focused platforms for individual artists to present a major project. Adrià Julià (b. 1974) will transform Dan Gunn’s booth into a multimedia installation, which includes a mural based on Picasso's ‘Guernica’. For Manuel Burgener’s (b. 1978) first exhibition in the United States, Galerie Maria Bernheim will create an installation through the interplay of light between sculptures and photograms. Callicoon Fine Arts will feature tapestries and enamel paintings by Ulrike Müller (b. 1971), while High Art will exhibit a series of 'Trans-Habitats' – invented microcosms – by Max Hooper Schneider (b. 1982). Through text, video and an architectural intervention, Beto Shwafaty (b. 1977) will address social and economic issues from Brazil’s recent political history at Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani. At RaebervonStenglin, an interactive installation by Dane Mitchell (b. 1976) will disperse an artificial scent that is typically used by hunters as olfactory camouflage. JTT’s installation of paintings by Becky Kolsrud (b. 1984) will reflect both her devotion to the female form as well as her infidelity to style, while at Off Vendome, Jeanette Mundt’s (b. 1982) suggestive female figures from historical paintings are set directly within the space in a performative staging. Melanie Gilligan’s (b. 1979) TVsculptures at Galerie Max Mayer will be populated with abstract animations that comment upon systems of commerce. At Thomas Erben Gallery, Mike Cloud’s (b. 1974) heavily layered collages will recycle product imagery and scenes of consumer culture. Maggie Lee’s (b. 1987) immersive installation will recreate a teenage girl’s bedroom complete with embedded video works and handmade ephemera, while Gao Ludi’s (b. 1990) installation at White Space Beijing will appropriate symbols from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to explore the relationship between virtual and real worlds. At Galeria Marilia Razuk, Ana Luiza Dias Batista (b. 1978) will distort everyday objects – keys, a doormat, and games – in a playful expression of futility.

Sector highlights will also include an installation of decorative, figurative and functional terracotta works by Shelly Nadashi (b. 1981) at Christian Andersen; a series of new sculptures and paintings exploring characteristics of human behavior by Melike Kara (b. 1985) at Peres Projects; and wall-based works and a floor installation by Amy Yao (b. 1977) at Various Small Fires. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/positions.

Nova, the sector dedicated to younger galleries showing new work by up to three artists, will this year feature 35 exhibitors. First time exhibitors will include Edouard Malingue Gallery, with a film by Wong Ping (b. 1984); House of Gaga, with paintings by Josef Strau (b. 1957) and Vivian Suter (b. 1949); and Nanzuka, who will present a large-scale mixed media canvas by Keiichi Tanaami (b. 1936), drawings by Hiroki Tsukuda (b. 1978) and a video by Oliver Payne (b. 1977).

Also at the fair for the first time, Leo Xu Projects will present an installation of works by aaajiao (b. 1984), Cui Jie (b. 1984) and Liu Shiyuan (b. 1985), exploring the urban model and dystopian myth of Shanghai. Clearing will bring together Harold Ancart (b. 1980) and Korakrit Arunanondchai (b. 1986), who have drawn upon their close relationship as real-life studio neighbors to collaborate on an installation made specifically for the show.

The sector will also include a disquieting installation of new works that use animal furs, chicken skin and synthetic flora to explore anxieties resulting from radical biotech by Anicka Yi (b. 1971) at 47 Canal; Rita Ponce de León (b. 1982) and Ishmael Randall Weeks (b. 1976) at Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo; Rey Akdogan (b. 1974) and Elaine Cameron-Weir (b. 1985) at Hannah Hoffman Gallery; Xavier Antin (b. 1981) and Renaud Jerez (b. 1982) at Galerie Crèvecoeur; and Matthias Bitzer (b. 1975) with Armin Boehm (b. 1972) at Francesca Minini. Nicole Wermers (b. 1971) and Margo Wolowiec (b. 1985) will explore the social and psychological meanings of everyday forms at Jessica Silverman Gallery. Wojciech Bąkowski (b. 1979), Christine Rebet (b. 1971) and Julia Rommel (b. 1980) will consider narrative and time-based practices through drawing, painting and animated film at Bureau.

Solo presentations will include a series of hanging hand-blown glass balls by Kaspar Müller (b. 1983) at Société; salvaged sculptures and a socio-politically charged video by Kostis Velonis (b. 1968) at Kalfayan Galleries; conceptual works made of textile, plexiglass, wood and steel by Mika Tajima (b. 1975) at 11R; a 360 degree projected video environment by Taro Izumi (b. 1976) at Take Ninagawa; and sculpture comprised of freshly cut hedges by Chosil Kil (b. 1975) at One and J. Gallery. Joan Jonas (b. 1936) will pair several freestanding Murano mirrors with a video piece in her solo booth at Galleria Raffaella Cortese.

For the full Nova section gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miami-beach/nova.

In addition to showing premier artworks across five gallery sectors, many exhibitors will present works in Art Basel's project-based sectors: Kabinett, Public and Film, currently being selected. Over the coming months, further details about these special sectors as well as about the Conversations and Salon program of panels and talks will be released.

The Miami Beach Convention Center, Art Basel’s home since the Miami Beach edition launched in 2001, is currently undergoing renovation, to be completed in 2018. Carefully planned by city officials around the Art Basel shows, the construction will result in improved exhibition halls and state of the art facilities for exhibitors and visitors. During the renovation, Art Basel will continue to take place throughout the same four exhibition halls as in past years. For more information on the project, please visit mbccfuture.com.