AfriKin Art Fair 2026 (Opening): The Vernissage: An All-White Affair

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

Details

• When: Sunday, November 29, 2026, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Where: Maison AfriKin, Scott Galvin Community Center
• Hosted by: AfriKin Foundation

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