"After being relocated from the front of the Convention Center last year by dozens of Miami Beach police officers, several of the organizers are involved in ongoing litigation with the city of Miami Beach over what they allege are violations of their free speech. Chanting from the grass in front of City Hall within view of the fair entrance, dozens of protestors spoke with passing fairgoers peacefully about Israel's ongoing violence in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank despite a ."
"Watched by a police sniper on a nearby rooftop and three rented vans with screens on them that accused South Florida Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP) leaders of being antisemitic, organizers raised the "LET PALESTINE LIVE" banner that was sewn for Art Week in December 2023. They handed out leaflets that included QR codes linking to poetry and visual art by Mahmoud Darwish, Hazem Harb, and other Palestinian writers and artists."
A coalition of Miami artists and activists gathered at City Hall near the Miami Beach Convention Center on December 6 during Art Basel to protest ties to the genocide in Gaza. Artists 4 Artists joined the action and called for a boycott of the 2026 fair, citing environmental damage and harm to the local arts community. Several organizers are involved in ongoing litigation with the city of Miami Beach after being relocated from the Convention Center by dozens of police officers last year, alleging free-speech violations. Protesters chanted in view of the fair entrance, engaged fairgoers, displayed a LET PALESTINE LIVE banner, and handed out leaflets with QR codes linking to Palestinian poetry and visual art amid a heavy police presence.
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