49th Annual Art Deco Weekend 2026

Henry Hohauser: Designing Paradise
2025-01-18 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-19 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-20 09:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
An exhibit by the Miami Design Preservation League. Learn about Miami Beach’s first prolific Art Deco architect, Henry Hohauser, via this engaging exhibit that highlights his voluminous designs – including hotels, retail, and homes. View the lost buildings of Hohauser and see how these buildings have been brought back to life as part of the historic preservation movement.
Admission: Free for Miami-Dade County residents and MDPL Members.
General admission: $7.

Expo Metro Deco Art Train
2025-01-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Ocean Drive between 12th and 13th Street, 1201 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Visit Expo Metro Miami to secure your spot on the Art Train: https://expometro.co/en/exhibition/2025-miami-beach
The Miami Design Preservation League, Expo Metro and Bibi Art Media Inc. are introducing an exciting new dimension to the 48th Annual Art Deco Weekend Miami Beach, January 18th-20th, 2025. This year marks the historic Art Deco Centennial 1925-2025 and celebrates Martin Luther King Holiday, on Monday January 20th.
The 14th edition of Expo Metro, which has previously showcased in the cities of Milan, Amsterdam, New York Times Square, Barcelona, Miami Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Monaco, Berlin, Paris – Opera La Fayette, London and Paris – Châtelet, is returning for its third interactive Art Train exhibition (renamed Art Deco Trains for this event) on Ocean Drive between 12th & 13th street, showcasing an awe-inspiring lineup of 217 artists from 37 countries (and counting) across 5 dazzling Art Trains, all while celebrating the everlasting charm of Art Deco. The Art Deco Trains have a QR code that allows you to interact with all the art on site and visit the artists’ sites, where you can purchase art. If you’re an artist looking to be part of this extraordinary event, you can join by visiting: expometro.co/en
Read more here: https://artdecoweekend.org/expo-metro-deco-art-trains/

Boot Camp in Paradise: WWII in Miami Beach Exhibit
2025-01-18 10:00 - 20:00 | Galeria on Ocean Drive, 1101 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
The City of Miami Beach is launching a new outdoor exhibition entitled “Boot Camp in Paradise.” The exhibit will highlight the period from 1942 to 1945 when Miami Beach transformed from a tourist haven to a military training hub for the U.S. Army Air Forces. The City collaborated with the Wolfsonian-FIU on the project.
The installation is being called “Galería Ocean Drive,” and it has been produced by the Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner’s office staff, including Senior Policy Advisor – and historian – Daniel Sommer, as well as Djordje Milekic, Senior Branding Manager. The City of Miami Beach Commission recently funded $50,000 for the production of the exhibit, which will be on view through Jan 2025.

Live nail art design with Kro Vargas & HistoryMiami Museum
2026-01-10 11:00 - 15:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Join us for a live nail art demonstration with HistoryMiami Museum’s artist-in-residence, Kro Vargas. Watch in amazement as Vargas, an internationally renowned nail artist, creates a bold, Art Deco-inspired design right before your eyes. Dive into the colorful world of nail art culture through our pop-up exhibition, Nail Art: A Cultural Expression.

Meet The Artist: Woody Vondracek
2026-01-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
MEET THIS YEAR’S POSTER ARTIST!
Sunday, January 11
11 a.m.
Art Deco Welcome Center
Woody Vondracek
Join us on January 11th at 11 a.m. at the Art Deco Welcome Center to meet Woody Vondracek, the Deco Artist, as he presents a retrospective examining the graphics and posters he produced during the formative years of Miami Beach’s Art Deco preservation effort.
In 1977, as Miami Beach’s Art Deco architecture faced increasing threat, Woody Vondracek— an aircraft mechanic with no formal training in art— emerged as a key visual voice in the early preservation movement. His graphics and poster work, created in close association with the Miami Design Preservation League, became widely recognized for their role in raising public awareness and advancing the campaign that ultimately secured national historic designation for the Art Deco Historic District.
