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TheNewFaceofMiami
FromSoho toShoreditch, urban renewal often startswithartists.
Butwhat arthasdone forMiami, particularly in the 13years since the firstArtBasel
fair tookplacehere, hasbeenbroader anddeeper:
IT’SGIVENTHECITYSOUL
.
W
continuestodriveMiami’s
tourism, thecity’sculturalprowesshasprolifer-
atedoverthepastseveralyears,withmarquee
openingsthat includethe
PEREZARTMUSEUM
MIAMI
,designedbyHerzog&deMeuron,andthe
NEW
WORLDSYMPHONY
fromFrankGehry.Beneaththese
giants, smallerprograms— likethepoetry festival
O,
MIAMI
andthewriter’sresidencyseriesat
THEBETSY
hotel thatbrought inAmyTanandJamesFranco—
haveflourished.Andthenthere isLincolnRoad’s
ARTCENTERSOUTHFLORIDA
,whichprovidesgallery
andstudiospaceto localartistsandwillsoonbeadd-
ingnewstudios inanotherpartof town. “I’matruebe-
liever inthepowerofcultureandthepowerof thearts
togrowandputaplaceonthemap,”explainsMariadel
Valle,executivedirectorofArtCenterSouthFlorida.
Miami’sglamourandpositionasadomestichuband
agatewaytoLatinAmericaconvinced
ARTBASEL
, the
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Interior artworkat IlMulino;
“Niveau,”byDavidSchnell, fromArtBaselMiami Beach2014; pizza
at SienaTavernMiami; TheBetsyhotel; GreenGoddess soupat
MetropolitanbyComo,Miami Beach
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