The City of Miami Beach is pleased to announce the inaugural installation of Elevate Española, a new dedicated art presentation site that will feature aerial installations suspended above the historic Española Wa
Art Week Miami Beach 2022 will offer internationally renowned programming and exhibitions, from the opening of a monumental public artwork by Jaume Plensa in Pride Park to new temporary public art installations by FriendsWithYou and Edouard Duval-Carrié. Returning for its fourth year is the increasingly popular Miami Beach Legacy Purchase Program, which has acquired works by artists Sanford Biggers, Amoako Boafo, Ebony G. Patterson, and Farah Al Qasimi.
The City of Miami Beach is pleased to announce the inaugural installation of Elevate Española, a new dedicated art presentation site that will feature aerial installations suspended above the historic Española Way. The project will launch with an installation entitled Trapeze Contortionists by Miami local and Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrié. The work — which will present the silhouettes of 15 figures of dancers, cut from lightweight aluminum — will be unveiled on Monday, November 28 at 1pm, coinciding with the kick-off of Art Week Miami Beach.
One of the highlights of Art Week Miami Beach is the City-produced and curated No Vacancy, Miami Beach, a juried art competition that supports and celebrates mainly local artists, provokes critical discourse, and encourages the public to experience Miami Beach’s famed hotels as temporary art destinations in their own right. This year will be the largest to date, with an expanded program presenting 12 artists creating site-specific works at 12 iconic Miami Beach hotels. The installations will open Thursday, November 17 and be available to view through December 8, 2022.
The fourth edition of the Miami Beach Legacy Purchase Program will continue with Art Basel Miami Beach galleries participating in the 2022 Nova and Positions sectors. The Miami Beach Legacy Purchase Program seeks to strategically expand Miami Beach’s public art collection by purchasing an artwork that is reflective of our community spirit, aligns with the curatorial direction of our existing collection, reflects international artistic excellence, and is a valuable investment to our Art in Public Places collection.