All the highlights from Miami Art Week 2024
From artworks created in the Houses especially for the event to the need-to-know parties, performances, and panels
Wednesday 11 December 2024 By Chloe Lawrance Photography by Adam Fussell
Miami Art Week drew to close for another year this weekend, and Soho House was at the heart of the action throughout the week. At our two Houses in the city, we hosted local members and those flying into Miami for the event, keeping them entertained with talks from industry heavyweights, parties, special performances, and some site-specific artworks created especially for the occasion. This included two sculptures created by visual artist TYPOE, powered by Porsche.
The Beach Tent made a return at Soho Beach House, with a bar serving members drinks and design details by Soho Home. The Beach Bar was taken over by Bombay Sapphire for the week, with guests enjoying specially crafted cocktails; and in the Beach Tent, Tom Holland’s non-alcoholic BERO beer was served.
Read on for more of the highlights of Miami Art Week at Soho House.
The Beach Tent made a return at Soho Beach House, with a bar serving members drinks and design details by Soho Home. The Beach Bar was taken over by Bombay Sapphire for the week, with guests enjoying specially crafted cocktails; and in the Beach Tent, Tom Holland’s non-alcoholic BERO beer was served.
Read on for more of the highlights of Miami Art Week at Soho House.
The installations
As part of the global Soho Visionaries collaboration series with Porsche, mixed media artist TYPOE created two site-specific sculptures in the lobby of Soho Beach House and in the Beach Tent. Exploring ideas of play and experimentation, the two works featured symbols from TYPOE’s lexicon of shapes, such as the raven, building blocks and Michelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam’.
Miami-based artist Rose Marie Cromwell took over the second-floor hallway of the House for the duration of Art Week, with a pop-up photography installation that invited viewers to join her throughout a day in Miami, from sunrise to sunset. Bisa Butler designed the menus found in the Beach Bar, and Floratorium founder Carlos Franqui created intricate silk floral arrangements – intended to mimic natural flowers – at Casa Vibras, our celebration of Latin music at the Beach Tent. The installation, named ‘Ecosistema Biofilico’, featured a heart at its centre, made entirely of upcycled fashion in collaboration with local artist Pablo Rivera. The work addressed consumerism, while acknowledging the nostalgic memories it can sometimes spark.
As part of the global Soho Visionaries collaboration series with Porsche, mixed media artist TYPOE created two site-specific sculptures in the lobby of Soho Beach House and in the Beach Tent. Exploring ideas of play and experimentation, the two works featured symbols from TYPOE’s lexicon of shapes, such as the raven, building blocks and Michelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam’.
Miami-based artist Rose Marie Cromwell took over the second-floor hallway of the House for the duration of Art Week, with a pop-up photography installation that invited viewers to join her throughout a day in Miami, from sunrise to sunset. Bisa Butler designed the menus found in the Beach Bar, and Floratorium founder Carlos Franqui created intricate silk floral arrangements – intended to mimic natural flowers – at Casa Vibras, our celebration of Latin music at the Beach Tent. The installation, named ‘Ecosistema Biofilico’, featured a heart at its centre, made entirely of upcycled fashion in collaboration with local artist Pablo Rivera. The work addressed consumerism, while acknowledging the nostalgic memories it can sometimes spark.
The panels
Throughout the week, we invited some of the art world’s most exciting names to discuss their work and inspiration, and the changing nature of the industry. Contemporary artists Bisa Butler and Hebru Brantley spoke on a panel while members enjoyed cocktails by Bombay Sapphire; TYPOE was joined by Soho House Chief Art Director Kate Bryan to discuss his creative process and Art Week installations, powered by Porsche; and Jon Key and Gemma Rolls-Bentley discussed their new books, Black, Queer, And Untold: A New Archive Of Designers, Artists And Trailblazers and Queer Art: From Canvas To Club, And The Spaces Between.
We also hosted an array of Art Talks, featuring artists like Rose Marie Cromwell and Hans Ulrich Obrist, as well as Marguerite Humeau, who spoke with ICA Miami Artistic Director Alex Gartenfeld and ICA Miami Curator Stephanie Seidel. Bryan also gave members a look inside the process of curating the Soho House art collections, in a panel with Anakena Paddon, curator of Miami Pool House’s collection.
Throughout the week, we invited some of the art world’s most exciting names to discuss their work and inspiration, and the changing nature of the industry. Contemporary artists Bisa Butler and Hebru Brantley spoke on a panel while members enjoyed cocktails by Bombay Sapphire; TYPOE was joined by Soho House Chief Art Director Kate Bryan to discuss his creative process and Art Week installations, powered by Porsche; and Jon Key and Gemma Rolls-Bentley discussed their new books, Black, Queer, And Untold: A New Archive Of Designers, Artists And Trailblazers and Queer Art: From Canvas To Club, And The Spaces Between.
We also hosted an array of Art Talks, featuring artists like Rose Marie Cromwell and Hans Ulrich Obrist, as well as Marguerite Humeau, who spoke with ICA Miami Artistic Director Alex Gartenfeld and ICA Miami Curator Stephanie Seidel. Bryan also gave members a look inside the process of curating the Soho House art collections, in a panel with Anakena Paddon, curator of Miami Pool House’s collection.
The parties
Members gathered to celebrate with a host of memorable parties and dinners. These included a One Night Only dinner at Ocho, hosted with evian to mark 2024’s limited-edition glass bottles, ‘Fountain of Youth’, designed by Pharrell Williams. Our Artists Lunch returned this year too, hosted by Bryan, bringing together some of the most renowned artists and talent in town for Art Week for lunch with rosé by Rock Angel.
We also hosted the Porsche Presents: art and music party in the Beach Tent with a performance by Amaarae; an afternoon disco to celebrate Online Gallery Magazine’s special Art Week OG Magazine edition, with a soundtrack provided by A-Trak; and the opening of the Beach Tent with a party by Peachfuzz, DJ sets by DZA and friends, and Champagne by Veuve Clicquot. To close Art Week, Moodymann and Carl Craig entertained members and guests, who sipped on cocktails made with LaCroix Water.
Members gathered to celebrate with a host of memorable parties and dinners. These included a One Night Only dinner at Ocho, hosted with evian to mark 2024’s limited-edition glass bottles, ‘Fountain of Youth’, designed by Pharrell Williams. Our Artists Lunch returned this year too, hosted by Bryan, bringing together some of the most renowned artists and talent in town for Art Week for lunch with rosé by Rock Angel.
We also hosted the Porsche Presents: art and music party in the Beach Tent with a performance by Amaarae; an afternoon disco to celebrate Online Gallery Magazine’s special Art Week OG Magazine edition, with a soundtrack provided by A-Trak; and the opening of the Beach Tent with a party by Peachfuzz, DJ sets by DZA and friends, and Champagne by Veuve Clicquot. To close Art Week, Moodymann and Carl Craig entertained members and guests, who sipped on cocktails made with LaCroix Water.
The performances
The week’s musical performances had members talking, too. With the help of Patrón, we surprised guests with a Secret Soho Sounds performance by Chance the Rapper in the Beach Tent; and disco legend Eli Escobar performed while members sipped Grey Goose cocktails. We also hosted a Sound Session performance by Everyday People, supported by Sonos. Elsewhere, Bob Moses entertained members who enjoyed LaCroix cocktails, while our Casa Vibras event saw a line-up of some of the best of Latinx DJs and live music, with drinks by 400 Conejos.
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The week’s musical performances had members talking, too. With the help of Patrón, we surprised guests with a Secret Soho Sounds performance by Chance the Rapper in the Beach Tent; and disco legend Eli Escobar performed while members sipped Grey Goose cocktails. We also hosted a Sound Session performance by Everyday People, supported by Sonos. Elsewhere, Bob Moses entertained members who enjoyed LaCroix cocktails, while our Casa Vibras event saw a line-up of some of the best of Latinx DJs and live music, with drinks by 400 Conejos.
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