From our Miami Design District gallery and event space, Surface Area, to sustainability talk series with Nespresso at the W Hotel South Beach, here's the essential guide to all of our activations during this year's event.
From our Miami Design District gallery and event space, Surface Area, to sustainability talk series with Nespresso at the W Hotel South Beach, here's the essential guide to all of our activations during this year's event.
After a pandemic-induced hiatus, Miami Art Week is back in physical form. I think we speak for everyone when we bid a fond farewell to the virtual fairs. And here, at Surface, we’re coming back with a bang.
The Surface programming this year will be as robust as it ever was, with a slate of talks, cocktail parties, book launches, exhibition openings, and even a designer-led menorah lighting on the schedule. (Just wait till you see our artist-driven cereal cart.)
We’ve loaded up our lineup with some of the art and design world’s most influential names: OMA’s visionary partner Shohei Shigematsu; Lonneke Gordijn of the wondrous Studio Drift; the polymath designer, futurist, and founder of Supernature Dror Benshetrit; cultural entrepreneur Ximena Caminos; NFT trailblazer Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile; and a cadre of rising talents who are pushing the limits of design, among others.
For longtime fans of Surface, blowing it out for Basel is no surprise. However, this year marks a foray into uncharted territory for the brand. We’re thrilled to announce the opening of Surface Area, our new home in the Miami Design District. Part art gallery, part retail showroom, part activation space, Surface Area brings our industry-leading content to life in physical form.
4 – 6 p.m.
Home Alone 2: Lost in Miami Opening Opening preview of Home Alone 2: Lost in Miami. This reception kicks off a two-week exhibit curated by William Leung featuring new works from emerging talent. Location: Surface Area
Tuesday, Nov. 30
2 – 4 p.m. Kin Tasting Discover Kin Euphorics’ nourishing, creativity-fueling beverages as you head into a week of art discovery and gallery hopping. RSVP here. Location: Surface Area
5 – 6 p.m. Artist Visit: Hannah Polskin
Meet Hannah Polskin, an L.A.-based artist and master of abstract forms who will unveil her Surface Area install—a signature Art Mirror–and a lighting with her new stone Menorah Sculpture. RSVP here. Location: Surface Area
Wednesday, Dec. 1
11 a.m. – 6 p.m. OffLimits Cereal Cart at Congruent Space
Surface is proud to support OffLimits Cereal for the launch of their cereal cart, which will be activated through Dec. 5 at Congruent Space, with a return to Surface Area in January. Location: Congruent Space
12 – 1 p.m. OMA NY: Search Term Book Event Shohei Shigematsu, partner at the heralded Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), will host a gathering to discuss the firm’s new monograph, OMA NY: Search Term, which shines a light on the New York office’s most outstanding projects: residential skyscrapers in Miami and San Francisco, mixed-use developments in Tokyo and Houston, intimate spaces such as the studio for artist Cai Guo-Qiang, and more. Books available for purchase and signing onsite. Moderated by Surface senior editor Ryan Waddoups. Please RSVP here. Location: Surface Area
2 – 4 p.m. Design Dialogues No. 51 w. Fingerprints DAO Fingerprints DAO, an organization focused around collaborating with creators to build experiments at the intersection of art, economics, and social coordination, will host a discussion around the possibilities of digital art.
Discussion with Luiz Ramalho, Founder, Fingerprints DAO; Harm van den Dorpel, Artist, Mutant Garden Seeder; and Sarah Meyohas, Artist, Bitchcoin. Moderated by Surface senior creative editor Nate Storey.
Panel discussion will kick-off at 2:30pm; light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP Here. Location: Surface Area
Thursday, Dec. 2
11 – 11:30 a.m. Nespresso x Surface Café Talks No. 1 Designing a better future for cities in the era of climate change: innovative new projects and concepts are providing a glimpse of how we solve global warming’s most pressing problems. Discussion with Ximena Caminos, Shohei Shigematsu, and Dror Benshetrit. Moderated by Surface senior creative editor Nate Storey.
Please RSVP here. Location: W South Beach
12 – 12:30 p.m. Nespresso x Surface Café Talks No. 2 Artists fighting against environmental degradation: the power of art and design in the fight against climate change.
Discussion with Studio Drift co-founder Lonneke Gordijn and conceptual artist Loris Gréaud, ambassador for the Sense of Silence Foundation. Moderated by Surface senior editor Ryan Waddoups.
Please RSVP here. Location: W South Beach
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WELL DRESSED SEASONS LA presents Well Dressed, an Fri&nds event. Curated by Odell Beckham Jr., the one-day showcase features pieces by Pierce Brosnan, Leroy Neiman, Reko Rennie, and Paris Brosnan.
Private cocktail reception to follow; RSVP here for guest list. Location: Surface Area
1:30 – 2 p.m. Nespresso x Surface Café Talks No. 3 How to solve the dilemma of products and consumerism: the plastic waste crisis, recycled and sustainable materials, and the promise of 3D printing.
Discussion with Jane Abernethy, chief sustainability officer at Humanscale and Tomas Vera, Creative Director at Verdi Design
Moderated by Surface senior creative editor Nate Storey. RSVP here. Location: W South Beach
2 p.m – 2:30 p.m. Nespresso x Surface Café Talks No. 4 The long-term sustainability of Crypto and NFT art, and the promise of eco-friendly blockchains and NFTs.
Discussion with Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile, digital art collector and cofounder of the sustainably-minded NFT marketplace Aorist, and new-media artist and designer Refik Anadol. Moderated by cultural entrepreneur Ximena Caminos. RSVP here. Location: W South Beach
2 – 3:30 p.m. Design Dialogues No. 56 w. Grupo ARCA Grupo ARCA presents an intimate discussion on sustainability in architecture and design.
Discussion with Winka Dubbeldam, founding partner of Archi-Tectonics NYC, and Supernature founder Dror Benshetrit. Moderated by Surface CEO Marc Lotenberg. RSVP here. Location: ARCA Wynwood
Saturday, Dec. 4 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Meet Evan Yee, whose organization Pandemorial sells 14k gold-plated masks and pendants with proceeds that benefit frontline healthcare workers, and worthless studios’ Neil Hammato, who launched The Plywood Protection Project, an initiative to collect plywood from boarded up storefronts and redistribute it to artists. The two New York-based artists will discuss their work stemming from the global pandemic and racial protests, respectively, celebrates the strength and resilience of the creative community. Please RSVP here. Location: Surface Area
