Art and design fuse with libations and wellness over Art Basel at this year’s Loews Miami Beach Hotel Art Collective. The renowned South Beach resort, home to an expansive collection of multi-medium works of art, brings together artists and experiences for a series of unique activations that capture the spirit of Art Basel and Miami Beach.
As part of this year’s collective, Loews Miami Beach Hotel announces its inaugural Gallerist in Residence, Jonathan Carver Moore. Carver Moore is the Founding Director of Jonathan Carver Moore, a contemporary art gallery in San Francisco that specializes in working with emerging and established artists who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women. As the only openly gay Black male owned gallery in San Francisco, Carver Moore is committed to amplifying the voices of these often-underrepresented artists through a Black queer lens.
Exclusively over Miami Art Week, guests and visitors can view Carver Moore’s pop-up gallery in the Loews Miami Beach lobby, Dec. 2-8, including works by featured artists: Carrie Ann Plank, Adana Tillman, Javiera Estrada and Aplerh-Doku Borlabi.
Visit Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery at Untitled Art Fair – Booth A21 – for more from these celebrated artists.
As official host hotel for SCOPE Art Show, VIP SCOPE ticket holders can take advantage of complimentary transportation from the hotel to SCOPE and back courtesy of Acura, the exclusive 2024 SCOPE automotive sponsor. Car aficionados can enjoy two Acura art cars transformed by Paris and Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist, Dalkhafine. View the new turbocharged 2025 Acura ADX SUV ahead of its arrival to dealers in 2025, and the new all-electric ZDX Type S. See more work from Dalkhafine at SCOPE Art Show.
Additional Art Basel events include live print-making with Jonathan Carver Moore artist, Carrie Ann Plank, an evening with artist Derek Gores, as well as a premium spirit and live art activation with Johnnie Walker and a wellness event with Sea Spa.
Art – and Art Basel – lovers are invited to enjoy Loews Miami Beach Hotel Art Collective activations, all of which are complimentary to attend and located on property:
An Evening with Derek Gores
- Dec. 4 at 6:00pm
- South lobby
- Derek Gores once again brings his collage works to Loews Miami Beach live in the main lobby. Watch Derek create unique works of art using various mediums including paper, magazine pages and more during this unique art studio event.
The Art of Wellness
- Dec. 5 from 7:00am – 10:00am
- Sea Spa at Loews Miami Beach Hotel
- Join Sea Spa, 305 Kettle Bell Club and Smart Water for a morning of oceanfront wellness featuring a run club, HIIT classes, yoga and belly dancing.
- Register here.
Ink & Impressions: Print Making with Carrie Ann Plank
- Dec. 5-6 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
- South Lobby
- Meet Jonathan Carver Moore artist, Carrie Ann Plank, and watch her create in her pop-up print making studio. Using mathematical equations, Plank will create overlapping impressions that reveal additional distinct pattern formations, resulting in a one-of-a-kind work of art.
- This event will take place over two days of studio sessions. Guests can enjoy samples and by the glass pours of Ruinart on day 1 and samples and by the glass pours of Johnny Walker on day 2.
Scotch & Statues with Johnny Walker
- Dec. 6 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm
- Bar Collins
- Johnny Walker’s iconic Striding Man comes to Loews Miami for a night of scotch and statues. Sip signature scotch creations and watch a 6-foot Striding Man transform into an Art Deco-inspired masterpiece during this live painting event.
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Jonathan Carver Moore – Featured Artists
Adana Tillman is a textile and fiber artist who explores the journey of identity through figurative portraits. Tillman uses found fabrics to tell stories of the African Diaspora, exploring fashion and identity. Her mastery of quilting, embroidery and hand dyeing materials are all skills passed down from her mother. Adana works have been featured in the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, EXPO CHICAGO, Fog Design+ Art, Prizm Art Fair and now at Untitled.
Aplerh-Doku Borlabi is a Ghanaian artist known for his figurative oil paintings and use of coconut sheath to create his subjects’ varying Black complexions. The coconut sheath’s multiple layers, longhairs and shades of brown whimsically renders skin texture and bone structure, while emulating the way natural light surfaces on skin. Borlabi’s works reside in prominent private collections around the world. Most recently his work was acquired by the de Young museum. Borlabi has been featured in Artnet, FAD Magazine, JUXTAPOZ, The San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner.
Carrie Ann Plank is a San Francisco based artist working in installation, printmaking and painting. Her work focuses on layers of sophisticated geometry and examines the space of intersecting patterns to describe new structures. Plank’s art is included in collections at the Fine Art Archives of the Library of Congress, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, Guanlan Print Art Museum in China, Museum Meermanno in The Hague, Netherlands and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Carrie Ann Plank
Javiera Estrada and her work are influenced by memories of growing up in Mexico, examining the theme of interconnected consciousness. From incorporating female bodies as sculptural forms in organic communion with nature, to creating galactic primordial environments with inks, her work represents the “prima materia,” original essence of existence. Estrada has exhibited in London, Germany, Switzerland, China and Singapore. Her 2020 solo show in Las Vegas received a Certificate of Special Congressional Commendation for the Arts from the United States Congress.
Feature Photo: Jonathan Carver Moore
Photos Courtesy of Loews MIami Beach Hotel