The Genuine Hospitality Group is known for hosting some of the best pop-up dinners in Miami, bringing in top chefs from all over the country to host dinners at Harry’s Pizzeria, Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink and The Cypress Room. But this time they are changing it up a bit, bringing in one of the world’s top sommeliers for an interactive scratch-and-sniff wine dinner.
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The plight of the independent artist isn’t without its benefits. Since many art fairs have grown into overwhelmingly commercial behemoths, some have found the lone rider approach more rewarding. Independence, however, doesn’t exist in a vacuum and for photographer Clifton Henri, it includes traveling seven months per year to exhibit at festivals and artist-run showcases throughout the U.S.
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Things often come in twos for John Baldessari. Those who know the famed artist’s expansive body of work will recognize how the relationship between vantage points, the use of multiple canvases, and the application of two or more elements are characteristic of his process. This theme is an interesting one for City View Garage, a new mixed-use building, which is part parking garage and part office and retail space. Wedged between interstate 95 and 195, City View is enveloped in a seemingly endless arrangement of tessellated metallics, while two of Baldessari’s monumental images stand-out on its façade like billboards along the highway. The artwork commissioned by developer Craig Robins may cause commuters to wonder if the artist’s works are an ad campaign for the revitalized neighborhood or a contemporary art installation; further, how will this distinction matter?
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