The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach is stepping into Miami Art Week 2025 as one of the city’s defining creative destinations, debuting The New Current—a dynamic curatorial program showcasing four major installations that explore the interplay between nature, technology, imagination, and coastal resilience. As an Official Hotel Partner of Art Basel Miami Beach, the property is unveiling an exceptional lineup: Loris Cecchini’s sculptural exhibition The Fluid Guest, PARTNYC’s retrofuturistic beachfront world The Brave New Earth, REEFLINE’s environmental shoreline activations, and Marcel van Luit’s immersive digital installation When the Earth Breathes.
Just steps from the Miami Beach Convention Center and the week’s leading fairs, The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach transforms into a living canvas of art, light, and motion—positioning the hotel as a central hub of discovery throughout Art Week.
“The convergence of visionary artists, installations, and experiences positions The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach as Art Basel’s true creative epicenter,” says Stephen Power, Area General Manager. “Through our new partnership with REEFLINE, we’re redefining luxury hospitality at Art Week—uniting artistic excellence with environmental responsibility.”
Extending the artistic experience northward, The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour, Miami will present Aqueous, a meditative new exhibition by American artist Christopher Martin, continuing the dialogue along the coastline.
The Fluid Guest by Loris Cecchini
Lobby Installation | December 2
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach unveils a striking sculptural installation by acclaimed Italian artist Loris Cecchini, featuring pieces from his renowned Waterbones series. Suspended modular steel forms evoke liquid motion, blurring the line between structure and flow. Curated by Miami arts leader Diana Lowenstein alongside her granddaughter Ilana Ohana—with support from Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery and Galería Continua—the work introduces a deeply personal intergenerational curatorial perspective.
Cecchini, whose work has been presented at Palais de Tokyo, MoMA PS1, and Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, describes the piece as a meditation on duality: “The title merges contrasting ideas—solidity and fluidity—reflecting a form that adapts while still holding structure.” Guests can experience the installation from multiple vantage points while enjoying specialty cocktails at Lapidus Bar.
The Brave New Earth by PARTNYC
Beachfront Spectacle | December 3–7
On the hotel’s private beachfront, PARTNYC debuts one of Art Week’s boldest installations—an immersive retrofuturistic world envisioning humanity’s brightest possible future.
Guests enter through illuminated portals into a multi-sensory landscape animated by music, performance, and design. Features include:
- Immersive Future Lab with interactive portals
- Retro-futuristic bars and VIP oceanfront lounges
- Innovators Stage with daily cultural programming and talks
- Nightly experiential performances combining sound, theater, and light
- Technology showcases by Collimation TV and Billfold
- Costume design by BATAKOVIC
- Sustainability components developed with Forge Labs
Guests of The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach receive priority access and exclusive viewing opportunities.
REEFLINE x The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
Environmental Art + Oceanfront Programming
As the new official hotel partner of REEFLINE, Miami Beach’s pioneering underwater sculpture park and hybrid reef, The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach will offer shoreline activations blending environmental learning with art and wellness.
Throughout the week, guests can participate in sunrise yoga, guided ocean meditations, beach clean-ups, and electric paddleboard excursions to REEFLINE’s first underwater site near 4th–5th Street. There, divers can explore Leandro Erlich’s monumental Concrete Coral—22 sculptural “cars” created from marine-grade concrete and CoralLok™ technology, seeded with more than 2,200 live corals. A porcelain edition by Lladró will be exhibited inside the hotel.
“Through this collaboration, we bring REEFLINE’s mission directly to the shoreline,” says founder Ximena Caminos. “Guests can connect firsthand with the living artwork beneath the waves.”
Daily poetry programs with O, Miami and afternoon conversations with cultural leaders will explore themes of ecology, climate, and creative resilience.
When the Earth Breathes by Marcel van Luit
Salon III | December 2–7
Dutch artist Marcel van Luit introduces a tranquil, immersive digital ecosystem that transforms the hotel’s mezzanine ballroom into a living environment of light, sound, and movement. As visitors navigate the space, the installation responds in real time—flowers bloom, atmospheres shift, and the scenery evolves organically.
Known for his dreamlike compositions collected by Drake, Post Malone, and Paris Hilton, van Luit describes the experience as “a moment of calm in a world moving too fast.” This marks his first collaboration with The Ritz-Carlton.
Along the northern shoreline, The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour presents Aqueous, a refined series of transparent acrylic works by Christopher Martin. Using a reverse-layering technique involving pigment, water, and quartz heating lamps, Martin creates fluid, glass-like compositions that echo the rhythms of tides and currents—mirroring the resort’s oceanfront setting.
Guests may view the exhibition before or after dining at Artisan Beach House, where new coastal-inspired menus complement the artwork.
