$4B Miami Worldcenter Debuts Public Art Program Ahead Of Art Basel
The developers of the $4B Miami Worldcenter project launched a 27-acre outdoor museum as Art Basel and Miami Art Week festivities take over Magic City for the next month.
The $5M outdoor museum stretches along Northeast Second Avenue in Downtown Miami. Curated by international art dealer and curator Jeffrey Deitch and Miami art curatorial collective Primary, the public art project incorporates sculptures, murals and other pieces of visual art by artists like Nina Chanel Abney, Nick Cave, Franz Ackermann, Hernan Bas, Viktor El-Saieh and Serge Toussaint.
“This wasn't an obligation from the city,” Miami Worldcenter Managing Partner Nitin Motwani said at a press conference Monday. "It was something that we as developers, ourselves in Miami Worldcenter, [we] felt very strongly about.”
Motwani and Art Falcone are the lead developers on Miami Worldcenter, a partnership between Falcone Group and CIM Group. The project started construction in 2016, and will eventually incorporate more than 5,000 residential units, 600K SF of offices, 300K SF of retail and two hotels.
In addition to debuting the mixed-use development’s public art initiative on Monday, Motwani said the first new restaurant, Laurel, is launching this week and in two weeks, the first retail tenant will be moving in.
Motwani said the public art is a key piece of the $4B development, which started opening buildings in 2019.
“That's really what the Miami Worldcenter was meant to be. A place for every renter and buyer, tourists [and] locals,” Motwani said. “We wanted people to be able to walk and just relax.”
“We want people to be outside with the kids running around," Motwani said. "There hasn't been places you can do it."
“Miami has become one of the leading centers of contemporary art, with its prestigious art fairs, public and private museums, and its innovative public art projects," Deitch said in a statement. "The art program at Miami Worldcenter will enhance Miami’s stature as an international art destination."
