The Betsy Hotel Announces Programming for Miami Art Week 2024

As the incubator of the arts in Miami Beach, The Betsy Hotel is committed to artistic excellence during Miami Art Week and throughout the year, serving as both an art institution and a cultural destination while allowing guests to experience a rich tapestry of initiatives designed to make art accessible and engaging for everyone. For Miami Art Week 2024, the hotel will display works by more than 15 new artists alongside its growing permanent collection. It will also host several special events, including live dance and jazz performances. All of the artwork displayed is for sale, with a portion of proceeds going toward Zara’s Center, The Betsy’s charitable organization benefiting children in Zimbabwe.

The Betsy is one of 12 hotels chosen to participate in the fifth edition of “No Vacancy” in collaboration with the City of Miami Beach and the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority (MBVCA). As part of this program, “The Betsy Orb,” the egg-shaped architectural masterpiece that serves as a bridge connecting the hotel’s two buildings, will light up with a site-specific work by local transmedia artist [dNASAb] (pronounced diz-nee).

[dNASAb]’s work fuses the present and the future to imagine an optimistic, tech-integrated world. He uses upcycled ocean debris and reclaimed plastics to create kinetic sculptures that highlight the need to protect marine ecosystems from pollution. Through his work, [dNASAb] explores the yet-to-be-seen impacts of technology and the complex environmental challenges in South Florida’s natural ecosystems. (Credit: [dNASAb]).

“This work raises critical questions about the environmental impact of plastic waste on even the most fundamental levels of life, challenging viewers to confront the far-reaching consequences of human pollution,” said [dNASAb], who has had the honor of exhibiting his creations worldwide in collaboration with industry giants like Microsoft, Apple and Bloomberg.

Artists and Works at a Glance by Location in the Hotel

LT Steak & Seafood (LTSS)

Lillian Bassman (1917-2012) is a celebrated contemporary of Richard Avedon and Irving Penn who earned distinction through a fusion of fashion and fine art.
- Medium: Fashion photography
Willy Ronis (1910-2009) is a French photographer whose best-known work shows life in post-WWII Paris and Provence.
- Medium: French ‘poetic’ photography

The Piano Bar

Andy Sweet (1953-1982) is a photographer who captured iconic photos of Jewish life in South Beach in the late 1970s.
- Medium: Miami Beach photography

Gallery

Mac Stone is an Arizona-based conservation photographer specializing in documenting the Everglades and America’s swamps.
- Medium: Everglades photography
Clyde Butcher is an American large-format camera photographer known for wilderness photography of the Florida landscape.
- Medium: ‘Photos by Everglades’ Ansel Adams

The Carlton Room

Elinor Carucci is an Israeli-American photographer and educator noted for family photos and The Collars of RBG (2023).
- Medium: Photography (RBG collars)
María Daniel Balcázar is a Bolivian-American documentary and fine art photographer focusing on the vitality of cultural traditions.
- Medium: Bolivian photographer
Bettina von Zwehl, born in Munich and residing in the U.K., produces tight-focused portraits that seek to capture the spirit of her subjects.
- Medium: Photography
Sonia Hamza is a French visual artist and writer whose engaging and self-reflective art marries textiles, graphic design and photography.
- Medium: Mixed media
Juan Pablo Lascuráin is a multidisciplinary artist from Guadalajara, Jalisco, whose work celebrates Mexican icons and traditions.
- Medium: Mixed media
Enzo Barracco is a London-based Italian photographer who won the world over with his book The Noise of Ice: Antarctica (2016).
- Medium: Digital projection

Third-Floor Hallway, Hohauser

Steve Dozier is an award-winning social documentarian with wide-ranging work, including a melange of Miami Beach photos circa the 1980s.
- Medium: Photography

The Betsy Orb

[dNASAb] is a technology artist exploring the combination of found objects and AI to create works about the environment.
Medium: Mixed media/digitals

The Betsy Lobby

Juan Carlos Zaldivar (aka Violenta Flores) is a Cuban-born Latinx visual artist known for experimental mixed-media storytelling.
- Medium: Digital/experimental projection

Boardroom

Aela Morgan is an Israeli-American artist committed to innovative explorations of collage and mixed media, both abstract and figurative.
- Medium: Mixed media

B Bar – Lightboxes

Jill Greer has worked with hundreds of global commercial and editorial clients, shooting award-winning studio and location photography.
- Medium: Photography
Ernie Button takes color photographs of cities and sights on his travels worldwide and is the creator of the photography project Vanishing Spirits.
- Medium: Photography

Property-Wide

Bob Bonis (1932-1992) was an MCA talent agent who held an extraordinary position in the music industry at a pivotal time in rock and roll history.
- Medium: Photography

On Friday, December 6, from 5-8 p.m., The Betsy will host a property-wide Art Week opening event and artist meet-and-greet. The event will include a dance performance by Peter London Global Dance Company to the work of photographers Mac Stone and Clyde Butcher. The event is free and open to the public; RSVP on Eventbrite.

The Betsy Hotel Announces Programming for Miami Art Week 2024

Throughout the week, The Betsy will celebrate musicians with the “Art of Miami Jazz Past and Present,” a series of performances at The Piano Bar.

Saturday, November 30 | 9 p.m.: Josephine Baker Homage with vocalist Nicole Yarling and the Jim Gasior Trio
Thursday, December 5 | 6-11 p.m.: Pianist Leonard Reina
Friday, December 6 | 6 p.m. to midnight: The Simon Mogul Quartet featuring Miami-born saxophonist Simon Mogul, a recent college graduate emerging as a leading tenor saxophonist on the world jazz scene, and Curtis Lundy, Miami-born, award-winning double-bass player, composer and arranger known for his work with Betty Carter’s band.
Saturday, December 7 | 6 p.m. to midnight: The Harden Project, a Miami-born duo that includes singer and composer Ja’Nia Harden and musician and composer John Harden.