No Vacancy puts new art in 12 Miami Beach hotels starting Nov. 12
The city's free juried show runs through Dec. 19, with a $25,000 jury prize and a $10,000 public prize.
Twelve Miami Beach hotels will show new site-specific artworks from Thursday, Nov. 12, through Saturday, Dec. 19, in the seventh No Vacancy, Miami Beach, a free juried competition the city runs, the city said Thursday on X.
Each of the 12 artists, picked from a record 228 applicants, receives a $10,000 honorarium, according to the city’s announcement. Two prizes totaling $35,000 will be awarded: a $25,000 prize chosen by a panel of art professionals and a $10,000 public prize presented by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. The city’s release doesn’t say how the public votes.
The hotels and artists, as listed by the city:
- Avalon Hotel: Morel Doucet
- Balfour Hotel Miami Beach: Luján Candria
- The Betsy Hotel: Ricardo E. Zulueta
- Casa Faena: Kevin Arrow
- Eden Roc Miami Beach: Emmett Moore
- Hotel Croydon Miami Beach: Justin H. Long
- International Inn: Lulu Sanchez
- Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel: Alex Nuñez
- Marriott Stanton South Beach: Marlon Portales
- The Royal Palm South Beach Miami: Diana Eusebio
- The Shelborne by Proper: Yanira Collado
- Sherry Frontenac OceanFront Resort: Gonzalo Hernández
The show is presented by the city with the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority and the visitors bureau, which fund it along with the city’s Cultural Arts Council. Details are at miamibeachfl.gov/no-vacancy.
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