"The Faena District’s latest opening is the Faena Forum, an exhibition and performance space designed by Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu."

"After years of experience in the New York art world, curator Giada Baselice founded this contemporary art gallery in Wynwood."

"In addition to contemporary art exhibitions, the University of Miami’s Lowe Art Museum features an extensive, international permanent collection."

"As Wynwood becomes ever more Son-of-SoHo-esque, the commercial march of contemporary art has begun to conquer Hialeah and Little Haiti. This is among the latest to relocate."

"The Frost—the only academic art museum in the city—occupies a stunning Yann Weymouth-designed building."

"In addition to exhibiting visual art, the programming at this Little Havana gallery includes regular speakers, events, and performances."

"Herzog & de Meuron’s Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) acquired more than 400 language-based artworks, including selections from English artist Tom Phillips’s famous, ongoing altered book project “A Humument.”"

"Nina Johnson, formerly Gallery Diet, now occupies an austere compound designed by Charlap Hyman & Herrero. Expect well-curated contemporary art exhibitions."

"Celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten helms the Matador Room at Ian Schrager’s fashionable Edition Hotel. The menu features interpretations of Spanish, Caribbean, and Latin American cuisine."

"James Beard Award-Winning chef Michael Schwartz helms Fi’lia, an Italian restaurant with wood-fired pizzas cooked in a hearth, located inside downtown’s new SLS Brickell."

"Noted chef José Andrés, a pioneer of upscale tapas, created an innovative seafood menu for this outpost of his Bazaar franchise at SLS Brickell."

"Chef Brad Kilgore caters to the theater crowd with this restaurant, housed in the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts by architect César Pelli."

"Designer Robert McKinley imbued the color-splashed Mediterranean brasserie with a tropical aesthetic, sourcing the vintage lamps at Parisian flea markets and the wicker furniture from French heritage brand Drucker."

"On the 40th floor atop the Brickell newcomer, East Miami, Sugar is an Asian-influenced garden lounge by Studio Collective."

"An exterior Geisha mural by local artists Andrew Antonaccio and Filio Galvez welcomes patrons into a warehouse-like space where chef Michael Lewis mans an open-plan kitchen, preparing exotic Asian barbecue."

"One of the stars of the vegan world, Matthew Kenney, is behind this multi-use venue dedicated to holistic living, designed by local architect Rene Gonzalez and situated within Wynwood’s Sacred Space."

"A joint effort by Stephen Starr and chef Justin Smillie on South Beach that turns out farm-fresh cuisine. As with the New York outpost, Roman and Williams fashioned the bistro-style design."

"This old-school Italian mainstay recently upgraded to a new home inside the Marlin Hotel, a 1939 L. Murray Dixon art deco gem."

"A massive ocean mural presides over the new rooftop poke restaurant at the eco-minded 1 Hotel, designed by New York’s Meyer Davis Studio."

"Billy Strayhorn’s Lush Life on the sound system, arcane cocktails like The Pace Car, made with Blanc vermouth and grapefruit bitters, on the menu."

"In Surfside, the iconic Surf Club has been given a refresh, merging Russell Pancoast’s 1930 building—once a wonderfully faded private social haunt—and three gleaming towers by Richard Meier."

"The Yabu Pushelberg-designed St. Regis in Bal Harbour recently added the Greek restaurant Atlantikos and a lobby lounge with a suspended cloud sculpture by Iñigo Mangla-no-Ovalle."

"After an expansion, this art-forward stay has even more to offer. Aside from new guestrooms, new additions include Poeti, a restaurant helmed by noted chef Laurent Tourondel, and a globular public sculpture."

"With Robert De Niro as a celebrity partner and David Rockwell recalibrating the interiors, the lobby features artworks by Julian Schnabel and Enoc Perez, in addition to a glittering outpost of the Nobu sushi restaurant."

"Italian designer Paola Navone envisioned the 74-room resort—Como’s first U.S. property—imbuing the spaces with terrazzo floors and peppermint hues."

"Forever lively Mr. Chow, chef Andrew Carmellini’s nicely-pitched The Dutch Miami, and the popular Wall Nightclub at one of South Beach's most energetic hotels."

"The former Viceroy downtown is now the ornate Asian-inspired W Miami. Check out the 50th-floor Whisper Lounge for cocktails with views of Biscayne Bay."

"Fashion photographs by Alberto van Stokkum are displayed on the walls of the brand's first American hotel, in downtown, and the 14th-floor pool overlooks PAMM."

"The 169 Art Deco-inspired rooms are a vision of old glamour: golden curtain tassels, red fabric, and velvet furniture. Chefs Paul Qui and Francis Mallmann lead the hit restaurants, and Damien Hirst's gilded mammoth skeleton, "Gone But Not Forgotten," sits near the pool."

"Designed by studio Meyer Davis, the stylish eco hotel has hemp Keetsa mattresses, clean-lined upcycled furniture, and chef Tom Colicchio's farm-to-table venues."

"Ian Schrager's hot spot houses a Jean-Georges Vongerichten restaurant, an ice-skating rink, and a basement nightclub—consider it a Fontainebleau for the 21st century."

"Located in the Sterling Building on pedestrian Lincoln Road Mall, a cult independent bookstore with art bibles and design tomes on the shelves."

"Canadian fashion designer Marie Saint Pierre is known for her clean-lined creations; find them at her Wynwood boutique that showcases the work of local artists alongside her eponymous collection."

"Downtown’s new Arquitectonica-designed, 4.9 million-square-foot Brickell City Centre has tenants ranging from shoe label Giuseppe Zanotti to eyewear brand Illesteva."

"Set in a former 1939 Henry Hohauser art deco hotel, the fashion industry-favorite carries Balenciaga and exclusive Art Basel collaborations."

"At Herzog & de Meuron’s 1111 Lincoln Road, the forward-looking boutique has the pulse of the latest cult brands such as Vetements and Haider Ackermann."