Luxury Guide: Miami Winter 2021-2022

THE HE ART OF CORAL GABLES

In the spirit of the art season, we share insights from two prominent advocates in the City Beautiful.

BY MICHAEL ISENBEK

“ We are thrilled to present this sculpture to the City of Coral Gables and make history during such an important time in the community. We look forward to making additional contributions and making this an epicenter of arts and culture. ”

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM” The original 30-foot-long stone bench is the inaugural dedication to the City’s Art in Public Places, Public Art in Private Development program, furthering Torrealba’s mission of enhancing arts and culture in the community. In the spirit of city founder George Merrick’s “Building Beautiful” philosophy, Torrealba presented “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the City of Coral Gables. The expansive bench, located in Balboa Plaza, is an element of a bigger installation dubbed the “Outdoor Room,” which includes lamp and carpet sculptures. The installation is conceived as a social space, both familiar and mystifying.

D ue to his love and support of the arts in the City of Coral Gables, Alirio Torrealba, CEO of MG Developer, is a board member of the Coral Gables Museum. He is a philanthropist at heart as well as being the most active residential developer in the City of Coral Gables, and a big promoter of arts and culture in the City Beautiful. Torrealba’s support of the city’s Art in Public Places program is a major manifestation of his philanthropic passion. Alirio contributes to the museum by sponsoring art exhibitions like Julio Larraz: The Kingdom We Carry Inside and finds ways to involve the community. mgdevelopermiami.com

”The museum of Coral Gables is the pillar of the City Beautiful, an ancient and classic city with an idea of Art and Culture with a lot of enrichment since its foundation which now it is projecting like other cities who are offering interesting things for other developers to involve themselves. I am confident that the President and the Executive Director, Jose Valdes Fauli and John Allen, are working on the evolution of the museum.”

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