Florida's biggest Basquiat show lands at PAMM
Florida's largest Basquiat show heads to the bay, a superyacht titan moves in, and two new bites land close to home.
Florida's biggest Basquiat show lands at PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami will mount Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols, billed as the largest presentation of Jean-Michel Basquiat's work to date in Florida, drawing 10 masterworks from the Kenneth C. Griffin Collection. The show traces how the artist remixed comic books, corporate logos, graffiti, and his Puerto Rican and Haitian heritage into a coded visual language of color, line, and gesture. For Brickell residents a short hop across the bridge, it is the summer's marquee cultural draw, with member previews seeding opening week before the galleries open to the public. (Pérez Art Museum Miami)
A superyacht giant plants its flag in Brickell
Jonathan Beckett, who spent decades leading the global superyacht brokerage Burgess from London, has relocated to Miami and is anchoring the firm to a Brickell base as the city grows into a major yachting hub. The move plants one of the industry's biggest names in the neighborhood's dense financial core, a signal that Brickell's pull now reaches the upper end of maritime wealth alongside its banking and fund tenants. (Miami Today)
The Mexican opens on Brickell Key
The Mexican, a sit-down Mexican concept, has set up on Brickell Key, bringing dishes like barbacoa de arrachera to the island's small but growing restaurant row. The opening adds a full-service option to a pocket of Brickell better known for its towers and waterfront walk than its dining, giving residents a reason to stay on the Key for dinner rather than crossing back to the mainland. (What Now Miami)
Van Leeuwen scoops into Mary Brickell Village
Van Leeuwen, the New York-born ice cream maker known for its dairy and vegan pints, is opening a new scoop shop in Mary Brickell Village, expanding the chain's Miami footprint into one of the neighborhood's busiest retail blocks. The location puts a recognizable dessert name steps from Brickell's restaurants and offices, an easy after-dinner stop in a corridor that has steadily filled in its ground-floor storefronts. (What Now Miami)
Tour the Kaseya Center on a Wednesday afternoon
The Kaseya Center is running its All-Access Tour on Wednesday, June 10 at 3 p.m., walking visitors through the downtown arena that the Miami HEAT call home. It is an easy weekday outing for Brickell residents within walking distance, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the bowl, premium spaces, and back-of-house areas that fans usually only glimpse on game nights. (Kaseya Center events)
A World Cup-themed DJ night at PAMM
PAMM's PAMMSonic DJ series returns Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m. with an edition built around a World Cup kick-off theme, pairing music with the museum's waterfront setting. The night gives Brickell residents a walkable, after-work reason to cross to Museum Park, trading the usual happy-hour circuit for art, a DJ set, and bay views. (PAMM events)
NEWBIES screens for Juneteenth and Pride
PAMM and filmmaking duo FLYPAPER will screen NEWBIES on Wednesday, June 18 from 7 to 9 p.m., marking Juneteenth and Pride Month with the award-winning short that won a Special Jury Award at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival. The evening runs happy-hour specials at Verde from 5 p.m., a filmmaker panel after the screening, and a DJ on the terrace, making it an accessible night out a bridge away from Brickell. (PAMM events)
The fees quietly funding downtown's future
The Miami Downtown Development Authority continues to manage the Downtown Development of Regional Impact program under its Increment III Order, collecting impact fees across administration, air quality, master-plan recovery, and transportation-mitigation categories to offset growth in the Greater Downtown district that includes Brickell. A DDA DRI Task Force, formed in 2021, is assessing how much sits in each fee category and what future priorities those dollars should fund — the quiet plumbing that shapes which Brickell-area transit and public-space projects get paid for. (Miami DDA)
Police hunt a Brickell liquor-store thief
Miami police are searching for a man captured on surveillance video stealing liquor from a Brickell store, with the investigation still open as of late May. The footage circulated as officers asked the public to help identify the subject, a reminder for neighborhood retailers and residents that storefront theft remains on the local blotter even in Brickell's high-traffic commercial stretches. (WSVN 7News)