We’ve all been treated to stunning art displays on the facade of The Betsy Orb during Miami Art Week. But why should December get all the fun? The egg-shaped marvel is set to get a year-round transformation thanks to multiple contemporary artists!
The Betsy has recently announced a permanent projection program that will showcase commissioned digital works onto the spherical structure. Using a new laser projector packing 17,800 lumens (about nine times more powerful than your home theater setup), the pieces will be perfectly calibrated to the Orb without spillover to neighboring buildings.
Each participating artist will receive a detailed digital template reflecting its dimensions, allowing them to create or adapt work specifically for its surface. Final works are then mapped, tested and reviewed before debuting to the public. And like all exhibitions at The Betsy, the projections will be free to view!
What’s on the canvas for 2026?
Spearheaded by The Betsy’s co-owner and art curator, Lesley Goldwasser, the year-round program is set to highlight the following global and local contemporary artists:
- June-July: Presented in partnership with the Knight and Perez Foundations, local transmedia artist dNASAb kicks off the World Cup with “The Gooooaaaaal is Love” — a cinematic tribute to the passion of soccer projected onto a canvas shaped just like a soccer ball.
- August: Digital artist Carl Phillipe Juste teams up with internationally acclaimed Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrié to explore themes of Caribbean migration and identity.
- October: Laura Paresky Gould, the creative eye behind Miami Color Theory, debuts a visually striking new work.
- November: Filmmaker and video artist Juan Carlos Zaldivar presents a mesmerizing video work based on Hummingbird.
- December: The Betsy will debut a new commissioned piece in partnership with the City of Miami Beach’s “No Vacancy” program.
About The Betsy Orb
Before it became a glowing digital canvas, the Orb was born out of a 2016 hotel expansion project by architect Allan T. Shulman and Betsy co-owner Jonathan Plutzik. It serves as a walkway between the historic Betsy Ross Hotel on Ocean Drive with the former Carlton Hotel on Collins Avenue, as well as an interior gallery space and sculptural installation…