It’s not everyday the mayor of Miami, Francis Xavier Suarez, stops by your Art Basel function but there he was in Canopy Park under the floral-covered greenhouse that Cultured and Five Park had purposed for a decadent feast by Chef Sandy Ho last night. The event was a celebration of the tower, which will redefine luxury in Miami Beach by offering its distinguished tenants simultaneous beach and bay views with its striking ellipsis form. The hosts of the evening, developers Russell Galbut, David Martin, Howard M. Lorber joined editor-in-chief Sarah Harrelson in welcoming an intimate group that included Five Park architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia, artist Rogan Gregory, Maison Margiela CEO Gianfranco Gianangeli and CEO of Design Brands for North America Laura Dubin-Wander, designer Anda Andrei, New Museum’s Isolde Brielmaier, Charly Sturm, art collector and designer Chet Callahan, model Karolína Kurková and architect Chad Oppenheim.
The three-course, al fresco meal felt like the perfect nightcap on a fair-fatigued day in the aisles. If you lived here, you’d be home by now repeated in our ears as did the smell of flowers wafting down from the rafters. Under the canopy of green with friends old and new, guests savored the potential of tomorrow on today’s plate, which included tie-dyed duck maitake dumplings, plates of braided bao, platters of crispy red snapper topped with black sesame and pandan sundaes.
Brief toasts by Galbut, Martin, Harrelson and Gregory punctuated the evening but no one wanted to distract from its purpose: one-on-one connections to the property and also to each other. Guests took home Victoria Beckham beauty products, Ruben Toledo-designed totes and orchids, a small souvenir of a dreamy repase, and looked forward to many more celebrations as the skyline stunner makes its debut.
