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Miami born and bred, Nayib Estefan has been running creative cinematic endeavors for over a decade. At the Nite Owl Drive-In, nestled between neon-lit high-rise condos, he shows 35mm repertory prints ranging from classic to guilty pleasure while, at Dream Arcade, he’s building an interactive piece of lysergic art.

Born in Honolulu and raised in central Florida as part of a Cuban, Vietnamese, and Jewish household, Susan Kim Alvarez returned to the Sunshine State after graduating from art school. Now based in Miami, she makes rich, abstract compositions, exploding with strange figures and fantastical narratives.

Built in 1905 and left uninhabited for decades, artist Fared Manzur has turnedthis Downtown Miami hotel into a studio space for himself, and a gallery of sorts. Here, leaving the architecture of the space largely untouched and bare, he welcomes artists from across the world to work, exhibit, and experience the city.

Operating under the Crystallmess alias, Christelle Oyiri is a DJ, producer, and artist born and raised in Paris. Her work across mediums deals with post-colonialism and her experiences as a Black person in France, but also the exuberance, hope and joy of the community of the dancefloors.

Working as both an artist and a musician, Erwan Sene combines sculptures made of the detritus of everyday life with compositions that throb under the rhythmic weight of abstracted techno. Underpinning both practices is the idea of world building and the impenetrability of language.

Begun almost imperceptibly as an outgrowth of the work of its founder, Gregory Brooks, a designer and collector, RareBooksParis is part bookshop, part research project, part archive—a curated haven excavating modern and personal narratives within the history of fashion.

Designed by Rem Koolhas in a minimalist splendour of marbles and mirrors, under the direction of chef Mathieu Canet, restaurant Le Dauphin has been leading a revolution in the city’s dining culture, from the old working-class neighborhood of Belleville.