Brilliance in Our Midst
Anthony Japour Examines Enrique Martinez Celaya
Florida International University’s Frost Museum held a special breakfast with a guest lecture by artist, Enrique Martinez Celaya. Martinez Celaya is without question doing the most important work in Miami at this time. In fact, what I heard during Art Basel Miami Beach week this year was just as impressive as what I saw.
Born six years after the Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba in 1964, Enrique Martinez Celaya immigrated in 1972 to Spain with his mother and then in 1975 moved to Puerto Rico. In 1986, he received a degree in applied physics at Cornell University and matriculated in a PhD program in Quantum Electronics at University of California at Berkeley. Within the first year of his PhD program he decided to abandon quantum electronics for art.
Pictured: The Gambler, 2010
Enrique Martinez Celaya
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Private Concert for JCS
World renowned violinist Kimberly Fischer and other musicians of the Philadelphia International Music Festival performed at an exclusive concert benefiting the Jewish Community Services Kosher Food Bank at the residence of Dalia Glottman. “Their virtuoso recital on the grounds of Dalia’s magnificent home on Biscayne Bay made for a truly memorable afternoon,” said Shelley Niceley Groff, JCS Board Chair.
Pictured: Michal and Madison Marcucci of the Philadelphia Music Festival
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Barcelo Maya Beach Resort
By Charles Greenfield
Riviera Maya, an hour south of Cancun’s glittering hotels, has been for over a decade one of the world’s fastest growing travel destinations. With increased airfare service, luxury all-inclusive resorts, and powder-white beaches, this stretch of the Yucatan peninsula opposite the island of Cozumel is also strewn with Mayan temples, cenotes (sinkholes and caves) and fascinating jungle flora. And best of all, according to World Tourism Organization statistics, Cancun and Rivera Maya are rated No. 1 and No. 2 “Safe Places” in Mexico.
Recently, I visited the all-inclusive Barceló Maya Beach Resort, between Riviera Maya’s main town, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum, site of world-famous Mayan beachside ruins. With 186 properties in 17 countries, family-owned Barceló has just introduced its Palace Deluxe brand with suites and junior suites, high-end spas, gourmet à la carte dining, and helpful Club Premium concierge lounges for check-ins, dinner reservations, free internet and snacks.
