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92 CULTURED 16 17 18 Map It Out Artist Paula Scher has created a new series of large-scale cartographic paintings for her upcoming solo exhibition at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery. Scher took various data—from geography to climate—of the United States, and reinterpreted it into kaleidoscopic pieces that explore notions about diversity. The show, "U.S.A.," is on view through March 26. brycewolkowitz.com After a century and a half of manufacturing watches, Panerai debuted its first flagship store in the Americas in the Miami Design District. When it came to designing the marquee space, the house turned to Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola. "I asked Patricia, 'Can you help me make the boutique warmer?'" says Panerai CEO Angelo Bonati. "People should feel at home. They should come here to enjoy, to drink a coffee—not just to buy a watch." Indeed, the two-story boutique is a watch lover's sun-drenched home away from home. panerai.com Inspired in part by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, Kvell creative studio's Instagram account, @meetkvell, will have you hooked. "We have rules and we stick to them," says co-founder Adam Rosenberg. "All the posts must be bright, beautiful, bizarre and shot in front of a solid color background." But Kvell's latest creative venture is a little less stringent: After spotting "a masterpiece" on a side street in Wynwood—a poetic assemblage of stickers, bottles and some graffiti—the Insta-campaign "This Is Art" was born. Rosenberg and his partner, Dalit Saad, began stickering "accidental art" during Art Basel Miami Beach, and have plans to visit other fairs and art hubs throughout the year. Guest curators are welcome. kvell.co Angelo Bonati and Patricia Urquiola COURTESY OF ©PAULA SCHER, BRYCE WOLKOWITZ GALLERY; ©OFFICINE PANERAI; ©KVELL