This week will be a time to say hello, goodbye, and stick around with some innovative evenings that underscore the diversity of offerings in Miami these days. First, for the sayonara: one of the original and flagship galleries in what we now call the Art District will shutter its doors for good in July, the [...]
Get ready. Hold your breath. Jump into the jam-packed group shows opening up on Saturday, June 9. These exhibits, in which very little light or white space gets through from one piece to another, have become a bit of a Miami summer tradition; in the hot, slow summer months, big shows with lots of names [...]
Several weeks ago Tigertail Productions (a Knight Arts Grantee) threw its annual fundraising bash which, while called “expected/unexpected,” turned out as expected — a great party with super surprises. In one room, a trio read poetry, a big hit for everyone who made the effort to give a listen. There were peep holes through which [...]
Dimensions Variable. Berlin has become one of the world’s top art centers, a deserved place that it lost during some dark years in the 20th century. After the horrendous destruction and death of World War II and the debilitating years of the Iron Curtain, when the divided city sat east of the free world, a [...]
The Dominican Republic too often flies under the radar when it comes to recognizing our Caribbean neighbors. This nation that shares a space with Haiti on the big island of Hispaniola gets overlooked when we talk about the art, music and history that emanates from the region, which is a real shame since it is [...]
The “Smoke Signals” emanating from the latest entry in the artist-run space category, Under the Bridge, are all suggestions of or references to portals, hence the exhibit’s name, “Smoke Signals: portals y passages.” Both the show and the space are welcome complements to the art scene. The 14 artists’ works were chosen by William Cordova, [...]
Anyone who knows art in Miami, knows Jose Bedia. After rising in the art world in his native Cuba in the 1980s — he was part of the first and second Havana Biennial, the latest edition of which just opened earlier in the month — and becoming part of a new wave of artists known as the [...]
Perceptions of modern-day life, and the blurring of dimensions, tie two shows of new works from two local women artists in fascinating ways. Although Felecia Chizuko Carlisle deals in cold, hard edges and angles, and Michelle Weinberg has a much more decorative aesthetic, their shows currently up in the sprawling Dorsch gallery space, speak to [...]
Ragnar Kjartansson at MOCA. This is great. Although May has arrived, a time of the year when the arts season traditionally winds down — our museums seem to be saying, “No way.” Over the next week, some significant and interesting shows will be opening up, from MOCA and MAM to the Frost at FIU. The huge [...]
Although Primary Projects has become known for street art since it opened two years ago in the Design District, the latest show there is a departure, although still remaining within a thematic that fits with the artist-run space. The work — painting and video — revolves around a still extremely controversial site in Spain, which has [...]
