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2005 Stories by Alfredo Triff

• Loose Threads

  published September 22, 2005

  Last week's art gallery openings in Wynwood and the Design District officially marked the beginning of Miami's fall season, a period that... More >>

• Virtual Vision

  published September 1, 2005

  "I always dreamt of traveling to far away lands," recounts sixteenth-century sailor Bernal Díaz del Castillo in his Chronicles of the... More >>

• A Family Affair

  published August 25, 2005

  Did you know that ARTnews magazine ranks Don and Mera Rubell among the world's top 200 art collectors? The Rubell Family Collection is... More >>

• Viva Video

  published August 4, 2005

  Within a year, Miami Art Central (MAC) has presented two interesting shows dealing with media art. The first was "The Last Picture Show:... More >>

• Copycats

  published July 21, 2005

  After Duchamp's infamous 1917 urinal, in which the French artist simply added his signature to a bathroom fixture and placed it on display, is... More >>

• A Question of Originality

  published June 30, 2005

  The Lowe Art Museum's latest show, "Jan Matulka: Global Modernist," presents the work of a fine artist and a reputed teacher. What I find... More >>

• Every Second Counts

  published June 9, 2005

  The most basic notion of time generally brings to mind images that combine to depict the drama of human life. What's the relation between time and... More >>

• Cracking Stereotypes

  published June 2, 2005

  Julie Kahn's "Swamp Cabbage" has to be one of the best events I've seen lately at Locust Projects: a multimedia exhibit (accompanied by a... More >>

• Futuristic Fusion

  published May 19, 2005

  AQUA is an 8.5-acre residential neighborhood nearing completion, located on the southern tip of Allison Island at Collins Avenue and 63rd Street... More >>

• City Views and Latin News

  published April 21, 2005

  Adler Guerrier's solo show "loss/entry/return," a series of works on paper and photographs at Fredric Snitzer Gallery, presents an artist... More >>

• Artists Without Borders

  published March 17, 2005

  Following World War II, the epicenter of the art world moved from Paris to New York City. Though Europe was wholly occupied with its recovery from... More >>

• Designing Wynwood

  published March 10, 2005

  Real estate development has different meanings in the minds of different people. Buy land cheap, increase rents, displace residents, demolish,... More >>

• Please Be Seated

  published February 3, 2005

  The chair figured as a central allegory in Plato's legendary Theory of Forms. Marcel Proust once observed there was something unique about... More >>

• Politics and Art and Risk

  published January 13, 2005

  Last month the world learned of the following Website message co-signed by Ansar al-Sunna, the Islamic Army of Iraq, and the Army of the... More >>

• Current Art Shows

  published January 6, 2005

  The Gifts I Could Never Give You: In this show Bert Rodriguez shelves the "conceptual prankster" tag and wears his heart on his sleeve. You... More >>