Email Author Carlos Suarez De Jesus

2012 Stories by Carlos Suarez De Jesus

• "Mapping: Time and Space" Presents a Roadmap to Artistic Discovery

  published Feb 22, 2012

  rFrom primitive man's efforts to chart the heavens over 15,000 years ago on the walls of the Lascaux caves, to 19th century phrenologist's attempts to diagram the functions of the brain, maps More >>

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  Art Wynwood Shows Off Plushies, Presidential Assassinations, and a Suicidal Damien Hirst

  published Feb 17, 2012

  rView more photos from the grand opening of Art Wynwood here.The inaugural edition of Art Wynwood opened last night and featured some arresting work to celebrate President's Day weekend. In the More >>

• Place Versus Purpose

  published February 9, 2012

  It takes laser focus to distill a vision to its unadorned essence. In 2007, Julie Davidow channeled her inner alchemist to strike gold when she... More >>

• Art Wynwood brings Basel in February

  published February 16, 2012

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• Art Wynwood's Primed to Place Miami Alongside World's Art Capitals

  published Feb 13, 2012

  rIs the Magic City ready to challenge well-established art capitals around the globe as a cultural destinationr Can we convince the world's 1% that there's a sustainable, year-round market here More >>

• February Second Saturday Art Walk Guide: Girls Gone Wild, Rotating Camels, and Rural Dive Bars

  published Feb 10, 2012

  rThere's no arguing that our robust art scene is growing to year-round proportions. Consider the new Art Wynwood, opening President's Day weekend (Feb. 16 through 20) and boasting more than 50 g More >>

• Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk February 11: Try Dorsch, Panamerican, Primary

  published February 9, 2012

  Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk February 11: Try Dorsch, Panamerican, Primary More >>

• Behind the Scenes With Artist Magnus Sigurdarson, Sole Member of "Occupy Opa-locka"

  published Jan 31, 2012

  rMagnus Sigurdarson stands on the corner of Ali Baba and Barack Obama Avenues in Opa-locka while holding a cardboard sign that reads, "Occupy My Innocence." "The 'Other' is in the White House, More >>

• Magnus Sigurdarson at the Dorsch: Rotating camels and a blond Bedouin in Opa-locka

  published February 2, 2012

  Magnus Sigurdarson at the Dorsch: Rotating camels and a blond Bedouin in Opa-locka More >>

• Art Wynwood Surpasses Art Basel With Love For Locals

  published Jan 27, 2012

  rArt Wynwood hasn't raised the curtain yet on its inaugural edition, but it has already surpassed Art Basel Miami Beach in at least one category. The spin-off of Art Miami, taking place President' More >>

• Dana Schutz's MAM show: Politics turned upside down

  published January 26, 2012

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  Dana Schutz's Peculiar Brand of Absurdity Inspires Wonder at MAM

  published Jan 23, 2012

  rNear the entrance of the Miami Art Museum, a self-portrait depicts artist Dana Schutz wide-eyed and gazing heavenward. Traffic-cone-colored locks frame her gray, wrinkled face. Her nose, rend More >>

• Pinecrest's Artspace Gallery Is Glad You're Packing iPhones In Those Pockets

  published Jan 20, 2012

  rThese days, anyone who owns an iPhone is packing a studio in their pocket. In fact there is a growing group of artists and creative types who call themselves "iPhoneagraphers" and strictly p More >>

• Fail to the Chief

  published January 12, 2012

  The year 2012 seems like it’ll be a bad one for Republicans. When they’re not busy proclaiming that solar flares will crisp the planet... More >>

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  Everybody Sweat Now: MIA's Seafair Expo Sends Us Overboard

  published Jan 13, 2012

  rIn concept, staging an art fair on a snazzy, $40 million dollar yacht that only Google's Larry Page or Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud can afford seems like a grand idea. After all, wh More >>

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  January Second Saturday Art Walk Guide: A Feeble Economy, Gunpowder Sculptures and the Hysterical Sublime

  published Jan 12, 2012

  rWant to figure out what's addling the collective unconsciousr No need to consult a shrink. Just head to Wynwood this weekend for the first Art Walk of the year. Beginning at 6 p.m. this Saturday, s More >>

• Wynwood Art Walk 2012: Crumpled bills and shaky sculptures

  published January 12, 2012

  Wynwood Art Walk 2012: Crumpled bills and shaky sculptures More >>

• From Marcel Duchamp to the Negro League: Notable Miami art shows in January 2012

  published January 5, 2012

  From Marcel Duchamp to the Negro League: Notable Miami art shows in January 2012 More >>

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  2011's Winners and Losers in the Arts

  published Jan 02, 2012

  rFrom the wildly successful inaugural Wynwood Art Fair to an unforgettable multi-culti bender transforming Miami Beach into a marathon 13-hour art festival during Sleepless Night, South Florida ha More >>

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  December Second Saturday Art Walk Guide: Street Thugs, Existential Autopsies, and Brain Toads

  published Dec 09, 2011

  rAlthough the aerosol stench, peelers dangling on stripper poles jutting from food trucks and nude pig in a poke performances are long gone, this weekend's Second Saturday art crawl still has More >>

• Fountain Tonight: Nazi Space Program, Weapons Dispensers and Fab 5 Freddy

  published Dec 02, 2011

  rLast year the Fountain Art Fair raised eyebrows when a crew of scruffy performance types rolled a car onto the lawn inside which a couple engaged in steamy sex acts before collaborators demolis More >>

• Swine Fever, Crack Pipes and More Tonight at Primary Projects

  published Dec 01, 2011

  rGeorge Sanchez-Calderon is no stranger to Basel headlines. He made news during an early incarnation of ABMB installing a carnival midway at the Buena Vista rail yard replete with a soaring 6 More >>

• Scope Fair Performances, Drug Coffins, Jumping Brains and More

  published Nov 30, 2011

  rBoasting a rainbow circle of brain toads, a coffin full of pharmaceuticals, cash money, bullets and condoms, not to mention a swami fortune teller greeting visitors at the entrance, the Scope More >>

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  Ten Best Things to Do During Art Basel Miami Beach 2011

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Regardless of your approach, the sad truth is it's impossible to catch every piece of art worth experiencing during Basel week. With 250 exhibitors at the Miami Beach Convention Center, not to mention More >>

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  Don and Mera Rubell, Wynwood Pioneers

  published Nov 23, 2011

  In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens Thursday, Cultist presents "Miami Backstage," where we feature some of the city's behind-the-scenes culture makers. Have su More >>