Archive Search Results
-
Art
Land Mine Legacy in Coral Gables
Photos at the Spanish Cultural Center remind us wars linger.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: July 2, 2009
Since the late 1980s, photographer Gervasio Sanchez has covered the war-ravaged regions of Cambodia, Bosnia, Mozambique, Angola, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Iraq, and...
-
Current Art Shows
Art Capsules
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: July 2, 2009
Joyas Latinoamericanas Through September 25. ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, 169 Madeira Ave., Coral Gables; 305-444-4493; virginiamiller.com. Monday through Friday 11 a.m....
-
Night&Day
Exploding Cigars
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 25, 2009
For Groucho Marx, the stock market was nothing to laugh at. The mustached wag invested his fortune, a quarter-million dollars, on a tip from a bellhop at the Ritz-Carlton...
-
Art
MoCa's Meet and Neat
No convention will ever be the same after this new show in North Miami.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 25, 2009
Dave McKenzie plans to meet a stranger at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami. He'd like to take that person to dinner and pick up the tab. The Jamaican artist has...
-
Night&Day
Straw turns to gold in the Gables.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 18, 2009
Leave it to Virginia Miller to find the silver lining in an economic storm. Despite the tribulations of the art world in an increasingly stagnant sales environment, the Coral...
-
Art
The Art of Recession at Virginia Miller Galleries
Straw turns to gold in the Gables.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 18, 2009
Leave it to Virginia Miller to find the silver lining in an economic storm. Despite the tribulations of the art world in an increasingly stagnant sales environment, the Coral...
-
Night&Day
The Magic Eye
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 11, 2009
During the past few decades, Leonard Krakovitch King has tinkered with the way we see ourselves. In 1972, the innovative Coconut Grove artist invented a contraption he calls...
-
Night&Day
From Trashy to Classy
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 4, 2009
Ever since Robert Rauschenberg elevated the craptastic into high art by yoking a stuffed Angora goat with a truck tire, artists have been creating subversive works using the...
-
Art
Homegrown Brew at Miami Art Museum
The burgeoning SoFla arts scene shines in a new MAM exhibit.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: June 4, 2009
At the Miami Art Museum, Catherine Sullivan's sweeping multiscreen video installation engulfs the viewer in a fanfare of haunting organ music and guttural cawing. Revolving...
-
Art
Wynwood Wonder at the David Castillo Gallery
The gallery's usual suspects assemble a winner.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 28, 2009
Aramis Gutierrez has a gift for engulfing both his characters and the viewer in looming anguish. His deftly rendered painting At the Water Park depicts a scene some South...
-
Night&Day
Catherine Zeta-Who?
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 21, 2009
As if this tale of murder, greed, adultery, and exploitation wasn’t enough to snap your garters, the new production of Chicago at the Arsht Center promises to make the...
-
Art
Art from the Outside
Self-taught artists with mental illness shine at MCPA Gallery.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 21, 2009
During the day, Boris Lopez works for a company that flushes out radiators. But when the sun sets, the self-taught artist trolls neighborhood strip joints for inspiration. "He...
-
Current Art Shows
Art Capsules
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 21, 2009
Because I Say So Through August 16. Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St., Miami; 305-348-2890; thefrost.fiu.edu. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to p.m. and Sunday noon to 5...
-
Art
Order in Chaos
Artist Kevin Arrow rummages the world in a new exhibit at the Farside Gallery in Westchester.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 14, 2009
During the early '90s, Kevin Arrow spent a year in the Himalayas helping Bhutanese artisans spruce up the shrine rooms of ancient Buddhist monasteries. Living in one of the...
-
Current Art Shows
Art Capsules
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 14, 2009
Luis Gispert Through June 27 MoCA at Goldman Warehouse 404 NW 26th St., Miami 305-893-6211 mocanomi.org Wednesday through Saturday noon to 5 p.m. At first blush, the...
-
Night&Day
Give Me Art
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 7, 2009
Kate Gilmore knows how to make a smashing impression. In her visceral videos, the New York-based artist appears fetchingly dressed while swinging a sledgehammer or kicking...
-
Night&Day
Order in Chaos
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 7, 2009
During the early '90s, Kevin Arrow spent a year in the Himalayas helping Bhutanese artisans spruce up the shrine rooms of ancient Buddhist monasteries. Living in one of the...
-
Art
Ghetto Fab at MoCA in Wynwood
Hip-hop, cars, and Cuban-American culture in a jaw-dropping exhibit.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 7, 2009
At first blush, the fetching cheerleader with Bettie Page bangs and twinkling blue eyes appears to be the stuff of a teenager's wet dream. That is until she begins speaking,...
-
Current Art Shows
Art Capsules
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: May 7, 2009
Because I Say So Through August 16 Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St., Miami 305-348-2890; thefrost.fiu.edu Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to p.m. and Sunday noon to 5...
-
Night&Day
Be Glassy-Eyed During Museum Month
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: April 30, 2009
Local museums are palpitating with spring fever while art pollinates the Big Orange. The Bass, MoCA, MAM, the Lowe, and others are joining forces for a Museum Month celebration...
