Create it, tape it up, and get together to appreciate the artist in you. Wallpeople invites you to join the movement this Saturday, when 40 cities worldwide simultaneously turn urban spaces into outdoor pop-up art galleries. It’s the second time the event has hit Miami, and this... More >>

Soon, the Miami Art Museum (MAM) as we know it will no longer exist. The downtown mainstay that has stood as a cultural hub in the shadow of Government Center will move to its new home in Museum Park and be rechristened as Pérez Art Museum Miami in its new Herzog & de Meuron-designed... More >>

Strolling through Victorian picture galleries, doyennes shook their neck waddles with disgust when presented with the first works by the impressionists. “Why, my golden marmoset could paint a better portrait than that,” they hissed. History has recorded such exclamations as... More >>

For the fourth year in a row, Miami-based Dance Now! returns to the Bass Museum of Art (2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This time, the troupe will interact with a current exhibit through a site-specific dance called “The Ekphrasis Project.” And this year’s inspirational... More >>

When French conceptual artist Bernar Venet wrapped a thin strip of silver around the future Diane Venet’s finger to propose marriage, the stylish curator became hooked on wearable works of art. Now her dress code includes miniature masterpieces by some of art history’s most notable... More >>

The clock is ticking. The countdown to Miami Art Museum’s transformation into PAMM has officially begun. This time next year, when you visit the cultural institution relocated to a snazzy bayfront Herzog & de Meuron-designed building in Museum Park, it will be known as the Pérez... More >>

If you ask Dulce Pinzon to define Gotham’s real superheroes, she’ll tell you they are the undocumented immigrants eking out livings as nannies, taxi drivers, delivery boys, and laundromat attendants. For close to a decade, the Mexican photographer has created color portraits of... More >>

For years the dwellers of other cities ragged on Miami for being uncultured. This town didn’t have the cultural cred of cities like New York, London, or Paris. Then Wynwood exploded, along with all kinds of Art Basel events, and voila! Miami suddenly became the head cheerleader that... More >>

Last year, the Miami Performance International Festival surprised many when it drew upward of 1,000 visitors to avant-garde performances scattered across South Beach and the Design District. Some observers wondered if a stand-alone performance-based festival, scheduled during the steamy dog... More >>

Not many artists have the nerve to evict Jesus and his apostles from one of history’s most famous paintings, but José Manuel Ballester is the rare talent willing to match wits with Leonardo da Vinci and give a fresh interpretation of the Renaissance master’s iconic... More >>

Friday: the end of the workweek, the beginning of debauched fun, the only song for which Rebecca Black will ever be known. But Friday is so much more than all of that. It’s also a chance to score some free original art. Free Art Fridays is a worldwide art movement that’s made its... More >>

Eve Sussman first stunned the art world with her film 89 Seconds at Alcázar, which earned critical raves at the 2004 Whitney Biennale. Sussman created her opus under the flag of the Rufus Corporation, a collaborative of artists, performers, musicians, writers, and other creative types... More >>

The Bass Museum has always been a beautiful and sort of mysterious place on Miami Beach. The Art Deco coral building sits north of Washington's club central and just far enough away from Lincoln Road's shopping madness that there aren't people wandering in with a Crocs bag, asking to use the... More >>

Forget Wynwood and the Design District. Leave Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive for the tourists. And let's be honest -- Biscayne Boulevard and Brickell are for the suits. If you want a street that truly represents Miami's cultural lifeblood, you need to get to SW Eighth Street, better known as... More >>

In a town as party-centric as Miami, nightlife infiltrates everything. A relaxing day at the pool becomes a debauched Sunday Funday pool party. A night at the ball game transforms into a rowdy, booze-fueled fete at the Clevelander inside Marlins Park. And just about anytime you go out to see... More >>

In historic, art deco-decorated Miami Beach, it can be difficult to immerse yourself in the arts without cracking open your wallet. That’s why Free Fridays at the Wolfsonian (1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) are such a relief to cash-strapped art enthusiasts. Your reward at the end of a... More >>

You won’t have to wait until this fall to discover why the Miami Art Museum (MAM) is being rechristened with a mega-benefactor’s name. “Frames of Reference,” on view at MAM (101 W. Flagler St., Miami), features 45 works of Latin American art from the Jorge M.... More >>

In the '80s, Miguel Paredes came of age as a New York City tagger, and he has used his graffiti background as the launching pad for a successful career in the world of high art. Though clearly grounded in the concepts of street art, Paredes is a versatile stylist with the ability to paint both... More >>

Say what you will about overcrowding in Wynwood, but you can’t deny that the neighborhood’s successful transformation into a trendy community hasn’t made an impact on the rest of Miami. Almost every district of the city has attempted to follow in Wynwood’s footsteps by... More >>

We were all teenagers once. So we can all relate to a time we felt ignored, undervalued, unappreciated — and we can all remember making questionable life decisions. Beginning this Sunday, “Teen Miami,” a new exhibit at HistoryMiami (101 W. Flagler St., Miami) puts teenagers in... More >>

Every December, Art Basel visitors who walk through the doors of the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse (591 NW 27th St., Miami) are left dumbstruck by the scope of the world-class exhibits at the sprawling 45,000-square-foot Wynwood space. After all, not every private collection can boast... More >>

On most days, office drones, students, and thousands of other commuters who take the Metrorail downtown are too busy rushing to work, school, or shopping to stop and notice their surroundings. But at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, Ivan Toth Depeña’s new, public,... More >>

Wynwood Walls, the fascinating "outdoor museum" imagined into reality by the late Tony Goldman, will honor the visionary with its Art Basel program this year, entitled "Come and Dream." A host of new elements, including a new exhibition of works, the debut of an augmented reality application,... More >>

Most major cities have publicly funded museums — giant freaking buildings full of art. We do things differently in Miami, where private citizens with great art collections step up, open them to the public, and offer tours for school kids. That's culture, baby. For instance, the De La Cruz... More >>