What do you get when you put together eight metropolitan cities in one room? Lots body heat and other assorted unpleasantries, I'm sure. But if they're eight screens of metropolitan cities instead, things get less crowded. Kimsooja: A Needle Woman depicts cities like Mexico City, Cairo, New... More >>

When ABC aired Pan Am, its now-defunct series about the glory days of air travel in the '60s, we wondered if it would include Miami. After all, the airline began and ended in our city despite living out its heyday at its NYC headquarters. It was established on Miami's Dinner Key in 1927 to... More >>

Science is generally considered the realm of geeky, pocket-protector types; the arts stereotypically attract free-spirited conformity-haters covered in paint splatter. But there’s plenty of art in science, and plenty of science in art, as “Images of Science” at the Miami... More >>

Stand before one of José Bedia’s enigmatic paintings and you can almost hear the ancestors beating on the resurrection drums centuries ago. “José Bedia’s work has a distinct anthropological quality and is imbued with his rich experience of diverse cultures,... More >>

Ah, men. You can’t live with them, and you can’t live without — wait, never mind. We’re kidding, of course. The folks behind the World Erotic Art Museum’s newest exhibit, “Tom of Finland: Male Masterworks,” would slaughter us if they heard we made such... More >>

If there are two things South Beach does well, it’s color and skin. The strip of sand across the causeway is one of the nation’s brightest, visually, thanks to all the tropical plants, pastel-hued buildings, and unhealthy dose of Britto artwork on every corner. The Beach also ranks... More >>

The late author John Updike once wrote that his goal was to “give the mundane its beautiful due.” That spirit is alive and well in “Manifest and Mundane: Scenes of Modern America,” a new exhibit at the Wolfsonian on display Monday and running through August 2012. Those who... 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 >>

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 >>

Remember Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It's the movie that made every child of the '80s fantasize about being an unwitting science experiment — even if it meant having a father like zany scientist Wayne Szalinski — so they could camp out in discarded Lego blocks and battle vicious... More >>

What sets Michael Genovese apart from most artists is that the Miami-based talent typically engages an audience as part of his creative process. And the ambitious proposal that snagged him the 2012 Visiting Artist title at the Frost Art Museum is no different. Genovese created 60 baked,... More >>

Although the way we listen to music has changed, there’s no arguing that the invention of the record player had one of the most enduring influences on pop culture of all time. There was a time when vinyl was king, and music royalty hummed into our living rooms from discs that have since... More >>

Way before local citrus farmer Julia Tuttle lured railroad tycoon Henry Flagler to Miami with a bag of oranges, there were signs of life in our mosquito-infested clime. For one, the Cape Florida Lighthouse, located on the tip of Key Biscayne, had been built back in 1825 and remains the Big... More >>

In the mid-’60s, the phrase embedded journalist had likely never been uttered, let alone ignited a controversy over newspaper ethics. But that’s exactly what Jim Nickless was back then: a freelance cameraman for NBC News who lived among Cuban revolutionaries plotting to overthrow... 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 >>

The Internet has played a pivotal role in Jillian Mayer’s career as an artist. Her collaborative videos regularly appear on YouTube, where they have become wildly popular and earned the talented Miami native critical acclaim. In fact, Mayer’s short film shot in Wynwood, Scenic... More >>

Lao Tzu famously wrote that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” But then again, the Chinese scholar wasn’t crossing the Colorado Rockies in a beat-up jalopy or fixing flat tires. For Ed Ruscha, a cross-country jaunt from his native Oklahoma to California... More >>