During the Depression era, American painter and sculptor Eugene Savage earned national prominence with his WPA-style murals gracing the halls of some of America’s higher institutions of learning. In the 1930s, Savage created socially conscious works on the campuses of Columbia, Yale, and Purdue and was later appointed by President…

MasterMind Awards 2013: The Ten Finalists for Miami New Times‘ Arts Contest

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 work. Ballester has removed all…

Get ready to dream the dream, and don’t forget to bring the hankies. Les Misérables arrives in Miami during a thunderous rebirth that would make Victor Hugo beam with pride. Set in 19th-century France, Hugo’s powerful tale follows the stories of student revolutionaries, prostitutes, factory workers, a jailbird, and star-crossed…

For the past 60 years, Arnold Mesches has created socially critical paintings that are often imbued with a chilly frisson of anxiety that wracks the spine. His provocative works have referenced everything from the corrosive environment of Cold War politics, Nancy Reagan dabbling in witchcraft at the White House, political…

Inside a sprawling white tent in midtown Miami, Jesse Gellar stands atop a riser, his lanky frame clad in a Tyvek suit, his face covered by a black and gray respirator. The New York-based artist spray-paints his graffiti tag over and over again on massive acrylic sheets that stretch the…

Inside a sprawling white tent in midtown Miami, Jesse Gellar stands atop a riser, his lanky frame clad in a Tyvek suit, his face covered by a black and gray respirator. The New York-based artist spray-paints his graffiti tag over and over again on massive acrylic sheets that stretch the…

At first blush a new exhibit in Wynwood might give spectators the impression that they have stumbled upon crime scene pictures taken in the aftermath of a case of domestic violence during a family dinner. Some of the arresting photographs depict what appear to be blood splatter stains while others…

We don’t often associate the subject of alcoholism, a lover’s betrayal, or the ravages of cancer as appropriate themes to celebrate a quinceañera. But then we’ve come to expect daring and edgy work from the folks at the Miami Light Project, who have been delivering some of the most provocative…

A new exhibit in Wynwood might give spectators the impression they have stumbled upon crime scene pictures taken in the aftermath of a case of domestic violence during a family dinner. Some of the arresting photographs depict what appear to be blood splatter stains, while others show shattered china. Instead,…

Second Saturday Art Walk February 9: At Swampspace, Meet Pixie-Like Clothes Designer Lea Nickless

Pixie-Like Clothes Designer at Art Walk February 9

Wynwood Art Walk: Who Spends $20K There?

Since the first U.S. solo exhibit of his floppy-disk paintings at the Robert Fontaine Gallery in August 2011, British artist Nick Gentry has become wildly popular with Miami collectors. Locals such as Sydney Server, a real estate agent, and Eyal Lalo, CEO of the Invicta Watch Group in Broward, have…

Joseph Goebbels, the Nazis’ minister of propaganda, once said, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” Like Hitler, Goebbels was an anti-Semitic zealot. He was also a master of branding, and during his rule, Germany’s Nazi Party promoted the…

If you’ve ever wished you could be engulfed by a rainbow, visit the Lowe Art Museum (1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables), where a novel exhibit will leave you radiant. “Stephen Knapp: New Light” features 14 dazzling works by the inventive American artist, whose luminous “Lightpaintings” have been called the first…

Feel like hobnobbing with blue-haired collectors and socialites while toasting with a flute of bubbly aboard a mega-yacht like a snazzy art world player? If so, then mosey over to Bayfront Park this weekend, where the good ship SeaFair docked at the Intercontinental Hotel (100 Chopin Plaza, Miami) hosts the…

What better way for the Design District’s 101/Exhibit to cap its year than with a grotesque display of terrifying creatures? After all, 2012 was a monster year for the space’s owners, who expanded to a second location in L.A.’s West Hollywood neighborhood in October. That kind of bicoastal success was…