If you’re the kind of art deviant with a hankering for the pictorially perverse, don’t miss Agustín Fernández’s exhibit of psycho-sexually charged works at the Frost Art Museum (10975 SW 17th St., Miami). The artist (1928-2006) was universally hailed as a master of modern Cuban art and traveled from his…
For aficionados of bold, abstract metal sculptures, two artists at Pan American Art Projects (2450 NW Second Ave., Miami) offer contrasting visions through works that are both unexpected and gravity-defying. Ted Larsen’s show, “Gimrack,” boasts salvaged steel and mixed-media pieces rife with color and unpredictable shapes. The labor-intensive sculptures are…
What better way for the Design District’s 101/Exhibit to cap its year than a grotesque display of terrifying creatures? After all, 2012 was downright monstrous 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 far from…
If New Year’s debauchery has left you with a hankering for the pictorially perverse, then don’t miss Agustín Fernández’s exhibit of psycho-sexually charged works at the Frost Museum of Art. The late artist (1928-2006) was universally hailed as a master of modern Cuban art, and traveled from his homeland to…
As 2012 fades in the rearview mirror, Miami’s art community is looking back at a city slowly, incrementally reinventing itself beyond the weeklong mania of Art Basel. The past 12 months proved the Magic City can sustain ambitious art events year-round, from February’s standalone Art Wynwood to the Miami Performance…
Usher in 2013 with a spoonful of sugar as Mary Poppins and her giant umbrella descend on the Adrienne Arsht Center (1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami). Presented by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh this Tuesday through January 6, this magical Technicolor production hits the ceiling with a high-flying extravaganza featuring a rooftop…
In 2012, Miami Proved It’s a Year-Round Arts Powerhouse
If you’re a wage slave toiling as a receptionist, a barista, or even an office drone in a hive collective, you’ve probably never been immortalized in a contemporary artwork. But back when industry ruled, workers were a popular subject of artists, who often captured people at their daily jobs to…
“New Work Miami 2013” at Miami Art Museum Through June 2
“The Endless Renaissance: Six Solo Artists Projects” at the Bass Museum of Art Through March 17
“Bill Viola: Liber Insularum” at MOCA Through March 3
Basel’s Weirdest Art: Vaginas, Frozen Castro, and Crack Baby
Post-Basel, Miami’s Museums Offer First-Class Exhibits Into the New Year
During this year’s Basel week, few artists made as much impact as Iván Navarro, whose fluorescent light sculptures sparked a crackling buzz in the big fair’s Art Kabinett sector and at its Art Public outdoor sculpture garden. The Chilean-born talent’s “Impenetrables” project showcased five pieces made of neon ladders and…
Tens of thousands of people packed dozens of Basel-week fairs for all kinds of reasons: to buy and sell masterpieces, to network, to see the next big visionaries before they blow up. But let’s be honest. You probably attended for the same reason most folks did: to ogle the weirdest…
With more than 50,000 international visitors pouring into the Big Mango for the Art Basel blitz, our cultural calendar has hit critical mass. Everywhere across the 305 the top shelf swill is flowing, B-listers are rubbing elbows with Euro-trash; people you haven’t seen since middle school are contacting you to…
This Thursday through Sunday, if you visit the corner drugstore to pick up some toothpaste or wait for public transportation to whisk you to work, you’ll likely be surrounded by eye-popping art. That’s because Art Basel Miami Beach has parachuted into town once again, converting the 305 into a colossal…
The rash of gritty urban guerrilla interventions spawned by Baselphrenia extends everywhere this time of year, making all of Miami a stage for neck-craning art. In the storefront windows of the Walgreens on the corner of 23rd and Collins in South Beach, check out Cristina Lei Rodriguez’s site-specific installations commissioned…
Look for New York painter Nicole Eisenman’s “Bus Shelter Project,” in which her black-and-white portraits of snaking wires are surrounded by colorfully collaged pop-culture imagery on city bus benches scattered across the city as part of Locust Projects’ continuing public art series. Visit locustprojects.org. Dec. 6-9, 2012…
For “Midtown 34th Street,” local nonprofit Art of Cultural Evolution has teamed with mobile creative workshop Transit Antenna and artlurker.com, a Miami-based online publication, to produce a sustainable living site at 82-84 NW 34th St., Miami. It’s opening for Basel as a work of art but also serving as a…
It’s hard to think of British contemporary art savant Damien Hirst without also bringing to mind his $100 million diamond-studded skull sculpture. But if you visit Art Basel this weekend, some of his more affordable “Color Dot” paintings might catch your eye — and provoke revelries of forking over six…
Art Basel Miami Beach Satellite Fair Highlights:
Satellite Fair Highlights: From Banksy Walls to Spanish Piazzas
