When Jaime Ferreyros attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1981, he found himself fascinated by the infinite possibilities of what he could capture with his camera. “Shooting in black-and-white film was what I loved the most. But in 2009, my world was redefined when my…

Clandestine Culture’s First Show Highlights October’s Wynwood Art Walk

Back before Miami’s book fair, film festival, ballet, and symphony existed, Mary Luft arrived in Miami. It was the early ’70s, and she was a fresh-faced girl from Sioux City, Iowa. She attended the biggest cultural shindigs in town — the Coconut Grove Arts Festival and the infamous annual Halloween…

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Silvia Karman Cubiñá rarely had the opportunity to visit art galleries or museums. “The scene was very underground and out of reach to the mainstream,” she says. “It might not be inaccurate to say that what is out of reach is what you end up…

Agustina Woodgate is busy in her studio working on her upcoming project for Art Basel Miami Beach and watching a David Bowie documentary as she painstakingly erases maps from the pages of a world atlas.See also:- Agustina Woodgate: Poetry Bomber- Agustina Woodgate, 2012 MasterMind Finalist- 100 Creatives: Agustina Woodgate”I am…

In 1963, the Coconut Grove Playhouse staged a bawdy musical production, and organizers were worried about attracting theatergoers to their event. An intrepid publicist came up with a solution that resulted in crowds pouncing on the play like a sardine at a cat show. It also sowed the seeds for…

“Summer Photo Show 2012” at the Lunch Box Gallery Through October 5

“Marilyn Monroe: Tribute to a Female Icon” at Galleria Ca’ d’Oro Through October 10

After nearly five years on hiatus, Venezuelan dealer Genaro Ambrosino has returned to the Miami arts scene. Ambrosino, who was one of a select few locals to make the cut during early editions of Art Basel Miami Beach, collaborated with Lissette Garcia, a local art advisor and independent curator, to…

Cuban Artists at CCE Miami Explore Crumbling Havana Through Video

After nearly five years on hiatus, Venezuelan dealer Genaro Ambrosino has returned to the Miami arts scene. Ambrosino, who was one of select few locals who made the cut at the Miami Beach Convention Center during early editions of Art Basel Miami Beach, is opening General Audience Presents together with…

Scarlett O’Hara, Ashley Wilkes, and Rhett Butler. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo. Rihanna, Jay-Z, and Beyoncé. Whether fictional or real, there is nothing quite like a love triangle to stir the passions or crush the soul. Since the days of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Mark Antony, we have…

“Unnatural,” at the Bass Art Museum, Explores Man’s Domination of Nature

The Golden Gate Bridge is retrofitted into an ear-rattling musical instrument. A bucolic pasture under a bright azure sky invites viewers to experience utopian scenes with frolicking, human-like plants and animals. A tree sprouts a character whose face is stolen by a wild dog and who consequently tramps through in…

Rashid Johnson’s MAM Exhibit Uses Everyday Objects to Explore Race and Identity

See Anthony Spinello Launches New Gallery.It’s only September, but already Art Basel is looming over Miami’s art scene like a purple thunderhead ready to pour mustached hipsters and oil-rich Abu Dhabi collectors all over town. So when Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk returns this weekend at 6 p.m., expect to…

All across Miami, the soaring steel beams rising from urban construction sites give one a sense of a world constantly uprooted by change. But in the hands of sculptor Lydia Azout, the same elements forging the transformation of our landscape exude a force powerful enough to transport viewers to the…

Imagine a shimmering, steroid-juiced Lite-Brite pattern depicting a cast of deviant and marginal characters. That’ll give you an idea of Shonagh Adelman’s peeper-popping oeuvre. “Shonagh’s kids with Halloween monster masks, rockers with painted faces, houses on fire, and girls in a motel room make me think about Diane Arbus’s art…

Second Saturday Art Walk September 8, 2012: 3-D Photo Walls and a Da Vinci Tribute Highlight This Month’s Basel Warmup

With the Magic City’s museums set to break out their big shows and the seasonal art fairs just a few months away, our cultural calendar is bristling with an embarrassing trove of riches this year.Starting this weekend, you can catch new shows at both the Miami Art Museum and the…