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, enamel-coated aluminum discs…

Wynwood Art Walk’s Basel Rehearsal Draws Hordes

View photos from April’s Wynwood Art Walk here.For Robert Fontaine and Raymond Delgado, Saturday’s Wynwood Art Walk paid off early and in a huge way. In fact both men were beaming as if they had rung up a row of cherries on a Vegas slot machine as the throngs turned…

Art Walk is back in Wynwood, bringing with it even more signs that Miami is soaring as a cultural destination. Last month’s edition was, admittedly, a dud. But this Saturday, starting at 6 p.m., culture-seekers can browse a galaxy of new shows, ranging from a Parisian shutterbug’s photos of famous…

It’s no coincidence that with a presidential election looming on the not-too-distant horizon, issues of manipulation, protest, and power are occupying artists’ minds. After all, the republic is on shaky grounds. Fixing the economy remains a tall order, and political hopefuls are crisscrossing the nation offering empty rhetoric while the…

Wynwood Art Walk Preview: Robert Fontaine Opens a New Joint

From Natasha Duwin to David LeRoi, Hugo Moro, Nina Surel, and Antonia Wright, ArtCenter/South Florida is home to some of the region’s most notable creative names. And you have the chance to win one of their masterpieces. ArtCenter’s 38 resident artists are each creating a signature opus for “Winning Art!”…

Mounting a group show of more than 40 artists can be a massive undertaking for any institution, let alone one using a space about the size of an average living room. But that is what indie curator Adal Delgado has managed to pull off with his all-female photography exhibit at…

Mounting a group show of more than 40 artists can be a massive undertaking for any institution, let alone one using a space about the size of an average living room. But that is what indie curator Adal Delgado has managed to pull off with his all-female photography exhibit at…

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 Jogging, was just one of 25…

“Rita Ackermann” at MOCA through May 6

“Photography by Women” at 6th Street Container through April 16

For Wynwood’s gray-haired arts doyenne, Bernice Steinbaum, her current exhibit “I Witness” has been one of the most personal and rewarding shows of her long career as a gallerist. But then again, she has always been a risk-taking maverick as a dealer. “I have always been very curious about why…

There is a reason Bonnie Clearwater calls Rita Ackermann an artist’s artist. Some of the art world’s biggest names –Tracy Emin, John Currin, Christopher Wool — also count themselves as both big fans and peers who collect her work.”I’ve never seen such a response to an artist from their peers…

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…

“The Record” at MAM delves into vinyl’s revolutionary history

There’s a reason the grassroots crowd loves the Gifford Lane Art Stroll. For one, it’s still enough under the radar that it doesn’t attract snooty types. Once a year, the thousands who flock to this sun-dappled corner of Coconut Grove gather at a street tented under a canopy of leaves…

​Though the way we listen to music has changed, it was vinyl that first freed music from the confines of the dance hall and made it accessible to everyone. The invention of the record player had one of the most enduring influences on pop culture ever. In celebration of the…

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…

Just call Rita Ackermann an artist’s artist. “I’ve never seen such a response to an artist from their peers as I have with her,” says Bonnie Clearwater who organized the Hungarian-born, New York painter’s exhibit on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art (770 NE 125th Street, North Miami). “Tracy…