Ahol sued American Eagle Outfitters for copyright infringement after it used the artist’s trademark sleepy-eyeball motif for a worldwide marketing blitz without compensating.

Wang Qingsong is a product of China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Born in 1966 at the height of his homeland’s “Great Leap Forward,” Wang is part of a generation that Chairman Mao wanted to lead the country into the 21st Century and glory. Wang grew up at a time when…

Wang Qingsong is a product of China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Born in 1966 at the height of his homeland’s “Great Leap Forward,” Wang is part of a generation that Chairman Mao wanted to lead the country into the 21st Century and glory. Wang grew up at a time when…

Daniel Azoulay has crisscrossed the planet to chase the perfect picture throughout his long career. The globetrotting lensman was born in Casablanca, Morocco, was raised in Israel, and studied photography in Denmark before working as a fashion shutterbug in Copenhagen, London, Paris, and Milan. In 1970, Azoulay moved to the…

During a visit to Easter Island a few years ago Daniel Arsham came upon a group of archeologists studying the colossal monolithic human figures called, Moai, that were carved from rock nearly 1,000 years ago by the Rapa Nui people. “While researching the effect of acid rain on the statues,…

Mario Algaze is the rare lensman with an innate talent for harnessing the subtle interplay of light and shadow to capture his subjects in a poetic and timeless fashion. The prominent Cuban-American photographer is celebrating “A Respect for Light: The Photography of Mario Algaze” at HistoryMiami (101 W. Flagler St.,…

Traditionally the November Wynwood Art Walk means all the local galleries are cracking out with their big guns in anticipation of Art Basel, but that’s not the case this year. Although some spaces are holding to form, most local dealers are holding back their biggest shows of the year until…

At the dawn of the 20th Century, modernist masters such as Matisse, Picasso, and Brancusi were drawn to African art as a pivotal source of inspiration for their own works. The sophisticated approach to the abstraction of the human figure typically found in traditional African sculpture even helped spark Picasso’s…

A solitary man praying in the vast expanse of the Sahara desert outside Algeria. Africa’s Dinka people herding longhorn cattle in a dusty region of the Sudan. A Nenet nomad caught in a blustery windstorm in Siberia. A soaring iceberg in Antarctica sculpted into a fairy-tale castle by the inexorable…

Glexis Novoa’s painting Se Vende dominates the Juan Ruiz Gallery in Wynwood. The seven-by-ten-foot canvas is freighted with abstract symbols ranging from women’s shoes to beer cans, a lap-top, a car, a pig’s head, a bust of José Martí, an assault rifle, a skull next to a giant penis, and…

A few years ago, Johnny Robles was walking on the beach near Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas when he came across a wrecked boat. The inside was cluttered with condom wrappers, water bottles, and syringes. A thunderbolt and the name of the band AC/DC were painted on the side…

Art Basel Miami Beach is around the corner, the satellite art fair tents are going up in Midtown, and the III Points Festival, celebrating music, art and technology, is set to rock Wynwood this weekend. That means many of the local spaces are trotting out some of their best shows…

This year, our fall Arts & Eats Guide lists all that’s timeless and fresh in Miami, from visual art to delicious food. Theater, dance, music, and drinks all make a much-needed appearance throughout the season as well. Pick up one of our printed guides Thursday, October 2, where you’ll find…

For Fredric Snitzer, the magic has vanished from Miami’s hottest cultural district. The pioneering gallery owner has launched the careers of homegrown talent such as Hernan Bas, Naomi Fisher, and Bert Rodriguez from the Wynwood emporium he opened in 2003. But the increasingly raucous art walk now keeps serious art…