Anri Sala: Purchase Not by Moonlight Through March 1. Museum of Contemporary Art, 770 NE 125th St., North Miami; 305-893-6211, mocanomi.org. Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Anri Sala hijacks the language of cinema and video to create disorienting dreamscapes that gnaw at…
Wolfgang Roth strides across his Design District gallery on a recent Wednesday afternoon, stopping abruptly in front of a striking bronze sculpture. The bust, of an African queen from the kingdom of Benin, is more than 350 years old. It’s part of a new show that Roth is especially proud…
From its humble beginnings as a local street show to an event that now draws nearly 50,000 folks from all parts to North Beach’s seaside promenade, the Miami Beach Festival of the Arts has evolved into a rollicking family-friendly affair. Now in its 35th year, it is the oldest arts…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists explores the evolution of Russian art from pre-Glasnost times to…
Spanning the art of the ancient Mayans and Aztecs to 20th-century masters, a new exhibit at the Lowe Art Museum unveils the rich and varied tradition of 3,500 years of Mexican art and culture. This Friday night at 7, “Las Artes de México: From the Collection of the Gilcrease Museum”…
There is a fetid whiff of the Bush/Cheney reign of error emanating from a huge video projection on view at CiFo. Jimmie Durham’s Smashing offers a stinging commentary on bureaucratic arrogance and ineptitude. It’s rife with Kafkaesque undertones that seem ripped from recent headlines bemoaning the crushed American dream. The…
There is a growing belief in art’s healing nature, with many health-care institutions across the nation embracing its power to rejuvenate and uplift those struggling with life’s challenges. This Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Frost Art Museum, the Target Wednesday After Hours series will explore the healing power of…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists explores the evolution of Russian art from pre-Glasnost times to…
For Asser Saint-Val, explorations of identity lead to a focus on differences under the skin. The Haitian-born artist began a lengthy investigation of the pigment that distinguishes diverse ethnic groups from each other. “In the course of my search for my own identity, the issue of melanin is continually surfacing…
Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz are not the type to gingerly test the depths of mythology. Instead the Miami-based pair has plunged headfirst into the unknown, seeking to fathom the common lore that binds humanity in an Ariadne’s thread across the globe. At the Carol Jazzar Gallery in…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, www.bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Bass, this selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists — which includes painting, photography, video, and…
“You can consider Dante even more of a surrealist than Dali,” wryly observes Jorge Luis Gutierrez, director of Miami Dade College’s art gallery system and curator of an intriguing exhibit of the Spanish painter’s work at the Freedom Tower. “The Divine Comedy” features 101 Dali watercolor prints commissioned by the…
During Art Basel, the Dorsch Gallery was awash in kudos for its bugged-out group-show-undermining perception. “Shapeshifter” boasted nearly a dozen artists whose creative sleight of hand toyed with the senses and bitch-slapped viewers into recognizing that art can be chameleonlike and paradoxical in its nature. The exhibit featured paintings, videos,…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, www.bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Bass, this selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists — which includes painting, photography, video, and…
After years as a lightning rod for controversy, shock-meister Marilyn Manson has swapped the microphone for a paintbrush, strutting his gloomy goth vibe into the art world. In his jarring exhibit, showing at the Design District’s fresh-squeezed 101 Exhibit space, Manson serves up a steaming pile of the abject with…
Fidel Castro famously wrote he had “lived in the belly of the beast” and understood his enemy, America. Dr. Carlos Moore, a prolific author, journalist, and scholar, has returned the favor, penning an insider’s perspective of the plight of black Cubans who were socially and politically shunned by Castro’s revolution…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, www.bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Bass, this selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists — which includes painting, photography, video, and…
Close your eyes and imagine a world where you can see sounds and hear colors, where primal drumbeats leap off the works of Picasso and Brancusi. In a world where you could sense improvisational jazz riffs arranged in a cubist masterpiece, you might also experience the plaintive wail of a…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, www.bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Bass, this selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists — which includes painting, photography, video, and…
Russian Dreams … Through February 8. Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530, www.bassmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Bass, this selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary Russian artists — which includes painting, photography, video, and…
For fans of the “sweet science,” few names evoke ring glory like Muhammad Ali. An Olympic gold medalist and three-time heavyweight champion, Ali ruled the golden age of boxing, becoming lionized as “The Greatest of All Time.” He also has strong South Florida ties, training at the legendary Fifth Street…
With its timeless score by Tchaikovsky, unforgettable cast of characters, elaborate costumes, and gravity-defying leaps and flourishes, The Nutcracker is a beloved holiday tradition full of fantasy and enchantment. The beguiling ballet, based on a story by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, tells the tale of a young German girl named…
