When it came to midcentury building, the prevailing mantra was “less is more.” But not for architects like Morris Lapidus, whose concrete flights of fancy (evidenced in gems like the Fontainebleau and Eden Roc hotels) still turn heads near the shore. Under the dynamic eye of such architects, swooping curves,…

“Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part I”: MoCA’s institutional toast to the legendary choreographer’s career marks the first U.S. museum show since 1997 to focus on Cunningham’s collaborations with visual artists, and features costumes and decor actually used in his company’s productions. The exhibit includes works by Sandra…

Figuring out what constitutes art can be a craptastic adventure. Or so Alvaro Oyarzun implies in The Painted Image or The Most Beautiful Memories of the Life of Captain Carrot currently on view at CIFO. Engulfing one entire wall and part of another, the Chilean’s sprawling project is part of…

During the late Nineties, identity clip artist Nikki S. Lee earned herself a spot on the art world’s most wanted list with snapshots in which she flimflammed her way into other people’s lives. In her celebrated “Projects” series, the artist skulked along the boundaries of truth and fiction, disguising herself…

Although best known for his Buddha Bar compilations, Arno Elias also has a painting pedigree. The artist makes his U.S. debut at the 2300 Studio Gallery as part of tonight’s Wynwood arts crawl, beginning at 7:00. The French funkster’s mixed-media collages twang the chord of the energetic world rhythms heard…

“Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part I”: MoCA’s institutional toast to the legendary choreographer’s career marks the first U.S. museum show since 1997 to focus on Cunningham’s collaborations with visual artists, and features costumes and decor actually used in his company’s productions. The exhibit includes works by Sandra…

There is an almost Grapes of Wrath veneer to the photos of rural Cubans Ghada Khunji took last year. They look like they have to be at least 80 years old. Her stark collection of eighteen color C-prints, on view at Filtro in Wynwood, is a throwback to the work…

A creative compulsion led Miguel Fleitas from early stage aspirations to a career as a photographer, cameraman, and television director. But it was an unshakable passion for modern and contemporary art that recently drove Fleitas to make a switch to the canvas and brush. The self-taught artist has been creating…

“Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part I”: MoCA’s institutional toast to the legendary choreographer’s career marks the first U.S. museum show since 1997 to focus on Cunningham’s collaborations with visual artists, and features costumes and decor actually used in his company’s productions. The exhibit includes works by Sandra…

In a picture at the Kevin Bruk Gallery, an ostrich-necked geisha faces away from the spectator, her grapefruit-size head almost floating in a creamy buttermilk sky. She wears what appears to be a bearskin frock, cut low to reveal the broad expanse of her back. Two oily plumes of smoke…

During the past three decades, Marina Abramovic has become known for her raw, unnerving performances in which she uses her body to test the limits of endurance, often placing herself directly in harm’s way. The artist has whipped and lacerated herself, frozen her body on blocks of ice, and nearly…

Throughout her influential career, Rei Kawakubo has demonstrated an unerring eye for cutting an unusual silhouette. For her collaboration with Merce Cunningham, the avant-garde fashion designer took his dancers out of their tights and draped them in Quasimodo-like costumes, turning them into weirdly sculpted shapes twirling on stage. The innovative…

During a recent visit to Kunsthaus Miami, Xavier Cortada was putting the finishing touches on his show while ruminating on the “transformative effects” of his visit to the South Pole. “Antarctica,” his solo exhibit, features videos and photographs accompanied by wall text documenting a handful of installations he created as…

Visit a local museum on any given Sunday, and chances are you’ll encounter a flock of culture vultures known for being pennywise. It’s the day of the week when joints like Miami Art Central fling open their doors free of charge for the art-savvy — or those skinflint couch potatoes…

An “ethno-poetic sound threat” is how Octavio Campos describes Kitchen Monkey, one of the bleeding-edge performances scheduled as part of the Miami Light Project’s Here and Now: 2007 at the Carnival Center’s Studio Theater. The Miami Light Project is doing what it does best — shining a light on edgy…

“Bodies”: Controversy has stuck to “Bodies … The Exhibition” like a blood tick on a hound dog’s tail, but more than 10,000 spectators flocked to see the corpse show within days of its debut. If you’re one of the few people who still hasn’t seen what all the fuss is…

If blue-chip, edgy modern and contemporary Latin American art stroke your noodle, then boy does arteamericas deliver the money shot for you. Since it hung its shingle five years ago, this event has grown to become the marquee attraction for Latin American art, showcasing 50 of the top ranked galleries…

Whether you’ve been trolling tirelessly for that brilliantly feathered gourd mask to set off a drab living room wall, or for a one-of-a-kind turquoise and lapis encrusted silver bracelet for that someone who rings your bell, this year’s Key Biscayne Art Festival promises both novice and seasoned collectors a chance…

“Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part I”: MoCA’s institutional toast to the legendary choreographer’s career marks the first U.S. museum show since 1997 to focus on Cunningham’s collaborations with visual artists, and features costumes and decor actually used in his company’s productions. The exhibit includes works by Sandra…

Foreboding landscapes, girls interrupted, totemic warriors, and an arctic blast head up a trifecta of shows that hope to mush the eyes into creamed corn during tonight’s Wynwood gallery crawl starting at 7:00. World Class Boxing (170 NW 23rd St., Miami) tops the card with “Sweet Bird of Youth,” a…

Sol LeWitt earned himself a place in history books as one of the Johnny Appleseeds of the minimal and conceptual art movements during the Sixties. He’s also among the most prolific artists of the mid-Twentieth Century. “Sol LeWitt x 2,” a two-part exhibition at the Miami Art Museum (MAM), offers…