During the past few years, gallerist Anthony Spinello has departed from Miami’s sweltering summer climes to curate projects in Europe. But this summer he’s been pouring his sweat into two striking solo shows, both opening this Saturday at his eponymous space west of Wynwood. “Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares are…
Dawoud Bey’s Portraits of Ordinary Americans Shine at MOCA
It’s not often that a craving for dim sum ends up landing your portrait in a major museum exhibit. But for Kali-Ahset Amen, that’s exactly what happened three years ago after she took her two children to their favorite Chinese restaurant in Atlanta. “I was treating Xiomara, who is 7,…
Boasting upward of 17,500 objects spanning 5,000 years, the Lowe Art Museum (1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables) is the rare South Florida institution capable of producing informative shows simply by dipping into its vast holdings. So for those who remain bewildered about the art that’s made our hemisphere a creative…
For many of the gallerists whose art spaces helped transform Wynwood into Miami’s cultural heartbeat, the recent vote to create a Business Improvement District (BID) in the neighborhood is both a blessing and a cause for worry. The art dealers and gallery owners we interviewed all agree that the initiative,…
Dirt. God created man from it. We grow our food in it. And it’s where all of us go to rest in the end. For Broward artist, curator and writer Onajide Shabaka, the primordial substance is also the inspiration for “DIRT Yuta Suelo Udongo Tè,” a new exhibit opening in…
Whether he’s working on the street or in his studio, Dawoud Bey has earned the art world’s attention for striking portraits that capture the self-awareness and contemplative nature of his subjects. Bey first raised eyebrows as a budding young photographer with his acclaimed series Harlem U.S.A., exhibited at the Studio…
The last time we saw Santiago Porter’s provocative pictures of public buildings in Buenos Aires, they featured the eerie sites where Argentine society was submitted to unspeakable political violence behind elegant classical architectural façades. Now his arresting work returns to Pan American Art Projects (2450 NW Second Ave., Miami) in…
Dirt Art Exhibit at Second Saturday June 8
Last year, the Miami Performance International Festival surprised many when it drew upward of 1,000 visitors to avant-garde performances scattered across South Beach and the Design District. Some observers wondered if a stand-alone performance-based festival, scheduled during the steamy dog days of summer, would catch on with a public that…
Babacar M’Bow: A New Artistic Voice in Little Haiti
Last year the Miami Performance International Festival surprised many when it drew upwards of a thousand visitors to avant performances scattered across South Beach and the Design District. Some wondered if a stand-alone performance-based festival, scheduled during the steamy dog days of summer, would catch on with a public that…
If you ask Dulce Pinzon to define Gotham’s real superheroes, she’ll tell you they are the undocumented immigrants eking out livings as nannies, taxi drivers, delivery boys, and laundromat attendants. For close to a decade, the Mexican photographer has created color portraits of immigrants going about their daily business in…
Mark Cuban recently raised eyebrows when he said he would consider drafting Brittney Griner to play for the Dallas Mavericks. That many national sportswriters even engaged in the conversation might never have been possible without federal legislation like Title IX, passed in 1972, recognizing a woman’s right to participate in…
Anthony Lister first earned notoriety with his gritty canvases depicting decrepit comic book characters. Considered one of Australia’s top contemporary artists, Lister has had solo shows in London, Milan and Los Angeles. In 2010, Lister was included in Beyond The Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art, an encyclopedic…
There’s nothing quite like a thrilling railway ride to hurl together a group of strangers on a vexing journey of self-discovery. Viaje, a new Spanish-language drama by Miami playwright and theater director Ernesto Garcia, tells of seven train passengers unaware that the trip they have undertaken will reveal their innermost…
Anthony Lister first earned notoriety with his gritty canvases depicting decrepit comic book characters. Considered one of Australia’s top contemporary names, Lister has presented solo shows in London, Milan, and Los Angeles. In 2010, he was included in Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art, an encyclopedic…
David Rodriguez Caballero moves with the grace of a jaguar through a Wynwood gallery. Sporting a trim beard, jeans, and a light blue shirt, the tall, slender, 42-year-old Spaniard stops before an aluminum wall sculpture that looks like a large piece of metal origami. The surface appears to have been…
David Rodriguez Caballero moves with the grace of a jaguar through a Wynwood gallery. Sporting a trim beard, jeans, and a light blue shirt, the tall, slender, 42-year-old Spaniard stops before an aluminum wall sculpture that looks like a large piece of metal origami. The surface appears to have been…
Peter Dinklage has earned global fame, not to mention Emmy and Golden Globe honors, playing the brilliant, conniving Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones. So it’s a shock to walk into the Bass Museum of Art to find Dinklage’s familiar face onscreen — as a 17th-century courtier in drag…
Peter Dinklage has earned global fame, not to mention Emmy and Golden Globe honors, playing the brilliant, conniving Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones. So it’s a shock to walk into the Bass Museum of Art to find Dinklage’s familiar face onscreen — as a 17th-century courtier in drag…
Kiki Valdes is an artist who likes to hurt a canvas before making love to it. In his attention-grabbing, expressionistic paintings, Valdes explores the tension between the figurative and abstract. He traffics in the weird and whimsical, creating absurdist narratives using cartoon masks and oddly bulging faces that lure viewers…
