OMG turkey. OMG stuffing. OMG all the pie. If your Thanksgiving was anything like ours, you won’t want to eat for the next week. (Which is convenient, actually, since your schedule’s gonna be too packed with Art Basel parties for you to even think about food.) If you’re still feeling…
There are so many reasons to be thankful you live in Miami: the weather (well, usually), the killer food, the damn-near naked people strolling down the beach. And, of course, the thriving cultural scene that grows and evolves with each new day. If you’re reading this blog, you’re likely a…
Alex Gartenfeld’s art career began, like so many others, on Canal Street in New York City. Unlike most curators, however, Gartenfeld launched his career out of his own stereotypically cozy New York apartment. “It was a cramped, tiny place on Canal, which at the time was a really central art…
At 10 years old, when most boys his age were obsessed with He-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kareem Tabsch couldn’t get enough of PBS. “I was that odd kid who started watching things for a much, much older audience than I was,” Tabsch laughs. “My parents were like, ‘That’s…
This one goes out to all the Miami haters. You know who you are. You’re that guy who won’t shut up about how there’s “no culture” in the 305. You’re the one who dreams of moving to New York or Los Angeles so you can finally spend some time in…
Miami? Overrated? According to HuffPo yesterday, there’s nothing to do in the 305 but throw back overpriced club cocktails and sweat. Which is weird, because we found this whole entire list of super-fun things to do this weekend — none of them involving 5 a.m. untz-untzing. Two of music’s biggest…
Miami’s not perfect. Of course it’s not. Is life expensive here? Sure. Does hurricane season suck? Occasionally. Are these two things enough to warrant being placed at number eight on a list of the world’s most overrated places? Hell no. But somebody better tell that to the Huffington Post, which…
If we didn’t know better, we’d think the organizers of the Miami Book Fair had consulted a psychic before planning this year’s week-long festival of author appearances. The fair, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, got a pretty sweet gift from the National Book Foundation this week: a pair…
As environmentalists go, the Lorax is pretty much the gold standard. The Dr. Seuss character who “speaks for the trees” stands against greedy industry and the destruction of natural settings — even when it’s for the production of Thneeds, which, of course, everyone needs. So it’s safe to say the…
How many books could you read in 30 years? Five hundred? Three thousand? Could you break into the six figures? No matter your estimate, Miami Book Fair International likely has you beat. In its three-decade run, MBFI has featured about 7,500 authors promoting countless books — and that’s just in…
You’re probably already sold on Dwyane Wade’s basketball skills. If you’re a superfan, you may have also bought some accessories from his lines of ties and socks. Perhaps you’ve read his memoir, A Father First. If you’ve done all those things and are still hungry for more #3, D-Wade has…
Until recently, if you were a woman who wanted to watch studly dudes tear away their pants and stick their junk in your face, you had to either talk your way into Swingin’ Richards (R.I.P.) or watch Magic Mike for, like, the 81st time. But get ready, ladies of Miami,…
Marina Abramovic. Andy Warhol. Banksy. Dov Charney. One of these things is not like the others, and that thing is Charney, the provocative, perpetually molester-glasses wearing American Apparel founder and CEO. He’s known as much for the claims of sexual harassment against him as he is for fostering the modern…
Meow listen up, everybody. You may think you’re enjoying your last stress-free moments before the holidays. You may think you’re doing the responsible thing, resting up before Art Basel rears its expertly curated head. You may think you can just sit on your couch all weekend watching Scandal on Hulu…
Father begged you not to choose art as a career. He was a hard man who valued simple, tangible pleasures, and he couldn’t understand how art could be a valid career for anyone at all. “Why don’t you do something constructive with your life, kid?” he’d ask whenever you brought…
The books are back, y’all. The Miami Book Fair International kicks off its 30th anniversary edition this Sunday, bringing the literary arts’ biggest names to Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus for a full week of readings, conversations, and the kind of shopping splurges that’ll have you browsing the aisles at…
So what did we learn from last year’s Banksy exhibit at CONTEXT Art Miami during Art Basel? Essentially, that commerce is king; though street art advocates blasted fair and the art owners for removing the pieces from their original homes, thousands of art lovers still flocked to CONTEXT to see…
For years, gallerists have complained that development in Wynwood has raised real estate prices and crowded the local marketplace, making it difficult for arts organizations to run a successful business in the area. Now, the problem has spread to Art Basel week fairs, too. That’s according to Joe Amrhein, owner…
Miami’s racial diversity isn’t celebrated nearly enough. The Magic City’s widely known as a town of Cubans, but what about the large groups of other ethnicities that call South Florida home? Name just about any place on the map, and you’ll find a robust minority group, from Canadians and Russians…
If you’re going to promote your hotel using the name of the world’s most famous street artist, you’d better be sure you’ve got your facts straight. That’s the lesson the South Beach Group learned last month when it claimed that it had commissioned British graffiti artist Banksy to design tiles…
As city architecture goes, Miami’s pretty diverse, with buildings ranging from South Beach’s Art Deco hotels to ’80s-style, neon-lit buildings to Zaha Hadid’s upcoming condo tower with an exoskeleton. But we’re pretty sure that Kolkoz’s “Curiosity” installation, set to rise at the Miami Marine Stadium during Art Basel this year,…
Nature: She’s kind of a dick, right? Admit it. In most other parts of the country, people are stressing about their carbon footprints while admiring the changing colors of the leaves and stocking up on cozy sweaters for the winter. Here in Miami, meanwhile, it can be hard to love…
