For the filmmaking team of Lucas Leyva and Jillian Mayer, it’s Sundance 2.0. The filmmaker/artist duo brought the short film Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke, to the Sundance Film Festival for the first time last year (along with some very unpretentious film fest swag in the form of…
Sure, Art Week in Miami has been going on since Monday. But Wednesday is the day things really kick into high gear, with events all over town forcing you to make Sophie’s Choice-esque decisions about where and how to spend our free time. Will you have more fun on the…
If you remove a piece of street art from its original location, do you also amputate its artistic value? That’s the question raised by CONTEXT Art Miami this week, which will show Banksy works that were removed from their original locations and shipped to Miami to be seen as part…
Miami City Ballet and the Borscht Film Festival have more in common than you might think. Sure, MCB is an internationally praised ballet company known for its artful elegance, while Borscht is an up-and-coming film festival known for making experimental films that piss off pro athletes. But they’re both producing…
“ALL LIFE IS REAL.” It’s the slogan for Bleeding Palm’s film Adventures of Chris Bosh in the Multiverse, which was scheduled to screen during the lead-up to Borscht 8 next month. But it looks like Bosh himself has his own motto: “My life is off limits.” Borscht Film Festival posted…
Of all the large-scale, eye-catching public art coming to Miami during Art Basel week, the wackiest has got to be the giant, psychic dog set to overtake Lords South Beach hotel. The work, which we first told you about in October, is a 60-foot tall black dog figure with evil-looking…
It’s about to get all avant garde up in Miami. Art Basel doesn’t officially start until December 6, but the seemingly endless lineup of cultural events is already underway. Before you know it, you’ll be browsing works of art, surrounded by intolerable local hipsters and even more intolerable rich, touristy…
The Borscht Film Festival may not be the biggest or the most well-known film fest in the world. But for sheer quirky delight, it can’t be beat. And this year is no exception. Borscht 8 recently announced its lineup of events, and there’s much more to look forward to than…
Pop-Up Piano Miami takes to the streets once again next week, adding its own combination of art and music to the madness that is Art Basel week. The organization launched this year’s project with a party at Miami Iron Side last night, letting attendees see all eight of 2012’s completed…
Art Basel remains the most prestigious event taking place during Miami Art Week, running from December 6 through 9 this year. But that hasn’t stopped satellite fairs and other cultural happenings from popping up all over town to take advantage of Basel’s arts-minded attendees — and plenty of the events…
Forget Fashion Week and the Model Beach Volleyball Tournament and the dozens of nightlife scenes around South Beach that seem to attract good-looking people like exceptionally stunning moths to a flame. This Sunday, the sexiest people in Miami won’t be anywhere near the ocean. They’ll be at Sun Life Stadium…
They say the holidays start earlier every year, with decorations going up and advertisements running on TV well in advance of Thanksgiving. But the lengthening of annual festivities doesn’t affect just Christmas. Miami’s annual wintertime art soiree, Art Basel Week, is also expanding. Case in point: the Heineken Mural Project,…
If you’re a lover of orchestral music, high-class events, or just good old-fashioned free stuff, Christmas has come early for you this year. We have four pairs of tickets to New World Symphony’s Absolute Jest, conducted by John Adams, this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. — and we’re giving them away,…
The saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” And the Borscht Film Festival, which will host its eighth edition next month, isn’t broken. It’s just a little cracked. Earlier this year, the Borscht-produced short film Life and Times of Uncle Luke — which combined a cartoonishly colorful set…
Hey, remember when we told you about the giant laser beam that artist and former Warhol “superstar” Ultra Violet planned to shoot across Biscayne Bay during Art Basel? And it sounded pretty cool and elegant and egalitarian? And how it had the potential to become emblematic of this year’s Art…
Have you heard this one? Bella Swan, James Bond, and Abraham Lincoln walk into a bar.The bartender asks, “What are the three of you doing here?”Bella, being the whimpering little twit that she is, can barely answer. James Bond refuses to divulge any information until he’s served one of his…
Earlier this year, Miami’s landmark Bacardi buildings — the ones that formerly housed Bacardi headquarters but had stood mostly empty for years after the company moved to Coral Gables — were sold to YoungArts. It’s an exciting new start for kids interested in culture in Miami, but it also marks…
You might not know Italian gallery Ca’ d’Oro by name, but if you were in Miami during Art Basel in 2010, you know its work. This was the gallery that brought the infamous giant pink snails to town. And this year, they’re adding even more enormous animals to their improbably…
Is Louis CK the greatest comic of our time? The short answer, of course, is yes. But that answer doesn’t suffice for the millions of Louis CK fanboys and fangirls who track his every performance, appearance, and tweet with feverish anticipation, so we’ll explain: He’s an artist. His show Louie,…
Earlier this month, Adriana de Moura, the Brazilian star of The Real Housewives of Miami, shook things up on the show by attacking costar Joanna Krupa with a slap to the face. If you’re a fan of interpersonal drama, catfights, or reality show mayhem, it was pretty much the best…
In the 1960s and ’70s, Mitch Glazer was just your average Miami Beach kid: going to Beach High, where his mother worked as an English teacher, skateboarding along Ocean Drive, and hanging out in the lobbies of the fancy hotels where his father worked. “As kids, we were the only…
Look at Ruben Ubiera’s Wynwood murals and you’ll feel like you’re in an urban jungle — literally. The 36-year-old artist’s signature subject is a giant gorilla appearing in many forms: enraged, contemplative in a pair of eyeglasses, and even dainty, extending a delicate flower between thumb and forefinger. “The gorillas…
