With all the free-booze scheming, artsy schmoozing, rabid-collector fighting, and gallerist drama going down this week, it’s easy to forget the whole point of this Art Basel thing: to pour your soul into a work and hope someone will see enough value to hand you money for rent. Thankfully, opening…

What does German classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach have to do with the Afro-Cuban roots of salsa? Everything — if you ask the members of Miami-based timba band Tiempo Libre. For one, Cuban salsa and Bach’s compositions have eight bars of melody, something not lost on the seven bandmates, most…

Going Green the Wong Way might be one of the most ridiculous shows we’ve ever seen, and we mean that in the best of ways. Performance artist and comedienne Kristina Wong broke down racial stereotypes, feminist theory, and all that’s wrong with Los Angeles public transportation while dry-humping a mountain…

Thirty years ago — when the NYPD declared war on graffiti via a vandal squad, laws restricting the sale of paint to minors, and guards posted at subway yards — it would have been difficult to imagine odes to the spray can at a highbrow international fair such as Art…

Vanity Fair is no stranger to art. In fact, the most controversial pieces of journalism the magazine has published haven’t been the articles, but the accompanying photographs. From a naked and pregnant Demi Moore to a Hindu god portrayed by Mike Myers to a seminude Miley Cyrus, it’s the only…

​In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.75. Michael McKeeverMichael McKeever is one of Miami’s rare born-and-raised,…

​In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.76. Diana LozanoDiana Lozano is a freak show, and trust…

Here in the United States, it’s easy to take filmmaking for granted. We throw millions of dollars on the table to produce a flick about talking Chihuahuas. And it’s only a matter of time before Jersey Shore goes full-length feature. But for much of the world, which exists outside Hollywood’s…

In Cuban Ballet, author Octavio Roca utilizes words and lush photographs to tell the story of Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s most prominent prima ballerina and choreographer (and also one of the most powerful women aligned with the island’s government). The author, son of a former Havana ballerina, also explores the lives…

A few years ago, porn-seeking perverts with colonialist ambitions began stumbling onto the wrong mail-order bride website. Presenting itself as a “source for meeting a nice, subservient Asian bride,” BigBadChineseMama.com proceeded to break down sexual politics, racial stereotypes, and power structure via pictures of ass-kicking females above testimonials such as,…

Edwidge Danticat moved from Haiti to the United States when she was 12 and draws on that immigrant experience, filled with history, suffering, and love to portray the complex realities of past and present Haiti. At 41 she has written more than ten books and dabbled in several different genres,…

​In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.80. Jennifer KronenbergThis season, Miami City Ballet will be presenting…