R.M. Fischer began his art career in the 1980s, making sculptures from scuffed brass knobs, rusted metal rods, pots, pans, and other found objects. Later, in the early 2000s, he progressed to soft sculpture — pieces made from vinyl fabric and upholstery. In a new show at Nina Johnson Gallery…
As Miami’s cultural landscape boomed in the past decade — with the influx of major art fairs, new museums, and local galleries opening in up-and-coming neighborhoods — the city’s queer culture was in flux. Reading Queer, a Knight Foundation-sponsored cultural organization, is looking to change that fact by highlighting voices…
After selling its landmark building for $88 million in 2015, ArtCenter/South Florida recently announced the appointment of a new president and CEO, Dennis Scholl, the former vice president of arts for the Knight Foundation. With an extensive background in the local art scene as an executive and entrepreneur, Scholl was…
Joining a wave of migration to Little Haiti — one that includes galleries such as Emerson Dorsch, Mindy Solomon, and Nina Johnson, as well as other cultural organizations — Exile Books has opened a storefront in the heart of the neighborhood. After three years in a small Wynwood studio, the small publisher is spreading its wings…
In its third year at the Standard Spa Miami Beach’s summer residency, Exile Books is planning a five-course dinner that pairs signature dishes, expertly crafted cocktails, and live poetry performances. Concrete Poetry, as organizers have named it, celebrates the eponymous medium that conveys verse (partially or totally) through visual representation.
Construction is nearly complete on one of Miami’s latest cultural landmarks, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), located in the heart of the Design District. As museum staffers ready to move the permanent collection and operations from their temporary home in the Moore Building to the new space, the curators promise to provide programming that engages local audiences and speaks to the global contemporary art Zeitgeist. It’s a tall order for a young museum, especially one fraught with birthing pains.
Eli Sudbrack isn’t your typical art-world denizen. One-half of the Brooklyn-based collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus (AVAF), the Brazilian-born Sudbrack splits his time between his hometown of São Paulo and Berlin. He crafts work at the intersection of pop culture and queer and net aesthetics…
After a year of construction delays, the Bass is set to reopen October 7 with a major retrospective of artist Ugo Rondinone. Miami Beach’s only major art institution temporarily shuttered in 2016 for a major renovation that would almost double its programmable space without altering the historic building’s footprint.
Clad in his trademark all-white garb, with a matching bandanna and Panama hat, Alan Faena is the namesake of the city’s most upscale hotel, Faena Hotel Miami Beach. With his wife and close collaborator Ximena Caminos, he launched the Faena District to house the North American operations of Faena Art during Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2016.
In an increasingly turbulent world, two Israeli artists, Rotem Tamir and Omri Zin, are targeting industrial factory processes in the crosshairs of their work. The husband and wife are collaborating for the first time in Larval Acceleration at Locust Projects.
Apart from being a cultural melting pot, Miami has produced a fair number of talented local artists for a city of its size. Daniel Arsham, Hernan Bas, and many others have gone from high-school stars on the local art scene to national and international standouts. Apart from the tropical sun, the single thread connecting these artistic native sons is their affiliation with YoungArts — a national organization providing support for young creative minds at a seminal point in their development.
Emerson Dorsch Gallery was a pioneer on Miami’s burgeoning art scene. Brook Dorsch founded the gallery as a space to show work by local artists, supported by his day job as an engineer. When his wife, Tyler Emerson came along to help curate, they launched one of the first galleries…
Don’t let Lawerence Weiner’s work fool you. Though he usually refers to the medium of his pieces as “language and the materials referred to,” his work is more than meets the eye. Weiner, still one of the most recognizable names in conceptual art, creates work that transcends its minimal material composition to heady, experiential, and emotional worlds. In that spirit, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has unveiled a new work by the artist, Out of Sight. Twisting Weiner’s artfully composed phrases in a hopscotch graphic, the piece addresses the “gamification” of learning in a museum context.
Anna Betbeze wants you to see her sweat. Her pieces — burnt and distressed pieces of fabric, canvas, and even carpets — are riddled with the evidence of her often harsh and violent technique. The result is more than just the sum of their resultant parts; Betbeze’s work is a…
One of the latest additions to the Brickell skyline, the East, is getting in the Basel spirit with an installation and show of recent work from Chinese artist Ye Hongxing. The Shanghai-based artist is known for her intricate canvas pastiches, constructed with stickers she finds at flea markets and small…
Born Lucila Garcia De Onrubia, Deon Rubi is an Argentine-American artist working at the intersections of the booming local art scene, the design world, and artisanal jewelry. Not only are her pieces sold at Pérez Art Museum Miami, but she has also collaborated with muralists Magnus Sodamin and Serge Toussaint…
In honor of our “People” issue, which will hit newsstands November 17, New Times proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes. Have suggestions for future profiles? Let us know in the comments. Working at the intersections of art and design, Emmett Moore has carved a name for…
Every year, National YoungArts Day celebrates the outstanding artists that make up the organization’s roster of alumni. Last year, the YoungArts Campus housed a solo exhibition of hometown hero and YoungArts award winner Daniel Arsham—the most internationally recognized local artist of his generation. This year, YoungArts celebrates the day with…
Lately, it seems like Miami’s fledgling art institutions are growing as fast as its high-rises. The Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is barely three years old, and as the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) prepares to move into its large, permanent home, it’s already nipping at PAMM’s heels. While the…
The art world can pigeonhole a painter’s style. Once an artist hits on the market, dealers and gallery-owners grow rapacious for more work of the same ilk. Donald Sultan enjoys a successful career as a painter and print-maker of some of the most iconic abstract flower pieces in contemporary American…
Since 2001 Art Basel has slowly transformed Miami Beach from a vacation spot for well-to-do snow birds into an art world mecca. The fair has also driven the local art scene, inspiring the community to rally around artists, gallery owners, and museums. Though Art Basel 2016 will make Miami the…
The Bass Museum, Miami Beach’s only major art museum, has been under renovation for over a year in a remodel that plans to drastically expand the building’s programmable space without altering its footprint. Recently, the museum announced a massive reopening for Art Basel 2016, with three new shows from contemporary…
