For Italian photographer Tina Modotti, her place of artistic inspiration was Mexico. As an immigrant living in an unknown city, Modotti was struck my the cultural roots alive within the country in the first-half of the 20th century. She was so enthralled, the photographer continued to work in Mexico City…
This year’s three MasterMind Award winners — chosen from a group of ten finalists — will be announced Thursday, February 18, at Artopia, New Times’ annual soirée celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit newtimesartopia.com. Allison Kotzig has been a local provocateur on the art scene for several…
Art Wynwood has served as a centerpiece in the neighborhood’s revitalization for the last five years. The fair has flourished as a testament to the galleries, street artists, and characters that turned warehouses into vibrant cultural centers. At this year’s edition of the fair, Art Wynwood remains at the forefront…
This year’s three MasterMind Award winners — chosen from a group of ten finalists — will be announced this Thursday, February 18, at Artopia, New Times’ annual soirée celebrating Miami culture, at the Coral Gables Museum. For tickets and more information, visit newtimesartopia.com. Collaborations are all the rage these days…
New Times’ Mastermind Award honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. We’ll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year’s three Mastermind Award winners will be announced February 18 at Artopia, our annual soiree celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit…
The opening of local painter Farley Aguilar’s “Invisible Country” at Spinello Project’s new space in Little Haiti couldn’t have happened at a more opportune time. With the Presidential elections well underway, the most discernible trend in the debates and speeches has been a populist wave — whether it’s Donald Trump or…
French artist Jérémy Gobé has spent the past couple of months living and working at Fountainhead Residency in Morningside. His first visit to Miami has inspired him to create new sculptural pieces and remount an installation of his much-lauded Freedom Guided Wool (2014) at BassX. The exhibition space, located next…
Most galleries are cash-strapped. Not knowing how or when pieces will sell, gallery owners tend to flock to developing neighborhoods were rents are still cheap enough to keep them afloat while they await the right collector to purchase work they represent. The Williams McCall Gallery is a little different. With…
As Wynwood continues its transition from burgeoning arts neighborhood into a paint covered landmark, Art Wynwood is about to launch its sixth annual fair. This year’s installment comes after a tepid response from collectors at Art Basel Miami Beach 2015 and lackluster sales reported at large. It’s not so much…
One of Wynwood’s most reasonably priced art fairs was acquired earlier this month in one of the many upheavals seen in Miami’s first Art District. Over the past nine years, Red Dot Art Fair established a strong name for itself as a place to buy moderately priced pieces for your…
The embargo the United States placed on Cuba for more than half a century comes with a cultural caveat. For years, the Communist island banned all propaganda that emanated from the West. On the other coast, the U.S. shunned artists who supported the regime and propped up the work of…
In one of the most hilarious gallery shifts of the new year, recently relocated Guccivuitton has changed their name to Versace Versace Versace. Besides the obvious play on Migos’ 2013 trap club banger, the new name marks a new era for one of the most inscrutable galleries on the local…
This year saw mass upheavals in Miami’s cultural landscape: Most of the established museums named new directors, an historic center closed its doors, a new institution broke ground on sprawling digs, and galleries flocked from Wynwood in search of cheaper rent. The death of the cofounder of the city’s biggest…
In case you haven’t had your requisite fill of art in the last week, it’s not too late to take in some of the most impressive contemporary art on the market. Several museums and local galleries are keeping their December exhibits open post Art Basel and Miami Art Week. Here…
Art Basel is finally over. The behemoth art fair that sweeps into our fair city every year has packed its bags and blown us a very European kiss goodbye. And in its wake, it’s inevitably left both the victorious and the conquered. We here at the Miami New Times have…
One of the most anticipated Museum events during Miami Art Week, PAMM Presents: Dimensions Variable with Ryan McNamara and Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange), was under threat of heavy rain. Sure enough, just as over 400 guests started to fill the museum’s wraparound veranda, storm clouds were brewing, leaving passageways…
Artists are constantly immersed in their surroundings, creating work that’s tied to the socio-political, economic, and cultural reality they inhabit. Iranian artists Amir Baradaran, however, is more interested in what he perceives will be the challenges and travails of the near future. Working in the medium of Augmented Reality (AR),…
To say that Context Art Miami was crowded during its VIP opening would be a severe understatement. With throngs of people flooding the Will Call booths for hours, fair attendants struggled to accommodate the hoards of eager masses waiting to get a glimpse at what international galleries brought to the…
For years, Pulse was relegated to second tier status among the various satellite fairs that flock to Miami Beach during Art Basel. Two years ago, newly appointed director Helen Toomer looked to turn things around for the struggling enterprise. Last year, with a move to Indian Creek Beach on 46th…
Miami Art Week packs a lot into the first week of December. For locals and visitors alike, it can be pretty overwhelming to shepherd between the different tents and pop-up fairs strewn along Miami Beach, Midtown, Wynwood, Downtown, and Brickell. Here to help you put together an air tight Art…
Devonté Hynes has a fraught relationship with Miami. The last time the London-born singer, better known as Blood Orange, was in town in 2013, he was outside the Electric Pickle when police raided the club over a liquor license issue. When he tried to retrieve his equipment inside, an officer…
Art Basel Miami Beach eclipses most of the events surrounding the first week in December. Yet, despite the financial heft carried on by the behemoth, the satellite art fairs, gallery and museum shows, and various other functions that surround ABMB actually fall under the auspices of Miami Art Week. At…
