According to auction website eBay, Floridians really dig Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí. The company crunched numbers from “the top 50 most searched artists on eBay, compared with industry trends and search engine date to determine which artists were the most searched in each state.” For once in its history, Florida…
It’s always nice to see a local kid grow up and make good. Kevin Birmingham is one of those kids. After leaving the shores of his native South Florida, Birmingham earned a PhD from Harvard, and if that wasn’t accomplishment enough, the literary historian’s first book recently landed on the…
At times it seems like Miami is a sparkling young city, birthed fully formed from the cracked skull of a billionaire real-estate developer. But the Magic City has a long and fascinating history, one that spans well beyond the newest high-rise or the latest expressway expansion. HistoryMiami wants to share…
YoungArts is on a roll. Straight off its success during Art Basel, the institution presents its next Outside the Box, which features selections from the Borscht Film Festival. YoungArts has close ties to Borscht — the film festival’s founders, Lucas Leyva and Andrew Hevia, are alums. The Borscht boys will…
Are you a local artist, filmmaker, musician or dancer? Do you have a unique perspective or challenging project that you think deserves recognition? Then you should apply for New Times’ MasterMind Award. Every year we offer monetary grants and well-deserved exposure to creatives across Miami. Last year, New Times awarded…
Remember in 2006 when Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx stared in a movie version of the iconic 80s television series Miami Vice? Of course you don’t, because virtually nobody went to see it. The movie was such a bomb that Farrell himself can barely remember making it. And in typical…
Earlier this month, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) announced that it would be getting a permanent home in the Design District. The initial report outlined the ICA’s close ties to Norman and Irma Braman — billionaires who are locally as famous for their seemingly infinite number of car dealerships…
Conspicuous consumption is something Miamians know a thing or two about. It might be the closest thing we have to common cultural identity. And the luxury items Miamians spend money on are very likely influenced by the priorities established by the city’s wealthy. According to a study published in Sunday’s…
The city of Miami broke ground on a new film studio today. The Florida Film & Television Center will offer 70,000 square feet of studio space including two sound stages, an onsite editing suite and accessory storage room. The studio will be operated by EUE Screen Gems, a national production…
All of the art fairs have packed up and left town. Au revoir art fairs. And during the lull between Art Week and holiday overeating, there’s still plenty to do. Music! Sports! Fashion! A veritable smorgasbord of tasty offerings here in our magical city. Here are our picks…
Buskerfest is probably one of the quirkiest events our lovely city has to offer. The day long celebration of street performance features some of the most interesting poets, local musicians, and micro-theater groups in Miami. And this year’s offerings look worth the annual wait. Over forty performers will be waiting…
Single Miamians are always on the lookout for couple-worthy men or women and their favorite hunting grounds aren’t bars, clubs or the beach; it’s the world wide web. According to the dating website Match.com, Miami members send more messages than users in any other American city. That’s right, you guys…
There’s only a week left before Borscht opens it doors. Get psyched up by enjoying this teaser of their upcoming films. There are conjoined twins, bodybuilders, sandwich meat, and vomiting. What’s not to love? See more: Borscht Film Festival Announces 2014 Lineup…
The ubiquitous sounds of protest filled the intimate, transparently constructed exhibition space: people yell, groups chant, impatient drivers honk their horns, police blow their high-pitched whistles. These are the familiar noises that greet you when you enter YoungArts’ Basel exhibition, “Zero Tolerance.” Curated by MoMA PS1 Director Klaus Biesenbach, the…
Sick of art fairs? No? Good. This weekend is your last chance to peruse Basel, be seen at Scope, and be baffled at Context before they all pack up and leave for the season. We’ve got plenty of opportunities for you to live out your Warhol Factory fantasy. If that’s…
Amidst the Basel craze where out-of-towners look admiringly at works by artists from across the globe, the Historic Lyric Theater in Overtown is keeping it local. The recently renovated landmark debuted “A Man Among the People: Purvis Young,” a retrospective celebrating the life and work of the Overtown native and…
