MiMo artist Louis Dalmau is known for making art in some unusual environments. His first big — ahem, splash — in Miami came in the late ’80s when he created an underwater art installation that doubled as a reef. For this year’s Art Basel, Dalmau choose a distinctly less sexy…
Germans are not exactly the most cheerful people, so it’s no surprise that Deutschland’s biggest magazine, Der Spiegel, has one of the most depressing previews of Art Basel we’ve seen so far. “On the fourth of December, the fair will open for a seventh time, and, as always, several German…
The “Pedestriart” urban art project has taken over the Midtown Art Park. Apparently it’s important for everyone to know that grasshopper 69’s are strictly prohibited. Local artist Leonel Matheu uses his own iconography to make artistic statements for the consumption of passing foot traffic. Several big art fairs including, SCOPE and PhotoMiami are setting up tents just a couple blocks south of the park, so it should get plenty of foot traffic. Here are some shots of the work.
Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular novel, Twilight — the first in a four-book series about a 17-year-old girl who falls in love with the hunky vampire who sits next to her in biology class — bored me silly, but that’s clearly a minority opinion. In the novel, Bella and her cold-to-the-touch…
New Year’s Day must be the most stress-inducing day in the whole calendar. It’s designated as a time to make lists and changes and new beginnings. And here you are all kinds of aching from the debauchery of the night before. So what if you left your cell phone in…
Gus Van Sant has never been what you’d call a risk-averse filmmaker, but he directs his Harvey Milk biopic so carefully there might be a Ming vase balanced on his head. Van Sant’s steps are deliberate, his posture is straight, his attitude is responsible, and his eyes are fixed firmly…
To brand, and then dismiss, Four Christmases as a disappointment would be giving it too much credit — never, for a second, did this New Line Cinema castoff scream or even whisper decent in the runup to its opening. It’s the story of couple Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and Brad (Vince…
Hello, Kitty: I am 39 years old, have two kids, and am separated from my wife of six years. Not long ago, I began dating my 27-year-old ex-girlfriend, who has never been in a serious relationship. Though she has commitment issues, I’ve really never stopped loving her. I halfway enjoyed…
The plays of August Wilson have been so celebrated in print that it is probably pointless to begin the discussion anew. If he wasn’t the most poetic, the most novel, the most fun, or the most profound of recent American playwrights, he certainly combined all of those elements to a…
So, you say you’re “hardcore”? What the fuck do you know about “hardcore”? Mehkago NT will “hardcore” any of you motherfuckers. In fact, they’ll hardcore your ass, right into the fucking pavement! They will be playing at Churchill’s tonight with Bishop, The Getback, and others. Check out this You Tube…
In the years since Don Carter’s Kendall Lanes closed, you’ve been in a gutter of grief. Your bowling shoes have a layer of dust on them and your ball has lost its gleam. Since then, the closest you’ve been to knocking down pins is the virtual alley of your Nintendo…
When you hear tunes about the first noel and a red-nosed reindeer echoing through the aisles of your local Walgreens, you know the holidays have arrived. And like clockwork, you spring into motion, untangling strings of glistening lights and dusting off oversize crimson stockings to the familiar little ditties. This…
We could all use some old-fashioned innocence. Doesn’t everyone dream of a place where a man named Daddy Warbucks is neither a pimp nor a rapper? A place where the sun always comes out tomorrow regardless of hurricanes named after old ladies? A place where “leapin’ lizards” is just a…
Hallmark would have you believe Thanksgiving is about sitting around a table with the ones you love and showing how much you appreciate them, but our tummies tell us that it is the day to unabashedly throw down on a few plates stacked high with food. We love you, Uncle…
Money is short; times are hard. And here come the holidays, ready to bum rush your bank account with an onslaught of new purchases. And before the shopping, there’s the feasting. It all costs a pretty penny, whether you slave over a hot stove all day for the family feast,…
Socialist, Communist, dirty red pinko bastard — 2008 has seen the resurgence of anti-Commie rhetoric. What better way to celebrate it than to embrace it? Dana Keith, director of the Miami Beach Cinematheque, is using Soviet montage filmmaking as the basis for a visual experiment in bringing two worlds together…
John Henry is known for making a big splash. The artist has earned international acclaim for his powerful steel sculptures that soar heavenward in bursts of color, majestically altering many a city’s skyline. But for his current exhibit, the sculptor has taken his biggest plunge of all. Henry’s behemoths are…
Thanksgiving dinner would be just another boring meal with the fam if it weren’t for that huge golden-brown bird perched in the middle of the table. Sure, you have it on a Subway five-dollar foot-long three times a week, but when it’s all trussed up and in its full glory,…
It’s been two days and you’re still in a Thanksgiving fog of reconstituted leftovers. Your tummy is begging for a reprieve, but you haven’t been able to focus on anything other than turkey. You have it in your omelets, slapped between slices of bread, and even fried up to make…
Just as Art Basel makes Miami an annual mecca for the who’s who of the creative and talented, there is White Party Week — the biggest, hottest gay fundraising bash of the year. Since 1985, hordes of gays and lesbians have flocked to the Magic City to meet, mingle, party,…
If you want to get an early leg up before Art Basel-phrenia addles your eyes, how about a dose of fresh French-Canadian roadkill to get the spirits in gear? Marc Seguin has left his snowbound haunts in the rearview mirror and brought his art to the Big Mango, hoping to…
Miami doesn’t need snow for Christmas. Hell, we’ve got palm trees aplenty just waiting for lights to be wrapped around their endlessly long trunks. Add a sprinkle of tinsel and you’re good to go! No? If you’re less than impressed with the trees lining Biscayne Boulevard, we’ve got some bedecked…
