During Miami Art Week, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to see some art. You just have to go outside. Here’s our guide to the free-to-see, public art around town during Art Basel this year. Audemars Piguet and Tomás Saraceno: Albedo. Swiss watch company Audemars Piguet and Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno are…
Miami Art Week is a time when adults gather to peruse art, sip champagne, and dance at wild parties. But what about the kids? “Wonder,” billed as the first art exhibit for and by kids to show during Art Basel, will compete with the grown-up shows December 5 through 8.
The writer-director shot Roma in chronological order, without showing the cast the script, unveiling it to the actors the same way it is for the audience, piece by piece, a chance to marinate in each moment as it plays out
With all of the events and parties happening over the next week, it might be easy to forget what Art Basel is all about: the art. And while art galleries will be doing what they do best, local museums will also be debuting all new installations with works that touch…
Aqua Art Miami. Wednesday, December 5, through Sunday, December 9, at the Aqua Hotel, 1530 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 800-376-5850; aquaartmiami.com. Tickets cost $20 to $275. Art Africa Miami Arts Fair. Wednesday, December 5 to Sunday, December 9 at the 920 Building, 920 NW Second Ave., Miami; artafricamiamifair.com. Tickets cost…
Art Basel, Miracle pop-up bars, and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, December 3 through 9.
Probing the painter’s senses as he tramps about the south of France, Schnabel’s film is drunk with light, a little touched in the head itself, giving over to van Gogh’s perspective through gorgeously disorienting POV shots …
It’s not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with World Red Eye,…
Riptide Music Festival, “The Art of Banksy,” and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, November 30 through December 2.
Overtown is throwing a party and everyone’s invited. Local nonprofit Urban Philanthropies is opening a new space in the heart of the historic district called the Urban. The 53,000-square-foot public space will host a rich program of ongoing cultural events for the community. The Welcome to the Afrofuture…
The image of the prototypical feminist has not changed much since its inception: She’s angry, unshaven, and suspicious of men, if not downright misandrist. Judy Chicago, on the other hand, laughs easily. She wears dangling blue earrings and affectionately introduces her husband.
Art evolves. Each new generation has a unique story to tell, and art is its storytelling medium. For a growing wave of creatives, technology is an essential aspect of life — and of the art that reflects it. “Technology really allows us to not just be passive viewers of the…
Of all the streets in Miami, perhaps none has gotten as clogged with auto traffic during Miami Art Week as NW Second Avenue. The two-lane road runs right through the heart of Wynwood, which in recent years has become an epicenter of activity for tourists and locals seeking an artsy…
ArtCenter/South Florida has announced its two first Cinematic Arts Residents. Xavier Medina and Monica Sorelle will each receive $50,000 to produce feature films in the City of Miami. It’s an unprecedented budget for these filmmakers to make independent movies guided by experts with successful careers in the industry. Dennis Scholl,…
Art Basel and the satellite fairs host visitors from all over the globe each Miami Art Week, solidifying the Magic City as the ultimate destination for art. South Florida-based galleries put in the work all year to make the 305’s art scene shine and also make the rounds at the main and…
Thursday Wynwood’s leading ladies are coming together for a high-power, educational event. TEDxWynwoodWomen will present speeches from eight leading ladies, including Health in the Hood founder Asha Walker and Wyncode CEO Johanna Mikkola. Each speaker has her own story of perseverance and success. You will leave inspired, guaranteed. 6 to…
Even locals who don’t know squat about Miami Art Week can tell you about the old Drug Enforcement Administration warehouse on NW 29th Street, stacked year-round with contemporary artworks. The Rubell family has housed its extensive collection of contemporary art there for a quarter-century. But that era is coming to an end. Two years after the Rubell Family Collection (RFC) announced its intention to relocate to Allapattah in 2019, this December’s exhibit could be the last in its storied space.
For its sixth edition, FilmGate is upping its annual interactive media festival to a new level. Last year, the fest premiered 12 virtual reality (VR) experiences. This year FilmGate Interactive Media Festival #06 will offer 50, thanks to a new partnership with the University of Miami, and the school’s mission…
This time, we meet the sharecropping peasants of the remote village of Inviolata, living lives of seasonal toil, lives that look — except for the occasional radio or lightbulb — like they might have a century or so ago
Annie Leibovitz doesn’t name her cameras. And if you want to talk about digital cameras, don’t bother. “They’re just tools,” she explains. When the famed photographer attended the San Francisco Art Institute in her youth, she says, the most valuable lessons she learned had nothing to do with technical skills, but…
The playgrounds of the rich and tasteful aren’t the focus of the Faena Festival, a free series of exhibitions and performances commissioned by the Faena District for Miami Art Week. For its inaugural program, the theme is “This Is Not America,”
… The Great Buster at heart is an opportunity to hang with Bogdanovich as he screens favorite sequences from ol’ stone face’s 1920s two- and five-reel masterpieces
