Riptide has been noticing lots of weird little trends during Basel week. Which is quite easy considering the sheer amount of art gracing the city right now. The real feat would be finding a piece so unique it is essentially peerless. But the artists responsible for the latest trend we’ve…
The Green Art Fair, billing itself as a “single point of contact for the art and design world, eco-friendly businesses and all individuals interested in moving the environmental friendly movement forward,” seems like a gyp for the $15 entry charge.The skimpy tent fair only features a handful of designers and…
While trolling through Scope Miami yesterday an unusual piece of wearable art stopped my daughter Bethany dead in her tracks. Brooklyn’s Helene Dumenil Gallery was exhibiting a pair of boots made out of horses hooves created by Berlin’s Iris Shieferstein. “What size are they,” Bethany inquired about the $6,000 kicks…
Riptide kind of has a love/hate thing with the idea of blog based point and click photographers achieving notoriety. On one hand the whole phenomenon is just kind of shallow and vein, on the other, well, we love to look at oddly dressed people doing oddly drunk thing. Plus the…
“Giants in the City” featuring whimsical inflatable sculptures by ten local artists opened Tuesday night at Bayfront Park where an intimate crowd gathered for a lighting ceremony and a concert on the green. “It was pretty chilly but about 200 people showed up,” says artist Alette Simmons-Jimenez who along with…
Art Asia is one of the few fairs to debut this year, though, as an annex to Scope. As the name suggests it specializes in contemporary art by Asian artists. The stated purpose is to demonstrate the influence of Asian art on the world, yet the most obvious theme found…
Riptide has already wondered about the symbolism of an Obama portrait being the most noticeable piece one see’s when entering Art Basel. Perhaps an Obama portrait should say “Welcome to Art Basel. We know, we know. The economy is in the tank, but look at this President. Don’t worry, change…
If you haven’t realized that 30 Rock is the single best thing regularly on the teevee right now Riptide pities you. Last night’s episode centered around Liz Lemon’s high school reunion. Alec Baldwin’s fictional NBC Exec Jack Donaghy offers Liz a hitch on the comapny jet on his why to…
Greg Haberny, The Wanker’s Ball at Fountain Art FairYesterday afternoon Wynwood streets were surprisingly light in traffic with the exception of a few taxis, rickshaws and Miami Police squad cars along North Miami Avenue. It was nothing like last year when cabs and limos snaked bumper-to-bumper in the gritty nabe.On…
The word for last night’s opening of Art Positons was “tight.” Tight in the way Frat boys mean “somewhat awesome.” Tight in that it was crowded, and getting in and out of the mini galleries housed in storage containers wasn’t an acitivity for claustophobes. Tight in the way that everything…
Walking into the Scope tent yesterday was like getting smacked in the face with an art stick. You know, in a good way. Inside, it was a visual sensory overload, with way too much for any normal, methamphetamine-free viewer to see in one trip. Riptide felt like a contestant on…
Aqua Art Miami: 44 galleries with a strong representation of West Coast dealers. Dec. 4-7. 206-399-5506. Aqua Hotel, 1530 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, 305-538-4361. In Wynwood, 50 more galleries will exhibit contemporary art Dec. 3-7. 42 NE 25th St., Miami, 206-245-8598. Art Asia: Miami’s first international Asian contemporary art fair…
Confronted by a crippling economic depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt knew how to get the good times rolling again. Just a few weeks into his first term in office, our 32nd president repealed the 18th Amendment with the famous line: “I think this would be a good time for a beer.”…
It really shouldn’t have been so hard to make a decent Punisher movie. The Marvel Comics character, who shot to prominence in the late ’80s after Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns proved there was an appetite for psychotic and homicidal superheroes, is basically Death Wish’s Paul Kersey on steroids…
During World War II, a Nazi officer (David Thewlis) receives a promotion and moves his wife (Vera Farmiga), teenage daughter (Amber Beattie), and eight-year-old son Bruno (Asa Butterfield) to a remote country house. Almost immediately, Bruno spies through his bedroom window a nearby “farm” where the workers wear “striped pajamas.”…
Don’t tell Mom, but we like to eat cookies in bed. Chocolate chip, oatmeal, we love them all — even more so when we can doze off after the last bite. And in case you’re wondering, the fear of crumbs crawling where the sun don’t shine is no match for…
Obama’s victory has not healed all the nation’s wounds. As far as comedy goes, there is a certain kind of irony that still divides us. To determine which side of the fence you’re on, ask yourself these questions: Did I like the Monty Python musical Spamalot? Do I watch Reno…
The Miami Gay Men’s Chorus is a big cog in the Gay Agenda. It began as a group of only six people in 1999, but over the past decade, it has swelled to 100 members of all ages, with audience growth of 30 percent every season. Plus it’s moving to…
When the Miami Heat faced the Charlotte Bobcats November 1, NBA legend and Charlotte managing partner Michael Jordan sat and watched courtside as his Cats took down the Heat 100-87. Gerald Wallace exploded on Miami for 30 points as the rest of the Bobcats crashed the boards, controlled the tempo,…
Few artists have exposed the scars of slavery and revealed the hopes of African-Americans living in Northern cities quite like August Wilson. Now South Floridians can get a front seat to one of the playwright’s works. The M Ensemble, the only surviving black theater troupe in Florida, is tackling one…
He licks himself. He farts unapologetically in front of the in-laws. And he’s the best friend you have in the Magic City. Barring Fox reality-show participants, chances are your favorite slob is of the canine variety. Not exactly fancy-pants hotel party material, right? Well, for one glorious day, these lovable…
Wynwood during Art Basel is full of stuck-up, black-clothed, beret-wearing, street-thronging, tourist-without-a-map-lookin’ art mongers. We bet they feel like Vikings in undiscovered territory, but the fact is Wynwood is a vibrant and historic community of about 15,000 residents who were here first. The Miami Workers Center armed a neighborhood residents’…
