A disheartening case of When Auteurs Go Affected, Every Thing Will Be Fine confirms that Wim Wenders — making his first dramatic feature since 2008’s Palermo Shooting — is a filmmaker now light-years removed from his Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire heyday. Egregiously airless and artificial, Wenders’s latest (written…
Years after Moby-Dick was a flop, Herman Melville visited an old ship’s captain named George Pollard. Both men had seen better days. In their youth, both had sailed the seas with some success. Melville had written novels about his adventures with island girls, and Pollard had once helmed one of…
In the current noble vogue of admirable female figures in documentaries, now comes Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, by Lisa Immordino Vreeland. Guggenheim may not be news to the art world, but for the rest of us, the film might stir wishful nostalgia for a breakthrough time in cultural history —…
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…
Every year, when Miami Art Week rolls around, the locals get a little on edge — not just because of the increased difficulty in parking or the horrid traffic — but because of the onslaught of tourists visiting the city for those short seven days. However, along with the ordinary…
Did you survive? Hopefully your job has Art Basel forgiveness today — this isn’t your typical weekend bender, after all. As the tourists travel home and Miamians clean up the wreckage, a little low-cost entertainment is sure to set you right again. Monday Menorah Lighting on Cocowalk: Missing the menorah…
Saturday is quite possibly the mecca for Art Basel and Miami Art Week. With all the events taking place, it can be an overwhelming task to narrow down the ones worthwhile. That’s why we’re here to suggest the ten events we think are worth your time and effort today. ArtCenter breakfast,…
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…
Seated on a chair at floor level, face to face with a tall, soft-spoken blonde astrologer Morgan Rehbock, I feel my hands start to sweat. We’re separated by a short table and fake candles in a breezy tented resting area in the center of bustling Art Basel Miami Beach. I start…
With the wild parties, installations, and celebrity appearances occupying all hours of Miami Art Week, it’s pretty tough to get people’s attention. But Heineken, along with street art paint purveyor Montana Cans, has launched a new concept for Basel 2015 that’s unique enough to appeal to even the most jaded…
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),…
Although interdisciplinary artist Jefferson Pinder doesn’t consider himself an activist, his artwork seems to indicate otherwise. Known for his performances, video work, and objects that challenge viewers to think about society at large, Pinder often uses the black male body to focus on matters of physicality, violence, and race in…
Even though Friday signifies the week’s end, it also signifies the start of your Art Basel and Miami Art Week fun. With all the events taking place, it can be an overwhelming task to narrow down the ones worthwhile. That’s why we’re here to suggest the ten events we think…
The best time of the week is finally here: the weekend. Miami offers just about every activity this weekend. On the music front, you can catch Jamie XX at Mana Wynwood, Juanes at the American Airlines Arena, A$AP Rocky at Mana Wynwood, Gorgon City at Story, and Hard 2 Leave…
Hell’s bells to those who tell hip-hop choreographer Jennifer Weber that the sacred holiday tradition of The Nutcracker has been irreverently tinkered with in The Hip Hop Nutcracker. “Isn’t that what hip hop is all about?” says the Brooklyn-based founder and artistic director of Decadancetheatre, an all-female, hip-hop dance theater…
To try and pick anything as the best piece of work at Scope Art Fair is really quite a dubious errand. As soon as you enter the beach-based tent, you’re smacked in the face with color, texture, witty word plays, strange ocular tricks, and post-Warhol attitude. You might as well…
Among the glitz and glamour notoriously associated with Miami Art Week comes a different kind of cafe. Featuring live music, spoken word performances, and a gallery with works created by South Florida’s youth community, the KIND Cafe is a whole other experience. The exclusive Basel-only pop-up celebrates the fusion of…
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…
Driving during Art Basel is literally the worst thing. The roads are clogged with outsiders who don’t understand Miami’s rules of the road (there aren’t any, duh), and the congestion is exacerbated by the ceaseless road construction along major connectors like I-95, the Palmetto Expressway, and the Venetian Causeway. So…
Imagine that you’re on your way to see some art, you are only a few miles away from the next gallery on your list — so close you can almost feel it. But, instead of being surrounded by art aficionados and walls of work, you find yourself immersed in a flood…
You’ve made it to Thursday — the weekend is almost in sight and it’s technically only day two of Basel. With all the events taking place, it can be an overwhelming task to try and narrow down the ones worthwhile. That’s what we’re here for. Here are the nine events…
“Make me something I can sell,” berated the disheveled, full-grown man to the prepubescent child before him. “Paint whatever you want, as long as it looks like this,” he instructed to another young protege. It is a ridiculous picture of the art world, but as with any joke, it’s only…
