That’s a wrap, everyone. Miami Art Week has come and gone. And whether you were a 24-hour party person all last week or stayed home to avoid the crowds and traffic, you’re probably relieved that there’ll be no more fairs, fests, or flaky tourists clogging up the city. So who…
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,…
For most Miami residents, Art Basel is a week of horrific traffic. For some, it’s a chance to engage in a multitude of cultural offerings bubbling up all over the city. For fewer, it’s a chance to buy art offered by a selection of international galleries. According to statistics from…
To Neil Hall, “Black Art Matters” is as timely as it gets. An established architect and founder of Art Africa Miami, Hall reveals how the meaningful theme for this year’s fair was inspired by Kanye West. “Kanye West made a comment concerning slavery, that ‘slavery is a choice.’ We…
At the Magic City Studio, the current home of the controversial “Art of Banksy” exhibit, a scruffy man in board shorts uses his smartphone to snap a picture of the artist’s Rude Copper piece. He observes the walls of the exhibit before taking successive shots of Gangsta Rat, Barcode, and…
“Darker Gods in The Garden of The Low Hanging Heavens” is acclaimed post-disciplinary artist Damon Davis’ gift to his culture and his people. In his latest Afro-surrealism project, the objective was to turn a crippling idea into power. “I was trying to dissect the idea that black people are not…
The arrival of the international art dealing behemoth known as Basel draws many Magic City residents to a slew of festivals, fairs, and public art displays in early December. And while much of Miami Art Week is geared toward billions of dollars of spending, we plebeians can still enjoy the…
The anchor of The Litany is a display of Collins’s latest artist book, titled America: A Hymnal. The book features 100 reworked versions of American proto-anthem “My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” originally written by Samuel Francis Smith in 1831. From the 18th through 20th Centuries, its melody was used as a template for songwriters who crafted reworked versions in support of different causes throughout the course of American history.
Millions of women participate in household labor, and the majority of them are underappreciated, underpaid, overlooked, or all of the above. This year during Art Basel, at a time when glitz and glamour are at an all-time peak, Miami Girls Foundation, in partnership with Miami Workers Center and Advocacy…
Art Basel is back. The bad traffic and free wine, the star-studded afterparties and weird warehouse gettys, the artwork that’s stunning and stimulating or provocative or incomprehensible or simply bullshit — all of it will make its annual landfall in South Florida this week. The Swiss are coming, and they’re…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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,”
Zoe Lukov, curator of the inaugural Faena Festival, uses Alfredo Jaar’s historic work, “A Logo for America,” as a jumping-off point. “If this is not America, what is it? What do we want it to be?” she poses, preferring to open a dialog rather than give direct answers. She addresses “the myths and narratives that separate us, and how to reimagine those in a way that fits our own lives.” The festival seeks to raise this and other questions through the lenses of performance, installation, video, and more.
