View more photos from Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 here.”I haven’t seen this much pussy all year,” we told our colleague as we were exiting the Miami Beach Convention Center for Art Basel Miami Beach’s Vernissage Wednesday night. There were enough uses of female genitalia to fill The Vagina Monologues.As…
If you happened to visit New York City last summer, you might have seen the street pianos, painted by New York artists, that popped up on the streets, free for all to play. The project, inspired by artist Luke Jerram and overseen by arts group Sing for Hope, inspired spin-off…
It’s technically day one, but the madness has already begun. We’ve seen buck naked supervillains. We’ve seen flashy disco flooring. We’ve even seen photo evidence of Andy Warhol looking relatively normal. It’s a lot to take in. Can you even handle any more Basel?Of course you can, especially with so…
Art Basel is back, bringing with it the same fancy faces and high art madness. An this week of culture isn’t all about graffiti or murals in Wynwood — the Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, made sure to put on a Basel bash with style. Last night, in cool weather…
Boasting a rainbow circle of brain toads, a coffin full of pharmaceuticals, cash money, bullets and condoms, not to mention a swami fortune teller greeting visitors at the entrance, the Scope Art Fair returns for its eleventh edition to remind us of the circus tent atmosphere we tropical culture vultures…
Cultist firmly believes in Occupy Movement–corporate greed and economic inequality are two things we absolutely abhor. Admittedly, however, we got down with the 1% last night at Art Miami. Don’t judge, if you heard there’d be free booze and finger foods you’d jump at the opportunity also. And quite frankly,…
This Art Basel Miami Beach promises to be the most fashionable yet, thanks in no small part to the pending arrival of fashion site Refinery29, which is due to open a Miami satellite next month. To celebrate, Refinery29 is throwing a fashionista bash at Cafeina in Wynwood on Thursday. The…
Maybe the gallerists at Design Miami/ had Don Drapper on their mind. What other way to explain the seemingly unending parade of mid-century style work on display at just about every other both? And if the booths didn’t seem like sets from Mad Men, many took cues from the arts…
It’s go time, Miami. The official Art Basel exhibits at the convention center may not open to the public until tomorrow, but with so many other fairs, galleries, public projects and more competing for your attention today, we’re calling it: Basel is back.Which, of course, means an overload of options…
Back in March, we debuted Ultra Bingo. The exploration of a subculture through a game of chance was more enjoyable that we thought it would be, so why not apply it to another major Miami event? So here you have it, Basel Bingo!Like its Ultra cousin, Basel Bingo is packed…
Sandwiched between Joey’s Italian Cafe and Wynwood Kitchen and Bar is a portal into the evolution of street art. What was once scribbles illegally spray-painted on the sides of buildings, trash bins, and newspaper racks is now fine, museum-quality art displayed proudly on the Wynwood Walls. Shepard Fairey, Ryan McGinness,…
Regardless of your approach, the sad truth is it’s impossible to catch every piece of art worth experiencing during Basel week. With 250 exhibitors at the Miami Beach Convention Center, not to mention hundreds of others operating at the more than a dozen satellite fairs, this year’s tenth edition is…
Father Alberto Cutie will lead a group of local luminaries — including Rabbie Shmuley Boteach (former Michael Jackson spiritual adviser) and CBS4 Morning Anchor Jawan Strader tonight at a fundraiser for a local nonprofit: Ax Sex Abusers Now. The group, which doesn’t advocate violence, sponsors a team of first responders…
Art Basel not only offers an overload of visual stimulation, it also presents a time to dredge up any tragic feelings of rejection you experienced in your youth. Sure, there are like 300 openings and parties each and every night of next week, but there are only like three you…
When an elementary schooler with a knack for papier-mâché grows up, it’s only natural that the child fall into the Sacramento street art scene. Such was the case with world-renowned graffiti artist Neckface. As a kid, Neckface loved making papier-mâché art, but as a teen, he started tagging building ’round…
Whether you’re dropping mad bills on original pieces of contemporary art or simply admiring the work, Basel week can be relatively expensive. From admission fees to parking costs, mixed drinks and gourmet street food, Basel budgeting can be real a bitch. Lucky for y’all, we’ve teamed up with folks at…
Artist, composer, architect, and all around Jack-of-all-trades Christopher Janney has made a name for himself blending sound and architecture in unique ways. Fortunately for us, Janney has taken a shine to Miami, bringing both an exhibition of “Architecture of the Air” at the Moore Building and a new art installation,…
What artists’ new favorite canvas? Miami’s bright blue sky. Street artist Above recently hung a banker dummy from wires above his Occupy Wall Street mural in Wynwood. Several blocks away there is another figure in the sky, this time courtesy of Miami artist Susan Lee-Chun. Perched high above the rooftop…
There was a time when the 305’s boho rogues were overlooked by the Basel culturati. But now some our city’s former art bastards have been embraced by these same folks as wayward sons. The adoption process began back in 2007 when the lads behind Primary Flight took urban walls as…
A lot can be said about OHWOW’s quick two-year residency in Miami. In a short time, the gallery-meets-performance space brought us an incredible amount of quality exhibitions as well as unforgettable parties, all coming out of a simple black-and-white warehouse in the middle of Allapattah.Who can forget exhibits by David…
Shulman and Associates, an architectural firm located in the Design District, kindly offered their outside walls as a well-situated installation space to up-and-coming artists during the past two Art Basels. Last year, Jessy Nite created a storefront mural that brought glam and bling to those waltzing around 38th Street. “We’ve given free reign to the artist…
Last year, dozens of storm troopers surrounded an abandoned building on Miami Beach, guns blazing. They were joined by a giant Albert Einstein, holding a sign that read “Love Is the Answer.” The mystery lasted for about 30 seconds until word got around that street artist Mr. Brainwash was behind…
