The works on display at the 2019 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach grapple with drug addiction, patriotism, and what it means to be an American. However, they offer no clear answers on the issues at hand or any indication of what direction the art world might take next.
The two fairs offer hard, unblinking looks at the consumerist nature of the contemporary art world.
For fans of free stuff, there has never been a better time in the Magic City than Miami Art Week.
Robert de los Rios, cofounder of the RAW Project, enlisted esteemed artist Shepard Fairey and others to assist with painting a colorful mural for Eneida M. Hartner Elementary in Wynwood. Fairey is just one of the notable artists recruited by de los Rios to participate in his nationwide project to beautify America’s public schools.
Dressed all in black and wearing comfy sneakers, Mera Rubell surveys a ballroom-size gallery in her family’s new museum. The 100,000-square-foot former warehouse in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood is still unfinished, but some of its immense artworks have been installed. A large painting by Kehinde Wiley, famous for his foliage-filled portrait…
The popular art fair and museum are actively courting creative youths and burgeoning art collectors through their Art Basel Miami Beach 2019 programming.
A Major Lazer show, a street party thrown by Corona in collaboration with deadmau5’s record label, and a slew of cultural events revolving around Art Basel headline this week’s free happenings in Miami.
Art Basel is the talk of the town every December, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg for art in Miami throughout the week. Satellite fairs, taking place all over the city, are the perfect complements to the main attraction at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
It’s no secret that Miami is an international art hub, but this recognition usually only comes every December when Art Basel opens its doors to the public at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Attendance at the fair has grown steadily every year, and the countless satellite fairs and museum exhibits…
With an overwhelming number of artists, shows, and events flooding into Miami for this year’s Art Week, figuring out what to see is no easy task. While the most well-known names are sure to be the biggest draw, don’t forget to look out for up-and-coming talent to get a glimpse…
There goes the neighborhood? El Espacio 23 is the latest art space to announce it will move into Miami’s working-class Allapattah neighborhood.
Regardless of how you see Miami right now, its arts institutions this season will have you pondering a city we might not recognize in ten years.
Satellite Miami considered skipping Miami Art Week 2019. Instead, it’ll display in a prime Wynwood location.
Miami’s David Castillo Gallery, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, and Central Fine will display at the Miami Beach Convention Center during Art Basel.
Curator Gladys-Katherina Hernando returns from LA to reinvent the residential gallery in Miami Beach, giving experimental artists a residence and exhibit space.
Grant and Christina Bonnier opened Bonnier Gallery in Allapattah with a focus on international and local minimalist art.
While you were waiting in traffic and lusting after $30 glasses of champagne at the art fairs, celebrities touched down in Miami to party, perform, and yes, even look at some art. These are the famous faces spotted around town last week. Actor Tessa Thompson hosted Bombay Sapphire’s annual Artisan…
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…
