Art Basel is almost upon us. However, if you think the art hubbub stays contained to the Miami Beach Convention Center, you couldn’t be more wrong. In addition to the prestigious Swiss import, Miami and Miami Beach will host over 20 satellite fairs including stalwart like Art Miami, Design Miami,…
Drive by the Wolfsonian on Washington Avenue in South Beach, and you’ll see something unusual. The typically plain, sleek façade of the Mediterranean-revival-style building is covered with colorful patterns that are nearly psychedelic but ordered with geometries, representative of Dutch artist Christie van der Haak’s signature tapestry and batik-style work…
Every year, New Times’ MasterMind Awards reward Miami’s best creative talent with cash grants and citywide exposure. Once again, we’re preparing to show three creatives some spendable and shareable love by announcing the winners at our annual shindig, Artopia.
Want to see the best art in town for Basel this year? Get ready to log some miles. Local galleries are bringing their A-game for Miami Art Week, and now that most of them have been priced out of Wynwood, you’ll have to do some traveling if you want to hit all the top spots.
As Art Basel week approaches, Miami’s museums are gearing up for their most ambitious exhibits and programs of the year. Don’t let the tents, the parties, and the traffic distract you from the work on view at the institutions that serve culture in the Magic City year-round. Here’s your guide to Miami’s museum programming during Miami Art Week.
America’s greatest art fair is entering its 15th year with a host of challenges. The Miami Beach Convention Center is still undergoing renovations. The CDC labeled Miami Beach a Zika hot spot.
The term flotsam and jetsam usually refers to useless, discarded debris. But soon, it’ll also be the name of the Guinness World Record’s largest 3D printed structure. Printed using biodegradable bamboo, the 1,781 square foot structure will serve as a public plaza at the entrance to this year’s Design Miami…
Art Basel Miami Beach and the slate of art fairs and events that make up Miami Art Week always bring celebrities to South Florida. Madonna’s already made her 2016 Art Basel plans public. According to an announcement from Art Miami LLC, she could be rubbing elbows with actor Adrian Brody…
Some locals flee during Miami Art Week. Can you blame them? The normally just-bearable highway traffic becomes impossible gridlock. A neurotic mass of migratory New Yorkers, here just for Basel, baby, just for Basel, takes up every available restaurant reservation. Favorite bars are suddenly full of good-looking tourists seeking local…
Since 2001 Art Basel has slowly transformed Miami Beach from a vacation spot for well-to-do snow birds into an art world mecca. The fair has also driven the local art scene, inspiring the community to rally around artists, gallery owners, and museums. Though Art Basel 2016 will make Miami the…
The Bass Museum, Miami Beach’s only major art museum, has been under renovation for over a year in a remodel that plans to drastically expand the building’s programmable space without altering its footprint. Recently, the museum announced a massive reopening for Art Basel 2016, with three new shows from contemporary…
If you’re heading to Art Basel Miami Beach 2016, don’t miss the building decked out in rainbow tapestries. That would be the Wolfsonian’s largest Art Week exhibition, “Modern Dutch Design.” The exterior of the museum will sport the work of contemporary Dutch artist Christie van der Haak, while the interior…
Miami during Art Basel is the ultimate material world. So it’s no wonder that the Material Girl plans to stage an appearance during this year’s Miami Art Week. Madonna announced via Twitter yesterday that she’s up for a chill hang with one superfan while she’s visiting the Art Basel madness…
South Florida’s community of local artists, collectors, gallery owners, and art fans goes into a state of hibernation during the summer, quietly awaiting the upcoming season. While they lie in wait, many begin plotting and predicting the next big trends. Last year saw big moves in figurative painting; a renewed…
The brand new Satellite Show legitimized artists and musicians of the more unconventional sort this Art Basel week. It reached its funny fingers all through the North Beach neighborhood, not quite used to the bizarre noise that comes along with innovative art gatherings. Taking place at a variety of quirky…
In case you haven’t had your requisite fill of art in the last week, it’s not too late to take in some of the most impressive contemporary art on the market. Several museums and local galleries are keeping their December exhibits open post Art Basel and Miami Art Week. Here…
After a week of art partying during Art Basel Miami Beach 2015, we all looked a little haggard, like someone flogged us hard with the ugly paddle. But at New Times, we don’t let soul crushing exhaustion keep us from joking about some fine art or boobs! No siree! In…
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…
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…
