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…
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…
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…
