An elderly art collector, her hair dyed and twisted into a J.M.W. Turner seascape, lowered her cell phone from her ear long enough to listen to the protestors gathered at the entryway to the Art Basel Miami Beach fair. “What is a Reefa?” Her companion, an aubergine-suited man with glossy…
You did it again, Miami. You survived yet another Art Basel — no easy feat in a year that surely was the biggest in the event’s Miami history. You witnessed the opening of PAMM, the highly anticipated anchor to downtown’s new cultural center. You partied with Kevin Spacey and Real…
Julian Charrière recently stood atop an iceberg and melted the whole thing with a blowtorch. The thing is, the photographs of that performance are not even the most arresting work he’s got on display at Dittrich & Schlechtriem’s booth in the Untitled art fair. What is? Probably the machine that…
Have you ever been to the nail spa to get a manicure and felt like you could have gained more from the whole experience other than just freshly polished nails? You could have probably started a new friendship with your manicurist, but maybe there was a language barrier or maybe…
Fashion photography is usually meant to have a lifespan of about a month. Once next month’s issue comes out and next season’s clothes debut the image loses its relevancy. Photography duo Hunter & Gatti, who have shot for Flaunt magazine and international editions of Vogue, decided to find a second…
“Beautiful Handwritten Letters, please hold.” We’ve arrived at the future in the film Her, where we no longer have the need to pen words on paper, but instead pay someone else to do it for us by speaking at a computer. The profession seems to pay well, however, since Joaquin…
So you’re hungover. You’re tired. Your feet are still aching from spending all week in heels, and your apartment is strewn with event flyers you don’t even remember taking. There’s a lot you don’t remember about the past couple days, actually. You’ve been Basel-battered, Basel-bruised, Basel-beaten-the-fuck-up. But you know what?…
What sort of behavior do photos and video of a naked man lugging around a giant chunk of gold induce in passersby at art fairs? “Yesterday,” Colombian sculptor Nicolas Cardenas says, “a woman came by and threw herself against the nugget so hard that she fell over. If you caress…
For those of us with bananas for heads, the closest we’ve come to artistic representations of ourselves has been still lifes of fruit bowls and and the minstrel show that is Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Things are beginning to change thanks to the work of Lin Shih-Yung. “He is very…
On any given week, turn your FM radio transmitter to 91.1, and you’ll get a bunch of static. But this isn’t just any damn week. This is Art Basel. And for a few more days, turning to 91.1 will open a sonic passageway into the Pulse Miami exhibition bathrooms and…
Art Basel headlines usually focus onthe world-renowned artists (or musicians, or celebrities) who come down to Miami to party and/or paint up a storm. But this year, KIND Healthy Snacks is inviting you to be the artist. The snack company has procured wall in Wynwood and they want the public’s…
If there’s one thing that could make Basel better (other than an appearance by Banksy, free booze for everyone, and infinite parking), it’s kittens. Kittens make everything better. And kitties of all kinds are the inspiration behind Cat Basel. This feline-friendly exhibition in Wynwood will feature artwork created by rescue…
Maison Martin Margiela and Atelier Swarovski hosted a VIP cocktail party at their Design District boutique last night for the unveiling of their new avante-garde jewelry collection Crystalactite. In celebration of the debut, French artist Baptiste Debombourg also created an site-specific installation titled Stalker, which was aptly named for all…
During Art Week in Miami, anything is possible — anything, at least, that concerns the creative arts. How about dancers selecting from an array of small sculptures to create mural-scale drawings underfoot as part of their choreographed performance? This weekend, the Arsht Center is programmed to host exactly that, in…
“Piston Head: Artists Engage the Automobile,” powered by Ferrari, brought the big guns to Miami Beach this week. And by big guns, we mean large-scale art, powerful cars, and Playboy Bunnies. Venus over Manhattan’s opening gave VIPs a first glimpse at the exhibit, which featured automobiles transformed into sculptures by…
Art Basel in Miami Beach may have begun as a snooty event for the arts elite, but these days, there’s something for everyone at the cultural mega-fest. (Well, everyone brave enough to join the endless traffic queues, anyway.) Proof: Today’s best events include both Martha Stewart and Ghostface Killah. You…
Art Basel in Miami Beach: It’s kind of a big deal. So big, in fact, that we at New Times couldn’t possibly cover its entirety in one single article. That’s why we’ve spent the past weeks — months, even — working on a wide selection of stories about its upcoming…
The Rubell Family Collection has opened its new exhibition, “28 Chinese.” The collection is a culmination of the family’s six research trips to China between 2001 and 2012. The Rubells visited hundreds of artists’ studios across China, from Beijing to Hong Kong to Shanghai. Ultimately, they acquired artwork from 28…
Artists: they’re great for creative vision, but not always so great at suiting up and taking care of business. Luckily for a few talented national artists, Red Bull is giving their work some serious wings. For the second year in a row, the Red Bull Canvas Cooler Project has chosen…
A few weeks before Art Basel’s arrival, I noticed Vice’s infamous “I Don’t ‘Get’ Art” article being shared on Facebook. In the piece, Glen Coco (best pen name ever, by the way, and probably written by West Coast editor Jamie Taete) admits he cannot grasp what contemporary artists are trying…
This year of Art Basel has been the year of the pop up, but at least one fair during Art Week Miami has thrown out the idea of a typical white tent and instead has taken over an entire hotel. Aqua Art Miami has once again transformed the Aqua Hotel…
The second edition of The Miami Project opened Tuesday night with a preview of contemporary and modern art from 60 galleries from across the country. For a rookie fair, it attracted a fairly large crowd, considering bigger veteran fairs like Art Miami and CONTEXT were also showing next door…
