For her initial curatorial experiment, Grela Orihuela conceptualized what her dream home would look like if she could fill its entire contents with artwork created by Miami’s top talent. During this past weekend’s art walk, her project “Home: Dream Home” filled the Praxis International Art space in Wynwood with functional…
Summer is here and along with it a surfeit of group shows featuring the region’s top artistic talent. Corralled in exhibits rife with multimedia works during this Saturday’s culture crawl beginning at 6 p.m., visitors can expect one-stop showcases of the ingenuity elevating Miami’s thriving art scene to the international…
During a new exhibit at the Miami Art Museum, Rivane Neuenschwander will re-create the mug of your youthful source of ardor with the help of a police sketch artist. Neuenschwander’s First Love, an installation inspired by Samuel Beckett’s novella of the same name, is on view as part of “A…
Wynwood’s July 9 art walk sells lamps and chairs
You don’t have to be a big kahuna, beachcomber, or surfer chick to get leid during this weekend’s balmy Second Saturday Art Walk. Just follow the torches and ukulele music wafting from the Harold Golen Gallery, where the art dealer is celebrating his annual Fine Art Tiki Show with some…
If you don’t think myth remains a large part of contemporary culture, you probably haven’t been paying close attention to the evening news, the Discovery Channel, or the Internet, where stories of the fantastic, inexplicable, or just plain dumb abound. Remember Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction? How about Barack Obama…
If you’ve ever visited a museum and found yourself alone in a gallery in front of an artwork that has transported you magically to an otherworldly place then Sandra Gamarra is the rare artist who might just commune directly with your soul. The parallels between artistic and mystical experiences are…
If you don’t think myth remains a large part of contemporary culture, you probably haven’t been paying close attention to the evening news, the Discovery Channel, or the Internet, where stories of the fantastic, inexplicable, or just plain dumb abound. Remember Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction? How about Barack Obama…
Sandra Gamarra is the rare artist who might just commune directly with your soul. The Madrid-based Peruvian artist draws her inspiration from the parallels between artistic and mystical experiences. In her ongoing series of paintings titled The New Worshiper and The Apostles, Gamarra proposes that art museums are places of…
“Uprooted/Transmigrations” at Pan American explores the perils and heartbreak of migration
Ryan Trecartin has been called the first YouTube art star. Rather than simply go online to see his hallucinatory flicks, it’s a lot more fun to view the movies spooled together at the Museum of Contemporary Art , where videos, sets, and props for Trecartin’s opus will be on display…
British artist Mike Nelson is known for his discomfiting installations that typically leave viewers disoriented and evoke all manner of literary, historic, artistic and cinematic references. For his daring, epic-scaled “I, Imposter” at this year’s Venice Biennale, Nelson spent nearly three months in the city transforming the neoclassical British Pavilion…
Pan American Art Projects’ new exhibit isn’t your typical summer group show. At a time when most local galleries are dusting off their stock and having the ubiquitous fire sale to move brand merchandise, this Wynwood space is delivering a museum-quality show featuring top-drawer talent courtesy of Abelardo Mena, curator…
Most people don’t know that with seven galleries scattered across town and sprawling exhibition spaces at the Freedom Tower, Miami Dade College boasts the region’s largest art network.But by next Monday, MDC’s rambling Art Gallery System will experience an even bigger bulge in its seam when it becomes home to…
Ryan Trecartin has been called the first YouTube art star. Rather than simply go online to see his hallucinatory flicks, it’s a lot more fun to view the movies spooled together at the Museum of Contemporary Art, where videos, sets, and props for Trecartin’s opus will be on display for…
Long before Octomom, Nadya Suleman, was implanted with a dozen embryos by a California doctor, diverse cultures across Africa were employing sacred objects to ensure fecundation.Octodoc, Michael Kamrava, later had his license revoked when it was discovered that he had also produced Suleman’s first six kids through in-vitro fertilization. Talk…
For Miami artist Maria Lino, water is a treasure that we seek for both internal and external survival. “It safely cradles us in the womb and supports us as we float on its surface. It can also overpower us regardless of our physical strength,” she says. “Water can be a…
As the season winds down and the soaring temperatures threaten to crisp Wynwood’s asphalt during this weekend’s Second Saturday Art Walk, it seems local galleries are opting to crank up their thermometers with searing shows. Exhibits include a rabid Green Bay Packers fan protesting the government in Milwaukee’s frosty climes…
In game four of the NBA Finals, Lebron James reminded us that sometimes the planet’s best talent can fade on the big stage. Last week when the 54th Venice Biennale kicked off, Anish Kapoor, one of the leading figures of the international art scene today was set to hold court…
Long before Octomom (AKA Nadya Suleman) was implanted with a dozen embryos by a California doctor, diverse cultures across Africa employed sacred objects to ensure fecundation. Octodoc, Michael Kamrava, later had his license revoked when it was discovered he had also produced Suleman’s first six kids through in vitro fertilization…
Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk June 11: from Dada to Armada
The 54th Venice Biennale opened last weekend with its largest edition yet, boasting a record 89 national participants (find a comprehensive list of artists here). Early buzz surrounded some of the most politically freighted work seen in recent years. Before opening, the Biennale was already dealing with issues of censorship…
