Rarely does one encounter an art exhibit where mayhem and merriment combine seamlessly to channel that inner Mad Max. So imagine our elation after stumbling onto “That’s Not a Knife,” an arsenal of functioning homemade weaponry boasting crossbows, cannons, shotguns, machetes and the like.The wicked little show, up at the…
To some the wildly popular Second Saturday Art Walk is resembling Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video more and more. So a group of Wynwood dealers have drawn a line across their broken beer bottle-strewn sidewalks to revamp an event they feel is devolving into a spectacle.Upwards of 30 dealers and gallerists…
Just a few months after from lampooning a naked and silver-spackled Kim Kardashian for our Basel cover, Bert Rodriguez is ready to join the queen of reality TV on the silver screen. The artist is the subject of Making Sh*t Up, a feature documentary film by the Miami-based contemporary art…
“FALSEwork” Through March 5 at Fredric Snitzer Gallery, 2247 NW First Pl., Miami; 305-448-8976; snitzer.com. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Loriel Beltran’s artwork focuses as much on the toil involved in producing it as it does on the finished product. The young artist is known for forcing…
As if extolling eroticism as a function of the gaze, Milagros Maldonado appears eager for thousands of hungry eyes to experience the same pleasure she enjoys from the works in her collection. “Beyond the Erotic: From the Collection of Milagros Maldonado,” on view at her 25,000-square-foot retrofitted Dorissa Building art…
As if extolling eroticism as a function of the gaze, Milagros Maldonado appears eager for thousands of hungry eyes to experience the same pleasure she enjoys from the works in her collection. “Beyond the Erotic: From the Collection of Milagros Maldonado,” on view at her 25,000-square-foot retrofitted Dorissa Building art…
At Lowe Art Museum, a winning trifecta delivers a bit of everything from the relationship between art and politics across the ages to a retrospective of Cuban painter Rafael Soriano to a compelling slice of Americana by photographer Frank Paulin. Curated by students and faculty of University of Miami’s museum…
At the Lowe Art Museum, a winning trifecta delivers a bit of everything from the relationship between art and politics across the ages to a retrospective of Cuban painter Rafael Soriano to a compelling slice of Americana by photographer Frank Paulin. Curated by students and faculty of University of Miami’s…
At first blush, the crumpled 55-gallon oil drum spilling its contents onto the gallery floor gives the impression that Frost Art Museum’s new show might be a knock on the high price of gas or an ironic ode to car culture. “Gran Torino,” however, is not a stab at America’s…
Francie Bishop Good makes her solo debut at the David Castillo Gallery where her latest series of works, shot during visits to various women’s recovery centers and domestic settings across the U.S., explore the emotions of her subjects and examines the worlds they inhabit. Her portraits in “Lost/Found” oscillate between…
Art lubbers can dog paddle over to Praxis International Art for “Time/Behind the Vision,” a group show exploring the turbulent waters between personal interpretations of time versus measurements of the present. It features works by Mathieu Asselin, Monika Bravo, Gabriela Golder, Luis Mallo, Maritza Molina, and Guerra de la Paz…
Roberto Huarcaya presents two series of recent work at the Dina Mitrani Gallery that are making their stateside debut. The award-winning Peruvian photographer participated in the sixth Havana Biennial in 1997 and 49th Venice Biennial in 2001. Huarcaya is showing portraits based on famous paintings by Da Vinci, Bosch, and…
This weekend, from 7 to 11 p.m., the Second Saturday Art Walk delivers a steaming dose of culture to get those juices flowing with plenty of free booze on tap to make for the perfect cheap date during the Valentine weekend. Discover Peruvian portraits aping Renaissance masterpieces by the likes…
“Gran Torino: Italian Contemporary Art” Through April 17 at Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St., Miami; 305-348-2890; thefrost.fiu.edu. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday noon to 5 p.m. At first blush, the crumpled 55-gallon oil drum spilling its contents onto the gallery floor gives the impression…
If you think making art is easy, check out the gallon of bottled sweat during a Second Saturday arts crawl this weekend that promises everything from the funky to the sublime and climaxes with photos galore. Loriel Beltran’s artwork focuses as much on the toil involved in producing it as…
This weekend, from 7 to 11 p.m., the Second Saturday Art Walk delivers a steaming dose of culture to get those juices flowing with plenty of free booze on tap to make for the perfect cheap date during the Valentine weekend. Discover Peruvian portraits aping Renaissance masterpieces by the likes…
If you have visited the Scope Art Fair during Basel you’re probably familiar with the work of Dallas artist Rusty Scruby. The 46-year-old artist creates photo-based constructions and labor-intensive intricate pieces in which he presents images of recent events alongside images of his childhood to conjure visual narratives at once…
Get those timbers shivered at Dorsch Gallery during “I Saw Three Cities” by Felecia Chizuku Carlisle. Don’t expect her multimedia exhibit to be an ode to a sailor’s call on the seven seas. Instead, it’s the artist’s musings on imaginary utopias inspired by an atmospheric 1944 surrealist painting by Kay…
The mysteries of the ocean, the inexorable tides of time, and the atmospheric surrealism of landscapes — not to mention enough free grog to float the Titanic — are all reasons to shake a leg over to Wynwood this weekend for Second Saturday Art Walk. At 7 p.m., it’s anchors…
“Gran Torino: Italian Contemporary Art” Through April 17 at Frost Art Museum, 10975 SW 17th St., Miami; 305-348-2890; thefrost.fiu.edu. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday noon to 5 p.m. At first blush, the crumpled 55-gallon oil drum spilling its contents onto the gallery floor gives the impression…
Since breaking out on the international scene in 2004, Shanghai photographer Ma Liang, AKA Maleonn, has earned quite a cult following and comparisons to America’s David LaChapelle. His fable-driven work is cinematic in nature and has been exhibited in top Paris, New York, and Toronto galleries and featured in a…
These days the most $20 will buy you is a pizza, around six gallons of gas, or a maybe small house plant. If you’re an art lover and willing to troll the aisles of your local thrift shop, a pair of sawbucks might even snag you an old poster or…
