Spinello Gallery’s “Littlest Sister 09” bursts Art Basel’s bubble

On Wednesday at 8 p.m., self-described musical auteur Danger Mouse, iconoclastic filmmaker David Lynch, and maverick rock recluse Sparklehorse will combine their otherworldly musings for “Dark Night of the Soul” at O.H.W.O.W. The exhibition will highlight more than 50 original photographs by Lynch displayed to the tunes of his sonic…

Devil’s Disciple Through November 21. O.H.W.O.W., 3100 NW Seventh Ave., Miami; 305-633-9345; oh-wow.com. Monday through Friday noon to 5 p.m. NeckFace, the graffiti ghoul who has earned international street cred as the budding Rembrandt of the repulsive and ribald, has brought his nightmarish vision to the Big Mango to wrack…

Not unlike Saint Paul, Francisco De La Torre has had an epiphany: For serious art converts, all roads lead to Wynwood. So after three years in the wilderness, he’s fleeing the margarine confines of Coconut Grove and praying for the rebirth of his Butter Gallery at the grittier corner of…

To grasp how dramatically a city can change in a short span, all one need do is look at Miami’s morphing skyline. Along with the runaway building boom that transformed downtown Miami and the Biscayne corridor into a jungle of high-rise condos and cranes has come a new performing arts…

Devil’s Disciple Through November 21. O.H.W.O.W., 3100 NW Seventh Ave., Miami; 305-633-9345; oh-wow.com. Monday through Friday noon to 5 p.m. NeckFace, the graffiti ghoul who has earned international street cred as the budding Rembrandt of the repulsive and ribald, has brought his nightmarish vision to the Big Mango to wrack…

Few people can boast the success Joan Rivers has achieved during her half-century on the stage. Since reaching stardom on The Tonight Show in the ’60s, the raspy-voiced fossil has gone on to become a best-selling author, Tony-nominated actress, playwright, screenwriter, motion picture director, columnist, lecturer, and syndicated radio host…

World leaders should see the Frost Art Museum’s latest exhibits

Jason Shawn Alexander’s striking solo show, “Insomnious,” features ominous, psychologically charged canvases and drawings. One painting of a two-headed, panty-clad Asian woman uttering a primal scream freezes spectators in their tracks. So does a work depicting a scrawny, two-faced mook dangling from puppet strings next to a naked hag ferociously…

NeckFace’s “Devil’s Disciple” at O.H.W.O.W. turns heads and stomachs

Don’t expect to find voodoo flags, glittery spirit bottles, or primitive folkloric paintings at Windisch-Hunt Fine Arts, chirps the gallery’s director. Instead, AnnaMaria Windisch says her “Haitian Masters” exhibition will showcase never-before-publicly-displayed blue-chip pieces by some of the Caribbean nation’s most vaunted names. “The works have been culled from the…

When we recently caught up with NeckFace, the elusive graffiti goblin was busy conspiring with the crew helping him create his nightmarish opus at O.H.W.O.W., on the corner of NW 32nd Street and Seventh Ave. The 25-year-old West Coast street artist has been in town since August preparing for “Devil’s…

Newbies Flock to Second Saturday Art Walk in Wynwood

Girls with Guns Through October 30. Dot Fiftyone Gallery, 51 NW 36th St., Miami; 305-573-9994; dotfiftyone.com. Monday through Friday noon to 7 p.m. Natalie Silva’s solo show at Wynwood’s Dot Fiftyone Gallery features 14 large paintings inspired by ’60s and ’70s cinema molls. With tongue-in-cheek titles such as The Day…

“Imperfect Archives” at 801 Projects poignantly portrays the past

In the Magic City’s version of Pandora’s tale, hope isn’t the only thing left in the box. Peek inside and you’ll find enough art, poetry, and performance art to ease the ills of these soul-withering times. This Friday at 8 p.m. at the Margulies Warehouse the fifth annual Hope Blossoms:…

IV = 369 (Luna) Earnest Corpse Through October 17. Kevin Bruk Gallery, 2249 NW First Pl., Miami; 305-576-2000; kevinbrukgallery.com. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m. Jesse Bransford’s stellar solo show at the Kevin Bruk Gallery will likely leave spectators howling like loons…

Inside North Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a flashy, truck-size work by Paris-based collective Claire Fontaine beckons visitors to discover more high-wattage displays. Titled Please Come Back, the dazzling piece uses fluorescent tubing to spell out that exact phrase in a darkened room. Situated behind a black curtain, the…

Paul Pfeiffer is the master of the head fake. He creates video installations that juke spectators right out of their shoes. The award-winning New York-based artist’s provocative works explore the role mass media plays in shaping consciousness. He uses game footage of professional boxing, basketball, and hockey and digitally removes…

When “The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama” opens this Friday night at the Frost Art Museum, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate won’t be in town for a swig of the complimentary Chablis.”We tried to get him to come for the exhibit, but he wasn’t able to,” says Jessica…

This fall and winter, the recession and immense cuts to arts funding threaten to short-circuit Miami’s recent extraordinary progress in art, theater, and music. But the city is not surrendering. This year’s Miami New Times expanded fall arts guide proves not only the theater, arts, dance, and literary scenes but…