Installation of “3 Dollars and 6 Dimes.” There is a lot going on in Sanford Biggers’ “3 Dollars & 6 Dimes” exhibit at the David Castillo Gallery–maybe one of the biggest named artists Castillo has shown to date. Start with the title, which has a lot of numbers and history going on in it. Singer […]

Text drawings from Michael Scoggins. Several months ago, the Brooklyn-based couple of Michael Scoggins and Alex Gingrow were playing with paper during their residency at the Fountainhead, paper that would be formed into works for their show that is now at Diana Lowenstein Fine Art, “Your Forest For My Trees.” It’s an exhibit with depth, […]

Illusion is part of the site-specific line sculptures. For art aficionados in South Florida, the work of Karen Rifas should be familiar, and for good reason. For several decades she has created distinct sculptures and site-specific installations that deal with spatial aesthetics, and are sometimes accompanied by maquettes, live performances and drawings. Her works have […]

A still showing the sad lives of elephants in captivity. The Mitrani sisters, with adjacent art spaces in Wynwood, have collaborated for the first time with a photography and video show from Chicago-based Colleen Plumb, and it’s a real success. Elegant and moving with a sense of whimsy in some cases. Let’s start with Dina […]

Juan Carlos Zaldivar’s “Shiva.” It would be a real shame to miss this year’s Knight Emerging Artist series Here & Now at Miami Light, now in its 15th year. This unique event highlights local artists working in a variety of media, with commissioned pieces that are in their essence still in their formative phases – […]

Still from Dance NOW!’s Ekphrasis Project 2013 performance at the Bass Museum. Every year, one of the more innovative and exciting events that successfully melds art forms takes place in May at the Bass Museum of Art. That’s when Dance NOW! Miami makes an artistic intervention, to interpret the current art on display through a […]

To end its fifth-year season, ARTtuesdays/Miami will talk all about Opa-Locka. That is the city in Miami-Dade with maybe the most eccentric architecture in Florida, and that’s saying something. Although the name derives from a Seminole word, the Moorish Revival-style buildings are meant to evoke Arabian Nights and Middle Eastern terrain more than a subtropical […]

Carmen Herrera “Blanco y Verde,” 1966. It’s been 50 years now that the Cintas Foundation has been promoting cultural output from Cuba-born artists living and working outside of the island. Every year for half a century the foundation has awarded fellowships during an annual competition to writers, musicians and composers, architects and visual artists. The […]

Installation shot of Shades of History. Like the Caribbean region itself, PAMM’s latest exhibit, “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World,” is diverse and densely populated, with artworks spanning hundreds of years and multiple styles. There is 19th-century painting, and 21st-century video; representational canvases and more abstract sculpture. Like some other vast survey shows, it really is […]

Overview of Overton’s “Flat Rock.” Photo by Daniel Portnoy The main show at MOCA is the huge solo exhibit from Wangechi Mutu, and more on that amazing survey of works in a separate review. But tucked into the back of the museum is another gem, “Flat Rock” from Brooklyn-based Virginia Overton. When you leave the […]