Jean D’Ylen, P. Vercasson, c. 1924. Die Sünde Wider das Blut, 1917. You might think that an exhibit of poster art from the first part of the 20th century in Germany, currently showing at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, would be another example of the hideous Nazi propaganda art of some of that era. But […]

Artworks visual arts interns with instructors (front). Arts for Learning, known as A4L, has been and continues to be one of the most remarkable and successful arts programs around – and that is not an exaggeration. For years, talented, dedicated arts professionals have worked hard through A4L (a Knight Arts grantee) to help produce a […]

From “Matrix/Collective Memory” at Black Square Gallery. If you haven’t stopped in to the Black Square Gallery, on a corner in Wynwood’s center core, you are missing out. While many of Miami’s galleries tend to focus on art originating in Latin countries or on artists with Latin backgrounds — rightfully so — Black Square often highlights art […]

The Sleeping Cowboy from Christy Gast at Diet Gallery. What to do in the summer doldrums to make a little noise, get people out for an art visit? Some places close up, others keep an exhibition extended, leaving room for people to catch up during the slow, lazy (and these weeks really rainy) days. But […]

From Yael Bartana’s second in the trilogy, “Mur I Wieza.” The Miami Art Museum’s summer offerings are labeled “Lights Out.” It’s appropriate for several reasons. First, the lights are indeed out in the museum’s now former space on Flagler Street for the summer, as it transitions into the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and sets […]

State of the Book. It’s a real treat to see galleries and art institutions celebrating the printed book (the qualification printed would have been redundant only several years ago, but not today). We’ve mentioned Locust Projects (a Knight Arts grantee), and its art book library program before, along with Miami-Dade County Public Library’s unique Vasari […]

A Dutch poster from 1936 in the Wolfsonian Collection. The Wolfsonian-FIU has really been on a roll lately. First it received a $5 million Knight Foundation grant in December, in particular to beef up its online presence so more people can get to know its unique collection. And then last month, Wolfsonian founder Mitchell “Micky” […]

The city of Opa-Locka is said to have the largest concentration of Moorish architecture in the United States. That in itself starts to tell the strange, fascinating tale of this landlocked area of Miami-Dade County, which many people know about but have never seen. Magnus Sigurdason’s “1001 Dreams of Occupation,” shot in Opa-Locka. Founded in […]

A work from the “Florida Landscape Paintings” exhibit at Guccivuitton. Florida’s long and interesting history seems to be getting revisited in the art world these days. A place that so often is associated with fairly current associations – post-war tourist center, spring break central, cocaine cowboy hub – in fact has a fascinating background. We […]

The comics of Charles Schulz. Not a generation, but a number of generations, grew up under the influence of Charles Schulz and his drawings – those of the Peanuts characters of Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, Lucy. These weren’t average characters in an average comic, they became household names, beloved by kids and adults alike […]