Rafael Ferrer at Castillo. The recent works from Rafael Ferrer, in this case painting on paper bags, that will arrive at the David Castillo Gallery this Saturday have been a long time coming. The Puerto Rican native (and incidentally, the younger brother of the 1950s actor Jose Ferrer) began his prolific artistic career with conceptual […]

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida 1980-1983. The holidays are over, the new year has begun, and life slowly returns to normal, which for Miami continues to mean the exhibiting of a wide range of art. This weekend, if you haven’t visited the Lowe Art Museum in a while, be sure to catch “Christo […]

Tatiana Blass at CIFO. Tatiana Blass’s incredible installation in the latest CIFO exhibit includes about a dozen silver-metal drums and cymbals all set up on white-splashed microcrystalline wax on gray cement floor. Drums, percussion instruments, have always served a dual purpose, as musical components and as tools for communication, yet Blass has created a series […]

William Cordova. The work and curatorial vision of William Cordova can seem both ubiquitous and elusive at the same time in Miami. The Lima native is an ArtCenter/South Florida alum, an MFA grad from Yale, a 2008 Whitney Biennial participant, an on-again off-again inhabitant of Miami whose work is found in numerous collections and museums. […]

Ron English The weather behaved so well this year for Art Basel, making the outdoor strolling, brunches and parties easy to enjoy. But there may not have been a better atmosphere than at the “opening” of the Wynwood Walls on a Tuesday night. That may sound strange considering that the founder of the massive mural […]

Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith, “Street Lamp,” 2012, Paul Kasmin Gallery. Good, quality art made a come-back at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach. That may seem a simple statement, but for several years now, and after the onset of the recession, the fairs have felt a little stale. This year, brand new work from […]

Video from Sefer Memisoglu, Art Basel Miami Beach. There are two days left to catch the astounding amount of art in town. But it’s silly, no impossible, to see it all. So here are a few highlights from the week: The room-sized installation at the Istanbul gallery, Asli Cavusaglu in the Art Positions corner at […]

William Cordova “temporal landscapes” at General Audience Presents. Starting out at the first fair to open, “Untitled” on Monday night: the only local gallery included is the non-profit, artist-run space Dimensions Variable (a Knight Arts grantee). Works from Frances Trombly, Adler Guerrier and Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova are the three featured artists – special mention has to […]

“Le petit Parisien.” Dina Mitrani Gallery opened up in 2008, with the mission to show photography exclusively. Several other galleries throughout the years dedicated themselves to this art form, but not many. So she has a niche in Miami, and has exhibited both local and national artists, but usually all contemporary. This Art Basel is […]

Buika. Photo by Luis Olazabal Next week at this time, Miami will be in the midst of Art Basel madness. So maybe this week is a good time for quiet time, to take in a few shows that won’t be screaming. One such show is at the WDNA Jazz Gallery on Coral Way, “World Beat […]

Jorge Enrique. Jorge Enrique is a Cuban-born, Miami-based artist who likely has been seen more often outside of Miami than here. Yes, that happens, but he is getting a showing right now at the Waltman Ortega gallery, a series of sculpture paintings, crafted from resin and paint, that have a street-art aesthetic but are meticulously […]