Several weeks ago Tigertail Productions (a Knight Arts Grantee) threw its annual fundraising bash which, while called “expected/unexpected,” turned out as expected — a great party with super surprises. In one room, a trio read poetry, a big hit for everyone who made the effort to give a listen. There were peep holes through which […]

Dimensions Variable. Berlin has become one of the world’s top art centers, a deserved place that it lost during some dark years in the 20th century. After the horrendous destruction and death of World War II and the debilitating years of the Iron Curtain, when the divided city sat east of the free world, a […]

The Dominican Republic too often flies under the radar when it comes to recognizing our Caribbean neighbors. This nation that shares a space with Haiti on the big island of Hispaniola gets overlooked when we talk about the art, music and history that emanates from the region, which is a real shame since it is […]

The “Smoke Signals” emanating from the latest entry in the artist-run space category, Under the Bridge, are all suggestions of or references to portals, hence the exhibit’s name, “Smoke Signals: portals y passages.” Both the show and the space are welcome complements to the art scene. The 14 artists’ works were chosen by William Cordova, […]

Anyone who knows art in Miami, knows Jose Bedia. After rising in the art world in his native Cuba in the 1980s — he was part of the first and second Havana Biennial, the latest edition of which just opened earlier in the month — and becoming part of a new wave of artists known as the […]

Ragnar Kjartansson at MOCA. This is great. Although May has arrived, a time of the year when the arts season traditionally winds down — our museums seem to be saying, “No way.” Over the next week, some significant and interesting shows will be opening up, from MOCA and MAM to the Frost at FIU. The huge […]

Although Primary Projects has become known for street art since it opened two years ago in the Design District, the latest show there is a departure, although still remaining within a thematic that fits with the artist-run space. The work — painting and video — revolves around a still extremely controversial site in Spain, which has […]

Some of the art world in Miami took a little break to be up in New York over the last week, for the inaugural Frieze art fair and its satellites, the latest in big-time art fair happenings — the London-based original is making moves to compete with the Armory week in New York in the […]

A couple of black, white and gray pieces from Sam Winston hang on one wall of the Alejandra von Hartz Gallery. At first they appear like abstract drawings, but up close, an incredibly detailed work of art is revealed: they are made up of thousands of tiny letters, type-set and collaged, then turned into silkscreen […]

If you didn’t know that FIU just recently opened its Miami Beach Urban Studios on Lincoln Road, this week is a good time to discover it. Hoof it up to the fourth floor for both an art show and the first in a series of art talks that will in a sense inaugurate this new […]