As has become abundantly clear, art openings are no longer segregated to a Second Saturday — every week something new opens, on various nights. Last week saw Museum of Contemporary Art unveil its solo outing of painter Rita Ackerman, while Miami Art Museum, a Knight Arts grantee, spun a new web with “The Record: Contemporary […]
Article · March 24, 2012 by Anne Tschida
The Bridge Red alternative gallery continues to live up to its mission, and its 2011 Knight Arts Challenge grant, which supports that to “provide a space for exhibition, documentation and creative exchange of works and ideas by strong and developed local artists who do not get the exposure their work merits.” The latest example is “Sherri […]
Article · March 20, 2012 by Anne Tschida
Way way back in the day, when I inherited some albums from my uncle, the world changed. As a kid, the music I could hear after putting a record on my dad’s turntable, moving a needle back and forth over and over, would leave me forever mesmerized by songs from Santana, David Bowie, The Velvet […]
Article · March 16, 2012 by Anne Tschida
What a difference a space makes. When art works get enough room to breathe, to express themselves, sometime with rooms and walls all to their own, it changes the viewing experience dramatically. The temporary “pop-up” gallery that curators Alexandra Hopf, Odalis Valdivieso and Marcos Valella commandeered in the Design District for “Practices Remain” is a […]
Article · March 13, 2012 by Anne Tschida
The migration has finally occurred, and the art galleries and studios that formerly centered on and around Northeast 38th Street in the Design District have moved on. And we now know where some of them have landed, including Locust Projects (a Knight Arts Challenge grantee), which moved over to North Miami Avenue and is reopening with […]
Article · March 9, 2012 by Anne Tschida
When Michael Vasquez paints a canvas, he brings to dramatic life a vibrant, kinetic world outside our door; a street life filled with young men, mostly gang members, representing, giving off hand signals, decked out in hood gear. The way he uses color and brushstroke makes his figurative images, with their abstract-leaning swirls and slashes, […]
Article · March 6, 2012 by Anne Tschida
Julie Davidow’s paintings are getting some much-deserved attention at Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery, with the solo exhibit “archiTECTONICS.” Davidow’s handsome and smart art works always add to the tapestry of Miami’s scene wherever they are found. At Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery, the new paintings revolve around an interesting intersection in contemporary art these […]
Article · March 2, 2012 by Anne Tschida
Miami is a Latin American capital, including being a hub for Latin American art. So it is fitting that the arteaméricas fair is returning this weekend for its 10th anniversary showing. This year, the huge fair will feature a special tribute to the works coming out of Argentina, with galleries such as Galleria Rubbers and […]
Article · February 28, 2012 by Anne Tschida
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens (a Knight Arts grantee) has seriously stepped up the the quality of the art they have been featuring throughout the past year. It took a leap of faith in exhibiting a very unconventional show from Ernesto Oroza, who literally mapped out the fabulous estate’s history by highlighting various obscure elements, objects […]
Article · February 24, 2012 by Anne Tschida
Word had clearly gotten out about the opening of the latest addition to the alt art scene, Mercenary Square, in Little Havana. The art complex at Sixth Street and 12th Avenue was packed with art lovers and partiers, youngsters and oldsters who had come to see graf artist Ahol Sniffs Glue’s inauguration of the Mercenary […]
Article · February 21, 2012 by Anne Tschida
The opening night of Art Wynwood was a spirited affair — there was a lot of energy generated by the large crowds and some good-looking art. A stand-out was the Art Video New Media Lounge in the back, produced by Wet Heat Project’s Grela Orihuela. Individual rooms comprise “Moving” and are filled with some great […]
Article · February 17, 2012 by Anne Tschida