Student Gabriela Garcia, 19, center, tries her hand at the piano at Miami College on Thursday night December 1, 2011 in Miami, Florida.
Pop-up Pianos are one of this year's must-see items. These are Steinways designed / painted by different artists and then put in a public place. A hired musician plays it on a certain schedule, but members of the public are invited to play them as well whenever they find one. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Indira Schargel , 5, a local resident, plays inside one of the key exhibits this year, the recreation of Buckminster Fuller's Fly's Eye Dome in the Design District, Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at NE 1st Court and 39th Street. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Indira Schargel , 5, a local resident, plays inside one of the key exhibits this year, the recreation of Buckminster Fuller's Fly's Eye Dome in the Design District, Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at NE 39th Street and 1st Court. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Korean artist Miru Kim is spending her days during Art Week Miami in a pen with two live pigs at Primary Projects in the Design District. The artists is unclothed - to show the one-ness of all living things. Martha Cooper
Hedy Fischer, of Ashville, North Carolina, tries out one of Tom Price's meltdown series chairs, at Industry Gallery, in Design Miami, on Miami Beach, Thursday, December 1, 2011. The polypropylene "pp tube #1 black" was created by melting the tubes over a heated form. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Vincenzo Frattiini walks through the sculpture, "Cell (Twelve Oval Mirrors)" by artist Louise Bourgeois at Art Basel Miami Beach at the Miami Beach Convention Center on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. The work is a retrospective on the 100th anniversary of Bourgeois's birth, put on by the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
Robert Indiana sculture spelling "ART" is one 24 works in Art Public in the park outside the Bass Museum, 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Stetson Glines
Robert Indiana sculture spelling "ART" is one 24 works in Art Public in the park outside the Bass Museum, 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Stetson Glines
Boulan South Beach, 2000 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach, has an art installation for Art Basel Miami Beach -- stormtroopers by street artist Mr. Brainwash. It is across 20th Avenue from Art Public at Art Basel Miami Beach, which features works by 24 artists. The works include outdoor sculptures, interactive performances and site-specific installations outside the Bass Museum of Art and Collins Park, and east to the beach. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
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Satine Derenoncourt, left, reads her book as adults roam the gallery space at Opening Night of the Haiti Art Exp 2011 in Miami's Design District on Thursday, December 1, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Haiti Art Expo 2011 is four night fundraiser event raising money benefiting the Haiti Empowerment Mission, Hand in Hand for Haiti, and Hard Hats for Haiti. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Jude Paploko's "Uganda Twins" on the left and right catches the eye of an event attendee at Opening Night of the Haiti Art Exp 2011 in Miami's Design District on Thursday, December 1, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Haiti Art Expo 2011 is four night fundraiser event raising money benefiting the Haiti Empowerment Mission, Hand in Hand for Haiti, and Hard Hats for Haiti. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Hedy Fischer, of Ashville, North Carolina, tries out one of Tom Price's meltdown series chairs, at Industry Gallery, in Design Miami, on Miami Beach, Thursday, December 1, 2011. The polypropylene "pp tube #1 black" was created by melting the tubes over a heated form. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
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