MiamiHerald.com: Visual Arts

Cannonball Miami brings L.A. artists here to create work and make waves

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 EDT

Cannonball Miami is bringing L.A. artists here to create work and waves

Only 38, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has amassed a portfolio and recognition that sets him apart

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:25 EDT

Only 38, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has amassed a portfolio and recognition at a pace that set him apart.

Miami’s art museum gets anonymous $15 million gift

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:13 EDT

An anonymous donor has given $12 million in cash and more than $3 million worth of art to the future Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Banksy graffiti will go back up for sale in London

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:38 EDT

An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for sale in the U.K., months after it was yanked from the block in Miami.

Two rival visions vie for Miami Beach Convention Center redevelopment

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:22 EDT

Two teams of developers and famed architects are vying for the chance to renovate Miami Beach’s convention center, add a hotel and turn the desolate site into a connected, cohesive urban district.

Architect, thinker, provocateur Rem Koolhaas brings his talents to South Beach

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:18 EDT

Celebrated Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, who is competing to remake Miami Beach’s dated convention center, has been hailed and scrutinized for his mastery of large-scale design and his provocative writings.

Exhibit highlights artwork by UM architecture professor

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:05 EDT

“Thomas A. Spain: A Retrospective” features drawings and paintings by a longtime University of Miami architecture professor.

Is this art? Hollywood leaders aren’t so happy with famous muralist’s work

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:00 EDT

Hollywood leaders aren’t so happy with the creative piece a well-known muralist created for downtown.

Two Miami exhibitions link art with city life

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00 EDT

A pair of Miami exhibitions link art with urban life.

‘Latino/US Cotidiano’ exhibit breaks boundaries of stereotypes

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:39 EDT

The Incredible Hulk drilling a stone with a jackhammer. Catwoman caring for young children. Spider-Man perched on a skyscraper washing windows. The photographs are of Hispanic Americans at work, dressed by photographer Dulce Pinzon to show everyday Latinos the way their families see them: superheroes working to send money back to their relatives in Latin America. They’re just a few of the photographs in a new exhibition and book.

‘Artist as Jeweler’ exhibition at Bass Museum on Miami Beach reveals unknown skills of well-known artists

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00 EDT

Curated by the wife of French artist Bernar Venet, ‘From Picasso to Koons’ avoids common pitfalls of trying to combine fine art with popular design.

The art of the mola comes from Panama’s Guna women

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:23 EDT

Sculptures in cloth are all-purpose pieces traditionally made by Guna women from the San Blas Islands

Bakehouse Art Complex executive director to retire

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:09 EDT

The executive director of Wynwood’s Bakehouse Art Complex will retire at the end of the June.

At Palm Beach’s Norton Museum, the first traveling show from Doris Duke’s Shangri-La

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:02 EDT

The expansive collection of Islamic Art amassed by the late Doris Duke and housed in her Honolulu home makes its mainland debut at the Norton Museum in Palm Beach.

MOCA celebrates anniversary with ‘Pivot Points: 15 Years & Counting’

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:01 EDT

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, friends of MOCA donate works to expand its permanent collection. You can see them now.

Pieces of Jorge Perez collection on display at last show at MAM Flagler Street

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:08 EDT

Frames of Reference: Latin American Art from the Jorge M. Perez Collection, newly opened at the Miami Art Museum, is an appropriate and telling title. This highly anticipated exhibit unveils for the first time some of the works that Perez has donated to the museum. His gift of art and cash convinced the board of directors to change the name of the museum — due to open in December in its new digs on Biscayne Bay — to the Pérez Art Museum Miami. It was a controversial decision, so many eyes have been focused on this show, the final one in MAM’s Flagler Street building.

Avis Collins Robinson has first major exhibit in Key West

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:58 EDT

A Key West gallery hosts the first major exhibit of Avis Collins Robinson’s very personal and stunning work