In the blur of post-World War II disillusionment, the art world was dominated by surrealism, and surrealism was dominated by the dictatorial André Breton. In 1948, in a small café on the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, a group of vigilante Danish artists formed a collective called CoBrA dedicated to shattering…

For one night, at least, “We’re doin’ it for the kids” will cease to be a hollow music-industry cliché. At the Dada All-Star Independence Jubilee, a generation of local musicians performs Sunday at a converted school in a benefit intended to put instruments into the little hands of their grade-school…

Without a single, thriving downtown core or distinct enclaves — such as Miami’s Little Havana — many Broward County residents may never have experienced fully the rich cultural diversity of our sprawling community. Margarita Fellman is out to change that. Formerly the art director of Exemplary Folk Song and Dance…

If John Waters and Martha Stewart had a love child who grew up to open a novelty store, J. Miles would be the place. Jerry Miles would be the mongrel. For some 20 years, Miles has sold the smartest, sassiest T-shirts, toys, and home furnishings in a shop that screams,…

Most people know Delray Beach for its newly renovated downtown, a district along East Atlantic Avenue with a sprinkling of novelty stores and restaurants where people enjoy their meals outside, pleasantly chatting while palm trees sway in the ocean breeze and luxury cars gleam curbside. But this summer the most…

This is the summer of surveillance: MTV’s Real World. Survivor. Big Brother. The shows setting ratings standards this season are televised social laboratories that use humans as lab rats and money as the cheese. In his exhibition “Empathic Economies” at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, artist Lee Mingwei…