Between the selfie sticks, the paparazzi, and the endless Instagram hashtags, Art Basel Miami Beach might be the most narcissistic place on Earth this week. Which is why it’s appropriate that among the highlights at the fair’s 14th edition is a trippy piece by Tomás Saraceno. Titled One Module Cloud…
Devonté Hynes has a fraught relationship with Miami. The last time the London-born singer, better known as Blood Orange, was in town in 2013, he was outside the Electric Pickle when police raided the club over a liquor license issue. When he tried to retrieve his equipment inside, an officer…
Tis the season for merriment, salted caramel mocha lattes served in controversial red holiday cups, and a host of boozy festivities with debaucherous pals and estranged family members. And, of course, amid all the joyous occasions, saying thanks to your dear, dear comrades with generous gifts is all part of…
If South Florida’s art scene has a loving fairy godmother, Jane Hart is it. Hart has carefully watched over the South Florida art world, as a good godmother would, since moving to Miami nearly 13 years ago, just before the inaugural Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002, which is credited…
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale’s latest exhibition, Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television is “the first exhibition to explore how avant-garde art influenced and shaped the look and content of network television in its formative years,” from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. During this…
Before streaming House of Cards on Netflix and selecting the latest blockbuster movies to watch on demand on a mobile device were things, the great American family had limited flexibility on when and where they could watch their favorite shows. Television and the nature of watching it have radically evolved…
The Indestructible Lee Miller” is perhaps an ironic title for NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale’s latest exhibition. Following the career of Elizabeth “Lee” Miller (1907-77), the Vogue model turned World War II photographer, the exhibit is, in fact, filled with destruction. Black-and-white photographs of the demolition of Europe and the…
Intelligent and well-designed public art has the power to beautify a city, drawing people outside and, perhaps, to hang out for a while. In our car-obsessed culture, the mere thought of a brisk walk might not make sense, especially in South Florida, where many streets lack sidewalks, bike lanes, and…
Is there a better way to spend your Saturday than with a bunch of geeks dressed head to toe in painfully-detailed costumes surrounded by sci-fi, occult, video game, and cartoon memorabilia? Literally none. That is the best thing. Luckily, I got my chance to do just that at the first-annual…
As the stifling heat of summer finally begins to break and our extended daylight hours diminish, most of us have already been forced to admit what the impending onslaught of Starbucks #PSLs and flamboyant grocery store Halloween displays will shortly set in stone: Summer is over. It’s time to get…
When a lady Darth Vader and an overweight Batman are sharing a Diet Coke and a cigarette, there can only be one of two explanations: Either some interesting life choices were made or there’s a comic con in town. This past weekend, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward Convention Center hosted…
For die-hard Lord of the Rings fans, the pinnacle of existence is meeting one of the nine members of the fellowship of the ring. On the convention circuit, Sean Astin — who played hobbit Samwise Gamgee — is constantly approached by fans wearing prosthetic elvish ears. Some of them ask…
Miami’s art climate is changing rapidly, fueled not by hydrocarbons but by an ever-expanding global market hungry for the Magic City’s scene. With last year’s messy birth of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) — which acrimoniously broke away from the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami — Miami now…
As the fever of summer breaks in South Florida, locals emerge from their climate-controlled summer dens. As tourists and snowbirds flock back into town, season kicks into high gear with art, stage, music, community, and cultural events. Summer may be sleepy and slow, but there’s no shortage of things to…
Michael Favata is one of those movie buffs who will give you a run for your money when it comes to discussing slasher flicks. Five minutes into our conversation, he says the cult-classic movie Godzilla isn’t even the technical name of the film. Apparently, the movie and beast are referred…
In 1985, Lupe Ontiveros played Rosalita, a clueless housekeeper who’s the butt of jokes made by 13-year-old Corey Feldman in The Goonies. In 1997, she played another housekeeper, who gets a door slammed in her face by Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets. In her later years, she…
For some people, “radical self-expression” might mean swapping out the Dockers for something less khaki. For others, it means driving to the middle of a Nevada desert with 50 gallons of water and a bus full of weird costumes — including the requisite birthday suit — for the annual, weeklong…
Donald Trump is probably the funniest comedian of 2015, but his biggest impact in the world of comedy might be that he convinced Gallagher to shave off his trademark mustache for the first time in 40 years so he could imitate the bombastic presidential candidate. Leo Gallagher, the one-time pop-culture…
You know the building: a big, windowless, white box on Federal Highway in Dania Beach, with a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton mounted alongside the western wall. “The Gallery of Amazing Things,” the sign declares. Surely, you’ve wondered: What’s so amazing in there? The site had been home to the Graves…
Chris Blinston, a former Marine, has the impressive physical presence of a Rottweiler and the subtlety of an atomic bomb. In other words, he’s perfect for reality TV. The artist and owner of Coral Springs’ No Hard Feelings Tattoo Gallery is one of the contestants on Ink Master, a show…
1968 was a tumultuous time for America: the Vietnam War ground on; cold war tensions rose; Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. Also that year: The Black Panther Party, a nationalist organization that sought to empower African-Americans, was 2 years old and on the rise. The group…
When Cey Adams was a kid bombing subway trains in New York, he never imagined that decades later, he’d be giving talks at the Museum of Modern Art. “I was very lucky,” says Adams. “I was in the right place at the right time in history, but I was also…
