Books
A Performance Artist Explores “the Vast Possibilities of Black Female Subjectivity”
In her memoir Swallow the Fish, Gabrielle Civil examines the narratives she’s ingested since childhood and by which she found herself creatively propelled.
Monica Uszerowicz
News
After Brush with Death, Microsoft Paint Lives On
The outcry of support for sweet, sweet MS Paint seemed for naught, until Microsoft had a change of heart.
Art
Cuban Artists Find Escape and Entrapment in the Sea
On the Horizon: Internal Landscapes is the first exhibition in a series dedicated to contemporary Cuban art at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, following a massive donation of work from the region.
In Brief
Holy Crêpe! An Algorithm Created Seven Million Unique Nutella Jar Labels
Ferrero recently partnered with advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Italia to present Nutella Unica, an algorithm that created a series of unique labels for almost every Nutella jar in Italy.
Books
Stories from a Once Culturally Vibrant, Now Neglected Miami Neighborhood
Jacob Katel’s A People’s History of Overtown collects interviews with the people who remember the neighborhood's golden years, before the expressway divided and ultimately decimated it.
Art
Generate Absurd Descriptions for Fictional Artworks
Isabel Kim’s delightful Infinite Artwork Simulator is “a tongue-in-cheek artwork description generator” based on Mira Schor’s musings on “Recipe Art.”
Art
A Book Festival in Miami’s Little Haiti Seeks to Empower the Community
The Little Haiti Book Festival, now in its fifth year, is an homage to Haiti's culture and historical legacy, both past and present.
Art
An Interdisciplinary Look at the Differences Between Human and Artificial Sight
The first special exhibition at the newly reopened Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami explores how brains, eyes, and artificial intelligence perceive the world.
Art
Women Artists Rewrite Myths About Periods
Period., a multimedia exhibition on view at Rojas + Rubensteen Projects, challenges common misconceptions about menstruation and women's bodies.
Art
Florida’s Love for Shiny Glass Art Takes a Surprisingly Political Turn
In a city where decorative glass art is embarrassingly popular, Glasstress at the Boca Raton Museum of Art highlights sociopolitical subjects.
Art
A Stained-Glass World Where Women Are Worshipped
Women are everywhere in Paula Wilson’s art, which cobbles together fragmented images like shards of stained glass.
Art
A Movie About a Lovelorn Robot — Filmed, Edited, and Scored Live
Kid Koala's Nufonia Must Fall is a performance in which the audience witnesses the making of and live projection of film in real time.