Art
Tilling the Scars of Turtle Island and Its History
Scorched Earth, a group exhibition at Current Projects in Miami, considers the stories contained within the soil.
Monica Uszerowicz
Monica Uszerowicz is a writer born and based in New York.
News
New Online Exhibition Chronicles the Many Facets of Frida Kahlo’s Life and Work
Faces of Frida, a partnership between Google Arts & Culture and 33 partner museums, brings together some 800 artifacts from ultra-high resolution images of her work to personal objects and rarely-seen photos.
News
Four Groups Are Recipients of New Grants to Support Black Arts Organizations
The Black Art Futures Fund, which launched earlier this year and received more than 30 applications for its first round of grants, has given $15,000 to its four inaugural grantees.
News
A Typeface Transforms the Alphabet in the Style of Famous Artworks
In this artful alphabet by the Madrid-based design studio CESS, "V" is for van Gogh and "F" is for Frida.
Interview
The Bookshop in Miami that Has Preserved Haitian Culture for Decades
The Haitian playwright and activist Jan Mapou founded Libreri Mapou in 1990, and it has since become a neighborhood staple.
News
Remembering Photographer Laura Aguilar’s Empathetic, Queer Art
Aguilar, the photographer who captured people's bodies with genuine empathy, died yesterday at the age of 59.
Art
An Urban Oasis Hides Ancient Mysteries in Bustling Downtown Miami
Ishmael Bermudez has spent half a century excavating the "Well of Ancient Mysteries," a tranquil and historic site, in the backyard of his childhood home.
Art
Four Design Solutions to Our Plastic Bag Addiction
As Earth Day approaches, remember that a plastic bag is a sliver of eternity — it never goes away, even when you want it to.
Art
The Empathy and Solidarity of Laura Aguilar's Unbroken Gaze
The photographer portrays her subjects with a tenderness that makes them seem like friends, and with the attention of someone who really sees them.
News
House Bill Proposes National Museum Devoted to Women's History
The Smithsonian recently launched the American Women's History Initiative — but a House bill goes further, proposing the creation of a national museum devoted to women's history.
Art
A Portrait of Black Life in Florida, One Neighborhood at a Time
“The histories of Black communities in the United States have been undervalued, suppressed, erased throughout time.”
Art
A Message to the Future from Artists on the Front Lines of Sea-Level Rise
In Miami, sea-level rise is not a science fictional future — it’s a present-day reality that artists must reckon with.