For his solo presentation at Untitled Art Fair in Miami, Davis developed a lexicon of negritude, crafting sculptural plexiglass collages to explore the events that decimated a community popularly known as “Black Wall Street.”
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Creating Soundscapes From the Whispering, Bubbling, and Roaring Earth
Now on view at Art Basel Miami Beach, sound artist Jana Winderen’s The Art of Listening: Under Water draws listeners’ attention to the rich sonic landscapes of nature — and highlights how human activity might affect them.
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A Florida Prisoner Made a Full Documentary on a Secret Cell Phone
The Miami Herald has obtained extensive, disturbing footage of daily life inside a Florida prison, all captured by inmate Scott Whitney over four years.
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Post Hurricane Dorian, Pérez Art Museum Miami Collects Aid for the Bahamas
The museum, the City of Miami, and Food For The Poor are collecting urgently needed supplies for survivors of the devastating hurricane in the archipelago.
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Families and Survivors Oppose a Private Museum for Pulse Shooting
“Put people first. We care more about our survivors than educating tourists,” says the group opposing the proposed museum.
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When Horror Movies Are Not Only Gory but Quirky and Cerebral
Popcorn Frights Film Festival gives South Florida residents a rare chance to catch offbeat genre fare on a big screen.
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Artist Sues Country Rapper Who Shot Paintings With Assault Rifle
After a payment dispute flooded onto social media, the country rapper Upchurch posted an Instagram video where he destroyed Jacob Aaron LeVeille’s paintings by repeatedly shooting them.
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Purvis Young’s Unbounded Histories
Young’s works tell the stories of individuals and communities, of dreams and disillusionment, and of the abysses between life, death, and eternity.
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A Painter’s Path from Bosnia to Florida’s Backwaters
Amer Kobaslija captures Florida’s lush, strange atmosphere while examining the expressive potential of oil paint’s luminous, elastic, viscous goo.
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A Photographer’s Journey Through the Lost Paradise of 1980s Florida
A Peculiar Paradise: Florida Photographs features Nathan Benn’s early 1980s photographs of dreams and debauchery in the Sunshine State.
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Miami Told Through Old Photographs and Lost Stories
Screening in New York for the holidays, a new film draws on photos Gary Monroe and Andy Sweet took as a part of the Miami Beach Photographic Project through the 1970s and into the early 80s.
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The Social Consciousness of Sid Grossman, a Photographer of the People
Sid Grossman met his subjects where they were, documenting them reverentially and purposefully.