Film
Miami Film Festival Reveals South Florida's Cinema Crisis
The art-house movie theaters that long served as the festival’s screening venues now face extinction.
Florida
Announcement
The Ringling Presents Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art
The new exhibition is the Sarasota museum’s first presentation of contemporary art by Native American artists with ancestral, historical, and present-day connections to Florida.
News
Florida Man Says He Wants to Buy Broken Koons Sculpture
Here’s how he should spend the money instead.
News
Chicken Activists Crash Miami Art Event to Protest “Corrupt” Politician
“The chickens give a voice to the voiceless in our community,” said Billy Corben, who participated in the action against commissioner Joe Carollo.
News
Florida Lawmakers Seek to Ban the Pride Flag
A new bill would also mandate that all public school classrooms display US and state flags.
News
Florida Governor’s War on “Wokeness” Hits the Arts
An exhibition was canceled after the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota deemed works about diversity and inclusion “potentially offensive.”
Sponsored
Announcement
Knight Foundation Funds the Future of Art With Grants for South Florida Artists
Six Knight New Work Winners received a total of $500,000 to support the use of technology in their practices.
News
The World Has One Less Jeff Koons "Balloon Dog"
An art collector accidentally shattered a $42,000 "Balloon Dog" by Koons at an art fair in Miami.
News
Native Landmarks Hard-Hit by Hurricane Ian, Researchers Say
Multiple cultural heritage sites of the Native Calusa people were impacted when the Category 4 storm hit Florida last September.
News
“Sexy Robots” Are Coming to Miami
The Museum of Sex, based in New York, has revealed plans for an expansion to Florida in 2023.
News
Alt-Right Protesters Brandish Nazi Flag at Florida Drag Event
Members of NatSoc Florida performed the Nazi salute and chanted “Heil Hitler” at a local LGBTQ+ charity’s fundraiser in Lakeland.
Art
Why Is There No Spanish at Art Basel Miami?
At this year’s show, I reflected on the lack of bilingual materials, the absurdity of art-fair gimmicks, and the workers who make it all possible.