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Tomás Esson’s Whirling Gyroscopes of Paint
In The GOAT, tongues, butts, and spillage all combine, expressing a delightful reverence of the corporeal.
Why Was a Miami Museum the Site of a Trump Town Hall?
The Pérez Art Museum Miami says it has a responsibility to remain nonpartisan, per official guidelines on election advocacy released by the American Alliance of Museums.
A Photographer’s Quiet Reflections on Climate Change
Floodzone, an ongoing series by Anastasia Samoylova, stirringly acknowledges that the climate crisis is already upon us, however earnestly we might resist this fact.
Art Basel Miami Beach Is Officially Canceled
Exhibitors will not be charged participation or booth fees for the December show, and application fees for accepted galleries will roll over to 2021.
Portraits that Honor the Men Who Participated in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
Carl Juste’s double portrait of father and son presents an extraordinarily intimate experience on the usually busy public plaza surrounding the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami.
Amid Climate Change and Rapid Gentrification, a Caribbean Film Festival Centers Notions of Home
Embracing the full spectrum of Caribbean experiences and cultures, Third Horizon has created a dynamic community devoted to highlighting cinema from and about the region its founders call home.
Homeland Security Banned Forensic Architecture’s Director From Entry to US
Set to attend the opening of his exhibition at Miami’s Museum of Art and Design, Eyal Weizman was told by an officer at the US Embassy in London that his visa was revoked for triggering a “security algorithm.”
A Boat Speeds Through Miami Mythology and Chaos
In the anthology film Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia, 15 directors follow one speedboat on a series of fantastical adventures.
How the Legal System Left Artist Purvis Young’s Beneficiaries Empty-Handed
Young left nearly 2,000 works of art to his close friend and her family. An article in the Washington Post Magazine explains how, after Young’s death, a group of lawyers kept the works instead.
Joiri Minaya’s Tropical-Inflected Critiques of Colonialism
In unifying contemporary tropical realities with histories of colonization, Minaya demonstrates how imperialist attitudes survive in the discourse and commodification culture surrounding tropical tourism.
Miami Janitors Protest Low Wages With a Parody of the Maurizio Cattelan Banana
At the demonstration, dubbed the “platanito protest,” custodians shared stories of working two jobs and still not being able to afford gifts for relatives during the holiday season.