News
Miami Artist Run Over by Cop Dies of His Injuries
Graffiti artist Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez died on Tuesday night from injuries sustained when Miami Police Department Detective Michael Cadavid hit him with an unmarked police car.
Miami
Art
Miami's Margulies Collection Is Predictable but Idiosyncratic
MIAMI — The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse (foundered and operated by collector Martin Z. Margulies) is located in a 45,000-square-foot building that butts up against a highway and sits just across the street from a discount clothing store in Wynwood, the city’s graffiti-splattered hipster en
In Brief
Miami Graffiti Artist in Critical Condition After Cop Runs Him Over
Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez, a 21-year-old Miami graffiti artist known for his "DEMZ" tag, is in critical condition after City of Miami Police detective Michael Cadavid hit him with his unmarked car in the early morning hours on December 5.
News
Hundreds Take to the Streets to Seek Justice for Artist Killed by Miami Police
MIAMI — This evening, amid the well-kept art fairs and glitzy parties of Miami Art Week, some 300 people — possibly as many as 600, according to some reports — descended on the Miami neighborhood of Wynwood to protest police brutality and the death of artist Israel "Reefa" Hernandez.
Art
Art Basel Miami Beach Sobers Up
MIAMI BEACH — Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB) opened its doors to the public on Thursday for its 13th edition. While many of the works on view deal with political themes, the overall aesthetic of the show is decidedly restrained compared to years past.
Performance
Dancing at the Speed of the Internet
MIAMI BEACH — There's the whiff of grand ambition in MEEM 4 MIAMI, which is artist Ryan McNamara's new version of his award-winning commission for the Performa 13 performance art biennial.
Art
Discovering Niki de Saint Phalle's Eerie Early Work
MIAMI BEACH — Among the many compelling booths in Art Basel Miami Beach's new art historical sector "Survey" is a selection of early assemblage works and "shooting paintings" by Niki de Saint Phalle that are gloomy, gooey, violent, and unrecognizable from the colorful whimsy for which she later beca
Art
Untitled Makes the Gradient in Miami
MIAMI BEACH — The Untitled art fair may take place in a stark white tent with a hot pink slice cut into it, but the work inside is every color of the rainbow. In fact, "rainbow" is the most common palette at the fair this year: every other booth seems to feature at least one work in which yellow shi
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the 2014 Miami Art Fairs
With the mercury dropping in the art world power centers of old, it's time for the annual migration to Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach, its ever-expanding roster of satellite fairs and pop-up exhibitions, and the impossible schedule of parties and performances all week long (December 1–7, 2014).
Art
Selfie Justification
LOS ANGELES — I hit the brakes at a stoplight and turn my head to the left. I spot a young woman waiting for the bus. In golden capital letters on her t-shirt, the words WHY NOT shine boldly.
Books
Looking at Miami as an Architectural Powerhouse
The ninth issue of CLOG, the architecture publication that emphatically “slows things down,” focuses on the increasingly growing interest in the city of Miami and the transition from a major shipping port and vacation destination to an architectural powerhouse.
Art
A Look Inside Miami's New Art Museum
MIAMI — On opening night, I dutifully parked my car in the Omni parking lot as instructed and got inside the double-decker bus that would take me five or so blocks to the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). That ride on the top deck took nearly twenty minutes. We drove up the long driveway, past half-fin