ART & MUSEUMS

 

ANTIQUES

11/9 & 11/23

Lincoln Road Outdoor Antiques & Collectibles Market

Vendors display antiques including jewelry, china, vintage clothing, furniture and more.  Between the 800 & 1000 blocks of Lincoln Road & Drexel, SoBe, 305.673.4491, www.antiquecollectiblemarket.com

 

11/15

Flamingo Gardens Benefit Holiday Flea Market

New, used and vintage items including lots of jewelry, antiques, crafts, collectibles, yard sale goods and other bargains of all kinds.  Be sure to stop by the Flamingo Gardens tent for bargains that benefit the Garden's education programs for school and camp children, wildlife and plant care as well as ecological awareness training. Vendor spaces are available. Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary, 954.473.2955  www.flamingogardens.org

 

GALLERIES

Ongoing

Nothing Moments Visual Arts Exhibition

For this exhibition, 37 artists interpreted short stories by 38 writers. The text and images were then assembled by 26 designers into 24 short books. There are 400 drawings in this exhibition, whose creators hope will stimulate some lively dialogue among visitors. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. 954.921.3274 www.artandculturecenter.org

 

Ongoing

Under the Influence Visual Arts Exhibition

This exhibition was assembled by the curatorial team of artists Francie Bishop Good, Jane Hart, and Michelle Weinberg. The show explores the art making and presentation processes, and conveys a message that artists influence one another through social networks and collaborations. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. 954.921.3274  www.artandculturecenter.org

 

11/1

Solo Show by Robert Swedroe

Intricate, complex and vibrant with color, Swedroe’s captivating creations appear to draw from the artist’s subconscious while epitomizing his affinity for structure and detail. Some pieces reflect a joie de vivre, like a delightful study of paint cans exploding in primary colors.  Others display passion that looms large for beauty in nature, women, birds and animals. More than several border on the mystic and surreal, subliminally mirroring the artist’s fears and fantasies. Kelley Roy Gallery, 305-447-3888 www.kelleyroygallery.com

 

11/6

Bakehouse Art Complex: Lucky You!

The Bakehouse Art Complex will host Lucky You! our 3rd annual fundraiser featuring works by BAC and local artist.  Paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and mixed media.  Enjoy music. Great food. Open Bar & Live Entertainment. $45 Pre-Sale; $50 Door. $10 Raffle Tickets. Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami 305.576.2828 www.bacfl.org

 

11/7

Art in the Park

Art in the Park mixes eclectic jazz, piano improvisations and Latin funk ‘descargas’ with displays of the works of more than 50 local artists.  It is held monthly on the first Friday during Gables Gallery Nights.  Activities for children include ‘Little Picasso’s’ artist village. Ponce Circle Park, Coral Gables 305.644.8888 www.artintheparkconcerts.com

 

Starting 11/8

Inevitable Continuum: 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition

Celebrating a decade as Miami’s landmark not-for-profit alternative artspace, Locust Projects opens its 10-year anniversary exhibition. Exploring beyond the confines of a conventional retrospective, Executive Director Claire Breukel and artist Gene Moreno have curated an exhibition that captures the organization’s forward-looking philosophy and commitment to giving contemporary artists freedom to experiment. Looking back at 10 years of exhibitions in the Wynwood artspace, Breukel and Moreno have invited one alumnus from each year to choose their favorite, most promising artist now. The result is a dynamic mix of new work from a diverse line-up of emerging national and international talent. Inevitable Continuum will represent the cross-section of innovative sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, digital media and mural projects – many site-specific – for which Locust Projects is renowned. Locust Projects 105 NW 23rd St., Miami 305.532.3467 esther@feinbergpr.com

 

Thru 11/8

Mark Koven: A Stone’s Throw

This exhibition features 21 tons of sand spread across the 80 x 22 square foot gallery floor. The artist asks guests to bring a handful of local sand to contribute. Once inside the gallery, these interveners are given the opportunity to create their own handmade "skipping stones." From there, they can choose to "skip" stones across the ground, throw them at the wall, or hurl them to the ground with a catapult returning the rocks to sand. Closing Reception: Saturday November 8, 7-10 p.m. The Dorsch Gallery, Miami 305.576.1278 www.dorschgallery.com

 

11/22 thru Dec. 31

Form v. Content

Curated by Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, this group exhibition will feature a selection of work

by gallery artists and out-of-town artists.  The Dorsch Gallery, Miami 305.375.1705 www.dorschgallery.com

 

Thru 11/23

Ivan Toth Depeña Visual Arts Exhibition

Part of the “Focus South Florida” Project Room Series, which highlights superb emerging regional talent, Ivan Toth Depeña’s site specific, sculptural light installation uses a combination of synthetic and organic materials to focus on the environment and culture. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. 954.921.3274 www.artandculturecenter.org

 

Thru 11/23

Newly Juried Artist Show

Newly Juried Artist Show curated by Jacquenette Arnette. Art Center/South Florida, Lincoln Road, SoBe. 305.538.7887 www.artcentersf.org

 

Thru 11/25

Neta Levi

The Futernick Family Art Gallery opens its fifth Visual Arts season with the exquisite work of artist Neta Levi, a native Israeli now living in California. Ms. Levi feels a longing for the Land of Israel. Childhood memories of the bustling open-air Israeli marketplace – with its intense blending of people, goods, colors, scents and sounds, have inspired Levi’s work. This celebration of the senses typifies the vibrant diversity that makes up Israel today. Her mixed media collages weave together pieces of textile, decorative beads, sacred prayers and other elements to create magnificent canvases bursting with color. Free. Futernick Family Art Gallery, Alper JCC, Miami. 305.271.9000 www.alperjcc.org

 

MUSEUMS

Ongoing

The Climate Change Show

You must see it to believe it!  The Climate Change Show provides a one-of-a-kind multimedia experience that explores the effects of global warming.  In the Object Theater, let talking sheep be your guide to understanding how humans can minimize the effects of climate change by taking positive steps.  The theater’s stunning special effects recreate weather patterns, including a storm effect with wind, rain, thunder and lightning.  Check out the interactive exhibits where you will discover how scientists use natural objects like tree cookies, ocean coral and ice cores to learn about past climates.  Explore the exhibits that demonstrate the climate history of North America, explore the impacts of climate change and test visitor knowledge of how climate change affects their daily lives. Museum of Discovery & Science, Ft. Lauderdale. 954.467.6637 www.mods.org

 

Ongoing

New Work: Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child

Shonibare will create an installation for MAM featuring an idealized family clothed in his wax-printed, 19th century attire astride human powered flying machines. Miami Art Museum, Miami 305.375.3000 www.miamiartmuseum.org

 

Ongoing

Pablo PICASSO Ceramics/Carlos LUNA Paintings

Pablo Picasso (1881 -1973) was one of the true giants in the history of art. This exhibition presents Picasso ceramics from the Museums own collection paired with ceramics and paintings by South Florida-based artist Carlos Luna, our 2008 Artist in Residence. Picasso’s creative imagination and penchant for folklore and mythologies is explored through the powerful symbolism of Luna’s work, with its rustic Cuban imagery, graphic text and dramatic narrative. Museum of Art, Ft Lauderdale 954.525.5500 www.moafl.org

 

Ongoing

Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space

Chantal Ackerman: Moving is the artist's first major traveling exhibition in the United States. The exhibition will feature multi-media video installations from her documentary series: D'Est (From the East), From the Other Side, Là-Bas, Sud and a new work created especially for the exhibition. MAC@MAM Upper Level Gallery. Miami Art Museum, Miami, 305.375.1705 www.miamiartmuseum.org

 

Ongoing

Thoughts on Democracy

Thoughts on Democracy is an initiative intended to foster an ongoing dialogue between The Wolfsonian’s graphic and propaganda arts collections and contemporary artists and designers. The museum invited 60 leading artists and designers to create a new graphic design inspired by Norman Rockwell’s 1943 “Four Freedoms” posters, a recent addition to the collection. Rockwell’s images, reproduced by the U.S. Office of War Information for mass dissemination, communicated FDR’s vision of “a world founded upon four essential human freedoms”: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear. Wolfsonian-FIU, Lobby Exhibit, South Beach 305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org

 

Ongoing

The Eye of the Collector: Jewish Vision of Sigmund R. Balka

From the Hebrew Union College, paintings, drawings, prints and photographs by renowned and emerging 19th and 20th century Jewish artists. This collection by Balka, assembled over 50 years, offers a panoramic impression of Jewish life and Jewish cultural production during a golden era of creativity in both America and Europe and captures the ways artists dealt with their heritage. Jewish Museum of South Florida, Miami Beach 305.672.5044 www.jewishmuseum.com

 

Ongoing

Earth and Water - Our Planet, Our Life

To create awareness of the need to protect our environment through the arts, floating cubes created by artists send a message related to the conservation of our planet. PIAG Museum, Coral Gables 305.443.0770 www.piagmuseum.org

 

Ongoing

Necropolis Cristobal Colon

Photographs by Raul L. Rodriguez, A.I.A. Since 1980 Miami architect Raul L. Rodriguez has been photographing Havana’s Necropolis Cristobal Colon, a cemetery featuring some of the finest funerary art in the world. Rodriguez has focused on the cemetery’s mausoleums, which represent a wide range of nineteenth and twentieth century architectural styles. Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami 305.375.1492 www.hmsf.org

 

Ongoing

Art and design in the modern age

Art and Design in the Modern Age provides an intriguing overview of The Wolfsonian's exceptional holdings and showcases the museum's collection, which spans the period 1885 to 1945. The nearly 300 works on display provide insight into the ways design has influenced and adapted to the modern world. Wolfsonian—FIU, Miami Beach 305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org

 

Ongoing

A Bittersweet Decade: The New Deal in America, 1933-43

This exhibition, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, considers the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs on American culture and explores how the government’s patronage of art, design, and architecture were integral parts of the larger project of the New Deal, which aimed to spur recovery from the Great Depression and change American society. Wolfsonian-FIU, Lobby Exhibit, South Beach 305-531-1001 www.wolfsonian.org

 

Ongoing

Interama: Miami and the Pan-American Dream

Walk into a re-creation of Interama—Miami’s futuristic fair of the Americas from the 1960s. Under development for decades, Interama was never built but captured the imagination of planners, architects and public officials during an era when Miami increasingly perceived itself as a hemispheric crossroads. Visitors of all ages will enjoy a multi-sensory environment filled with video projections, computer interactive and hands-on activities related to design, social change and politics in post-World War II Miami and the Americas. Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami 305.375.1492 www.hmsf.org

 

Ongoing

Florida Jews In Sports

It is only in modern history that sports became popular and widespread among Jews, who like to brag about their sports heroes. In 1934 Hank Greenberg, the first Jew in the Baseball Hall of Fame, sat out a pennant game to observe Yom Kippur. Sandy Koufax did not pitch in the first game of 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur. Our chests swelled with pride when windsurfer Gal Fridman won Israel’s first-ever gold medal in the 2004 summer Olympics. Right here in Florida, we have our own sports heroes who will be the subject for this exhibition. Jewish Museum of South Florida, Miami Beach 305.672.5044 www.jewishmusuem.com

 

Ongoing

MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida

This ongoing exhibit, MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida, Includes over 500 photos and artifacts that depict the Jewish experience in Florida since 1763. Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach, 305.672.5044 www.jewishmuseum.com

 

Ongoing

Tropical Dreams: A People's History of South Florida

Visit a re-creation of the Miami Circle and view a sea turtle shell and other artifacts from this 2,000 year-old settlement at the mouth of the Miami River. Walk through the homes of Seminole Indians and Anglo-American settlers in South Florida. Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami 305.375.1492 www.hmsf.org

 

Ongoing

Marca-Relli

Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000), a member of the first generation Abstract Expressionists, is recognized for raising the collage medium to the scale and complexity of monumental painting. A selection of eight works from the Museum’s collection, trace the artist’s development from Abstract Expressionism to Post Painterly Abstraction. Museum of Art, Ft Lauderdale 954.525.5500 www.moafl.org

 

Ongoing

Selections from the Museum’s Contemporary Collection

Drawn mostly from the Museum’s Pop art collection and other works from the 1960s and 1970s, this multimedia installation includes paintings by Larry Rivers, Tom Wesselmann, and Frank Stella; prints by Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, and Andy Warhol; and photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe. Museum of Art, Ft Lauderdale 954.525.5500 www.moafl.org

 

Ongoing

Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts

Features a stunning $3.5 million glass collection with masterpieces by Dale Chihuly, Richard Jolley, William Carlson and others, as well as 3-D art by some of the most talented artists in contemporary art.. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables 305.284.3535 www6.miami.edu/lowe/

 

Ongoing

Treasures From The Bass Museum Of Art

The monumental nineteenth-century tapestries that are on permanent display, include The Start of the Hunt and The Return from the Hunt, designed by French artist Louis-Marie Baader. The designer, who specialized in mythological and historical scenes, drew his inspiration for subjects of these works from national or local history. Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, 305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org

 

Thru 11/2

Fundación Mapfre Collection

This exciting exhibition is comprised of approximately 80 works on paper by some of the 20th century's most renowned Spanish artists, as well as artists from other countries whose careers were impacted by Spain. Rarely seen sketches and illustrations by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Sonia Delaunay, Juan Gris, Picabia and Joaquín Torres-Garcia will be shown. These works on paper show how the artists first honed their talent in drawings and watercolors, and illustrate how the tension between figuration and abstraction dominated the course of art during this period. Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach 305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org

 

Thru 11/2

Eternal Egypt: Photography from the Permanent Collection

Photographic images of the Nile Valley during a bygone era reveal glimpses of an Egypt past. Featuring the Lost Egypt Portfolios produced by The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables 305.284.3535 www6.miami.edu/lowe/

 

Thru 11/2

Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries From The Petrie Museum Of Egyptian Archaeology

The exhibition features a rare treasure trove of antiquities from the Petrie Museum of Egyptology, University College, London. Photographs, excavation notes, and personal journals shed further light on the science of archaeology during its infancy, as seen through the eyes of one of its greatest pioneers, Sir Flinders Petrie, known as the “father of Egyptian Archaeology.” Organized by the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University in cooperation with the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London, with generous support provided by the Massey Charitable Trust and the Georgia Council for the Arts. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables 305.284.3535 www6.miami.edu/lowe//

 

Starting 11/6

Coming of Age:  American Art 1850s – 1950s

From masterworks of the Hudson River School to mid-20th century abstract works, Coming of Age chronicles the major developments in a period marked by the rise of modernity and dramatic changes in the physical and social landscape. Drawn exclusively from the internationally acclaimed collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art at Philips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, Coming of Age consists of seventy iconic paintings and sculptures that define American art.  This exhibition holds special importance to the Museum’s own William Glackens collection.  Included in the exhibition are works by other members of The Eight, such as George Bellows, Robert Henri, George Luks and John Sloan. The exhibition also presents works by artists who were important influences for Glackens and The Eight, including Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, as well as works by artists who were in turn influenced by them, such as Edward Hopper. Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale 954.525.5500 www.moafl.org

 

Thru 11/9

Dark Continents                                        

The artists in Dark Continents invoke and challenge the suggested links between femininity and nature.  Referencing historical moments in the work of Gauguin and related artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition questions the aesthetics of the “primitive” and “exotic” in modern art through a contemporary lens. Dark Continents includes site-specific installations, large-scale wall murals, paintings, drawings, sculpture, video and collage. Museum Of Contemporary Art, North Miami 305.893.6211 www.mocanomi.org

 

Starting 11/21

Objects of Value

This installation takes a thematic approach with selections from MAM's growing permanent collection, which spans international art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Miami Art Museum, Miami 305.375.3000 www.miamiartmuseum.org

 

11/21

Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939 Addressing his groundbreaking book published in 2007, this talk by Wolfgang Schievelbusch investigates Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs in the 1930s, contrasting them to programs of the regimes of Italy's Mussolini and Germany's Hitler. He explores the shared elements of these three 'new deals'-focusing on their architecture and public works projects-to offer a new explanation for the popularity of Europe's totalitarian systems. Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach 305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org

 

11/22

Charles Biederman: A Retrospective

The exhibition features paintings and mixed media constructions in a comprehensive look at the art of Charles Biederman, an important member of America's constructivist movement, whose innovations trace the progress of geometric abstraction through nearly half a century. Organized by the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables. 305.284.3535 www.miami.edu/lowe/

 

11/28

Mystery Dates

Join the Museum of Contemporary Art for Mystery Dates featuring intimate dinner parties of some of Miami's most glamorous homes. The evening begins with a festive reception with cocktails, music and art at MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, where guests will learn the surprise locations of their Mystery Dates. dinners. Hosted by the Shakers, MOCA's young international group, all proceeds from the evening support MOCA's exhibitions of emerging and experimental artists. Tickets $200. MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Wynwood 305.893.6211 www.mocanomi.org

 

11/29 ongoing through Jan and Mar.

Peninsula Project Illustrated

An exhibition of monumental sculpture in seven cities around the Florida peninsula. A sculpture will be installed at a public site in each city, incorporating itself into the Florida landscape, and interacting with the community on a daily basis. Accompanying the monument in each city will be an exhibit at a local art museum. The simultaneous sculpture and exhibits throughout the peninsula will create a cultural awareness across the state, encouraging education, interaction and discussion between both the cities’ communities and Florida’s visitors. “Each sculpture is part of a continuous sentence, all referencing one another, each an individual part of a greater whole. In many regards it may be seen to be all one work! It is very much about the process of working together to extend the influence of a particular part of a visual vocabulary.”- JOHN HENRY. 

Public Site: Bicentennial Park- Deep Water Slip, Museum: FROST Art Museum, Venue 2: Miami Beach Public Library. 305.531.5720 www.peninsulaproject.com

 

 

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