Art

For Art’s Sake

Art in Miami is a $1.4 billion dollar industry. Yup, you read that right. Billion with a “b”. Then how are so many local artists and creatives still struggling and not seeing any of that money?

/ November 2, 2018

When big art money isn’t the only game in town

Artist Jeff Koons appears in “The Price of Everything,” a documentary about the global art market. Commissioner and Art Market Liaison will be presenting a special screening of the film on November 7 at 7:30 PM at Silverspot Cinema. Purchase tickets via Silverspot Cinema. (Photo courtesy of “The Price of Everything”) What was once an […]

/ November 1, 2018

This play imagines what happened the night four icons spent the night in Miami

The latest production from Miami New Drama, opening on Oct. 27, will bring locals back to the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali became the world heavyweight champion right here in Miami Beach.

/ October 24, 2018

This local’s tribute to Miami Beach’s lifeguard stands earned her a key to the city

Annamaria Windisch-Hunt, a South Florida artist, painted replicas of Miami Beach’s lifeguard stands from Government Cut up to Surfside.

/ October 1, 2018

Let’s make some movies, Miami.

We’ve launched the Cinematic Arts Residency to make it easier to make great film in the 305.

/ September 6, 2018

Art won’t pay your rent, but here’s how it can build your city.

We’ve launched Commissioner to help them — and you — do that.

/ September 5, 2018

Development shouldn’t displace Miami artists. Here’s a solution

The City of Miami has a proposal to help artists stay in the neighborhoods they elevate with their creativity.

/ July 24, 2018

Backroom Sessions is bringing you art where you least expect it

The artist Cyrex and his band at the June Acoustics&Poets show, hosted at La Cabina in Little Havana. (📸: Joe Blandon) La Saguasera isn’t exactly seen as a spot where you can find Miami’s up-and-coming arts talent. But 20-something natives Angelina (“Angie”) Rivero and Rudy Flores (mostly known nowadays by his stage name “Bause Mason”) […]

/ July 11, 2018

Jason Jeffers is here to show you another side of the Caribbean

The filmmaker, writer, and musician from Barbados is one of the founders of Third Horizon, a collective of Caribbean creatives based here in Miami, and the Third Horizon Film Festival, which showcases the best in film from the Caribbean and its diaspora.

/ June 29, 2018

With Grown, Miami’s got a TV series that keeps it real.

It’s a coming-of-age comedy series written, acted, and produced by two local Haitian-American 20-somethings about dating, cultural identity, and figuring that adulting thing out.

/ June 1, 2018