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Last chance to see Curator’s Voice gallery show
Until January 31, 2015, you can still see Beautified Objects, one of the better gallery exhibitions that opened in December, 2014, when Art Basel Miami Beach came to town. Beautified Objects is on...
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Hippopotamus and banana stand out at Art Wynwood 2015
An erotic banana and a yawning hippopotamus with a built-in love seat are my personal top picks among the hundreds of art works displayed by 70 participating galleries at the fourth annual edition of...
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Art from scrap at Coconut Grove Arts Festival
Repurposing of materials abandoned or scrapped by their original owners gives many artists a quirky creative outlet. The 2015 Coconut Grove Arts Festival attracted several such exhibitors. Their work...
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Five first-time CGAF exhibitors
For every past review of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival since 2009, I’ve prepared a slideshow highlighting art from CGAF that I would buy for my own collection, given unlimited funds and display...
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Coconut Grove Arts Festival tries on a new face
With great fanfare and a new marketing campaign, the Coconut Grove Arts Festival (CGAF) announced that its 52nd edition in 2015 would modernize its brand and target a younger, more sophisticated...
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Everglades Vintage Day: Dreamers and Schemers
At Everglades National Park’s fifth annual Vintage Day Celebration, the focus was on “dreamers and schemers” whose activities made the park what it is today.The celebration took place at the Royal...
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Exhibit depicts Miami Beach in WWII
An exhibit with the quirky title “At Ease: Miami Beach During the Second World War” is on display at The Wolfsonian–FIU museum and library. It depicts the wartime transformation of Miami Beach from a...
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Go global with Coral Gables Museum’s Mini-Golf
The Coral Gables Museum opens an indoor miniature-golf course tonight (Friday, June 5, 2015) in its main gallery. Throughout the summer you can play golf there in air-conditioned comfort, while...
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Miami Dade College opens MAGIC
Miami Dade College has opened Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC) at its Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. It’s the first such facility at a public institution of higher...
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Coral Gables Museum features photos of American women aiding France
An exhibit of vintage photos of American women bringing humanitarian aid to France during and after World War I opened September 10, 2015, at the Coral Gables Museum.Entitled Anne Morgan’s War:...
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Everglades Nuance and Subtlety
Jim Couper has captured the Everglades’ watery wilderness and hung its unique nuance and subtlety on the walls of The Frost Art Museum at Florida International University for us to cherish and marvel...
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Sleeping Bear and SafetyTats
Walt Disney World near Orlando, FL, opened in 1971 and hosted a gala 15th anniversary celebration in 1986. Spouse Rosalie and I were invited to the latter festivities as media, along with our...
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VivaColombia helps MIA break air-carrier record
Colombia’s second-largest airline, VivaColombia, has become the 101st airline to fly to and from Miami International Airport. This sets a new record, making MIA the only U.S. airport to serve more...
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A strut to remember
One of the funniest ever! That’s my assessment of the 34th annual King Mango Strut. It drew a crowd to the commercial center of Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood on Sunday, December 27, 2015.The...
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Frost Art Museum will display giant Roman jigsaw puzzle
The Lod Mosaic, a 1,700-year-old Roman mosaic from the Eastern Roman Empire in what is now Israel, will go on display in the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University...
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Interpretation brings Lod Mosaic to life at Frost Art Museum
It’s old, it’s big, and it depicts a Middle Eastern bestiary of Late Roman times – but what makes the Lod Mosaic transcend an art exhibit and become a life experience is the elegant interpretive spin...
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In fifth year Art Wynwood delights
Five years ago the folks who bring us Art Miami on the mainland in December when Art Basel dominates Miami Beach realized they were missing a bet in mid-winter. For decades, the Coconut Grove Arts...
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Flags at Presidents Day Art Fairs
The first work of art based on the American flag that I saw at Art Wynwood 2016 caught my eye for its artistic qualities. When a second piece of flag art appeared a few minutes later, I discerned a...
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Standing out from the crowd at Coconut Grove Arts Festival
The Coconut Grove Arts Festival is the nation’s largest outdoor fine art event, and a fixture of Miami’s Presidents Day weekend. For an artist, exhibiting in this maelstrom of creativity is an...
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Art attracts dogs (and humans) to stroll Gifford Lane
Dogs were welcome at the 18th annual Gifford Lane Art Stroll on Sunday, March 6, 2016. In this otherwise obscure corner of Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood, the three-block-long street known as...
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