Gallery sights in Miami
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Lowe Art Museum
Your love of the Lowe depends on your taste in art. If you’re into modern and contemporary works, it’s good. If you’re into the art and archaeology of cultures from Asia, Africa and the South Pacific, it’s great. And if you’re into pre-Columbian and Mesoamerican art, it’s simply fantastic; the artifacts are stunning and thoughtfully strung out along an easy-to-follow narrative thread. That isn’t to discount the lovely permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque art, Western sculpture from the 18th to 20th centuries and paintings by Gauguin, Picasso and Monet; they’re also gorgeous.
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Purvis Young Gallery
Vagrant, convict and creator, Purvis Young (1943–2010) is Overtown’s favorite native son. Although the work in his gallery is dubbed ‘outsider’ or ‘folk’ art (i.e he didn’t go to art school), we’d just classify it as good. His paintings, often done on pieces of wood and carpet samples, portray ink-blotty mothers, horses, angels, African idols and people striving for freedom from an ambiguous captivity – a poignant and well-realized message in studio spaces that abut Miami’s poorest neighborhoods.
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Cisneros Fontanal Arts Foundation (CIFO)
The arts foundation is one of the best spots in Miami to catch the work of contemporary Latin American artists, and has a pretty impressive showroom to boot. Even the exterior blends post-industrial rawness with a lurking, natural ambience, offset by the extensive use of Bisazza tiles to create an overarching tropical motif. Similar to the Arsht Center, CIFO was built near the rattier edge of downtown with the intention of revitalizing this semi-blighted area with fresh arts spaces.
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Rubell Family Art Collection
The Rubell family – specifically, the niece and nephew of the late Steve, better known as Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 partner – have amassed an impressive contemporary art collection that spans the last 30 years. The most admirable quality of this collection is its commitment to not just displaying one or two of its artists’ pieces; rather, the aim is to focus on a contributor’s entire career.
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Buick Building
The Buick Building has been known to exhibit some outstanding installation shows, but it’s known as the gateway of the Design District because of its striking mural facade. Done on canvas in bright yellow and black, the images of Roman mythological figures were painted in 2000 by the married artist team of Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt.
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ArtCenter/South Florida
One standout for art lovers is the ArtCenter/South Florida. Established in 1984 by a small but forward-thinking group of artists, this compound is the creative heart of South Beach. In addition to its 52 artists’ studios (many of which are open to the public), ArtCenter offers an exciting lineup of classes and lectures.
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Miami-Dade Community College
Though the college itself isn’t very exciting, there are two art galleries with rotating exhibitions at the Wolfson Campus of the Miami-Dade Community College. Both the 3rd-floor Centre Gallery and 5th-floor Frances Wolfson Gallery often have photography shows.
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Miami Art Museum
The Miami Art Museum is home to permanent and rotating exhibits, as well as the JAM@MAM happy hour on the third Thursday of each month from 5pm to 9pm. The MAM won't be there indefinitely; it's planning a move to Bicentennial Park, scheduled at the time of research for late 2012.
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Little Havana Art District
OK, it’s not Wynwood. In fact, it’s more ‘Art Block’ than district. But this little strip of galleries and studios does house one of the best concentrations of Latin American art (particularly from Cuba) in Miami. Any one of the studios is worth a stop and a browse.
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Locust Projects
Look for the squat black building emblazoned with the slogan ‘I [Heart] New Art’ and you’ll have found Locust Projects, widely regarded as one of the edgier art spaces in the district (which can be a compliment or insult depending on your tastes).
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Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
After two decades in NYC, the Steinbaum has moved south, where it’s received a grand welcome for its mid-career contemporary artists such as Hung Liu, Kate Moran and Peter Walters.
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Museum of Contemporary Art
The Museum of Contemporary Art has frequently changing exhibitions focusing on international, national and emerging artists.
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Moore Space
In the absence of a gallery walk, stop by the Design District's experimental gallery Moore Space to catch the zeitgeist.
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