Design

THE HAAS BROTHERS: Ferngully at The Bass Museum
Sun Apr 21, 2019 - Sun Mar 10, 2019

The Haas Brothers, twins Nikolai and Simon Haas, are artists/designers/creative producers based in Los Angeles. Their works of art and objects are situated between the contexts of art and design, frequently departing from the functional, and moving towards the exclusively sculptural. Playful and sometimes irreverent, they create furniture and sculptural objects in the form of anthropomorphic hairy chaises, fantastical beaded chairs and … +

Museums

The Wolfsonian–FIU: Two Exhibitions of Soviet Era Art and Design
Through Sun Aug 12, 2018

The 1917 Russian Revolution ushered in a relatively short-lived era of experimentation and idealism in the visual arts. Including some of the most iconic images in the history of graphic design, Constructing Revolution will present more than fifty Soviet propaganda posters, among them works by major figures of the early twentieth-century avant-garde such as Vladimir Mayakovsky and Alexander Rodchenko. These posters, offering … +

Design

By the People: Designing a Better America at MDC’ Freedom Tower
Through Sun Sep 30, 2018

The first design exhibition scheduled in the MDC Museum of Art and Design after its April 2018 reopening, By the People: Designing a Better America will explore the challenges faced by urban, suburban and rural communities in the U.S. and its bordering countries. Based on more than two years of field research this exhibition presents collaborative designs for more equitable, inclusive and sustainable communities.  Featuring … +

Art Fairs

Antiques + Art + Design Show 2018
Fri 2 Feb, 2018 - Sun 4 Feb, 2018

The Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show will feature over 200 premier exhibitors from the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America, offering fine antiques and decorative arts representing all design movements of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and introducing vintage 20th century modern. Miami Airport Convention Center (MACC) Friday 11AM-7PM Saturday 11PM-7PM Sunday 11PM-5PM Dolphin Promotions 708-366-2710 / 954-202-1955 www.miamiantiquesartdesign.com … +

Art Fairs

FORM MIAMI
Wed 6 Dec, 2017 - Sun 10 Dec, 2017

FORM MIAMI is owned by Atlanta-based Urban Expositions, a Clarion Events company, which produces Art Aspen, Art Palm Springs, and SOFA Chicago (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design). All art fairs are presented by galleries from around the world exhibiting modern and contemporary art in a variety of media including painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed-media. ABOUT SOFA CHICAGO Founded in 1994, SOFA … +

Art Fairs

Design Miami/ 2017
Tue 5 Dec, 2017 - Sun 10 Dec, 2017

Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each edition brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Design Miami/ 2017 brings together Carpenters Workshop Gallery (Paris, London, and New York); Converso (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York); Cristina Grajales Gallery(New York); Demisch Danant (New York); Erastudio Apartment-Gallery (Milan); … +

Museums

Double Vision at The Wolfsonian
Fri 6 Oct, 2017 - Sun 1 Apr, 2018

Graphic design helps establish a visual identity—a brand—for a client. At the same time, it can express the designer’s individual creativity. To explore this dual nature of graphic identity, Vienna-based design studio Seite Zwei transforms The Wolfsonian’s façade and lobby with typefaces, abstract forms, and color schemes derived from the work of Julius Klinger, one of the pioneering graphic artists of the … +

Design

Austrian Design through Julius Klinger/Seite Zwei at The Wolfsonian–FIU
Fri 6 Oct, 2017 - Sun 1 Apr, 2018

FIU unveils a pair of graphic design presentations, historic and contemporary, under the shared theme of “identity.” Exhibition Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age presents the work of this pioneer graphic artist of the early 20th century, being the first U.S. solo show devoted to the designer. Complementing Julius Klinger is Double Vision, a two part contemporary installation by Vienna based … +

Architecture

Work to Dazzle: Highlights from Design Miami/Basel

Exhibition Work to Dazzle: Highlights from Design Miami/Basel By CLAUDIA BARBIERI |  Twentieth century and contemporary design is on a roll in the art market, and Design Miami/Basel is gathering no moss. This year’s twelfth edition of the fair in Basel, which ended June 18, was the biggest and arguably best yet with fifty participating galleries from eleven countries, including such newcomers as Mercado … +

Museums

In the Shadows: American Pulp Cover Art at The Wolfsonian-FIU
Sat 20 May, 2017

Investigating gender, crime, and other social issues in the United States, In the Shadows. . . explores pulp magazine and paperback cover art of the 1920s–1950s. Designed to appeal to male readers, the glossy cover illustrations of pulp featured stereotypical, often lurid, images of stereotypical gun-wielding gangsters, tough detectives, seductive or vulnerable women, and foreign enemies. Exhibition runs through Jul 9, 2017 … +

Architecture

Pioneer of American Art Nouveau at The Wolfsonian–FIU Museum
Sat 8 Apr, 2017

William H. Bradley was America’s foremost graphic artist from the end of the nineteenth century into the 1930s. Derived from the Art Nouveau aesthetic, the flowing lines of his designs for advertisements, periodicals, catalogs, and posters made a marked impact on both commercial and fine art in the United States. The Wolfsonian–FIU Museum 1001 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org

Art Fairs

Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show
Feb 3-5, 2017

Join thousands of home designers, serious collectors, and antiques lovers at the first major antiques event of the South Florida winter season at the Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show on February 3-5 at the Miami Airport Convention Center. Over 200 select dealers from across the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America convene for one weekend to present a breathtaking collection … +

Design

Arts Fashion Weekend’ 2nd edition at Arts Connection Foundation
Sat 18 Feb, 2017 - Sat 18 Mar, 2017

Art and Fashion join together in an expo-sale that offers clothing, costume jewelry, accesories, and makeup. The second edition of the Arts Fashion Weekend includes twenty-two designers and artists presenting their proposals during the event. Under the curatorship of the Venezuelan artist Adriana Barrios Mendoza, this edition of the Art Fashion Weekend 2017 has been called The Trunk Show, a huge collection of visual experiences and … +

News

ICA: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design’ President talks
Jan 19, 2017, 7 PM

Since 1906, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem has set the artistic scene in Israel whilst being the leading institution in the country. This talk, “From Carpet Weavers to Transparent Architecture: 111 years of art and design education in Jerusalem,” led by the institution’s current president, Prof. Adi Stern, will portray the story of Bezalel, its unique spirit and its … +

News

Modern Dutch Design at The Wolfsonian-FIU
Nov 18, 2016 - June 11, 2017

During the period 1890–1940, the Netherlands built a reputation—which it still holds today—as a center for innovative design. Modern Dutch Design draws from The Wolfsonian’s extensive collection of Dutch furniture, decorative arts, design drawings, posters and bookbindings, in order to examine the evolution of design in the Netherlands during these decades. The exhibition focuses on how Dutch designers, architects, and artists responded … +

Art Fairs

Design Miami/
Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2016

Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Design Miami/ 2016 brings together leading design galleries from around the world to present beautifully conceived and highly individual exhibitions for which the fair has become renowned. Design Miami 2016 … +

Museums

Art Talk: Designer Harry Allen in Conversation with Diana Nawi at PAMM
Sep 29, 1:00pm

A talk by world-renowned designer Harry Allen followed by a conversation with PAMM Associate Curator Diana Nawi. Hear about Allen’s uniquely playful cast of domestic objects and larger design practice, including Allen’s Bank in the Form of a Pig, which can be won in a raffle that day. Born in New Jersey in 1964, Allen received a Master’s Degree in Industrial Design … +

Architecture

Monolith: The Abasi Rosborough Collection at Bakehouse Art Complex
Through Oct 2, 2016

This exhibition showcases the Spring/Summer 2016 collection of Fashion designer duo Abdul Abasi and Greg Rosborough inspired by East-West/West-East, a public art installation of bronze monoliths by Richard Serra in the Qatari desert. As colors and textures in the garments communicate this unique life experience, their collection is a perfect embodiment of public art inspiring the creative economy. In a recent New … +

Events

Miami Home Design and Remodeling Show Announces Featured Artists
Sep 2-6 2016

The #AtHomewithArt showcase and Artist Encounter opens Friday, September 2nd at the Miami Home Design and Remodeling Show located in the Miami Beach Convention Center. Stop by the feature area and meet 23 South Florida artists and representatives from three non-profit arts organizations: Little Haiti Mural Project, Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance (HCAA)/Iris Photo Collective, and Viernes Culturales/Little Havana Art District. The “At … +

News

MDC Museum of Art + Design exhibits Recent Acquisitions + Highlights II
Through 2017

The Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art + Design (MOA+D) exhibits the second installment of Recent Acquisitions + Highlights II, containing selections from the College’s growing art collection. Notable artists and works in the exhibition will include Cundo Bermudez, Ruben Torres Llorca, Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Louise Nevelson, Robert Motherwell and many others. Freedom Tower MDC Museum of … +

News

A Patch of Blue: Illustrations of Oscar Wilde at MDC Museum of Art + Design
Apr 12, 2016, 6 PM

MDC Museum of Art + Design is pleased to present A Patch of Blue: Illustrations of Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol curated by students in the MDC Museum Studies Program. The exhibition features works on loan highlighting the Symbolist style of French artist Jean-Georges Cornelius and examining various themes through original paintings and prints produced for a 1927 French publication … +

Architecture

Art & Sole: Fantasy Shoes at Bass Museum of Art
Through April 10, 2016

From the Jane Gershon Weitzman Collection, Art & Sole: Fantasy Shoes features over 150 of the most inventive examples of these fantasy art shoes, remarkable for their imaginative construction and elaborate adornment. Art & Sole exhibition was curated by Jane Gershon Weitzman. Shoes are constructed of unexpected materials such as bronze, ceramic, wire, Plexiglas or in the case of Robert Steele, corrugated … +

Art Fairs

Dolphin Promotions: New Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show at MACC
Jan 22-24, 2016

Dolphin Promotions is pleased to announce its returning with a new show, the Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show, to be held at the Miami Airport Convention Center (MACC). The inaugural Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show will feature 100 national and international exhibitors offering a broad range of rare antique furniture, decorative and fine arts including silver, paintings, bronzes, … +