Exhibitions

Miami Art Museum. From Oct 9th, 2009 through Jan 17th, 2010. In October of 2009, Miami Art Museum premieres the most comprehensive survey of the work of Argentine artist Guillermo Kuitca ever presented in North America. On view at MAM from October 9th, 2009 through January 17th, 2010, Guillermo Kuitca: Everything, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008 traces the evolution of Kuitca’s … +

From Sept 25th through Nov 8th, 2009. Since 1995, the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami has been developing a collection of pivotal works by international contemporary artists. MOCA’s focused approach to collecting concentrates on works connected by concepts and methodology, rather than chronology, style or medium.

From Oct 31st, 2009 through Jan 24th, 2010. Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire from the Brooklyn Museum examines the role of twenty-one extraordinary mosaics in the development of synagogue decoration in the late Roman Empire. The exhibition presents the reconstruction of an ancient mosaic floor from a synagogue in Hammam Lif, Tunisia (the ancient Punic town of Naro, … +

From Sept 13th through Nov 8th, 2009. This fall, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) presents Shifting Constructs, its 2009 Grants and Commissions Programs exhibition on view from September 13th to November 8th at CIFO Art Space.

Lowe Art Museum. From Oct 10th, 2009 through Jan 24th, 2010. Considered a social satirist and visual storyteller, studio glass artist Ricky Bernstein draws the viewer into his larger-than-life cartoon dramas – a true slice of Americana.

Venice in the Age of Canaletto. From Oct 8th, 2009 through Jan 10th, 2010. The view paintings of Giovanni Antonio Canal, one of eighteenth-century Venice’s most important artists, will be among the objects on view in the exhibition Venice in the Age of Canaletto at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Venice in the Age of Canaletto will consider Canal, … +

Poet’s Room. Teorema by Horacio Sapere and Entre Calles by Silvia Martinez “Kuti” On September 2nd, CCE Miami in collaboration with Frost Art Museum will present the project Poet’s Room. Teorema by artist Horacio Sapere at the museum’s location in FIU. Also in collaboration with Gobierno de las Islas Baleares and the Ramón Llull Institute, this project will feature an artistic piece … +

From Sept 4th through Nov 7th, 2009. The Miami Dade College (MDC) Art Gallery System officially opens its art gallery season by paying tribute to one of Cuba’s greatest artists: the late master Cundo Bermúdez, with the exhibition Under a Brilliant Sun: Cundo Bermúdez into the 21st Century at its national historic landmark the Freedom Tower.

Artane Gallery. Istanbul. Turkey. From Oct 1st through Oct 31st, 2009 Artane Gallery  is presenting Travelogue, an exhibition by Miami’s collaborative Guerra de la Paz.  Composed by Alain Guerra and Neraldo De La Paz, the duet has worked together for the past 11 years exhibiting their work internationally. Travelogue includes sculptures, installations and their latest series of photographs.

Apr 17th through Oct 4th, 2009. The Bass Museum of Art in South Beach brings historical works together with contemporary works in what is called “a dialogue between the past and the present of art”. In one hand, the exhibition includes works by 17th, 18th, and 19th century masters such as Delacroix, Rubens, Goya, Rigaud and Hoppner. On the other hand, it … +

Sept 8th, 2009 through Feb 7th, 2010. Jewish Identity, an exhibition by painter Judy Chicago, is on view at the Jewish Museum of Florida. The exhibition is a retrospective of 50 works from the artist’s extensive career, exploring the impact that her Eastern European Jewish roots and Jewish cultural and politically activist upbringing have had in her life.

Oct 9th, 2009 through Jan 10th, 2010. The Frost Art Museum at FIU is presenting The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, an exhibition exploring art as a medium for pursuing world peace, inspired on the iconic image of the 14th Dalai Lama. Such exhibition endeavor wouldn’t be possible without the collaboration offered by the Committee of 100 for Tibet, and … +

Sept 4th through Oct 11th, 2009 ArtCenter / South Florida presents The Flying Carpet, an exhibition born of the playthings that fuel the arguments of married artists Pip and Duane Brant. From September 4th to October 11th, 2009, viewers will be invited into their whimsical world of sewing-sound-machines, flying carpets and more.

From Jul 15th through Sept 13th, 2009. The exhibition Simon Starling: Inverted Retrograde Theme, USA (House for a Songbird) is on view in the Henri and Flore Lesieur Pavilion at the Bass Museum. This exhibition is comprised of one large-scale installation, sound, and two photographs. In this installation conceptual artist Simon Starling (b. 1967 Epsom, England) explores the relationships between craft, material, … +

September 2009 The Bakehouse Art Complex and Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus have swapped for the month of September. BAC will be hosting the work of Faculty from MDC, while the Main Gallery at MDC will exhibit the work of 10 BAC resident artists, all of whom have taken residency at the BAC over the past 6 months. These recently acquired artists … +

Wolfsonian Museum. From Oct 16th, 2009 through Mar 14th, 2010. The Wolfsonian – Florida International University presents Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design, 1908-1948, an engaging exploration of automobile design in America from the 1900s through the 1940s. The exhibition, on view from October 16th, 2009 through March 14th, 2010, highlights the important role played by designers and visual … +

From Sept 12th through Oct 3rd, 2009. Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger are the two artists that together form, Miller & Shellabarger. Miller & Shellabarger will be the 10th artists to participate in Diet’s invitational series of exhibitions. Their work, which is often rooted in accessible performances, links them together as partners, procreators, specimens, and artists. Miller & Shellabarger take a comical, yet … +

From Jun 27th through Oct 4th, 2009. From its inception, photography has enticed scientists, artists and amateurs alike. Whether used for capturing historical moments or as an art form, the lens has played a significant role in human life. To fulfill this innate sentiment, Through the Lens: Photography from the Permanent Collection will be on view from June 27th through October 4th, … +

August 2nd, 2009. 3:00 p.m. Miami Art Museum presents Pop Art expert and enthusiast Thomas Crow in a lecture entitled The Expanding Empire of Pop: from Andy Warhol to the Beatles to Jeff Koons to Damien Hirst on Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. to be held at the MAM auditorium.

Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Through Jan 2010. Black Freedom in Florida 1700 – 1865 is essentially the precursor to the history we are examining in our temporary exhibition, Black Crossroads: The African Diaspora in Miami,” explains Joanne Hyppolite, Ph.D., Chief Curator at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. It examines how Florida functioned as a unique haven for freedom-seeking Blacks from … +

An exhibition of new work by Ramon Bofill, Westen Charles and Brian Reedy will open at the ArtCenter/South Florida’s Richard Shack  Gallery on Friday, August 26 at 5 p.m.