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Paraphernalia at Bakehouse Art Complex

From Dec 4th, 2008 through Jan 25th, 2009.  The Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC) announces the opening of Paraphernalia: a nationally juried exhibition. Curated by Carol Damian, Director of the Frost Museum; Peter Boswell, Chief Curator at the Miami Art Museum; and Bernice Steinbaum, Owner and Director of the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. The exhibition will be on display from December 4th, 2008 through … +

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MOCA at Goldman Warehouse

The Possibility of an Island . From Dec 4th, 2008 through Mar 21st, 2009.The Museum of Contemporary Art’s annex space, MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, will feature the exhibition The Possibility of an Island from December 4th, 2008 through March 21st, 2009. The exhibition, which takes French author Michel Houellebecq’s 2005 novel of the same name as its starting point, poses existential questions … +

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Necrópolis Cristóbal Colón: Photographs by Raúl L. Rodríguez

Historical Museum of Southern Florida. From Sep 25th, 2008 through Jan 25th, 2009   Plotted on a pattern of five crosses, with two avenues creating the main cross, the Cristóbal Colón Cemetery in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba is considered one of the finest examples of funerary architecture in the world. Miami architect Raúl L. Rodríguez, AIA has been documenting its quiet … +

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Lowe Art Museum

Charles Lieberman. From Nov 22nd, 2008 through Jan 18th, 2009.  Charles Biederman: An American Idealist is a touring exhibition organized by the Frederick Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, on view at the Lowe Art Museum through January 18th, 2009. The exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of the life and work of Charles Biederman, an acclaimed American modernist, who pioneered … +

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Yinka Shonibare at Miami Art Museum

From Oct 31st, 2008 through Jan 18th, 2009.  As part of its ongoing New Work series, Miami Art Museum will present Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child, a new installation created specifically for MAM. The site-specific work will explore Miami’s role as a destination for both tourists and immigrants and as a symbol of freedom and … +

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Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA)

Anri Sala. From Dec 3rd through Mar 1st, 2009.  Purchase Not by Moonlight is the first major museum exhibition of Anri Sala’s videos and photographs in the United States, featuring works from the late 1990s to the present. The exhibition is co-organized by the Contemporary Arts Center in the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art (Cincinnati) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, North … +

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Photoconstructions by Peter Macke

From Nov 8th through Nov 22nd, 2008.  Curator's Voice Art Projects led by Milagros Bello presents the solo exhibition Photoconstructions by artist Peter Macke through November 22nd, 2008. Peter Mackies' photographic images present scolding references to urban elements and recreate a constructivist world of tools and industrial materials in a rough and textured environment.

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The Frida Files

Miami Beach Cinematheque. Through Nov 2008.  The Miami Beach Cinematheque is currently presenting an exhibition titled The Frida Files showcasing photographs by Leo Matiz through the month of November.

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Curator's Voice Art Projects

Rosario Bond. From Nov 8th, 2008 through Feb 14th, 2009.  Curator's Voice Art Project, led by Milagros Bello, presents a solo exhibition of paintings by Rosario Bond titled Lipstick on November 8th, 2008. Rosario Bond specializes in neo-expressionistic paintings made out with thick layers of impasto, in which figures, objects and nature intertwine in voracious and parodic relationships. Her most recent series … +

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Kaiju Monster Invasion in Miami Beach

ArtCenter/South Florida. Dec 2008.  The ArtCenter/South Florida is presenting a group show titled Kaiju, curated by Harold Golen. Kaiju is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but is often translated in English as "monster."  The most famous Kaiju is Godzilla. Other well-known Kaiju include Mothra, Anguirus, Rodan, Gamera, and King Ghidorah. During the 1960’s in Japan, toy vinyl figures of popular Japanese … +

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Art Basel's Art Projects

at Lummus Park. December 2008.  This year’s Art Projects sector features nine projects by international artists, more than ever before. For the first time, most of Art Projects will be presented in a single site: Lummus Park, on Ocean Drive between 10th and 14th Street; one will be on view at Watson Island, 888 MacArthur Causeway, Miami. Displayed in the public space … +

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ArtCenter/South Florida

Propaganda 2008. From Nov 8th through Nov 24th, 2008.  ArtCenter/South Florida (ACSF) announces Propaganda 2008, an exhibition created and curated by the Propaganda Collective. Presided over by Chairman Panda (Roxy Ramos), in alliance with the National Corndog Federation (Aimee Sauer), the printmaking installation that satirizes mass consumption and communication is being held under the auspices of Lips, Inc. (Larazo Amaral). Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer … +

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Arte del Barrio

We, the People. November 29th, 2008. 7:00 p.m.  Arte del Barrio is back in Miami’s art scene with its seventh multimedia art show curated by Alonso Mateo to be held on Saturday, November 29th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Miami Museum of Science.  At this event, renowned local artists bring fuse their talent and creativity around a historic national moment: "We, … +

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Polychrome Affinities

Miami Dade Public Library. From Oct 9th through Dec 15th, 2008.  Polychrome Affinities is a collective exhibition of large-scale works by artists Guerra de la Paz, Michelle Weinberg and Magali Wilensky. The exhibition, curated by Michelle Weinberg, developed from a shared obsession among the artists involved with sorting elements from the visual environment according to color. Expressing her conception for the exhibition, … +

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Russian Dreams

Bass Museum of Art. From Dec 4th, 2008 through Feb 8th, 2009.  Russian Dreams presents a selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary artists from Russia who explore nostalgia, both as the subject of a myth and as an opposition to mythology. This exhibition is collaboration between the Bass Museum of Art and the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow. Guest curator Olga Svilova works … +

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Democrazy by Francesco Vezzoli

Wolfsonian Museum-FIU. From Oct 24th through Dec 7th, 2008.  How are we manipulated by strategies of political communication? How do issues such as fame and the power of the media play into this dynamic, and what is the role of democracy? Inspired by the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections, artist Francesco Vezzoli explores these issues and how they’re expressed through contemporary visual language … +

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MAC @ MAM

Chantal Akerman. From Oct 16th, 2008 through Jan 25th, 2009.  Miami Art Museum presents its MAC @ MAM exhibition, this time a solo show by artist Chantal Akerman from October 16th, 2008 through January 25th, 2009. This is the artist’s first major traveling exhibition in the United States. The show will feature video from her documentary series: D’Est retraces a journey from summer to … +

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Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)

From Dec 3rd, 2008 through Mar 1st, 2009.  This December, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation will present The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, an exhibition curated by Leanne Mella showcasing contemporary art works in the collection that articulate the ways in which artists respond to the exercise of power in contemporary life. This exhibition will feature works by leading … +

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801 Projects

Why are we here? From Sep 26th through Oct 17th, 2008.  Around the corner, representational, intelligent design, perception, resemblance, earth, weapons, works. culturally conditioned, assigned, alien friendly, content, arising, sky, ordinary wonder, historical time, radar, animal, artists citizens, change, artists mingling with interconnectedness. These are going to be some of the subjects shared by a group of Miami-based artists at 801 Projects from September … +

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A Bittersweet Decade: The New Deal in America

Wolfsonian Museum. From Jul 5th, 2008 through Jan 19th, 2009.  Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, A Bittersweet Decade: The New Deal in America, 1933-43 considers the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs on American culture. The exhibition, on view July 5, 2008 through January 19, 2009, explores how the government’s patronage of art, design, and architecture were … +