South Florida could be described as a region of our country that is in continuous growth and rebirth. Communities throughout South Florida cities seem to pop-up all around us always giving a new and hip place for us to visit or even call home. Some years ago, Key West was considered one of these top destinations for tourist and Florida residents alike. ... +

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It is hard for us to imagine, as members of an incredibly active community of the arts, there was a time when art was a limited institution. Luckily for us, we have the opportunity, in our present day existence and exploration of different means of expression, to experience the innovative concepts of the artists of our time. These visionaries, who have worked ... +

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It is always exciting to hear of new events taking place in South Florida. Even more exciting is learning of such a success that a second of the kind will take place the following year. Last year, South Beach hosted several parties and special events at a number of different venues around Miami and the Beaches for the first South Beach International ... +

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Well-known photographer and gallerist Daniel Azoulay opened a new space at Miami’s latest urban development, Midtown 4, on December 2nd, 2008. The Daniel Azoulay Gallery dedicates its walls exclusively to contemporary photography, a medium Azoulay has always believed in and practiced, and video art. His new location is no coincidence; this calculated move to the Midtown area, located just south of his ... +

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It is no secret that a woman’s place in our society is constantly evolving through the efforts of strong and relentless pioneers. This evolution may not always be a fast and obvious improvement, but nonetheless, it is an evolution. Women’s suffrage, the civil rights movement, and the progress of the working-woman are prevalent in the discussion of women’s issues of yesterday, today, ... +

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Engages with and awards the local arts community. And the winners are… It’s a concern for every neighborhood, but with the current economic meltdown the country is experiencing, it is especially pressing: What action can be taken that will keep the arts scene vital? The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation came up with an answer: the Knight Arts Challenge, which ... +

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Kemal Gekic, the Croatian pianist who made his U.S. debut 1999 and was subsequently selected by Florida International University as their artist-in-residence, opens the Miami International Piano Festival’s Master Series this year. And since artists are more known for their performances, repertoire or roles, than for being themselves, MAG takes this opportunity to speak with the person behind the work and to ... +

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Peggy Levison Nolan at Dina Mitrani Gallery Peggy Levison Nolan likes a beautiful landscape just as much as the next person. She just doesn’t like to shoot it – or anything else classically easy on the eye. “I was starring at a stunning mesa once,” she recalls about that flat-topped formation particular to the American Southwest and a favorite focal point for ... +

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Everybody wanted to cook something! O.H.W.O.W., or Our House West of Wynwood – the name kinda says it all. This funky alternative space, opened last fall, is a hybrid cultural community center: part art gallery, part events space, part hang-out, or as the owners put it, “a social and cultural experiment like no other that takes place in a living, breathing venue ... +

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