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Miami Street Photography Festival at History Miami
Through Jan 15, 2017

HistoryMiami Museum is hosting one of the most popular art events in recent years: the Miami Street Photography Festival. Now celebrating its 5th anniversary, the Miami Street Photography Festival features world-class photographers, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, photo walks, and portfolio reviews. The festival’s mission is to give exposure to up-and-coming photographers from around the globe and highlight the best in international street photography. … +

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Lillian Bassman: Elegance at Dina Mitrani Gallery
Oct 22 - Dec 30, 2016

Lillian Bassman’ Elegance will present a significant collection of signed silver gelatin prints by American artist Lillian Bassman (1917-2012). Bassman’s unique graphic style of photography blurs the boundaries between fashion photography and fine art. In the 1970’s, frustrated with the formulaic trends of fashion photography, Bassman destroyed nearly her entire archive save for a bag of negatives stowed away in a closet. … +

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Newsman at HistoryMiami
Through Aug 14, 2016

For forty years, photojournalist Tim Chapman documented the history of South Florida and beyond. His career with the Miami Herald began in 1972, ended in 2012, and included coverage of The Jonestown Massacre, the Mariel Boatlift, the Cocaine Cowboys era, and Hurricane Andrew, among other local and international events. In 2013, Chapman donated his life’s work to HistoryMiami Museum, and Newsman showcases … +

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Markowicz Fine Art presents David Bowie Unseen by Markus Klinko
Feb 25, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Markowicz Fine Art is partnering with award-winning, international fashion and celebrity photographer and director Markus Klinko for the grand reveal of never-before-seen photos of the beloved, international pop culture legend and fashion icon, David Bowie. The photographs are limited editions autographed by the contemporary photographer. Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation funds the nation’s best and brightest scientific investigators whose research focuses on finding less … +

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Artist John Sevigny talks at Conde Contemporary Gallery
Jan 30, 2016, 7 PM

Conde Contemporary Gallery invites photographer John Sevigny. In a 45-minute talk, the artist will discuss metaphors related to his work such as: beliefs and rituals, encounters with violence, Santeria and Miami’s collective identity themes. A new group of 14 photographs, Dark Arts, will be on view the same night. John Sevigny was born in Miami and lived on US-Mexico border for four … +

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From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca at The Wolfsonian–FIU Museum
Through Jan 17, 2016

Celebrating the centennial of Miami Beach, Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca documents the city’s fledgling years. Sculpted by pioneering developers such as Carl Fisher, Miami Beach blossomed during the 1920s into a winter tourist hotspot catering to the wealthy elite. Photographic albums of “lost” hotels—the Nautilus, Flamingo, King Cole, and others—show how these self-contained luxury resorts lured the rich and … +

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Roberto Huarcaya: Amazogramas at Dina Mitrani Gallery
Through Jan 9, 2016

Dina Mitrani Gallery presents Amazogramas by Roberto Huarcaya, an installation of two 30 meter long photograms. During a period of over two years, Huarcaya travelled to the Bahuaja Sonene National Park in southeastern Peru, to capture the lush diversity and enormity of this living environment. Three 30-meter scrolls were placed throughout the Amazon forest using only the passage of time and light, … +

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Miami Street Photography Festival 2015 at HistoryMiami
Nov 20, 2015 - Jan 17, 2016

For the first time, HistoryMiami Museum will host the Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF) during Art Basel Week (Dec 3-6, 2015). In conjunction with the festival, the Museum will exhibit the finalists of MSPF’s international street photography competition through January 2016. The MSPF is an international photography festival showcasing the best of contemporary street photography, and featuring the work of professional and … +

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Exhibitions by Eduardo Capilla and Leslie Gabaldón at Dot FiftyOne Gallery
Through Dec 22, 2015

Trans-visual Express by artist Eduardo Capilla shows part of his project Nocion, that started back in 1982. This time the artist is introducing a book documenting the research related to the project. Showing The history and some of the actions, happenings and exhibitions that have been taking place since 1984; to understand them as a substantial contribution to the visual language. Intertextuality. … +

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Miami Street Photography Festival 2015 at HistoryMiami
Dec 3 - 6, 2015

The MSPF is an international photography festival showcasing the best of contemporary Street Photography viewed through the eyes of emerging photographers in this genre capting the world around us. The featured artists of the present edition are Bruce Davidson, David Alan Harvey, Peter Turnley, Maggie Steber and Larry Towell. The 2015 MSPF Street Photography Festival holds its usual contest open to participants … +

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From Within and Without: The History of Haitian Photography
Jun 21– Sep 13, 2015

Haiti’s catastrophic 2010 earthquake destroyed much of the nation’s history, art, and culture, causing an irreparable rupture with the past. Photographs made before 2010 are generally all that remain of the rich culture, monuments, and way of life predating this disaster. From Within and Without allows NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale to play a crucial role in retrieving and restoring memories … +

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The Seventh Day: Revisiting Shabbat at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
Apr 14 – Oct 25, 2015

In Jewish tradition, one of the pillars of Jewish practice, Sabbath, or Shabbat, is observed in many ways, including going to synagogue, cooking a special meal, resting from work or physical activity and reflecting on life outside of our daily routines. The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU presents an exhibition, The Seventh Day: Revisiting Shabbat, that features contemporary and often provocative depictions of … +

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Dina Mitrani Gallery presents Holly Lynton: Bare Handed
March 12 – May 2, 2015

This series of photographs narrates the stories of New England country farmers who have chosen to sustain ethical farming practices despite the pressures of the rapidly expanding business of agriculture. Bare Handed tells of the impalpable connections between man, creature and the forces of nature. The labor-intensive images reveal this very commitment to the holistic practices of these farmer’s “agrarian traditions.” The … +

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Thomas Jackson's Emergent Behavior at Dina Mitrani Gallery
Jan 17 - Mar 6, 2015

Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present Thomas Jackson’s Emergent Behavior. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. In this series of installation photographs, manufactured objects mimic the swarming behaviors of fish, insects, birds and other organisms. Glow sticks shoal like sardines, cheese balls throng like bees and Post-it notes echo the murmurations of starlings. Whimsical and uncanny at … +

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Sebastião Salgado: Genesis
Nov 6 - Jan 10, 2015

Dina Mitrani Gallery is proud to present a selection of photographs by internationally recognized artist, Sebastião Salgado. This is the gallery’s second collaboration with the Peter Fetterman Gallery, based in California. In Genesis, Salgado’s third long-term series, the artist has chosen to focus on the pristine beauty of the earth and those living in harmony with it. Salgado’s photographs, taken during an … +

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First Miami Photo Salon Festival
Dec 2- Dec 5, 2014, 11am - 9pm

Its an encounter to celebrate photography, and the artists, professionals and students behind the camera lens- but also a feast for enthusiasts in front of the perfect image in a Gallery space. The Festival is open to everyone, regardless the media, equipment, or treatment of the photographic images. The best images will be exhibited during the Art Basel Week in Downtown Miami, … +

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PAMM UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Photographs by Daniel Azoulay
Nov 6 - Jan 9, 2015

THE EXHIBIT "PAMM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION" features photographs by Daniel Azoulay of the recently completed Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), when it was under construction. The museum was designed by the architecture firm, Herzog & de Meuron from Switzerland with the intention to convey a fluent connection between the subtropical site and its architecture. The photographs by Daniel will tell the story of … +

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Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale presents The Indestructible Lee Miller
Oct 4, 2015 - Jan 3, 2016

This exhibition explores the life and work of the pre-eminent American photographer, Lee Miller, from several perspectives: as the favored fashion model in the 1920s for photographers such as Edward Steichen and Arnold Genthe; as the assistant, collaborator, and muse of surrealist photographer Man Ray in the 1930s; as a heralded art and fashion photographer, and as a combat photographer during World … +

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Dina Mitrani Gallery presents Anonymous by Rafael Diaz
Sep 6, 2014. 7:00 pm

The inspiration for the series of works in the exhibition, Diaz examines this issue from his very personal perspective of one who understands the importance of privacy and confidentiality. The portraits in this exhibition are examples of a similar confidential relationship, they conceal the identity of each sitter, yet are detailed studies of the human body and its many distinctions. These sitters … +

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Cuba Out of Cuba: Through the Lens of Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte in Collaboration with Tico Torres
Sep19, 2014 - Aug 30, 2015

MDC Museum of Art + Design is please to present Cuba Out of Cuba: Through the Lens of Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte in Collaboration with Tico Torres. This exhibition inaugurates the new Cultural Legacy Gallery, a permanent space dedicated to the impact of Cuban culture on South Florida and throughout the world, housed at the National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College … +

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American Scene Photography: Martin Z. Margulies Collection
Nov 2, 2014 - Mar 22, 2015

Martin Z. Margulies has avidly collected photographs for over 20 years, and this exhibition, American Scene Photography, is drawn from his extensive collection. The Margulies collection reflects Mr. Margulies’s own interest in the human condition. This is especially evident in his collection of photographs from the first decades of the 20th century to the present, documenting the character of America, the beauty … +