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ART CIRCUITS CALENDAR
SUBSCRIBE A FRIEND HERESchimmel will talk about the large-scale thematic shows he’s curated over the course of his career, including Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s, Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979, and Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949–1962. Locust Projects + Oolite Arts are inviting to this conversation on Wednesday, October 9, 7 – 8:30 at Little Haiti Cultural Complex (212 NE 59th Terr.).Schimel was Chief Curator for 9 years at the Newport Harbor Art Museum (now the Orange County Museum of Art), Chief Curator for 22 years at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, and Founding Partner of Hauser Wirth & Schimmel.. Free but it is better to rsvp. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talks-paul-schimmel-tickets-54614108268?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=2e9f6a0273&mc_eid=402cc83c1b
Curated by Adler Guerrier Between the legible and the opaque: Approaches to an ideal in place proposes works of various media that incorporate abstraction as both a formal and conceptual framework to render perceptions of place. Opening reception: Friday, October 18, 6 – 9 at the Bakehouse Art Complex (561 NW 32nd St. Wynwood).On view until March 31, 2020.
Amy Schissel, Sean Black, Carlos Gallostra among otherUM Faculty that are showing at University of Miami, Wynwood Building Gallery. Opening on Saturday, October 12, 6 – 9 pm. Free (2750 NW 3rd. Ave. Ste. 4, Wynwood).On view until November 8.
Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month at the Nader Art Museum (62 NE 27th St. Wynwood) . On Thursday, October 17, opens Latin American Art: Visions of Identity. Works by: Soraya Abu Naba’ a, Ángel Acosta León , Pedro Álvarez, Cundo Bermúdez, Fernando Botero , Tony Capellán, Mario Carreño, Alejandro Colunga, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Fernando de Szyszlo, Wifredo Lam, among others.
Gary Nader proudly presents Ricardo Cisneros: Tierra Sublime (Namibia: Sublime Land), a series of 30 spectacular photographs from Mr. Cisneros travels to Namibia, Southern Africa. All proceeds from the sales of these photographs will be donated to Global Empowerment Mission to help on the recovery of NW Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. The exhibition will be on view from October 18 through November 30.
Teresita Fernandez: Elemental, on view from October 18, 2019 – February 9, 2020 at PAMM. Artist Talk and Catalogue Signing on the night of October 17, 7 pm.In celebration of the opening, artist Teresita Fernández will discuss her special exhibition Elemental and how her work has led her to this mid-career retrospective. Members enjoy advance ticketing September 26–29. Space is limited. Following the talk, Fernández will sign copies of the Elemental catalogue, while supplies last.
October 19, 2019 – April 25, 2020: Can It Be Really 20 Years Already? The 20th anniversary exhibition opens on October 19 (11 am – 4 pm).The Warehouse (591 NW 27th St. Wynwood Arts District) exhibitions showcase art of our times featuring 20th & 21st century sculpture, photography, video, painting and large-scale installations by international artists culled from the renowned collection of Martin Z. Margulies
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The Cuban Legacy Gallery at the MDC Special Collections will present Spinello Projects’ Juana Valdes: Terrestrial Bodies, on view from October 25, 2019 to April 26, 2020. An opening reception and walkthrough with the artist will be held on October 24. The artist walkthrough will begin at 7:00 pm.

Artika Books is a Spanish publishing house specialized in limited edition of artist’s books made by renowned international artists. Fernando Botero, Jaime Plensa and Antonio Lopez, among others. Artika’s Director Marc Buil invites to the presentation and Spanish Reception on Thursday, October 24, 8 – 9:30 pm. at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables.. Free and open to the public.
Lecture on Saturday, November 2, 3 pm at Frost Art Museum. Free. Sculptor Willie Cole. Cole assembles and transforms ordinary domestic and used objects such as irons, ironing boards, and high-heeled shoes into imaginative and powerful works of art and installations. Cole’s art speaks to the social, political, and cultural perspectives on the African American experience. Cole’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the MOMA, the Walker Art Center, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, as well as the National Gallery of Art, among many other museums
Today, Nov. 6, 7 pm: Curator Ruba Katrib returns to Miami for the final Talks of the fall season. Katrib is curator of cutting-edge MoMA PS1. Previously, she held curatorial positions at SculptureCenter, NY and at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami.The Talks are amazing, don’t miss this one! Little Haiti Cultural Complex (212 NE 59Terr). Free! get free tickets in the link!
Archeology of Memory: Site and sound of ceramics. Curated by Morel Doucet. On view: November 9, 2019 — March 31, 2020. Participating artists: Judith Berk-King, Beatriz Chachamovitz, Xavier Cortada, Morel Doucet, Jenna Efrein, Sharon Norwood, Lauren Shapiro, Troy Simmons, Kira Tippenhauer, and Valeria Yamamoto. Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9, 12 – 5 pm.

Join the Lowe Art Museum (UM Campus) and ARTtuesdays/MIAMI at Books & Books (Coral Gables) for an engaging conversation between renowned Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez and noted art historian and curator Dr. Carol Damian, member of the ARTtuesdays ‘Miami team. The pair will discuss Estévez’s latest project, Cities of the Mind, which Damian guest curated and which remains on view at the Lowe through May 3, 2020.
Wed, Nov 13, 6-30 – 7:30 pm. Gallerist Tyler Emerson-Dorsch talks with Elisabeth Condon about her new show Effulgence and an exciting year. In particular, Condon has recently connected with the Pattern and Decoration artists. We’ll talk about what this context means to her work and what is ahead.
Today, Saturday, November 16, 5 – 6:30 pm at Dimensions Variable (101 NW 79 St.). Free. Looking Back, a conversation: Dimensions Variable Co-Founder & CEO Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova in a conversation with artists Felice Grodin, Fabian Peña, Jamilah Sabur, Tom Scicluna, Agustina Woodgate. These are all artists included in the current exhibition 10—A Decade commemorating DV’s 10th anniversary.
Where Earth Meets Sky, curated by Deborah Mitchell, a unique exhibition exploring choreography in the Everglades by choreographer / dancer Dale Andree, photographer Miana Jun, filmmaker artist Claudio Marcotulli and artist Christina Pettersson.Artist Reception on Sunday, November 17, 1 – 3. Free and Open to the Public. The Gallery is inside the Ernest F. Coe Visitors Center in Everglades National Park.
Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:30 – 9 pm at Fountainhead Residency (690 NE 56 St, Miami):Everybody is welcome to meet the five artists in residency: Gabriel Chaile, Jamaal Peterman, Marcela Sinclair, Wynnie Mynerva, and Santiago Delfino. Theses artists are actively participating through Miami Art Week in different institutions. Come to learn about it.
Today, Sunday 24, from 2 – 4 pm at Dot Fiftyone Gallery in Little River book launch of Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone with a conversation of the attist with Dennis Scholl (President and CEO of Oolite Arts). Photographs of Southern United States. Ask at the gallery for your free copy of art circuits and be ready for Miami Art Week.
Miami MoCCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora, and Lowe Art Museum co-sponsor an Art Basel Week kickoff with a complimentary reception and a conversation with Afro-Cuban artist Juan Roberto Diago and curator and founding director, Harvard Afro-Latin American Research Institute Alejandro de la Fuente, moderated by Erica Molah James, University of Miami Caribbean Art History Professor. Sunday, December 1, from 5 pm. Seating begins at the Storer Auditorium, program starts at 6 pm. Diago: The Pasts of this Afro Cuban Present is the first retrospective of Juan Roberto Diago (b.1971). This exhibition, presented by University of Miami Lowe Art Museum and the Harvard University Hutchins Center for African & African American Research in collaboration with Miami MoCAAD, offers over two decades of uninterrupted work and traces Diago’s singular efforts to construct new pasts–the pasts required to explain the racial tensions of contemporary Cuba.
RSVP is required for the reception at 7 pm and the lecture al 8 pm by artist Glenn Ligon. Also to visit the de la Cruz home in Key Biscayne that will open to those who rsvp on Monday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10:30 am – 3:30 pm. If you haven’t visit their collection at their home, this is a must!!!! Call 305 576 6112 or email.
Gary Nader’s Opening Night is Tuesday, December 3, 7 – 10 pm: José María Cano: Luna, Soraya Abu Naba’A: vertical Encounters, Espacio Botero (paintings, drawings, sculptures), Masters (Chagall, Picasso, Indiana +). ABMB art week hours are Monday, Dec. 2 – Sunday, Dec. 8: 10 am – 7 pm. Free!
The Museum of Graffiti, a new contemporary art museum and the first institution of its kind to present the history of the global graffiti art movement, will open its doors to the public on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at its new home in Wynwood at 299 NW 25th Street. Opens daily 11 am – 7 pm. Admission: $23/$15/<5:Free. Founders: Artist & author Alan Ket and practicing attorney Allison Freidin.
Friday, Dec. 6: 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Top women collectors in Latin America discuss their experiences and challenges. Moderated by: Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian, Speakers: Solita Cohen, Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Milagros Maldonado (they are good friends!). The art fair ticket costs $35. Pinta will be open until Sunday, Dec. 8: 12 – 7 pm.
In The Total Absence / Presence of Color, curated by Adriana Herrera for Sammer Gallery new space-office in Midtown will be closing on Saturday, December 7, with a free visit and breakfast from 10 am – noon. The title of this exhibition responds to the predominance of black and white in the assembled works. The works gathered here encompass a period of 90 years: from an untitled 1929 drawing by Joaquín Torres García, to the acrylic on metal Táctil Virtual by Rafael Martinez from 2019 (3250 NE 1st Ave. Unit 303, Midtown).
At University of Miami space at the Wynwood Building from December 2, 2019, to January 17, 2020: New Works: UMFA 2019. Featuring: Kimberly Bauldree, Talia Ceravolo, Jessica Dehen, Elizabeth Guignino, Nadine Hall, Lance Layman, Charlisa Montrope, Myra Porter, Courtney Schmidt, Sidney Sherman, Ileana Tolibia, Monica Leslie Travis, and Melissa Tychonievich. Opening Reception on Saturday, December 7, 6 – 9 pm.
Breakfast in the Park with the lecture by Sculptor Petrah Coyne on Sunday, December 8: 9:30 am to noon. Free and Open to the Public. An official Art Basel Miami Beach event, the contemporary sculptor and photographer Petah Coyne will be the featured speaker this year. Known for her elaborately detailed assemblages that hang from ceilings and erupt from the floor, Coyne uses molten wax, silk flowers, sumptuous fabric, and pristine taxidermy to create works that evoke gothic narratives and the excess of the Rococo.
Sunday, December 8 at the Lowe Art Museum (UM Campus). Bubbles and Brunch from 10:30 am to noon (visit three amazing exhibits ) and then at 12:30 pm. Lecture with renowned sculptor Ursula von Rydinngsvard at the Donna Shalala Student Activity Center. Best known for creating large-scale, often monumental sculptures from cedar beams, von Rydingsvard is represented in the permanent collections of over 30 museums.