May Magic

May in Magic City Miami reveals spellbinding art remaking and transforming the familiar. Don’t miss the magical transformations of discarded metal in shimmering and stunning “Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui” at Bass Museum of Art. There’s also “Some Like It Hot,” curated by Miami-based graffiti artist Brandon Opalka at HistoryMiami, showing how graffiti renews Miami, from Wynwood streets to Miami Marine Stadium. This show reveals intriguing urban challenges: In “Uprooting Architecture,” Saludarte Foundation with Universidad de Los Andes, University of Miami, National Media Museum (UK) at Ideobox, calls for renewed city structures in Miami via art by Juan Fernando Herrán. Elegantly distilled geometric installations by Karen Rifas transform space at Arevalo Gallery.