18 April 20-26, 2023 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | Culture | Night+Day | News | Letters | coNteNts | Month XX–Month XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | Exhibitionism Miami Museum Months bring openings — and deals — galore. BY DOUGLAS MARKOWITZ T hink all the art goes away with the Basel crowds in December? Please. Miami’s museums and art spaces are constantly punching above their weight all year round, with some even saving the good stuff for the lean summer months. In fact, now’s a great time to go on some art adventures: The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau has declared April and May Miami Attraction & Museum Months, and local institutions are getting into the spirit with discounts galore. Below, New Times highlights some of the best art openings and Museum Month deals of the season. Pérez Art Museum Miami Whether or not you’ve been dragging your feet on visiting the blockbuster Leandro Eh- rlich show that opened at PAMM in Decem- ber, now’s an even better time to check it out. In addition to immersive art from Argentinian Ehrlich and Venezuelan Carlos Cruz-Diaz, the museum has added one of Yayoi Kusama’s largest infinity mirror rooms, “Love is Call- ing,” as well as a vibrant new room-size proj- ect from Brazilian artist Marcella Cantuária. There’s even more to come, with Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s decolonial video work debut- ing on April 13 and local Cuban-Lebanese art- ist Jason Seife opening his show on May 19. PAMM is also offering a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for Museum Month. 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-375-3000; pamm.org. Thurs- day 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday through Mon- day 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission costs $12 to $16. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami While the ICA is free to enter every day — no deals here, sorry! — its spring/summer exhibi- tion slate may be the best in the city. A fantas- tic survey of British-Caribbean painter Denzil Forrester’s marvelous, reggae-influenced paintings just opened, and shows by buzzy emerging artists such as Avery Singer (opens April 22), Aglaé Bassens, and Claire Tabouret (both opening May 5) are also coming up. The museum is hosting Singer as part of its ICA Speaks series on her show’s opening night, Saturday, April 22; the event is ticketed and costs $15. 61 NE 41st St., Miami; 305-901-5272; icamiami.org. Wednesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Right off the heels of its excellent Didier Wil- liam show, MOCA is exhibiting work from another prominent Black artist, the illustri- ous Lonnie Holley. While the 73-year-old Al- abama native is also getting buzz for his recent album Oh Me Oh My, “Lonnie Holley: If You Really Knew” will focus on his practice as a self-taught artist and his journey from ex- treme poverty in the Jim Crow South to a one-of-a-kind artistic sensibility. The mu- seum is also putting on the South Florida Cul- tural Consortium’s annual group show, featuring 12 local artists. Both shows open Wednesday, May 10. 770 NW 125th St., North Miami; 305-893-6211; mocanomi.org. Wednes- day noon to 7 p.m. and Thursday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $5 to $10. Lowe Art Museum The University of Miami art museum recently opened “Transcendent Clay,” an exhibition showcasing the pottery practice of the Kondo family of Kyoto, Japan. So what? It’s just a bunch of clay pots, you may think. Think again. The show dives into three generations of Kondo porce- lain masters, from the exceptional traditional de- signs of Kondo Yuzo to the ut- terly unique contemporary pieces of Kondo Takahiro, whose work ranges from sculptural monoliths inspired by Scottish standing stones to full-body casts responding to the devasta- tion of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. 1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables; 305-284-3535; lowe.miami.edu. Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Frost Art Museum The Florida International University museum has plenty going on throughout the year and into the summer, which may be why it’s offer- ing 10 percent off annual membership during the Museum Months period. Upcoming shows include looks into works on paper from post-Renaissance Italy, contemporary draw- ing, and the school’s annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition. On display right now is the vi- tal exhibit “An Elegy to Rosewood,” marking 100 years since a KKK-instigated massacre of Black residents in the northern Florida town, as well as a show of Haitian paintings from the 1980s and ‘90s. 10975 SW 17th St., Miami; 305- 348-2890; frost.fiu.edu. Tuesday through Sun- day 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Locust Projects Miami’s premier experimental art space re- cently moved to a new, bigger location in Lit- tle River after nearly a decade in the Design District, and it’s celebrating with a new, site- specific presentation by artist Rafael Domenech that’s all about community en- gagement. Open now, “assembling beneath a desire for sabotage” will feature programming throughout the spring, including an upcoming show-within-a-show featuring a sculpture garden and a Bingo Bash fundraiser on May 6. In the summer, the whole thing will be disas- sembled by the Locust Art Builders teen art camp participants for use in their own art- works. 297 NE 67th St., Miami; 305-576-8570; locustprojects.org. Wednesday through Satur- day 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Oolite Arts Locust isn’t the only local art space that’s swapping locations. Oolite Arts is preparing to move to its new campus next year, but for now, it’s hosting an artist-in-residence exhi- bition at its gallery on Lincoln Road Mall. Cu- rated by PAMM’s associate curator Jennifer Inacio, “Landscape of Realities” includes a range of multimedia works that explore dif- ferent “realities.” Sounds trippy. 924 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; 305-674-8278; oolitearts. org. Daily noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Museum of Graffiti The street art-centric space in Wynwood is opening “Reduce, Reuse, Remix” on April 22, Earth Day. The show features works made by some of Miami’s most illustrious street muralists — Ahol Sniffs Glue, Krave, and more are on the lineup — using Air-Ink, an innovative painting tool that uses carbon- capture technology. The opening party is free with RSVP, and the attraction also offers a buy-one-get-one-free coupon from now until May 31. 276 NW 26th St., Miami; 786- 580-4678; museumofgraffiti.com. Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission costs $12 to $16. NSU Art Museum Museum pickings are slim if you’re in the Broward area, but Fort Lauderdale’s main museum has a few interesting shows on dis- play. “Animation Generation” focuses on ani- mated works ranging from William Kentridge to Walt Disney, while “Picturing Fame” takes a look at the limelight with work from Warhol, Toulouse-Lautrec, and other artists offering their takes on the subject. “The Eye of CoBrA” dives into the museum’s extensive holdings of art from CoBrA, the radical northern European art movement that included exuberant, childlike works from the likes of Asger Jorn and Karel Appel. 1 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-525- 5500; nsuartmuseum.org. Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Admission costs $5 to $16. The Bass Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum is offering 15 percent off general admission with its coupon deal from now until May 31. It doesn’t have any openings planned in the near future. Still, it’s worth the trip to Collins Park if you haven’t seen its winter shows, in- cluding a site-specific installation by Adrián Villar Rojas and Mariana Telleria. 2100 Col- lins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7530; thebass. org. Wednesday through Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Admission costs $8 to $15. Superblue With a steep admission price — $36 for adults and $29 with Florida ID on weekdays — the Pace Gallery-owned Superblue is offering a 25 percent discount coupon until May 31. If you’ve somehow resisted the call to pay through the nose for the privilege of walking around Es Devlin’s mirror maze or TeamLab’s digital art installation until now, this month might be a good time to go, especially since the place might not be doing so hot behind the scenes, according to reports. 1101 NW 23rd St., Miami; 786-697-3405; superblue.com. Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets cost $29 to $36. [email protected] ▼ Culture “Transcendent Clay” at the Lowe Art Museum showcases the pottery practice of the Kondo family of Kyoto, Japan. Photo by Jenny Abreu/Lowe Art Museum “TRANSCENDENT CLAY” DIVES INTO THREE GENERATIONS OF KONDO PORCELAIN MASTERS.
