17 December 4-10, 2025 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | CONTENTS | LETTERS | NEWS | NIGHT+DAY | CULTURE | CAFE | MUSIC | sive retrospective on late, underseen Brook- lyn-born artist Joyce Pensato, who synthesized pop art iconography with ab- stract expressionism in her famous portraits of Mickey Mouse, Batman, and other cartoon characters. Another survey for Chicago mod- ernist sculptor Richard Hunt is also planned, as are shows for German painter Andreas Schulze (solo U.S. museum debut) and Japa- nese ceramicist Masaomi Yasunaga. All four shows will conclude in March 2026. The mu- seum will also debut a work by Igshaan Ad- ams in the museum’s stairwell, on view through November 2026. Institute of Contem- porary Art, Miami, 61 NE 41st St., Miami; 305- 901-5272; icamiami.org. “THE PRELUDE,” CURATED BY RASHID JOHNSON IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT Recently subject to a Guggenheim Museum retrospective and a beloved fixture of several Miami art collections, Rashid Johnson needs little introduction for tapped-in con- temporary art lovers. During Miami Art Week this year, the renowned artist will step into the curator’s chair for a show in the Mi- ami Design District titled “The Prelude,” se- lecting work from the collection of Miami-based Bruce Berkowitz and his Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation. Plac- ing the artist’s work alongside heavy hitters of canonical modernism – Henry Moore, Al- berto Giacometti, Cy Twombly – the show is indeed a “prelude” to BCF’s Longleaf Art Park in the Florida Panhandle, which will be centered around a monumental Richard Serra sculpture. The show opens Tuesday, December 2, and runs through early 2026. 151 NE 41st St., Ste. 133, Miami. miam- idesigndistrict.com. KAHLIL ROBERT IRVING / CONNOR DOLAN AT TUNNEL PROJECTS Tunnel Projects is opening two shows during Miami Art Week. The scrappy subterranean art incubator is staging a solo exhibition by Kahlil Robert Irving, whose work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Centered around a large ceramic relief, “Smokescreen” features intimate paintings that explore the ways personal nar- ratives and collective histories are built and obscured. Meanwhile, Tunnel resident Con- nor Dolan will show new work in the evoca- tively titled “Self Portrait With Two Deceased Siblings,” which will be staged at Touché Boutique. Both presentations open Tuesday, December 2, and run through Saturday, Janu- ary 3, 2026. Tunnel Projects, 308 SW 12th Ave., Miami; tunnelprojects.com. MORGAN LEIGH AT QUEUE GALLERY Queue Gallery in Downtown Miami will wrap up its first year with a show from Phoe- nix, Arizona-based Morgan Leigh. “Teeth- ing” will showcase the artist’s sculptural works, made from fabric, foam, and even snakeskin, tied and bound in interesting shapes, some of which incorporate actual sand from the deserts that Leigh uses as a source of inspiration. The show opens Wednesday, December 3 and runs through January 17. Queue Gallery, 212 N. Miami Ave., Miami; queuegallery.net
