Miami exhibitions

Ebony G Patterson’s ornate night garden of toxic silk flowers and neo-baroque tapestries

It’s among the most enduring tales of deception: Eve and Adam’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden after eating the forbidden fruit, the original sin. In Ebony G Patterson’s largest survey to date, the mixed media artist similarly lures viewers...

Pantone offers a taste of its 2019 Color of the Year in pop-up pantry installation

Pantone revealed its 2019 Color of the Year – the ‘life-affirming’ shade of Living Coral – with the debut of a multi-sensory installation at the Royal Palm South Beach resort during Art Basel Miami Beach. The global authority on colour...

Who are we buying? An anonymous art and design auction changes the game in Miami

‘We expect one thing or are fearful of one thing, and then the opposite happens,’ says Alejandra Martinez of the surprises that arise from her Latin American and Mexican non-profit art and design auction, Anónimo (anonymous in Spanish). The...

Design Miami 2018: the Wallpaper* highlights

Art Basel Miami Beach 2018: the Wallpaper* edit

Tomás Saraceno’s aerosolar sculptures take flight in Miami

The unveiling of Tomás Saraceno’s latest artwork during Art Basel Miami got off to an inauspicious start when inclement weather conditions forced the inaugural flight demonstration to be postponed. And yet, it only served to highlight the pressing environmental issues...

Miami’s Brickell City Centre hosts immersive design environments for CasaCor

It’s that time of the year again, when the international art and design worlds descend onto Miami for a week of champagne-fuelled parties and events. While Design Miami/ launches its 14th edition, a few blocks from the beachfront, CasaCor Miami...

Art Basel Miami Beach 2018 preview: highlights from the Florida fair

Fendi celebrates a decade of Design Miami with a series of fountains by Sabine Marcelis

Water, one of the most essential elements of life – has long been a central creative feature for Fendi. Some 40 years ago, the house found inspiration in the waters in Rome, producing Histoire d’Eau, the first film in the...

The art of the beautiful game: football moves off pitch and into the museum

Football has many guises. It is a pastime where schoolboys scrape knees in a courtyard; a tear-jerking symbol of national pride; a multi-billion dollar industry with corporate interest; a global franchise with a zealot-like devotion to the athletes – the...

The Soviet propaganda graphics that shaped the Russian Revolution

Propaganda today may come in a much more subtle and insidious form, but once not too long ago, nationalistic messages were sent out to the public loud and clear. The eye-catching graphic design of early 20th-century Soviet propaganda is an...

Art, literature and Instagram collide at the Nautilus in Miami Beach

As the art world decamps to balmier climes for their final major fair of the year, Art Basel Miami Beach, juggling previews and parties becomes an art in itself. For some, the primo happenings are just an elevator trip away...