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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Cleopatra’s: Trade Secrets Week 3

Alison Walsh. Cleopatra’s: Trade Secrets is an exhibition at John Connelly Presents in New York for which a daily trade occurs whereby an artist invited by Cleaopatra’s, a collaborative group based in Brooklyn, swaps a piece in the gallery for one of theirs. The show’s premise presents an alternative approach to value systems, gift and [...]

AT LARGE: Daniel Arsham

“Beacon Miami” 2008. Light installation on the I.M. Pei Bank of America tower. Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin Paris and Miami. Born in Ohio, Daniel Arsham’s artistic career was fostered in Miami. After attending D.A.S.H. he moved to New York to attend Cooper Union, but returned frequently to Miami where he began exhibiting work at The [...]

The Sunday Video: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – meaning of the monolith revealed. An in-depth analysis of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic by Rob Ager. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY meaning of the monolith revealed. Part 1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY meaning of the monolith revealed. Part 2 . An expanded analysis by this author of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [...]

Welcoming the practical nomad: Spinello Gallery in Design District

Spinello Gallery’s new space (right). Locust Projects’ new space (left). By Victor Barrenechea The word nomad (from the Greek νομάδες) translates as ‘those who let pasture herds.’ These pastoralist hunter gatherers, who often raise herds and move with them, have by far the longest-lived subsistence method in human history. While Miami’s art scene is a little [...]