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Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Lingam at The Know Show

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Installation view of The Know Show at Swampspace, Miami Design District. A sand covered Styrofoam sculpture currently on view at Swampspace in Miami’s Design District transcends it’s obvious phallic aspect for a couple of simple reasons that dovetail with it’s righteous simplicity. The work is a collaborative effort by the un-gallery owner, show’s curator, artist, [...]

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Jet Set Satruday: Liat Yossifor at Angles Gallery

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Uniform, 2011. Oil on linen. From the series Performers From a Future Past. Image courtesy Angles Gallery. One of the first things a young artist learns in painting is never ever to layout an entire spectrum when painting. Rather, a diligent student is supposed to carefully construct an under-painting and then group colors according to [...]

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Announcing the Miami Writer’s Prize 2011

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Image credit: daveynin. With the help of a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and donations kindly received from readers, ARTLURKER, a Miami based online community forum for the contemporary arts, is proud to announce year two of the Miami Writer’s Prize, a new annual prize aimed at encouraging residents of [...]

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A word from our sponsor

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood presents Cristina Lei Rodriguez: Forever March 5 – April 10, 2011 This exhibition presents a survey of Cristina Lei Rodriguez’s sculptures and installations since 2003. Rodriguez was first inspired by artificial flowers and how they are always portrayed perfectly in bloom, a fantasy frozen in time. Once she [...]

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Collectors profile: The Mikesell family

Friday, March 11, 2011

Kathryn and Dan Mikesell at home in their collection. Lester Bangs, a rock critic and more, once said in an interview with Jim DeRogatis: “I double back all over myself” which means that he might at first go negative then later come to embrace that which at first he criticized.This article is not based on [...]

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Art Market Communities

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Investing in the Art Market has the same effect of slash and burn farming. Short term gains at sake of sustainability. The current art education model is failing. Potential master’s degree students either have the choice of spending two hundred thousand dollars plus to attend top tier universities, or risk time and smaller amounts of [...]

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