Bringing NSU Art Museum to you!

NSU Art Museum brings the museum to you: Take a Virtual Museum Tour! While the museum is temporarily closed, enjoy a virtual tour and explore the current exhibitions, 'Happy!' and 'I Paint My Reality: Surrealism in Latin America'. The museum will be bringing more free programs for online users to enjoy over the next coming days. Click here for the Virtual Tour.

Experience Miami's Progressive Art Brunch

On Sunday, February 16th from 11am – 4pm twelve art galleries will open together for a Progressive Art Brunch — join Bill Brady Miami, The Bonnier Gallery, Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Emerson Dorsch, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Pan American Projects, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Tile Blush, N’Namdi Contemporary, and Spinello Projects for an afternoon of gastronomic and creative nourishment. Capitalizing on the Sunday brunch concept, the twelve galleries will offer a separate dish at each location that will run simultaneously throughout the day. Facilitated by the creative voices of the galleries involved, the event will highlight the current programming at each venue and enable visitors a more intimate look at the exhibitions on view. The galleries are located in the Little Haiti and Little River Arts Districts. This event is free and open to the public.

Contemporary Artist Beatriz Ledesma Creates Art Inspired By Emotional, Spiritual, And Social Issues

Artist Beatriz Ledesma is a painter, curator, and psychotherapist whose work is deeply connected to the plight of the poor, vulnerable, and undeserved. She takes a closer look at the emotional impact of displacement in marginalized populations.

Artist Beatriz E. Ledesma is a painter, curator, and psychotherapist based in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she is deeply connected to the plight of the poor, vulnerable, and undeserved. Her work is about issues of emotional, spiritual and social construct, taking a closer look at the emotional impact of displacement in marginalized populations and to examine the symbolic language of indigenous peoples. Her interests involve the practical applications of psychoanalysis and art for the purpose of healing and empowerment, focusing on the use of art-making in the clinical treatment of adults. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).

“Faithful to my Latin American roots my work takes the viewer into the world of magic realism and color. I am disengaged from conceptual constraints, instead I allow intuitive knowledge to creatively guide me when painting or when thinking about a painting series to embark on. Painting becomes a mystical experience woven with material reality, myth, and the free flow of my imagination. I intend to challenge the viewer into a contemplative dialogue with the artwork, hoping that it may evoke a feeling, an emotion, a memory.”

With her work, the artist attempts to take a closer look at memory, at the emotional impact of displacement in marginalized populations and to examine the symbolic language of indigenous peoples. She finds herself studying tribal symbols from both, Northern and Southern tribes from Argentina. Using symbols, along with realistic and primitive tribal imagery placed in a dreamlike composition with heavily saturated colors, Ledesma seeks to recreate the spiritual world of native populations and the emotional reality of marginalized peoples through her paintings. Ledesma’s art challenges the social issue of displacement on a human level of community within society through initiating a visual conversation using the power of art to convey the vibrant colors, imagery and symbols of Latin American culture.

Ledesma's art holds a powerful aura of tribal energy and represents a larger spiritual practice at play. She works purely within the depths of her intuitive creative energy and her native Latin American roots, connecting with the Earth, and respecting the planet as well as all the inhabitants of this beautiful world. Stay tuned for information about Beatriz Ledesma’s upcoming solo exhibition this October 2019 in Chicago, IL. To learn more about this fascinating artist, for sales information, commissions or general inquires, email beatriz@ledesmastudio.com and visit https://www.beatrizledesmastudio.com/

South Florida "dog artist" Skip Hartzell‘s passion and love of dogs is embodied in his paintings, works on paper and four-legged sculptures

Artist Skip Hartzell's inspiration comes in the form of a morning walk, accompanied by a furry friend. The canine artwork he creates of man’s best friend is figments of his artistic imagination and creative vision. Skip Hartzell creates directly from his emotions and instincts, his work is inspired by dogs of all shapes, sizes and varieties. The artist creates large paintings and works on paper that capture the essence of “dog”. He is best known for his unique sculptures recognized immediately by their distinct form and style that only Hartzell can produce.

Experience Skip Hartzell’s Dogs at CityPlace in West Palm Beach where the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County presents “The Satellite” pop-up exhibition on view through the Spring of 2019. The exhibit is called 'Reimagine' and features several selected Palm Beach artists being showcased at the WPB Collective space at CityPlace. Space includes a visitor information centre, an art and design lecture series and special events and programming from local cultural organizations, located at 701 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 116 in West Palm Beach, Florida (just off the main plaza).

Happy Skip Hartzell Collectors

Skip Hartzell is a longtime supporter of no-kill animal rescues and donates proceeds from the sale of his artworks to animal-rescue, no kill shelters. For sales, commissions, general inquiries or future show information, email: skipperhartzell@yahoo.com / visit www.skiphartzell.com

'Toy Four', Oil on Canvas, 60 x 48 Inches

South Florida "Dog Artist" Skip Hartzell Creates Unique Canine-Inspired Fine Art, View Works on Exhibit at CityPlace in WPB

'It's A Very Fine Day', Oil on Canvas, 48 x 60 Inches.

Experience Skip Hartzell’s Dogs at CityPlace in West Palm Beach where the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County presents “The Satellite” pop-up exhibition on view through the Spring of 2019. The exhibit is called 'Reimagine' and features several selected Palm Beach artists being showcased at the WPB Collective space at CityPlace. Space includes a visitor information centre, an art and design lecture series and special events and programming from local cultural organizations, located at 701 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 116 in West Palm Beach, Florida (just off the main plaza).

‘Swimmer #2’, Flashe on Canvas, 72 x 72 Inches.

South Florida "dog artist" Skip Hartzell‘s passion and love of dogs in unlimited configurations are joined in his paintings, works on paper and four-legged sculptures. His inspiration comes in the form of a morning walk, accompanied by a furry friend. The artwork he creates of man’s best friend is figments of his artistic imagination and creative vision. Hartzell creates directly from his emotions and instincts, his work is inspired by dogs of all shapes, sizes and varieties. The artist creates large paintings and works on paper that capture the essence of “dog”. He is best known for his unique sculptures recognized immediately by their distinct form and style that only Hartzell can produce.

'Partners', Resin and Graphite, 25 x 37 x 21 Inches.

Skip Hartzell is a longtime supporter of no-kill animal rescues and donates proceeds from the sale of his artworks to animal-rescue, no kill shelters. For sales, commissions, general inquiries or future show information, email: skipperhartzell@yahoo.com / visit www.skiphartzell.com

Meet Kenton Avery, an Emerging Artist from Chicago also known as 'Maze The Artist'

Chicago-based contemporary artist Kenton Avery, also known as 'Maze The Artist', creates very unique work, his pieces have the viewer engaged in solving the intricate mazes embedded within his paintings. A maze is a complicated and confusing system of connected passages, which Kenton equates to life. 

‘Read Between The Lines’, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 36 Inches.

“My art depicts struggle, happiness, and power through layered painting in maze imagery. I believe that each path has a maze, and no matter how difficult, the maze can be conquered. My goal is to create work that integrates representation of different cultures and has the ability to touch everyone,” explained the artist. 

'Hero', Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 16 x 20 Inches.

Kenton is known for his unique paintings and art merchandise, his style is influenced by pop culture, fashion, music and the iconography of the modern popular culture. "Maze" exhibits his work in Chicago, New York, Las Vegas and Miami. He plans to branch out into additional markets this year, expanding his reach and collector-base.

The artist has shown his work during Miami Art Week and plans to have his art showcased again during Art Basel Miami Week 2019. To learn more about this fascinating artist, for sales information, commissions or general inquires, email mazetheartist1@gmail.com and visit www.mazetheartist.com

South Florida Artist Skip Hartzell Creates Fine Artwork of Man’s Best Friend

Contemporary artist Skip Hartzell is known as “the dog artist”, but Skip’s dogs are anything but ordinary. His inspiration comes in the form of a morning walk, accompanied by a furry friend. The artwork he creates of man’s best friend are figments of his artistic imagination and creative vision. 

Skip creates large paintings and works on paper that capture the essence of “dog”. He is best known for his unique sculptures recognized immediately by their distinct form and style that only Hartzell can produce. Skip recently concluded a successful show at Art Palm Beach January 16-20, 2019 and during Art Basel Week in Miami, Skip had an incredible exhibition at Aqua Art Miami December 6-9, 2018.

“Dogs are always in the moment. Although nothing in life has held my attention longer or has been more fascinating to me than dogs, my work is about much more than that. It is about form, movement, color and texture. The dogs are a recognizable common denominator that allows me to communicate my joy of living, passions and sentiments,” said Hartzell.

The artist has exhibited at major art fairs and has held solo shows at art galleries such as ArtHouse 429 in West Palm Beach and Paul Fisher Gallery in Palm Beach. Skip Hartzell currently has works on display at “The Satellite,” pop-up exhibition and event space at CityPlace presented by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. Located in the WPB Collective space across from the fountain, “The Satellite” features “Reimagine,” a special exhibition of solo artists and samplings of current and past main exhibitions from The Council’s Lake Worth headquarters. The exhibition runs from November 2018 through the Spring of 2019. 

Skip Hartzell creates a variety of artwork, he is a versatile artist with pieces ranging from canine charcoal drawings, oil paintings, works on paper to four-legged sculptures. The artist is a longtime supporter of no-kill animal rescues, he donates proceeds from the sale of his artworks to animal-rescue, no kill shelters. For sales, commissions, general inquiries and information, email: skipperhartzell@yahoo.com www.skiphartzell.com

Contemporary Glass Artist Abby Modell

Abby Modell creates exquisite, hand blown, contemporary art glass, striving to create a harmonious interaction and reaction between color and glass. 

Modell’s style is recognized around the world with works in private homes and corporate collections throughout the United States, including the world headquarters of Morgan Stanley in New York, New York and in the permanent collection at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach. And most recently the Royal Caribbean, Symphony of the Seas, Sculpture collection. She has also been exhibiting in several tradeshows and galleries.

You can experience Modell's current exhibit in Philadelphia at the National Liberty Museum's 'SpaceLab: An Interstellar Exhibit of Glass Art' - the exhibition opened July 6th and on view through September 7th, 2018.

The exhibition features Abby Modell's 'Galaxy Collection' showcasing her three dimensional wall art and large sculptural objects. Focusing on transparencies and refracted light, Modell creates work that is inspired by the natural swirling formations of the stars, planets and the infinite dimension of the night sky.GALLERY 

EDUCATION:

2006 Michael Davis Glass Studio, New York, NY (current)

1976 Syracuse University and Parsons School of Design, BFA

Free Fridays at The Wolfsonian-FIU!

Free Fridays at The Wolf

August 11 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday, August 11th from 6-9pm join us at The Wolfsonian-FIU for a staff-led tour of the galleries at 6pm, and indulge in happy-hour specials in the Wolf coffee bar beginning at 4pm. Learn more about The Wolfsonian and related art and design themes during this 45-minute free guided tour of the permanent collections / temporary exhibitions. Free and open to the public.

Sagamore Hotel Presents 'Cuban Artists: The Prodigious Decade'

South Florida’s leading “art hotel”, The Sagamore Hotel Miami Beach, is debuting its latest seasonal curated exhibit entitled, Cuban Artists: The Prodigious Decade on view now through August 31st, 2017. This thoughtfully curated project showcases a significant selection of historic and recent artworks created by Cuban artists from the 80’s generation, some of the most important artists who pioneered Contemporary art on the island.

Glexis Novoa ‘Ongoing Conversation’, 2016.

Among the participating artists are: Gustavo Acosta, Alejandro Aguilera, José Bedia, Consuelo Castañeda, Humberto Castro, Arturo Cuenca, Ana Albertina Delgado, Tomás Esson, José Manuel Fors, Florencio Gelabert, Flavio Garciandía, José Franco, Rogelio “Gory” Lopez Marín, Marta María Pérez-Bravo, Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas, José Toirac, Rubén Torres Llorca, Juan Sí-González, Ricardo Rodríguez Brey, Tomás Sánchez, Leandro Soto, Glexis Novoa, Cesar Beltran, Jose Franco, and Tonel. Some works are consigned from Pan American Art Projects, Dorfsman Fine Arts, Durban Segnini Gallery, David Castillo Gallery and The Oscar B. Cintas Foundation.

The exhibit shows this generation of Cuban artists who emerged through a series of ruptures which then led to the emergence of New Cuban Art as Luis Camnitzer referenced in his eponymous book. At the same time, the exhibit will give the audience an idea of how vigorous the work of this key group of Cuban artists was and continues to be, regardless of where they have been working from.

Ruben Torres, ‘Brother will you spare a coin’.

The term “Decada Prodigiosa” named by Cuban art critic Rufo Caballero, describes a turning point in the history of Cuban Art. The curators of the show – Dr. Adriana Herrera and Willy Castellanos from Aluna Curatorial Collective, and Sebastien Laboureau, Sagamore Hotel’s art advisor – appropriated Caballero’s term because it encapsulates the spirit of a time that was crucial to the art history of the island. It was a time of aesthetic divergence that questioned the relation of the artists with official institutions, undermined the narrative and iconography of political power, as well as interrogated the function and potential of art itself within society. This wayward generation resorted to conceptual strategies, such as the return to forms of expression extracted from popular culture, the appropriation of international movements, and the depiction of local rituality.

Jose Bedia, ‘Ofrecimiento’ 2017.

This exhibit brings together a selection of works by artists who were raised after the ’59 revolution, and who mostly attended the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) school in Havana. These artists pushed the limits of what was permitted and prohibited at that time and thus emerged in tension with what the Revolution’s authorities considered as their fundamental tenets, for the Revolution sought to forbid anything that might stand opposed to its core values.

Artist Arturo Cuenca

Today, these artists continue to create powerful artwork that reaffirm the value of their artistic journey. They work in La Havana, Miami and other cities without considering the hordes of consumers that flood the island in search of Cuban Art, yet unaware of the movement’s genesis and history. This selection of pioneers who lived on and around the island’s shores, allows the viewer to feel and experience the undeniable courage of a generation of innovators who made and continue to make works of art without any rules but their own. The exhibition is on view through August 31, 2017.

ICA Miami: The Everywhere Studio

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami will open its new permanent home on December 1, 2017 with a major group exhibition exploring the significance of the artist’s studio, from the post-war period to the present day. The exhibition will be on view from December 1, 2017 through February 12, 2018.

Encompassing some 100 works in painting, sculpture, video, and installation, 'The Everywhere Studio' brings together over 50 artists from the past five decades to reveal the artist’s studio as a charged site that has both predicted and responded to broader social and economic changes of our time.

'The Everywhere Studio' interprets the works of post-war artists and emerging practitioners through the lens of the social and historical conditions in which they were made. Organized chronologically, the exhibition examines the changing relationships that artists have had to their sites of production. From the studio as a site of labor, to one that blurs production, performance, and spectacle, to a concept that defines the artist’s own identity, the exhibition features artists who, in response to changing socioeconomic influences, represented new modes of working and living that would subsequently spread across society.

'The Everywhere Studio' is organized by ICA Miami and curated by Deputy Director & Chief Curator Alex Gartenfeld, Curator of Programs Gean Moreno, and Assistant Curator Stephanie Seidel. Exhibition design by MOS Architects. This exhibition will inaugurate the museum’s new permanent home in the Miami Design District.