Critic’s Choice January 2020

THE ART IS STILL HERE – TIME FOR THE LOCALS TO ENJOY

by Carol Damian

"Relax without the traffic and parking woes and visit the places you saved for the quiet of January. The extraordinary spaces in Allapattah: The Rubell Museum and Espacio 23 are the most recent additions to the ever-growing Miami art scene featuring private collections. The new Ascaso Gallery is not far away and you can stop at Locust Projects and Gary Nader Art Centre on the way."

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"FOR NOW: CONTEMPORARY VENEZUELAN ART OF THE MIAMI DIASPORA, groundbreaking exhibition brings together key Venezuelan artists who have settled in Miami in the last twenty years. From different generations and working in a great variety of mediums and topics, they are part of a powerful, ever-growing art scene that is making a huge cultural and economic impact in South Florida. (on view through March 15, 2020). El Viaje, artist’s book featuring 18 Latin-American creators whose reflections on personal exile and diaspora are expressed through their graphic works. Each piece is accompanied by a poem from a renowned writer that also addresses different kinds of displacement. (on view through."

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