February 2013
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Eclectic Network Magazine Turns Into The Spiritual...
The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) or “Eye of God” on The Spiritual Journalist
JESUSJAY, The Spiritual Journalist
Sisters and Brothers loyal followers of Eclectic Network Magazine,
I begin this farewell letter with an opening phrase by Indian spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world.
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Caracas-based Galeria Medicci at Art Wynwood
On Thursday, February 14th, 2013, from 6 to 10PM, the Caracas-based Galeria Medicci will be one of the 70 international participating galleries this week during the second edition of Art Wynwood presenting the work by Alejandro Mendoza, Carlos Luna, Manuel Mendive, Ivan Petrovszky and Manuel Carbonell.
This year, a unique feature of the fair will be the highlight of street art, murals, pop...
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MAM Artist Talk: Monika Sosnowska, PAMM...
On Sunday February 17th, 2013 at 3PM, The Miami Art Museum, MAM will present an artist talk with Warsaw-based celebrated artist Monika Sosnowska, one of the four renowned international artists that were commissioned to create work for the Museum’s reopening as Pérez Art Museum Miami, PAMM in December this year.
In her work, Sosnowska explores the politics and poetics of the built...
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Community Q & A on the Knight Arts Challenge
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Bryan Hiveley at the Bakehouse Art Complex
Another solo show that inaugurated last Friday, February 8th at the Bakehouse Art Complex was “The Ribbon Snake Revolution” by Minnesota-born Miami-based craft artist Bryan Hiveley.
The colorful exhibition consists of a collection of sculptures pieces made from clay with an oil patina on their surfaces delicately arranged throughout the Swenson Gallery placed on pedestals and...
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Ninoska Huerta Gallery Presents Karim Borjas at...
This coming Thursday February 7th, 2013 at 7PM Ninoska Huerta Gallery will present an exhibition by Venezuelan-born Paris-based artist Karim Borjas.
According to Carlos Ortega, Publisher of the UNESCO Paris-based Dialogue Magazine, Borjas is one of the outstanding representatives of the new generation of Venezuelan painters.
“During the last years, Borjas has undertaken an intense...
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Daniel Fiorda "Present & Forgotten" Exhibition at...
This coming Friday February 8th, 2013 from 6 to 9PM, the ArtLink Gallery in Wynwood will inaugurate “Present & Forgotten” (on view through March 16th) an exhibition by Miami-based artist Daniel Fiorda.
As the name implies, Fiorda will be presenting a collection of works that were hiding in forgotten and present spaces seen just by few people.
His series of wall metal...
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José Pacheco Silva at the Bakehouse Art Complex
José Pacheco Silva, Sampling Hopper
This coming Friday, February 8th from 7 to 10PM, The Bakehouse Art Complex, BAC will present the 2013 annual series entitled BAC Spotlight featuring BAC Resident Artist, José Pacheco Silva at the Audrey Love Gallery.
For the past year, Miami-based guest curators Adriana Herrera and Willy Castellanos, of the Aluna Curatorial Collective, collaborated with...
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Emerging Collectors with Emerging Artists
This coming Thursday February 7th, 2013 from 6 to 8PM, the Bakehouse Art Complex will be presenting the second part of “Emerging Collectors with Emerging Artists” series Spring 2013 with a talk entitled “Find the Artist, Make Your Purchase.”
“Find the Artist, Make Your Purchase” will be moderated by Denise Gerson and panelists include Nick Korniloff, Alan...
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Metro 1 Properties & MAM Contemporaries Art Bike...
This coming Thursday February 9th, 2013 at 2PM, The Miami Art Museum, MAM and Metro 1 Properties will take you to a bike tour to see murals and street art in Wynwood led by Miami-based artists.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Bike rental available from Deco Bikes; please indicate if you need a bicycle at online registration.
The Artist Tour guides will be Agustina...
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Apply to the Knight Arts Challenge 2013
Today, Monday February 4th, 2013 The Knight Foundation continuing with its mission of investing in artistic excellence throughout Miami has announced the opening of the application process for the Miami Knight Arts Challenge 2013 effective through March 4th and open to all South Florida-based residents.
Over the past 5 years the Knight Foundation has invested over 20 million dollars in this...
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LOVELIKETHEUNIVERSE Solo Show by Sinisa Kukec
Images Courtesy of Spinello Projects
With an Opening Reception on Valentine’s Day, Thursday February 14th, 2013 from 7 to 10PM, Spinello Projects will inaugurate Sinisa Kukec’s solo exhibition entitled “LOVELIKETHEUNIVERSE: The Collected Social Media Writings of Isha Rose Servitus” (on view through April 6, 2013) Like legendary humorists Benjamin Franklin, Ambrose...
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Swampspace Presents "La Maison du Desir" by...
Next Saturday, February 9th, 2013, Swampspace, the unique Design District exhibition space launched by Miami-based prolific artist Oliver Sanchez in 2008, will be inaugurating in its deluxe new space a collaborative exhibition by Conrad Hamather, professor at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and by artist & curator, Lea Nickless.
The collaborative show entitled La Maison du Désir...
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New Book by Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection To...
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Anne-Marie O'Connor at The Wolfsonian,FIU
Tonight, Friday February 1st, 2013 at 7PM, The Wolfsonian-FIU will present a book discussion and signing with culture writer and veteran correspondent Anne-Marie O’Connor who will be talking about her book released last February by Knopf entitled “The Lady in Gold.”
During World War II, the Nazis stripped Jews of their belongings, including many pieces of art.
Some of...
Lamia Khorshid at Curator's Voice Art Projects
January 2013
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Beats after Sunset at the Bass Museum of Art
This coming Friday, February 1st, 2013 from 8 to 11PM, The Bass Museum of Art will present the popular Bass first Friday’s of art and music “Beats after Sunset” sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin.
There are three exhibitions currently on view at the Bass, “The Endless Renaissance: six solo artist projects”, “tc: temporary contemporary”, and...
INCOGNITO at Friends of Art at the Patty & Jay...
Tomorrow, Thursday January 31st, 2013 at 5:30PM, The Friends of Art at the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art will inaugurate the first fundraiser of the year with INCOGNITO, an ingenious idea of showcasing 200 works of art in a full-day raffle event to benefit the exhibitions, lectures and educational programs at the museum.
The event starts at 11AM with a preview for patrons and...
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MAM & Miami-Dade College Present College Night
This coming Thursday January 31st, 2013 from 6 to 8:30PM, The Miami Art Museum and Miami-Dade College will present a lively, interactive evening of exhibition-inspired student performances including dance, dramatic reading and more.
New Work Miami 2013 artists will lead art-making projects.
DJ Woozles will be spinning and refreshments will be provided.
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The Barnes & Noble Writers on the Bay Presents...
On Thursday, February 7th, 2013 at 8PM, The Barnes & Noble Writers on the Bay Reading Series will present award-winning author John Hodgen at the Wolfe University Center, F.I.U Biscayne Bay Campus.
The free and open to the public event is sponsored by Barnes & Noble Booksellers and The Betsy Hotel.
John Hodgen won the AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry for Grace (University of Pittsburgh...
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Free Outdoor Concert: MISO To Perform "Ocean Drive...
This coming Sunday, January 27th, 2013 at 4PM, The Miami Symphony Orchestra, MISO and the Bass Museum of Art will present a free concert on the lawn in Collins Park, Miami Beach.
Bring a blanket, picnic and the whole family and enjoy a free al fresco performance of “Ocean Drive in Vienna” by MISO conducted by Eduardo Marturet.
MISO was founded by Manuel Ochoa in 1989 and since...
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Snapshot of the Sea by Cheryl Maeder at...
This coming Friday January 25th, 2013, ArtPalmBeach will inaugurate its 16th edition with the most important contemporary art fair on Florida’s Gold Coast showcasing art, photography and design at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. More than 89 galleries will be taking part in ArtPalmBeach this year. A returning gallery, the Paris/NYC-based Mark Hachem Gallery- which has been...
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Jorge Heilpern at Luna Star Cafe
Jorge Heilpern on WUM
On Friday, February 1st, 2013 at 8PM Argentinian-born Miami-based artist Jorge Heilpern, will perform in a night of tango at the Luna Star Cafe in North Miami located across the street from the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Heilpern will perform the most traditional tangos from Gardel to Discepolo in an evening entitled “Solo Tangos” where he will explain to...
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The Miami Rail Presents Ed Winstead at George...
George Sanchez Calderon’s Kitchen Photo credit: www.thereisnothere.org
Tomorrow Sunday, January 20th, 2013 at 8PM The Miami Rail and George Sanchez-Calderon Studios will present a conversation with Ed Winstead, the Assistant Editor of Guernica, and Fiction Editor of Washington Square.
Winstead’s work has appeared in the Rumpus and the American Reader. In a night filled with beer...
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Energetically Vibrant: Pulse 2.0 at the New World...
On Friday evening, a very successful four-hour cross-genre event “Pulse 2.0” took place at the main Performance Hall of Miami Beach’s New World Center, home of America’s Orchestral Academy, the New World Symphony.
All of the 757 seats at the Main Hall were taken and an equally amount of young contemporary professionals were standing throughout all levels of the hall to...
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MIA Art Fair 2013
UK-based The Drang Gallery with engineering carbon art sculpture by Alastair Gibson
Last night, Thursday January 17th, 2013 at 6PM, the International Fine Art Expositions inaugurated the 4th edition of MIA International Art Fair aboard SeaFair, the mega yacht venue located on the waterfront scene at the Intercontinental Hotel Dock. For the second year in a row, and relocated to Miami’s...
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MOCA Art Talk: Phong Bui & Nina Johnson-Milewski
On Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 at 7PM, Phong Bui, co-founder, editor and publisher of the Brooklyn Rail, will join Nina Johnson-Milewski, publisher and founder of the Miami Rail and director of Gallery Diet in a fascinating discussion about publishing cultural criticism in the 21st century. The Brooklyn Rail has served as a leading critical forum for art, culture and politics in the New York...
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Karen Starosta-Gilinski Solo Project at the 6th...
This coming Friday, January 18th, 2013 from 7 to 10PM, Miami-based artist Karen Starosta-Gilinski will inaugurate a solo project entitled “Outside In” at the alternative space in Little Havana, the 6th Street Container, an underground spot that showcases video art, experimental film, sound art, installations, paintings, drawings and digital and conventional sculpture and...
Daniel Milewski Solo Show at Gallery Diet
The first Miami Art Walk of 2013 in Wynwood was jump-started in a rather dull way after the full of incessant art activities, satellite fairs, gallery openings that took place during Art Basel Miami Beach Week 2012. Unusually, the densely packed NW 2nd Avenue was suddenly seemed to empty allowing locals in the neighborhood to move freely in and out of galleries while listening to electronic...
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MAM's Second Saturdays Free for Families
Presented by MetLife Foundation and inspired by Consuelo Castaneda’s and Emmett Moore’s innovative art interventions and exhibition design, the Miami Art Museum is presenting a free monthly program for drop-in visitors that features hands-on activities for children and adults every Second Saturday from 1 to 4PM.
MAM’s Second Saturdays fun-filled afternoon for families also includes...
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Artem Mirolevich Solo Show at Kavachnina...
After a successful Art Basel Week, this coming Saturday, January 12th, 2013 from 7 to 10PM, Kavachnina Contemporary in Wynwood is presenting a solo show (on view through March 3, 2013) with paintings, drawings and wire sculptures by NYC-based artist Artem Mirolevich.
Mirolevich will be represented by Kavachnina Contemporary at the Russian Pavilion during The Armory Show in New York City in...
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Race & Visual Culture Under National Socialism at...
Plate, NSV 1934, 1934, Designer unknown, produced for the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt [National Socialist People’s Welfare], Glazed porcelain, The Wolfsonian-FIU, The Mitchel Wolfson, Jr. Collection, 85.7.78.1
On Thursday, January 24th, 2013, The Wolfsonian, FIU will present Race and Visual Culture under National Socialism, an exhibition that uses ordinary objects to reveal how the...
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Rafael Ferrer at David Castillo Gallery
Tomorrow Thursday, January 10th, 2013, from 6 to 9PM, David Castillo Gallery will inaugurate a solo show by Puerto Rican-born New York-based artist Rafael Ferrer.
With a reception co-hosted by Carol Damian, the Director of the Frost Art Museum at FIU, Ferrer solo exhibition nurtures a powerful tributary of faces rendered on paper bags in crayon, pencil, paint and collage, an extant, sui generis...
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The First Yoga Night, at the New World Center
This coming Friday, January 11th and Saturday January 12th, 2012 at 7:30PM, The New World Symphony, NWS will host the first ever “Yoga Night” combined with the popular “mini-concerts” a half-hour performance by the NWS which take place in the New World Center concert hall in Miami Beach.
The acclaimed NWS- America’s Orchestral Academy- will feature a mini-concert at...
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Agustina Woodgate "New Landscapes" at Spinello...
The cutting-edge and forward-thinking Miami-based gallery, Spinello Projects will be having an encore exhibition at its recently-inaugurated space located west of Wynwood with the work by Argentinian-born Miami-based artist Agustina Woodgate exhibited at the Art Positions sector of Art Basel Miami Beach, 2012.
After such successful show, Spinello Projects will be presenting a lecture on...
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MIA Art Fair 2013 Aboard SeaFair
Jadikan LP, ART VITAM
On Thursday January 17th, 2013 at 6PM, Miami welcomes the new year with another set of international art fairs that take place on our Magic City, this time again at Downtown’s Bayfront Park aboard SeaFair, with the 4th Edition of MIA Art Fair (January 17-21). The Preview Evening exclusively for the MOCA Shaker’s members will begin with a First View from 6 to 8PM...
Organic Geometry, Franck Loret at Lelia Mordoch...
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CAT LADY at Light Box, Goldman Warehouse
From Left, Ken Clement, Kristina Wong, Jessica Farr & Noah Levine Photo credit: Buzz Fleischman
Tonight, Friday January 4th, 2013 at 8PM LA-based artist, performer and filmmaker Kristina Wong will take theater spectators to a hilarious and slightly frightening journey at Light Box, Goldman Warehouse with her performance entitled CAT LADY, a show about suicide and depression.
Kicking off MAD...
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The Business of Art & Technology, A Roundtable at...
Andy Warhol, Volkswagen from Ads Series, 1985, Screenprint
On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 from 12PM to 1:30PM The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale will have its monthly art roundtable event entitled “The Business of Art and Technology” for members at the Museum Enthusiast ($150) Level and above. Andy Warhol was ahead of his time in combining ideas about art and commercialism. Share in a...
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Form’s Transgressions: The Drawings of Agustín...
Untitled, 1981, Graphite on paper, 30 x 33 ¼ inches, Courtesy of the Agustín Fernández Foundation
On Saturday, January 12th, 2013 from 5PM to 8PM, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University will inaugurate “Form’s Transgressions: The Drawings of Agustín Fernández” (on view through February 17th, 2013), the first exhibition dedicated solely to...
December 2012
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Happy New Year 2013
With a beautiful painting by Indian-born New Delhi-based artist Semma Kohli, -whom I had the chance to meet in Shanghai last year- I want to personally wish you all, loyal readers & followers of this blog, a very Happy New Year 2013!
Thank you for your constant support; this creative idea, the project to talk about eclectic things, especially in the arts & culture of a city like Miami...
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Enchanted with Art at Enchanted Forest Park
On Thursday January 3rd 2013, from 10AM to 12PM the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami will be having its once a month workshop “Enchanted with Art” at the 22-acre Enchanted Forest Park.
“Enchanted with Art” is a new-hands-on program available for all of North Miami residents and museum members and for the general public as well.
Inspired by the natural beauty of...
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MiaSci Winter Laser Fest Weekend
Today, Friday December 28th, 2012, The Miami Science Museum inaugurates its two-day Laser Fest Weekend for children, exploring science over winter break.
The Museum’s Laser Fest Weekend is an enjoyable weekend of laser lights and more.
MiaSci is also offering a fun-filled “Cool Science” Winter Camp 2012” today December 28th and tomorrow December 29th during Laser Fest Weekend especially...
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De la Cruz Collection Showcases Alison Klayman's...
Last week, a packed hall at de la Cruz Collection in the Design District watched a special free screening of first-time director Alison Klayman and her documentary film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.
With the presence of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry producer Adam Schlesinger, Klayman’s debut feature documentary showed an inside story of China’s most famous...
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Tito Puente Jr. at MOCA
This coming Friday, December 28th, 2012 at 8PM, the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami MOCANOMI, will present a special Jazz evening session with renown artist Tito Puente Jr. in a free rain or shine concert.
The son of legendary mambo musician Tito Puente and following the magnificent tradition of his father, Tito Jr. delivers electric performances of Tropical Latin and Jazz favorites,...
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Bouchra Khalili at MAM
Bouchra Khalili Speeches: Malcolm X. From the Speeches series (video installation, 5 single channels), 2012 Video, 6’ Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Polaris, Paris
Today, Tuesday December 18th, 2012 at 6:30PM, The Miami Art Museum will present Paris and Berlin-based artist Bouchra Khalili during MAM’s Artist Talk series.
Khalili (b. 1975) was born in Casablanca. Her videos and...
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Locust Talks 2013 + Open Call To Artists for...
Locust Projects is pleased to announce an open call to South Florida artists for a chance to participate in a one-on-one studio visit with an internationally renowned curator or exhibition space director. Deadline: January 7, 2013 – applications must be received by 5PM
In 2013 Locust Projects will celebrate its 15th Anniversary as an experimental exhibition space with a mission to serve...
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The Wolfsonian, FIU Receives $5M Grant
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to The Wolfsonian–FIU to support programs that will provide greater public access to the museum’s collection of art and design, especially by enhancing its online offerings and reach.
The Wolfsonian will receive its Knight Foundation grant over a five-year period. That support will go toward realizing a major component of...
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WUM's Spotted Artists during Art Basel Week 2012
Shantell Martin, PULSE Miami, 2012
Besides celebrities like Jay-Z and Beyonce -who were spotted during Art Basel Week shopping around for new artwork to showcase at their new TriBeCa home- other less than famous artists were also spotted at their booths and throughout the dozen of satellite fairs that successfully concluded another active season for Art Basel Miami Beach. Captured by its...
The Miami Foundation Launches Give Miami Day
The Miami Foundation is proud to launch Give Miami Day, a unique, online giving event that enables individuals to support the important work nonprofits do in the community. The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is participating in Give Miami Day, and a portion of all donations between $25 and $10,000 will be matched by The Miami Foundation. Donate to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden at...
