Art

Mulholland Drive meets music and art? Cult filmmaker David Lynch has allied with musicians Sparklehorse, and Danger Mouse on the collaborative visual and musical exhibition Dark Night of the Soul. Lynch provides the visual component (and sticks to what he knows best) through fifty photos, hung in groups of three or four, which look like stills from a film. Keeping with his style– but sans Naomi Watts, the photos seem to capture some creepy, eerie version of a mundane American life. Continue…

Art Basel Miami may have seemed, at times, the pinnacle of art world revelry, but it’s time to rally up that stamina because the art fair circuit is from over. For seven days the Des Cours Architecture and Art Festival, presented by AIA New Orleans, is taking over the downtown area of the city in the form of thirteen installations. Continue…

Art Basel Miami may be gone for the year in a haze of indulgent fetes, but the art and fashion worlds continue to collide. Fashion provocateurs Bernhard Willhelm and Jutta Kraus’ exhibit at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands opened on Saturday to celebrate their 10th anniversary working together. Along with their designs, which often function as off-the-wall statements themselves, there are several beautiful illustrations on display. If a look-see isn’t enough, there’s always the coffee table tome featuring over 500 illustrations and previously unreleased images published with the exhibition.

If you’re interested in seeing abstract photography in one of its most beautiful and well-executed forms then head to the Leica Gallery, on 670 Broadway, to see Italian photographer Renato D’Agostin’s book and exhibit Tokyo Untitled. D’Agostin’s photographs concentrate not on the colorful landscape and people, which one generally associates with Japanese culture, but rather are subtle black and white documentations of forms and light. Continue…

The Art Basel fair is an encounter with the most highbrow art and the wealthiest collectors, but the rest of Miami this week is an overload of constant parties, independent galleries, and lots of graffiti. Continue…

Mondays may be tough, but for the art world set the Monday after Art Basel Miami is especially one for recovery. Rouse yourself from those weekend hangovers with some visual stimulation and we’ll let the images speak for themselves. Continue…

Despite today’s black clouds and rain, Art Basel excitement still rippled through Miami as locals and tourists alike continued to be absolutely frenzied with  attending the shows and parties of this art weekend. Continue…

To be in Miami the first week of December is to be in the center of the artistic universe — well, plus some rabble rousers and general party lovers. Art Basel, which had its Vernissage last night and opened to the public today, is the star of this weeks cultural events. Since its beginning eight years ago Basel has brought along with it a slew of events and other art fairs to Miami. Here’s a brief lowdown of the artful scene. Continue…