Events on Tuesday, December 18

Lou Dubose: <i>Bill of Wrongs</i>

Books: Reading

Bill of Wrongs

Tuesday 12/18 @ Books & Books - Coral Gables

When Molly Ivins passed away earlier this year, the country lost one of its best columnists and most relentless critics. Ivins'... 

Ongoing Events

<i>The Brush That Never Rests</i>

Art

The Brush That Never Rests

Tuesday 12/18 @ Art Rouge Gallery

Having recently relocated from Coral Gables to the ever-expanding Wynwood Art District, Art Rouge presents a four-person group show of contemporary... 

<em>Art Students League of New York: Highlights from the Permanent Collection</em>

Art

Art Students League of New York

Tuesday 12/18 @ Lowe Art Museum - University of Miami

One of the country's oldest art schools, the Art Students League of New York has been around since 1875, is still... 

Enrique Martínez Celaya: <i>Nomad</i>

Art

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Nomad

Tuesday 12/18 @ Miami Art Museum -

A quiet, spiritual solitude inhabits Enrique Martínez Celaya's work, especially in his dark, ethereal oil-and-tar paintings. The Cuban-born artist makes effective... 

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Tuesday 12/18 @ Casa Toscana

Go somewhere to deflate after the crush of Art Basel, eat a good meal, and connect with either yourself or your... 

Jason Middlebrook: <i>One Man's Treasure Is Another Man's Trash</i>

Art

Jason Middlebrook

Tuesday 12/18 @ Kevin Bruk Gallery

The vast difference between urban and country life is essential to Jason Middlebrook's work, as is the world's supposed tendency towards... 

<i>Agitated Images: John Heartfield & German Photomontage, 1920-1938</i>

Art

Agitated Images

Tuesday 12/18 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

An iconoclast ahead of his time, Berlin Dadaist John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld) helped revolutionize modern photomontage, subversively using the medium... 

<em>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Tuesday 12/18 @ Norton Museum of Art

Adding to its already-expansive collection of more than 2,200 photographs (including works by Man Ray, Walker Evans, and Henri Cartier-Bresson), the... 

Moonchine

City Gems

Moonchine

Tuesday 12/18 @ Moonchine

Miami's Upper Eastside isn't lacking in cozy restaurants that feature both Japanese and Thai cuisine, but new eatery Moonchine trumps them... 

Pablo Cano: <i>Viva Vaudeville</i>

Theatre

Pablo Cano

Tuesday 12/18 @ Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

A Dadaist sensibility and a refined knowledge of bricolage inform Pablo Cano's inventive, found-object marionettes. For his new production — the... 

<em>Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists</em>

Art

Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists

Tuesday 12/18 @ ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries

Asian neo-pop art (encompassing South Korea, Japan, and China) is one of the hottest new trends on the contemporary market —... 

Hernan Bas: <em>Works from the Rubell Family Collection</em>

Art

Hernan Bas

Tuesday 12/18 @ Rubell Family Collection

Hernan Bas is Miami's biggest art star, creating darkly poetic, romanticized works read as chapters in an epic, sometimes mythical, and... 

Spyro

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Spyro

Tuesday 12/18 @ Spyro

Biscayne Boulevard, the main thoroughfare through the northern end of this fair city, is a complete and utter mess thanks to... 

Peter Sarkisian

Art

Peter Sarkisian

Tuesday 12/18 @ Bernice Steinbaum Gallery

Santa Fe-based artist Peter Sarkisian liberates video from the traditional frame. One of the most salient features of his recent work... 

<i>Fashioning the Modern French Interior: Pochoir Portfolios in the 1920s</i>

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Tuesday 12/18 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

The little pochoirs on view at the Wolfsonian are delightful, precious, and enticing. More commonly referred to as stencils in the... 

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Tuesday 12/18 @ Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Drawing from popular advertisements, mainstream comic books, and industrial production techniques, Roy Lichtenstein's primary-colored works are now iconic deconstructions of Americana.... 

Jorge Pardo: <i>House</i>

Art

Jorge Pardo

Tuesday 12/18 @ MOCA North Miami

Jorge Pardo subverts traditional definitions of sculpture, design, and architecture. For instance, his 1998 solo exhibition at MOCA in Los Angeles... 

<i>Miami Contemporary Artists: Creating a Scene</i>

Art

Creating a Scene

Tuesday 12/18 @ Various locations

A hefty, eye-popping 256-page hardcover volume, Miami Contemporary Artists is a testament to the international relevance (and interest in) the Miami... 

<i>Modern Urban Expressionism: The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen</i>

Art

The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen

Tuesday 12/18 @ Damien B. Contemporary Art Center

Despite the rather turgid genre title used to refer to his work ("modern urban expressionism"), Marcus Antonius Jansen's paintings are beautifully... 

Sushi Square

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Sushi Square

Tuesday 12/18 @ Sushi Square

Sushi Square is more like a cube — a block of Biscayne Boulevard restaurant so tiny that you might miss it... 

<i>Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami</i>

Art

Promises of Paradise

Tuesday 12/18 @ Bass Museum of Art

Curated by Allan Shulman, one of Miami's most prominent architects, Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami delineates the potential of this... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Tuesday 12/18 @ Abbey Brewing Company

There are a few watering holes on South Beach that feature an endless selection of excellent international beers, and, of this... 

Georges LeBar: <i>Microwave of Mascara</i>

Art

Georges LeBar

Tuesday 12/18 @ Art and Culture Center of Hollywood

Postmodern mishmashes of consumer society, Georges LeBar's paintings are vivid metaphors lambasting a culture of wantonness, image obsession, and gluttonous gratification.... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Tuesday 12/18 @ W Wine Bistro

Hidden away under an overpass on the outskirts of the Design District, this tiny wine bistro has shown a lot of... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Tuesday 12/18 @ Garden of Eatin'

With all the tropical flora found in Florida, you'd think the natives would be a bit more appreciative of fruits and... 

Maurizio Pellegrin: <em>Once Upon a Time There Was Venice</em>

Art

Maurizio Pellegrin

Tuesday 12/18 @ Sacco Gallery

Italian artist Maurizio Pellegrin has a distinct vision and a highly poetic sensibility. His last big show in Miami was more... 

<i>Gods and Heroes: The Painting and Sculpture of Sandro Chia</i>

Art

Sandro Chia

Tuesday 12/18 @ Boca Raton Museum of Art

A medley of influences and art-historical references appear in Sandro Chia's oeuvre, but most important is his affinity for mythic symbolism... 

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Tuesday 12/18 @ The Room

Miami might be one of the only places in America where you recover from a weekend of partying and drinking by... 

José Bedia: <i>First Hand</i>

Art

José Bedia

Tuesday 12/18 @ Fredric Snitzer Gallery

José Bedia's new show at Snitzer has a decidedly African bent, its large-scale acrylics on canvas inspired by the artifacts Bedia... 

Leonel Matheu: <i>Definitions</i>

Art

Leonel Matheu

Tuesday 12/18 @ Dot Fiftyone

Leonel Matheu's work seems deceptively simple and naïve upon first glance, but each piece is ultimately underlain with a deeper, philosophical... 

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project: Cristina Lei Rodriguez

Art

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project

Tuesday 12/18 @ Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Visiting the opulent Vizcaya estate is an experience in itself, so hitting it up for the unveiling of a new art... 

<i>Particulars</i>

Art

Particulars

Tuesday 12/18 @ Gallery Diet

Following her stint as a curator at the esteemed Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Nina Johnson is now opening Gallery Diet, her very... 

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: <i>The Killing Machine and Other Stories 1995-2007</i>

Art

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Tuesday 12/18 @ Miami Art Museum -

The Miami Art Museum's MAC@MAM program launches its first much-anticipated exhibit: 11 installations by husband-and-wife team Janet Cardiff and George Bures... 

Peter Coffin

Art

Peter Coffin

Tuesday 12/18 @ Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

Although some suspect Peter Coffin's work of hokey mysticism, the New York-based artist's sculptures and installations are actually clever deconstructions of... 

Shuffle Tuesdays

Party

Shuffle Tuesdays

Tuesday 12/18 @ Fox's Lounge

Fox's Lounge is giving South Miami a break, offering up unbeatable two-for-ones all night to those unwilling to trek all the... 

<i>Work in Progress: Herzog & de Meuron's Miami Art Museum</i>

Art

Work in Progress

Tuesday 12/18 @ Miami Art Museum -

Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron have envisioned an ambitious future for the Miami Art Museum's new bay-front home. The... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Tuesday 12/18 @ Tap Tap

Those who've passed a lazy evening in the rocking chairs on Tap Tap's front porch, sipping Miami's best mojitos while listening... 

<i>Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster</i>

Art

Chimneys and Towers

Tuesday 12/18 @ Norton Museum of Art

A pioneer of American precisionism and modernism, Charles Demuth was also involved in Paris' early 20th-century avant-garde scene, where he hung... 

<i>Milk Crown and Mushroom Cloud</i>

Art

Milk Crown and Mushroom Cloud

Tuesday 12/18 @ David Castillo Gallery

In this three-person group show, curated by Berlin-based Manabi Murata, restraint is key, even as the artists — all of whom... 

Christine's Roti Shop

City Gems

Christine's Roti Shop

Tuesday 12/18 @ Christine's Roti Shop

Christine's Roti Shop is a North Miami Beach institution. Just after Hurricane Wilma, when the power was out across the city...