Events on Thursday, December 20

JAM at MAM

Special Event

JAM at MAM

Thursday 12/20 @ Miami Art Museum -

If you can cut out of work early enough, MAM's monthly happy hour is a lively alternative to your local boozer.... 

Ongoing Events

Casa Toscana

City Gems

Casa Toscana

Thursday 12/20 @ Casa Toscana

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

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

Art

The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

Art Students League of New York

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

<i>Breaking the Waves</i>: A Group Show

Art

Breaking the Waves

Thursday 12/20 @ Dorsch Gallery

Curator Nikki Beem brings together more than 20 artists whose works express a desire for change. Most impressive here are Arnold... 

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

Art

Work in Progress

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

Leonel Matheu: <i>Definitions</i>

Art

Leonel Matheu

Thursday 12/20 @ Dot Fiftyone

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

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

Art

Chimneys and Towers

Thursday 12/20 @ 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>Particulars</i>

Art

Particulars

Thursday 12/20 @ Gallery Diet

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

<I>Lichtenstein at Fairchild</I>

Art

Lichtenstein at Fairchild

Thursday 12/20 @ 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.... 

Peter Coffin

Art

Peter Coffin

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

Creating a Scene

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

Spyro

City Gems

Spyro

Thursday 12/20 @ Spyro

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

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

Art

Sandro Chia

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

L/B Lang and Baumann

Art

L/B

Thursday 12/20 @ Locust Projects

Switzerland-based artist couple Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann (aka L/B) are best known for their fantastic Hotel Everland — a mobile,... 

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

Art

Jason Middlebrook

Thursday 12/20 @ 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>Milk Crown and Mushroom Cloud</i>

Art

Milk Crown and Mushroom Cloud

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

<em>Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection</em>

Art

Fortunate Objects

Thursday 12/20 @ Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation

The CIFO flexes its conceptual muscle with this wide-ranging multimedia exhibition culled from its permanent collection. These Fortunate Objects aren't always... 

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

Art

The Brush That Never Rests

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

Lunch at Garden of Eatin'

City Gems

Garden of Eatin'

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

Sushi Square

City Gems

Sushi Square

Thursday 12/20 @ Sushi Square

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

<em>Inspired by China: Contemporary Furniture-makers Explore Chinese Traditions</em>

Art

Inspired by China

Thursday 12/20 @ Museum of Art - Fort Lauderdale

For centuries now, European and American artisans have used Chinese art and culture as a source of inspiration. Back in June... 

<i>Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project</i>

Film

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Thursday 12/20 @ Cinema Paradiso

Don Rickles is no joke. In fact, the cat won't even tell one. His nearly 60 years in showbiz have been... 

Abbey Brewing Company

City Gems

Abbey Brewing Company

Thursday 12/20 @ Abbey Brewing Company

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

<I>French Kissin' in the U.S.A.</I>

Art

French Kissin' in the U.S.A.

Thursday 12/20 @ The Moore Space

Taking its title from the 1986 Debbie Harry hit, the Moore Space's new exhibition gathers 18 contemporary French artists, including Adel... 

Yui Kugimiya: <i>Purrfect</i>

Art

Yui Kugimiya

Thursday 12/20 @ Ingalls & Associates

Yui Kugimiya has a keen sense of nature's splendor and chaos. For her second solo show at Ingalls, the young, Tokyo-born... 

Peter Sarkisian

Art

Peter Sarkisian

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

Moonchine

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Moonchine

Thursday 12/20 @ Moonchine

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

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project: Cristina Lei Rodriguez

Art

Vizcaya's Contemporary Arts Project

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

Six 21st Century Chinese Neo-Pop Artists

Thursday 12/20 @ 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 —... 

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

Art

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

The Room

City Gems

The Room

Thursday 12/20 @ The Room

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

Enrique Martínez Celaya: <i>Nomad</i>

Art

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Nomad

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

Agitated Images

Thursday 12/20 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

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

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

Art

Promises of Paradise

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

Fashioning the Modern French Interior

Thursday 12/20 @ Wolfsonian-FIU Museum

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

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

Art

Georges LeBar

Thursday 12/20 @ 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.... 

Jorge Pardo: <i>House</i>

Art

Jorge Pardo

Thursday 12/20 @ MOCA North Miami

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

Christine's Roti Shop

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Christine's Roti Shop

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

Theatre

Mano a Mano

Thursday 12/20 @ Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

G. Lacouture and P. Berthierm, the two clowns in tonight's show, are no mere buffoons of the balloon-animal, squirting-flower sort. No,... 

<i>Sculpture: Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection</i>

Art

Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Thursday 12/20 @ The Warehouse

The Margulies Collection is one of the foremost private contemporary art repositories in Miami (and the United States, for that matter),... 

Spiegelworld presents <i>Absinthe</i>

Performing Arts

Spiegelworld

Thursday 12/20 @ Collins Park

Part Cirque du Soleil and part bawdy burlesque show, Spiegelworld creates a surreal and wicked wonderland where strength and sexuality rule... 

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

City Gems

Haitian Dining at Tap Tap

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

Hernan Bas

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

Enoc Perez

Art

Enoc Perez

Thursday 12/20 @ The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse

Although primarily a painter, Enoc Perez engages in an assiduous, multi-leveled process involving photographs, color separation, drawing, and pigment transfers to... 

José Bedia: <i>First Hand</i>

Art

José Bedia

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

W Wine Bistro

City Gems

W Wine Bistro

Thursday 12/20 @ W Wine Bistro

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

<em>The Hunter Gifts </em>

Art: Photography

The Hunter Gifts

Thursday 12/20 @ 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... 

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

Art

Maurizio Pellegrin

Thursday 12/20 @ Sacco Gallery

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

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

Theatre

Pablo Cano

Thursday 12/20 @ 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...