Downtown Miami

In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, artist William Cordova will discuss the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat in relation to Haitian Vodou flags, Puerto Rican political posters, and Nicolás Guillén Landrián’s cut-up celluloid cinema. The talk will be followed by a discussion with PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans and PAMM Assistant Curator María Elena Ortiz. Auditorium First come, … +

Untitled (rain scene) is a one-night outdoor performance. The artist will situate himself within a non-narrative and non-linear vignette, open to both a public and pedestrian audience. Gutierrez will create an open “set,” resembling similarly to a movie set, employing downtown Miami as the backdrop. Alan Gutierrez, b. 1986 lives and works in Miami, FL. His artistic practice is object, language, and … +

Small IS beautiful is a public artwork situated on the exterior of the InterContinental Miami. Versteeg will present the entire text of the book “Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered” by E.F. Schumacher word for word. For six evenings, large letters will scroll down the sides of the hotel at a pace that is comfortable to read, … +

In 2012, Tasha Cobbs recorded her first project titled GRACE. This laced with Break Every Chain, which landed as Billboard’s #1 song for a total of 12 weeks. GRACE landed on Billboard’s Top 10 Gospel Albums chart for a year. Many have offered their reviews claiming that this project introduced listeners to a fresh and unprecedented sound. In such a short time, … +

Carlos Motta’s Histories for the Future provides narratives that shed light on the dynamics of contemporary forms of social oppression. At times working as an activist and educator, Motta engages forms of social education in his works. Motta’s works reconsider the conquest of the New World offering a new cartography that takes into account alternative histories. Carlos Motta (b. 1978, Colombia)is graduated … +

The 6th Annual Recent Cinema From Spain series in Miami, held at the Olympia Theater will showcase six of Spain’s most acclaimed films of the year. Over the last years, the premiere Spanish Film Series has brought the best of Spanish Cinema and their stars, including Javier Cámara, Antonio de la Torre, Goya Toledo, Juan Diego Botto, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Amaia Salamanca, … +

Project Gallery exhibits A Universe of fragile mirrors by filmmaker and video artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz. This exhibition presents a selection of works including a new work, Marché Salomon (2015). Capturing the ironies of post-colonial conditions in the Caribbean, Santiago Muñoz’s films blur the boundaries between reality and fiction. She documents specific communities and public sites to generate her own alternative story … +

Hushed Writing is a book that cannot be read in the conventional way: only a graphic interpretation is possible. The project is made entirely from materials found on the beach. Using them, Pepe Gimeno has created approximations of different forms of writing, ancient hieroglyphics, binary alphabets and a number of­­­ other motifs, managing to convert fragments of stone, sticks, plastic bottle tops, … +

Including examples of the artist’s works from the 1960s up through the present the exhibition How I Caught a Swallow in Midair presents functional designs, works on paper, and ceramics inspired by natural forms by Oka Doner, the multi-disciplinary artist and designer. A Miami native, Oka Doner is best known for her expansive design of the floors of the Miami international Airport, … +

Artist Matthew Ronay will produce a new installation for Pérez Art Museum’ Project Gallery. Best known for his sculptural work, Ronay creates crafted objects from wood, fabric, and clay, from small sculptures to immersive installations. He draws out the totemic and surreal qualities of objects through form and color, which conjure traditions of non-western art making and American folk art, as well … +

As a part of International Hispanic Theater Festival (IHTF) 2016, I Won’t Bring Forth Children, but Poems presents six singing actors exploring the life of Delmira Agustini, the first Latin American poet to write erotic poems, who was murdered by her ex-husband in 1914. The work fuses songs and short film to narrate the story where the flesh and its weaknesses occupy … +

The Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art + Design (MOA+D) exhibits the second installment of Recent Acquisitions + Highlights II, containing selections from the College’s growing art collection. Notable artists and works in the exhibition will include Cundo Bermudez, Ruben Torres Llorca, Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Louise Nevelson, Robert Motherwell and many others. Freedom Tower MDC Museum of … +

The Festival’s artistic director and celebrated pianist Marina Radiushina is joined by Israeli soprano sensation Chen Reiss and a chamber ensemble of musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Miami City Ballet’s dancers and choreographer Adriana Pierce. The program will include MOZART: A selection of Arias and Timeless Rose, a selection of works by Pärt, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mansell, Purcell, Shostakovich, Puccini and Saint-Saëns. … +

Award-winning filmmaker Doug Blush (1984 Winner in Cinematic Arts) presents 20 Feet from Stardom, winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary that follows the careers of backup singers living in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Featured in this documentary is 2002 YoungArts Winner in Voice, Judith Hill. National YoungArts Foundation 2100 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33137 www.youngarts.org

PAMM presents a variety of films on view throughout Pérez Art Museum Miami’s galleries including a newly-acquired film installation by Stan Douglas, a selection of works by filmmaker and video artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and a documentary highlighting Doris Salcedo’s work. Pérez Art Museum Miami 1103 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132 305.375.3000 www.pamm.org

America’s Short Play Festival is back with the best short plays in the country including 10-minute musicals. This season’s Summer Shorts celebrates the laughter, diversity and joy of Miami in 90 action-packed minutes. Starring a company of South Florida Theatre All-Stars. Carnival Studio Theater The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132 305.949.6722 www.arshtcenter.org

The Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst as conductor, the soprano Erin Wall, the mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, the tenor Norbert Ernst, the bass baritone Eric Owens, and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus will perform Stabat Mater by Dvořák. Stabat Mater, the Latin text describing Mary’s anguish as she stood before the cross is considered a profound, masterful setting of the expression of loss and … +

Microtheater y Olé will present 7 short Original plays, for an audience of 15 members only offering 6 showing per night. La candida Erendira y su abuela desalmada; Yo mate al flamenco; Me teme España and others will be among the plays. Featuring directors such as Anselmo Sias; Leopoldo Morales; Luis Acosta; Juan Carlos Lérida; Silvia de Esteban and Legna Rodriguez. Authors … +

MISO welcomes back the stunningly beautiful virtuoso pianist Lola Astanova, performing Mozart’s first piano concerto ever written in a minor key. The South Florida premiere of Lefrak’s “Nothing Left” and Sibelius’ epic Fifth Symphony culminate a heroic, optimistic conclusion to MISO’s 2015/2016 season. Eduardo Marturet as conductor. Knight Concert Hall The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, … +

Piano Slam on its 8th edition brings the 16 finalists from 2,000 students who enter into the Piano Slam poetry contest. These 16 finalists summon their courage in stepping before the public to share their imagination and their emotions. Piano Slam 8 also includes the participation of Maarten Van Veen, a true veteran of Piano Slam who designed the music concept for … +

MDC Museum of Art + Design is pleased to present A Patch of Blue: Illustrations of Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol curated by students in the MDC Museum Studies Program. The exhibition features works on loan highlighting the Symbolist style of French artist Jean-Georges Cornelius and examining various themes through original paintings and prints produced for a 1927 French publication … +