It's already the stuff of legend: Artist finds garbage bags full of vintage Versace (where else but Miami?) and heads to the woods for a nine-day photo shoot. See the results in Naomi Fisher's show The Brave Keep Undefiled, A Wisdom of Their Own at Leo Koenig Gallery through October 24.
On Friday, July 3 from 6-9pm at Urban Outfitters South Miami store in The Shops at Sunset Place, Freedom of Expression brings together local artists and craftarians to help raise money for the Del Portillo Family, a local Miami family battling lung cancer. Also catch The Killer Moon (7pm) and Spinlight City (above, 8pm) as part of the good-hearted festivities.
Sadly, the greeting cards that Bruce Weber created for V Man don't really exist. But if they did, we'd definitely be sending grandma some male on her birthday. (Via Refinery 29.)
As ubiquitous as Scott Campbell's perfectly-wrought scrawl is, it's kind of surprising that he's never had a solo art show before. But he hasn't, until this weekend, when Make It Rain opens at O.H.W.O.W. The show includes drawings, photography, sculpture and paintings, and there's a good chance that many of the guests will also be exhibiting Campbell's work.
If you weren't able to attend Art Basel and want to see what you really missed out on, O.H.W.O.W. have launched their web site detailing all the artists and bands that were featured during the week long (It Ain't) Fair at their new Miami gallery. Cooler still is that you can finally find that giant Aurel Schmidt poster you were looking for. X, Jen
The cheapest find to come across during Art Basel was these incredibly beautiful artist beach towels offered up by Works On Whatever. Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Peyton (who is Marc Jacobs' absolute favorite) and Marilyn Minter were just a few of the creative minds whose towels I'm sure more than a few people will treat like a tapestry and hang up on their walls now that the fair is over. X Jen
If you missed last night's opening, you can still catch Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran's O.H.W.O.W. show at Art Basel. The show and its list of curators read like a list of who's who hipster gliterrati: Tim Barber, Terence Koh, Scott Campbell, Kenneth Cappello, Aurel Schmidt, and the Snows, Dash and Agathe themselves, amongst many others. The show runs through Dec. 7, with special book signings, screenings or performances each night. Go for the Grolsch and stay for the art, or vice-versa.
Sunshine, good looking people, cuban food, and The Walkmen at the Miami Urban Outfitters? Well, you've got the good people who've been hooking up the FreeYrRadio concert series to thank for that. If you are in town on Monday, October 6th, please come to the store (653 Collins Ave.) at 8pm sharp to get down with the get down. (Get tix here. Donate to WVUM.)
The crazy huge Fixed (NYC) Freakout at the 2008 Winter Music Conference is tomorrow nite at Studio A (60 NE 11th Street). Resident djs Dave P and JDH are your hosts and the rest of the line-up is nuts: Riton, Radioslave, Boys Noize and Erol Alkan, plus special live performances from Gui Barrato and Simian Mobile Disco. Get there.
Miami's Krelwear has some of the most fun looks for summer. What's exciting is that you'll never have to worry about seeing someone in the same dress as you because all of their hand-knitted looks are one of a kind and made to order.
Cat Power let us use a track (Metal Heart) from her soon-to-be-released Jukebox CD to set the mood for our Early Spring '08 catalog video. If you're wondering why this post is from Miami, as opposed to say, NYC or North Carolina, that's 'cause it says so on her MySpace.
Art Basel Miami Beach runs Dec 6-9 so you know what to do if you're in the area. On Thursday, Iconoclast Editions presents the recently completed Beautiful Losers Portfolio at The Fairfax Hotel (18th and Collins Ave). Hosted by Todd Oldham and featuring new works by Barry McGee and Ryan McGinness.
Crissa-Jean Chappell got in touch to let us know about her debut novel, Total Constant Order, which follows a young teen's experience with obsessive compulsive disorder and her journey to find her own inner strength.
Digging the whole "gently baked in the sunshine" collage vibe the TM Sisters are bringing.
Jen Stark probably wasn't thinking of her future when they handed her the safety scissors back in kindergarten. 20 years later she's busting out these intricate, kaleidoscopic, rainbow construction paper explosions.
This is how they do in Miami when the Winter Music Conference is in town. (Via The Cobrasnake.)
If we could only airbrush that crowd out it'd be the perfect shot. But we'll take what we can get. Alan Gelfand, 1980, a non-signature frontside air, the camo Mad Rats and a mag in the front, all captured by the unflinching eye of Mr. Ted Terrebonne.
