Monday, December 8, 2025

NSU Art Museum: Art Talk with Ximena Caminos, founder, REEFLINE, and Katherine Fleming

 

IMAGINE: ART IN THE ENVIRONMENT

Sunday, December 14, 2025

2:30 - 3:30 pm

Included with museum admission

Can you imagine surrounding eleven islands with pink fabric in Biscayne Bay, or submerging a monumental art installation that doubles as a hybrid reef off of Miami Beach? Join us for two astonishing presentations by guest speakers Katherine Fleming and Ximena Caminos to illuminate the new frontier of public art.


Presented in association with the inaugural exhibition, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Surrounded Islands, currently on view.

Featured in the New York Times and WLRN

Katherine Fleming


Katherine Fleming is the founder and director of Bridge Initiative, a nonprofit that unites art and science to create public art for environmental advocacy. Established in 2015 following Fleming’s transformative explorations in Antarctica—where she witnessed the stark impacts of climate change firsthand—Bridge Initiative operates at the intersection of creativity and conservation to inspire public engagement and action.


Under Fleming’s leadership, Bridge has collaborated with artists, scientists, and change makers to develop immersive educational campaigns addressing environmental issues both locally and globally. Her current work includes supporting the establishment of the Biscayne Bay National Heritage Area, advancing cultural and ecological preservation in South Florida.



Fleming serves on the Board of Directors for the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation and as an advisor for The ReefLine, an underwater public art park and artificial reef. Her advocacy has fostered partnerships with leading artists and organizations including Michele Oka Doner, Carlos Betancourt, Coral Morphologic, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the University of Miami, Mission Blue, the Alaska Whale Foundation, Path of the Panther, and The Cultural Landscape Foundation, among others.

Ximena Caminos


Ximena Caminos is a biocultural placemaker and systems artist who pioneers cultural–ecological models where art, science, and climate innovation meet. Her practice spans governance, collaboration, scientific alliances, ecological performance, community engagement, storytelling, and urban–ocean coexistence. She is the creator of REEFLINE, a new typology where art becomes habitat and cities learn to coexist with their oceans.


Aside from being Founder and Artistic Director of REEFLINE, she is also President of BlueLab Preservation Society, and Chief Creative Officer of HoneyLab Creative, advancing culture as civic infrastructure.


For two decades, Caminos has chaired major arts and design cultural masterplans across the Americas. She was Artistic Visionary Planner for The Underline, founder and Chair of Faena Art (Buenos Aires and Miami), Global Executive Creative Director and partner of the Faena Group, Chief Curator of the Faena Arts Center, and Founder of the Faena Prize for the Arts.


She has served on the New Museum Leadership Council, is a founding member of the Guggenheim’s Latin American Circle, Advisor to Art Basel Cities, and is an XPrize Ambassador, recipient of the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Award and the Arts Champion Award.

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

PAMM: Miami Art Week Events, a Holiday Movie, and More!


Miami is now buzzing with Miami Art Week energy! Don't miss your chance to secure special access to PAMM Presents: Art Bashment, Curated by Rohan Marley and Inner Circle, this Thursday, December 4, as a Contemporary-level member or above. It's the perfect way to immerse yourself in the art world's most exciting week, with PAMM and you at the center of it all!  

P.S. Join online with code 25AQ139 and save 15% off any membership! (Art week perks are limited for those who join after October 31.)

 



Miami Art Week Hours


Monday, December 1 | 11am–6pm

Tuesday, December 2 | 11am–6pm

Wednesday, December 3 | 11am–6pm

Thursday, December 4 | 11am–5pm


















Friday, December 5 | 11am–6pm

Saturday, December 6 | 11am–6pm

Sunday, December 7 | 11am–6pm












PAMM Presents: Art Bashment

December 4
8–11pm

Pérez Art Museum Miami celebrates Miami Art Week with Art Bashment, a high-energy celebration infused with the sounds and spirit of the Caribbean. The evening begins with an opening set by Silent Addy, setting the tone for a night of rhythm and revelry. Expect a reggae all-star line-up curated by Rohan Marley and legendary band Inner Circle, along with some unforgettable performances by special guests Ky-Mani Marley, Zion Marley, Jesse Royal, Jason Panton Dubwise® Miami, and Naomi Cowan.












Floating Films with Ballyhoo Media: The Muppet Christmas Carol


December 18

7–8:30pm


Celebrate the holiday season at PAMM with the beloved 1992 holiday classic "The Muppet Christmas Carol." Prior to the film, enjoy tours in the galleries and happy hour specials at Verde.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Betsy Hotel Annual Art Basel Opening Thursday, December 4th 8-11pm







Experience the Mindy Solomon Gallery showcase at Design Miami during Miami Art Week 2025

Design Miami.
A New Dawn: The Fundamentals of MAKING  

Amber Cowan, Dee Clements, Donté Hayes, Frances Trombly, hettler.tüllmann, Jaiik Lee, Jane Yang-D'Haene, Jiha Moon, Kelsie Rudolph, Linda Lopez, Terri Friedman, Vadis Turner, and Yuki Ando

Members and Collectors Preview Today! VIP and Public Opening Tomorrow, December 3

December 2 - 7, 2025, Booth G09

Mindy Solomon Gallery is pleased to present a maker-focused presentation at Design Miami that encapsulates the notion of the beginning of time or "Dawn". Presented in a palette of yellows, oranges, pinks, and blues, the installation will spotlight a plethora of craft genres, including ceramics, glass, textile weaving, basketry, furniture making, and metalwork. Featured designers include Amber Cowan, Dee Clements, Donté Hayes, Frances Trombly, hettler.tüllmann, Jaiik Lee, Jane Yang-D'Haene, Jiha Moon, Kelsie Rudolph, Linda Lopez, Terri Friedman, Vadis Turner, and Yuki Ando.


Design Miami 2025

Dec 3—7, 2025

Located At The Convention Center Drive & 19th Street, Miami Beach, Booth G09

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Artist Farnaz Harouni's MIAMI MIRAGE at CONTEXT showing with SAB Gallery Booth B23 December 2-7 during Miami Art Week

Showing with SAB Gallery at CONTEXT, Booth B23, December 2-7


Farnaz Harouni is a multidisciplinary Artist, Designer, and Professor whose work celebrates empowerment, authenticity, and the triumph of the human spirit. A top graduate of Otis College of Art and Design, she bridges fine art, couture fashion, and interior design-earning prestigious awards and creating pieces worn and collected by celebrities and tastemakers alike.

For over 17 years, Harouni has also shaped future generations of artists as a dedicated Professor at Otis, where her influence extends far beyond the classroom. Her commitment to community and philanthropy mirrors the generosity and intention embedded in her creative practice.

Based in Los Angeles, Harouni draws inspiration from her global travels, nature, and the richness of cultural diversity-infusing each work with a sense of joy, meaning, and connection that transcends borders.

Farnaz Harouni's work reimagines the human lip as a high-energy canvas, pulsing with the same electricity that fuels Miami's art and music scene. Each piece channels the city's rhythmic nightlife, creative influence, and sun-soaked vibrancy through bold palettes, shimmering textures, and sculptural detail that comes alive.

Her art celebrates lips as both a universal symbol of expression and an iconic object of desire, echoing the way Miami itself speaks through color, sound, and culture. The sparkle, saturation, and kinetic energy within her pieces mirror the eclectic rhythm of the of Miami streets and the immersive sensory experience that defines Art Basel.

"The lips are a universal symbol of the power of self-expression and an iconic object of desire," says Farnaz Harouni.

"In a place as vibrant as Miami—where art, music, and culture collide—I want to magnify that power. My work aims to provoke thought, evoke joy, and celebrate collective beauty through the lens of individual diversity."


Friday, November 28, 2025

Experience Miami Beach-based Abstract Artist Lauren Jane Clancy at Aqua Art Miami December 3-7, 2025 during Miami Art Week

 

The artist will be exhibiting at Aqua Art Miami December 3-7, 2025 in Suite #111 during Art Basel Miami Beach Week. The fair takes place at the Aqua Hotel showcasing fine artworks in a classic South Beach hotel.
Miami Beach–based mixed-media abstract artist Lauren Jane Clancy creates from the intersection of pain and rebirth, weaving deeply personal narratives of survival into textured, luminous compositions. Her work embodies resilience, spirituality, and transformation — a visual dialogue between the sacred and the chaotic, the broken and the reborn. The artist will be exhibiting at Aqua Art Miami December 3-7, 2025 in Suite #111 during Art Basel Miami Beach Week. The fair takes place at the Aqua Hotel showcasing fine artworks in the intimate exhibition rooms, which open into the beautiful courtyard of the classic South Beach hotel. Art collectors and aficionados are invited to the VIP Preview on Wednesday, December 3rd from 3-10pm.

Lauren is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and entrepreneur based in Miami Beach. Known for her raw, intuitive mixed media paintings, she works at the intersection of emotion and abstraction, layering texture, color, and language to explore identity, memory, and personal metamorphosis. Her work invites viewers into a deeply human space: one that embraces both vulnerability and vitality. She exhibited at Satellite Art Show during Miami Art Week in 2024, and with SAB Gallery for International Women’s Day 2025 in Wynwood. Lauren has exhibited with Aura Copeland Gallery and ARRAE Gallery and her work was also featured in the March 2025 issue of Art Miami Magazine, along with several other publications this year as well, and she is a proud member of the International Women’s Committee at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. We recently had the pleasure to chat with the artist to learn more about her work, current projects, and upcoming exhibition at Aqua Art Miami during Miami Art Week 2025:

Q – What is the best part about being an artist?

A – The best part about being an artist is the freedom it gives my soul. Painting allows me to exist without filters or edits, to be my most unguarded, untamed self. It’s where the wild soul inside me comes alive, free from the outside world’s judgment or expectations. I’ve always been a bit of both, a social butterfly and a loner. Art speaks to the loner in me, the one who thrives in solitude, who needs silence to listen to the deeper rhythms of life. It’s a freedom that’s hard to describe, one that feels both grounding and infinite. Another part I love is the connection art brings. Through exhibitions and conversations, I meet people who truly feel my work, and that shared understanding reminds me how universal emotion can be.

Narcissist (2023)
Acrylic, newspaper on canvas, 30×40 inches


Q – Where does your inspiration come from, and how would you describe your work?

A – My inspiration comes from transformation, from the deepest and most painful chapters of my life that have, over time, become my greatest teachers. I’m a Hodgkin lymphoma survivor. I’ve endured narcissistic abuse. And I lost my brother suddenly on Christmas Day, when my twins were just two weeks old, one of them only home from the NICU for a week. Those moments cracked me open in ways I could never have imagined. A lot of my art from the past ten years, my entire recent body of work, is what rose from those ashes. I made art before that, but it came from a different space. These past years have been about alchemizing pain into purpose, and beauty into truth. I’ve also been influenced by the collective energy of our times, the pandemic, the political climate, and the emotional division the world has felt in recent years. Those experiences inspired works that reflect both the personal and the global, the shared human longing for connection and renewal.My art carries that duality: chaos and calm, color and stillness, shadow and transcendence. Each piece is both a mirror and a meditation, an emotional landscape of becoming.


Q – How did you get started as an artist? Tell us about your background, influences, and the path you took to becoming an artist.

A – I feel like I’ve been painting since I was a toddler. My mom always encouraged creativity, she’d give me paint to use in the bathtub when I was little, and my grandmother, who was a wonderful artist, taught me how to paint still lifes. Those early moments, bowls of fruit, flowers, the small details of life, planted a lifelong love for color, form, and feeling. I took art every year until college, then continued painting independently, studying at the Montclair Art Museum at times, and exploring my own style. Art has always been a natural extension of how I process the world. My background in dance and writing shaped that as well, they gave me rhythm, flow, and emotional range. Recently, I published my first children’s book, Namaste ‘N Play: A How-To Adventure for Little Yogis, which merges storytelling with mindfulness.

Hidden Love (2025)
Acrylic, stencil, newspaper, paper, corrugated cardboard, resin, 30×40 inches


Q – Which artist or artists (past and/or present) do you admire most and why?

A – In my twenties, while living in New York City, I was captivated by Rothko, Pollock, and Basquiat, artists who created from raw emotion and presence. But these days, I find myself most inspired by the everyday artist, the ones who create not for fame or validation, but because they must. Those who turn their inner world into art simply because it’s how they breathe. That’s the kind of authenticity I find sacred.


Q – What is your creative process like, how do you describe how you create one of your masterpieces?

A – My process shifts depending on the moment. Sometimes it’s completely intuitive, I approach a blank canvas with no plan and let energy and emotion lead me. Other times, a vision comes through so clearly I feel compelled to manifest it. I’m always experimenting, with resin, gold leaf, text, and natural materials, searching for textures that carry feeling. I don’t chase perfection; I chase truth. While I understand the desire for cohesion in a collection, I never want to lose the raw, unfiltered essence of creation. For me, the cohesion is the emotion, the alchemy that ties it all together.


Q – What is your favorite piece you created and why?

A – Hidden Love will always hold a special place in my heart. It’s bold, layered, and full of secrets, a mix of magazine fragments, lettering, and paint that feels both vulnerable and powerful. It took me longer than almost any other piece, and I can feel its energy every time I look at it. I also love Relic, which is the opposite, neutral, wabi-sabi, and serene. It draws me in like a meditation; there’s something ancient and timeless about it, as if it carries its own soul.


Q – Can you tell us about your upcoming show at Aqua Art Miami during Miami Art Week — any new works that you’ll be unveiling?

A – Yes, I’ll be debuting my new series, Codex: The Alchemy of Transcendence, at Aqua Art Miami this year. The term codex refers to ancient sacred texts, and this series explores the sacred “texts” written within us, the stories, lessons, and energies we’ve carried, shed, and transmuted over time. The alchemy itself is the cohesion. Each piece may look different, some raw, some serene, some luminous, but together they tell one story of transformation. The series brings forth everything I’ve alchemized in my own life: loss, healing, rebirth, and the reclamation of light. Much of my earlier work processed trauma; this body of work comes from a higher vibration, from peace, acceptance, and awe. It’s about the beauty of what remains after everything unnecessary has burned away. On a deeper level, I hope my work inspires others to take leaps, to share their own art, to start the business they’ve been dreaming about, or to overcome whatever fear or self-doubt is holding them back. So much of my own journey has been about transcending resistance, and I hope my art helps bridge others through that same threshold. Spiritually, my newer work feels almost shamanic, as if each piece carries its own blessing. My intention is that whoever lives with my work can feel that energy, that it uplifts the space, radiates healing, and holds the vibration of transformation.

Shattered Illusions (2024)
Acrylic, ink, oil pastel, resin powder, newspaper, mirror, other mixed media, 30×40 inches


Art collectors and aficionados are invited to experience mixed-media abstract artist Lauren Jane Clancy’s art showcase at Aqua Art Miami December 3-7, 2025 in Suite #111 during Art Basel Miami Beach Week. Guests will enjoy a VIP Preview on Wednesday, December 3rd from 3-10pm. Learn more about this fascinating artist, her upcoming events and shows; visit the artist’s website and peruse her available artworks for sale at: www.underoneart.com. Email the artist to inquire about original works of art, commissioned art pieces, and general inquiries: underoneart@gmail.com

Follow Lauren Jane Clancy on Instagram @laurenjaneclancyart

Experience Maddox Gallery of London, Booth AM225 at Art Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach Week December 2-7, 2025

 

Will Martyr, "We Are Never Far Away", 2025, Acrylic on canvas, 

Experience Maddox Gallery, London, Booth AM225 at Art Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach Week December 2-7, 2025. Experience the 35th edition of Art Miami, Miami's original and longest running contemporary and modern art fair, and sister fair CONTEXT Art Miami at One Herald Plaza in downtown Miami from Tuesday, Dec. 2, to Sunday, Dec. 7. The Fairs will feature invitation-only Platinum VIP Preview hours on Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by VIP access from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m benefiting the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). These exclusive hours provide early access for collectors, art world luminaries, curators, press, and museum professionals from around the globe.

www.maddoxgallery.com