A Must-See in the Miami Design District, Ad Minoliti: Pink Spatial Microbiota, by appointment only - located at 3841 NE 2nd Ave. 400, Miami, Florida 33137. This site-specific installation reimagines the space of the stairwell as a digestive tube for the Buick building. “I was inspired by the digestive system that moves food through the body, and by thinking of these internal spaces as an ecosystem,” Minoliti described. Microbiota refers to the bacteria, viruses and fungi that are crucial for immunologic, hormonal, and metabolic balance of all multicellular organisms. “There are an estimated 100 billion bacteria in the human body. We can't live without them. We contain multitudes.”
Friday, October 3, 2025
Public Art in the Miami Design District | Ad Minoliti: Pink Spatial Microbiota
A Must-See in the Miami Design District, Ad Minoliti: Pink Spatial Microbiota, by appointment only - located at 3841 NE 2nd Ave. 400, Miami, Florida 33137. This site-specific installation reimagines the space of the stairwell as a digestive tube for the Buick building. “I was inspired by the digestive system that moves food through the body, and by thinking of these internal spaces as an ecosystem,” Minoliti described. Microbiota refers to the bacteria, viruses and fungi that are crucial for immunologic, hormonal, and metabolic balance of all multicellular organisms. “There are an estimated 100 billion bacteria in the human body. We can't live without them. We contain multitudes.”
Crowned in Creativity: Josh Hy's Bold New Chapter in Contemporary Art
Acclaimed award-winning artist Josh Hy (also known as The Dezinr) is redefining the language of contemporary abstraction, fusing bold innovation with timeless elegance. Drawing inspiration from personal experience and inner vision rather than external influences, Hy’s work blends acrylics, digital techniques, and luxurious materials such as 24kt gold, Swarovski crystals, diamonds, and Bohemian glass. The result is a striking body of work that invites viewers to step “beyond the frame” into a world of limitless imagination.
Recently honored with the Arts Acclaim Award presented by the City of Brampton and a nominee for Canada’s Cutting Edge Black Designer Award, Hy is quickly ascending in the international art scene. Exciting milestones ahead include his solo exhibition during Miami Beach Art Basel Week in December 2025 and his selection for the Tokyo International Art Fair in November 2025—testaments to his global resonance as an artist of vision and originality.
Josh’s journey began at just nine years old, when a simple kitchen-table sketch by his father ignited his lifelong pursuit of art. “I was in awe, confusion, amazement, and excitement,” Hy recalls. “My father handed me the sketch and said, ‘What do you think, Master Joshua?’ I told him, ‘I want to draw as good as you, Dad!’ He replied, ‘No, you can do better.’ That was the ignition to what lay dormant within me.” From that moment forward, Hy spent countless hours sketching portraits, cars, cartoons, and anything that challenged him. The discipline of daily practice became his foundation—a ritual that would evolve into mastery. We recently had the pleasure to chat with the artist to learn more about his work and current projects:
Q – What is the best part about being an artist?
A – The doors that have been opened, the clients and relationships formed. All from practicing being the best me. Waking up and working on myself, art that will inspire millions, create value, and empowering me to use creativity through innovation and conquer the fear of social acceptance. Most of all, being expressive of gratitude through each piece I create, that is authentically me.
Q – Where does your inspiration come from, and how would you describe your work?
A – I use my art as a means of authentic expression and intellectual exploration. Each artwork is a reflection of my personal vision and philosophy of limitless immigration (abundance). I create my work from inspirational purity. I look inwards, feeling the energy coursing through my soul and create what thrills my mind. I am the master of my mind; I create original thoughts born from my experiences. I am the best in the world at what I create, and that’s practicing being the best me; it must be authentic to me.
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'Breathless Virgin' |
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 – It started at the young age of nine. My father was sketching a portrait of a little girl around the kitchen table. I was in awe, confusion, amazement, and excitement. He handed me the sketch and asked me, “What do you think, master Joshua?!” I replied, “I want to draw as good as you dad!”. “No, you can do better!” My father replied. That was the ignition to what lay dormant within me. Every day I would spend an hour drawing portraits from magazines, cartoons, cars, and anything that I found to be a challenge.
Q – Which artist or artists (past and/or present) do you admire most and why?
A – I never developed an admiration for an artist. It would taint my creative thoughts on how I preconceive art. Creating an admiration would bleed into my work; in a way, I would be taking what the artist has created, forming a foundation for a vision that is not my own. I became aware of this at a very young age, and used my previous works as my foundation of admiration to create truly what I see in a style established by me.
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'The Girl From Lisbon' |
A – My creative journey is driven by curiosity, how can I create something better than the last, while improving my technique. All my works are formed on the basis of a sketch that transforms into a detailed drawing. Committed to being better than I was yesterday. This dedication to self-improvement ascends the work into the colouring and painting process. Driving me to push boundaries, resins, Swarvoski crystals, 24kt gold are methodically placed throughout the canvas and signed off by me. Now you have a one-of-one masterpiece.
Q – What is your favorite piece you created and why?
A – ‘Entangle Perception’. Creating this art, I was in a period of realization. Uncovering strings pulling at my fingers, moving them in uniqueness voluntarily, obstructing my vision. This piece reflects the beauty of stumbling in the darkness. This piece will is one of the biggest pieces I have created, and among the most expensive pieces to create.
A – I see art as a playground of endless possibilities—a space where “self” meets innovation, and imagination takes the lead. When you are truly creating in the now, you become dangerous, you’re focused, and that is where value is born. A recurring theme always found in my works is a crown and a stripe under one eye, which is a reminder that this is the best I have accomplished to date.
Art collectors and aficionados are invited to learn more about this fascinating artist, to visit the artist’s website and peruse his available artworks for sale at: www.thedezinr.com. Email the artist to inquire about original works of art, commissioned art pieces, and limited hand-embellished editions available by request: josh.hy@thedezinr.com
For further information visit: www.thedezinr.com
Follow Josh Hy on Instagram @thedezinr
Check out The Shop at The Bass! Visit Miami Beach's Contemporary Art Museum and reserve a limited-edition digital print of 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 #26 by Hernan Bas
Monday, September 29, 2025
Pérez Art Museum Miami To Honor Craig Robins and Jackie Soffer at 12th Annual Art of the Party Museum's Largest Fundraiser Supports Arts Education Programs
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Monday, September 22, 2025
SaveArtSpace New Open Call For Art!
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Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Official Art Deco Walking Tour by The Miami Design Preservation League
Wednesday, September 24th from 10:30am – 12:30pm experience the Official Art Deco District Walking Tour presented by the Miami Design Preservation League. This 1.5 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors. Choose from select dates / PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
Tour ticket includes free entry to the Art Deco Museum as well as 10% off at the Gift Shop.
Renowned Autistic Artist Vito Bonanno's Artwork in the Corporate Collections of AMAZON and Google
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Artist Vito Bonanno pictured beside his work at Six Summit Gallery NYC |
Vito Bonanno is an internationally collected artist who lives and works on the Connecticut shoreline. He has exhibited in solo exhibitions at Spectrum Miami during Art Basel in Miami, FL, Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC and Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT.
Internationally collected artist Vito Bonanno taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. The New England-based artist's work is image and concept-driven and embedded in his personal philosophy. His art contains the essence of his life, feelings, thoughts, and dreams, coupled with objects or topics that "get stuck in his head", including traffic lights, grids, ceiling fans, graffiti, and pop culture. Corporate clients include AMAZON, Google, and The Hartford.
Bonanno taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. He is an award-winning, world-famous artist with a career spanning back to his childhood. The artist has participated in numerous art fairs, as well as national and international exhibitions, in addition to many art shows and high profile events during Art Basel Miami Beach - such as a past NIKE pop-up in Wynwood during Miami Art Week, as well as traveling in an art van Truck'N With Vito! at Umbrella Arts Gallery in NYC's lower east side, selling his art and spreading awareness about being an artist with autism.
He unveiled his first Solo Exhibition, 'Unfiltered V: Vito Bonanno Riding with the Train Girls', in January 2012 at Akus Gallery at Eastern CT State University which included works on paper, canvas, video pieces, a student-artist interactive mural project, and installations. Akus Gallery Director, Elizabeth Peterson stated, "The characters, objects, and ideas that inhabit Vito Bonanno's work act and interact in striking ways. Caught within the grids and map-like structures he imagines, they are often in a struggle between multiple worlds. He has found a way to tap in the intensity of focus and insight afforded him through autism to unleash a formidable creative power and vision." His winning pieces, ‘Ghost Town on Davenport Avenue’ was exhibited at the S. Dillon Ripley Center of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. and then was part of a traveling exhibition that went on a two year nationwide tour of university and independent galleries. Additionally, a second winning piece titled ‘Southhaven People’, was on exhibit at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. before also partaking in the nationwide traveling exhibition that ran through September 2011.
He is one of only 16 artists in the United States selected for a prestigious exhibition of previous awardees from the VSA Emerging Artists Program in the Kennedy Center Hall of Nations with sponsorship from the Volkswagen Group of America. As part of the celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of the ADA and 40th Anniversary of VSA in 2015, the exhibition included the work of select artists who represented the past 13 years of the VSA Emerging Young Artist Program; Curated by Stephanie Moore, she chose Bonanno's 'Daffy Goes to Waterbury with a Ninja Turtle' and 'SECR Toilet' to be part of the exhibition.
Vito is aligned with ArtLifting, which is a non-for-profit art organization that empowers artists living with disabilities through the celebration and sale of their artwork. ArtLifting is about creating opportunity, empowerment, and validation. This collaboration opened many new and exciting opportunities for the artist, which includes his work in Google's corporate collection, with art hanging in their Leesburg, VA offices, as well as Amazon, for one of their corporate buildings in Seattle, Washington.
Bonanno was diagnosed with PDD/Autism just before his 4th birthday. Because he was language delayed, his parents and teachers developed strategies that tapped into his high visual acuity, utilizing storyboard styles to relay academic and social information. He was also encouraged to draw in storyboard format to express his feelings. The storyboard grid remains prominent in his work and studio preparation today and is a poignant reminder of a boy who was trapped in his own mind.
The New England-based artist's work is image and concept-driven and embedded in his personal philosophy. His art contains the essence of his life, feelings, thoughts, and dreams, coupled with objects or topics that "get stuck in his head", including traffic lights, grids, ceiling fans, graffiti, and pop culture. For more information about this artist, for inquiries, or to commission work contact vito@vitobonanno.com / visit www.vitobonanno.com
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Romero Britto Takes Aventura!
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Art duo, artists and sisters KX2 (Ruth Avra + Dana Kleinman) are known for their striking wall and freestanding sculpture together
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Pipeline Series: Power Grid (16 pc), 2019.
Repurposed industrial pipe with acrylic on wood
54H x 54W x 3.5D inches installed
(10.5" diameter x 3.5D in. each)
Friday, September 12, 2025
Adrienne Arsht Center presents Brushes With Cancer: An Evening of Art, Resilience & Hope
Now in its second year, the Arsht program is presented in collaboration with the international Brushes With Cancer program, an artistic celebration that pairs accomplished artists with “inspirations,” people whose lives have been impacted by cancer as previvors, current patients, survivors or caregivers. The artists bring to life the inspirations’ twist on cancer — stories, feelings and experiences — with works of art that represent the inspirations’ personal journey with the disease.
Brushes with Cancer is one of more than a dozen free-admission community events produced and hosted by the Arsht each season in addition to 400 performances and 40+ cultural opportunities for students and schools. For its upcoming 20th season, Arsht Impact education and community engagement programs will create magical experiences and enrich the lives of more than 120,000 people of all ages in Miami.
Event Details:
● Contact: Box Office at 305.949.6722
● Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 6 PM
● Location: Knight Concert Hall Lobby, Adrienne Arsht Center
● Admission: Free / RSVP HERE.
For further information visit: www.arshtcenter.org
Follow the Arsht Center on Instagram @ArshtCenter
Thursday, September 11, 2025
The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP Gallery) presents “Aquí No Pasa Nada” featuring Miami artist Hermes Berrio
The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP Gallery) in North Miami is currently showcasing Miami based artist Hermes Berrio in his solo exhibition: Aquí No Pasa Nada. Berrio, known for his intense exploration into the everyday and what may be termed even as the mundane, deftly elevates the everyday to the sublime. Focusing on the often over looked awe that these moments contain, as well as the potential of each and every moment, he speckles his work with mixes of mediums to compel the viewer across the entire tableaux that is his canvas. On view September 5 through October 3, 2025.
Berrio has this to say about the recent series:
"I walk, observe, absorb, and translate. This work doesn’t begin in the studio; it begins in the streets of Miami: Little River, Allapattah, Overtown. I’m not inventing new realities; I’m amplifying the ones we pass by every day, the visual noise of the city, the discarded, the improvised, the overlooked.
Aquí No Pasa Nada is a series rooted in stillness; in the everyday moments that rarely make it into the frame. A slouched chair on the sidewalk. A sagging wire fence. A soggy cardboard box splitting open after the rain. These are not landmarks or symbols. They’re simply there. And that’s exactly why I paint them.
These images don’t romanticize poverty or decay. Instead, they call for a kind of radical attention; to see the poetry in the peripheral. Each work is built from real places and found moments: an ice cream truck plastered with chaotic signage and cartoon stickers; a “No Trespassing” zone turned into a playground for a sun-faded teddy bear on a rusted truck; an alligator crossing a handicapped parking space, part myth, part reality, entirely Miami.
Rendered in mixed media; acrylic, gold leaf, spray paint, fabrics, charcoal; these paintings are tactile, dense, and full of interruptions. They mirror the city’s layered, chaotic texture. The human figure is mostly absent, but never far. Every image carries the trace of someone: the person who built the fence, hung the laundry, fed the birds, or left the chair behind. These scenes are haunted by labor, improvisation, and the quiet resilience of everyday life.
Miami appears here not as spectacle, but as a patchwork of gestures. The work resists grand narratives in favor of the intimate and the fragmentary. There’s no agenda; only an invitation to slow down, to pay attention, and to notice the strange beauty pulsing just beneath the surface. To find gold in the gutter.
These are scenes for no one in particular; which is exactly why they matter."
Between Berrio's work and in the sister exhibition with Katrina Makjut, each artist asks the viewer to slow down, to look and to focus on both possibility and accomplishment - let everything else become silent.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Explore the Sculptural Universe of Mylene Costa: Sculpting Time, Memory, and the Poetics of Form
In the contemporary art world, few sculptors evoke such a harmonious blend of strength and sensuality as Mylene Costa, a Brazilian artist whose work stands out for its feminine power, formal elegance, and refined aesthetic sensitivity. Her sculpture is both language and thought — an invitation to contemplate the body, form, and memory. Based in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, and deeply rooted in her Brazilian heritage, Costa bridges cultures and emotions through organic, timeless structures that resonate on both local and global stages. Art collectors and aficionados are cordially invited to experience internationally recognized and award-winning sculptor Mylene Costa’s exhibition at White’s Art Gallery in Miami, with an Opening Reception on Saturday, September 20th, 2025, from 6 - 10pm. The gallery is located in the Bird Road Art District at 7428 SW 42nd Street in Miami, Florida 33155.
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Incepta, Pigmented resin sculpture (originally in steel), 90 x 60 x 20 cm |
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Fenda do Tempo, Automotive resin with internal acrylic painting, 60 x 25 x 20 cm |
#Artists --> MIAMI ARTIST™ | Art Basel Week Pop-Up
MIAMI ARTIST™ | Art Basel Week Pop-Up
Something special is brewing for Art Basel Miami Beach Week 2025 — and it’s not your typical gallery show. We’re curating an exclusive, juried Pop-Up Art Showcase during Miami Art Week for serious professional artists only.
Event Dates: December 1–7, 2025
Location: Miami, Florida – details to be revealed to selected participants.
Mediums: All professional mediums and genres considered.
Submission Requirements (Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed):
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5–7 high-resolution images of recent work
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Link to a professional artist website (no social media pages)
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Contact information (Attn: Katerina Wagner)
Deadline: Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Email: miamiartscene@gmail.com
Note: Space is highly limited. Only artists who meet submission guidelines and present professional-level work will be considered.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Public Art in the Miami Design District | Marc Newson DASH Fence (2007)
A Must-See in the Miami Design District, Marc Newson's DASH Fence (2007) located at 4001 NE 2nd Avenue - Miami, FL 33137. The DASH Fence by designer Marc Newson is a 100-ft fence installation at the Design & Architecture High School (DASH), creating a compelling environmental structure in the heart of the Miami Design District. Based conceptually on waves, the design consists of a thin metal frame of 400 vertical fins of varying depths that create a series of changing patterns. The appearance of the fence shifts based on point of view—up close, the fence allows a full view into and out from the DASH courtyard. However, from a distance, the surface becomes fully opaque and appears to undulate as the viewer passes by.
Friday, August 8, 2025
The Bass 🎨LAST CHANCE for Rachel Feinstein: The Miami Years
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