Dimensions Variable presents Listening & Talk: Gustavo Matamoros

Enjoy an evening at Dimensions Variable on Saturday, July 27th at 6pm for a listening event and talk in conjunction with Untitled: Social Commentary—Gustavo Matamoros. Guests will be listening to Matamoros’ sound installation and afterwards will move into a conversation with the artist about the work and his practice.

Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Thomas Bruckner: Comics & Graphic Novels

Enjoy an Art Talk at the Boca Raton Museum of Art on Saturday, July 27th from 3-4pm. Interested in comics and graphic novels? Learn about the creative process of comic artist Thomas Bruckner. Discover his work, and see the artist in action to learn about the various techniques used in this method. Free with Museum admission.

Image: Thomas Bruckner

South Florida artist Skip Hartzell creates large paintings, sculptures and drawings that capture the essence of “dog”

'Swimmer #2', Flashe on Canvas, 72 x 72 Inches

Canine charcoal drawings, oil paintings, works on paper and four-legged sculptures South Florida artist Skip Hartzell creates large paintings, sculptures and drawings that capture the essence of “dog”, all of the work is rich with intricacies of color and technique. His painterly expression captures each dog’s own personality with beautiful textures, line and brush strokes using mixed media to bring each dog to life. He is best known for his unique sculptures recognized immediately by their distinct form and style that only Hartzell can produce.   'Dog #130', Papercrete and Resin, 15 x 12 Inches   "Every morning before I go into my studio I walk with my dogs for about two hours. We don’t have a schedule, the length of the walk depends on how many rabbits, squirrels, new smells, and other treasures they dig up along the way. Making art for me is very much like walking my dogs. I go in to my studio and sniff around. I pick up a thing or two, decide if it has interest and I might work on it or maybe begin something brand new. Like my dogs I’m always excited and ready to see where the work will take me. My art is the stuff that I leave behind after hours in the studio." –Skip Hartzell   Group of (4) Paintings, each piece is Oil On Canvas,16 x 20 Inches The artist has held numerous solo exhibitions at notable art galleries and prestigious art fairs such as Art Palm Beach, A.E. Backus Museum, ArtHouse 429, Paul Fisher Gallery, Aqua Art Fair during Art Basel Miami Beach and many more.   'Sitter', Papercrete and Resin, 8 x 8 x 8 Inches   Hartzell is a longtime supporter of no-kill animal rescues and donates proceeds from the sale of his artworks to animal-rescue, no kill shelters. For sales info, private commissions, general inquiries or exhibition updates, email: skipperhartzell@yahoo.com / visit www.skiphartzell.com

Artem + Scientia Gallery Brings Together the Disciplines of Science, Applied Technology, and Fine Art

HOPE: BREAST CANCER Obdulio Piloto b.1978   A Molecular Portrait of a breast cancer survivor. Encapsulating the experience of combating and surviving cancer as a physical, metaphysical, and existential condition. The juxtaposition of before-and-after portraits represents the underlying dualism that persists in the struggle to overcome cancer, where a survivor's gratefulness for a second chance at life is always accompanied by dark memories of fear. ABOUT THE ARTIST

The artist signs each artwork with paint embedded with encrypted DNA from his genome. Provenance will be tracked on the Blockchain.

HOPE: Breast Cancer, 2016 Obdulio Piloto b.1978 Mixed Media: NuTec Molecular Portrait, Acrylic on Metal Print.   INQUIRE

Family Day at The Bass

Enjoy Family Day: Art Deco Design at The Bass on Sunday, July 28th from 2-4pm. A free, monthly IDEAS program created to engage families with children of all ages in activities that encourage conversation, exploration and experimentation through art. Activities include a ‘Design Challenge’, action guides for gallery exploration, along with performances and activations with special guests. Admission is FREE throughout the day to all visitors on Family Days, which takes place on every last Sunday of the month.

Coral Gables Museum Panel Discussion: The Making of The Art Of Compassion

Experience a Panel Discussion: The Making of The Art Of Compassion, From Conception to Exhibition at the Coral Gables Museum on Thursday, July 25th from 7-9pm. Hear from the participants behind the museum’s current exhibition, “The Art of Compassion.” The curator, photographers and women profiled will discuss how photography empowers social change, how the images were made, and how the participants were touched by the experience.

This event is in partnership with Leica Store Miami and their Women in Focus Festival. You can learn more about the festival here: https://women-in-focus.com/festival

Members free; non-members $5

Dimensions Variable: Art Conversation with Juan Pablo Garza, René Morales, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova

Enjoy an art conversation at Dimensions Variable with Juan Pablo Garza, René Morales, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova on Saturday, July 20th at 6pm. Enjoy a conversation and refreshments around Arenas y Arenas y Arenas—Juan Pablo Garza. The conversation will touch on the artists practice and the exhibition currently on view through August 1, 2019.

About The Speakers:

Juan Pablo Garza (Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1980) currently lives and works in Miami. Garza´s work has been exhibited in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Canada, United States, Spain, Holland, and Germany. His solo show Reforma del Ahora (Al Borde. Maracaibo, 2012) was published in Artforum as one of the best exhibitions of the year according to curator Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy. He was co-founder and co-director of the Contemporary Art Space Al Borde (2010-2014) in Maracaibo, which in 2012 won a grant from the Fundación Cisneros/CPPC within its program to support cultural organizations.

René Morales is Curator at Pérez Art Museum Miami, where he has organized approximately 50 exhibitions. Recent curatorial projects at PAMM include Christo and Jeanne- Claude: Surrounded Islands, 1980–83; Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger; Sarah Oppenheimer: S-281913; Marjetica Potrc: The School of the Forest; Bik Van der Pol: Speechless; Gary Simmons: Frozen in Time; Monika Sosnowska: Market; and Amelia Peláez: The Craft of Modernity. Morales has spearheaded numerous major acquisitions for PAMM’s permanent collection, including a set of nearly 400 works from the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, as well as over 50 works purchased through PAMM’s Collectors Council.

Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova was born in 1973 in Havana, Cuba and currently lives and works in Miami, FL. Select exhibitions include The Center for Architecture and Design, Miami, FL; Factoria Habana, Havana, Cuba; Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami, FL; ZONA MACO Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway; Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Locust Projects, Miami, FL.