Amanda Rosa | Miami Herald
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Miami arts nonprofit Oolite Arts has canceled this year’s The Ellies, its annual event that awards grant funding to local artists and arts educators. This comes after months of controversy surrounding the group’s removal a pro-Palestinian artwork from an exhibition.
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Born and raised in Miami to a Jamaican father and African-American mother, Tulloch’s art focuses on the beauty and nuances of the Caribbean and African diaspora from a distinctly South Floridian point of view.
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The placement of controversial artwork in the midst of Miami Beach’s Jewish community, a local art organization’s decision to remove it and the subsequent backlash from artists accusing the group of censorship has splintered Miami’s tight knit arts community along the same fault lines seen throughout the world.
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North Miami Beach commissioners want to expedite plans for a cultural complex located at the abandoned Byron Carlyle Theater.
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The Pérez Art Museum Miami suspended plans to exhibit “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence,” after several people came forward with sexual-assault allegations against the famed artist.
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After the nonprofit Oolite Arts removed pro-Palestinian artwork from Walgreens window display in response to hate speech complaints, several South Florida artists have filled the space in protest.
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Maria Todaro, an accomplished singer, stage director, fight choreographer and arts entrepreneur is stepping into her biggest role yet, ushering in an ambitious rebrand for Florida’s oldest opera company as the Florida Grand Opera’s new general director.
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“Silhouettes” highlights the beauty of book and magazine covers with the same reverence of paintings and sculptures. The show is all about the storied collaborations between some of the greatest minds, visual artists and authors of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Fine art auction house Christie’s held first of several auctions to sell art from the collection of the late Miami arts patron Rosa de la Cruz, raking in $34 million.
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A group of South Florida artists are raising the alarm after local nonprofit Oolite Arts removed a public artwork over complaints of alleged “hate speech” and “political” content.
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This Saturday, individual artist studios and art complexes in Little Haiti, Little River and North Miami are open to the public for Artists Open, nonprofit Fountainhead Arts’ annual event where artists open their work spaces for people to get an inside look into the creative process.
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As war and conflict rage around the world, the artworks at “Loaded,” Farrow’s solo exhibition at VISU Contemporary Gallery on South Beach, are as relevant as ever. But his artistic inspiration is a tale as old as time.