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For the first time in the Miami philanthropy’s 72-year history, a woman will lead the Knight Foundation. Maribel Perez Wadsworth, who is the former president of Gannett Media and publisher of USA Today, has been tapped to serve as CEO.
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A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork.
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Michael Spring, who has been the director of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs for over 30 years, is stepping down at the end of September.
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David Le Batard, known as the colorful Miami street artist Lebo, died at age 50 after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed illness.
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Astronomer and astrophysicist Douglas A. Roberts has been chosen to be the Frost museum’s new CEO and president. He succeeds Frank Steslow who stepped down last year.
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More than 40 artists who have been part of Miami Beach's Oolite Arts organization will have their artwork featured in their latest summer exhibition, opening this week.
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Oolite Arts announced the Knight Artist Housing Stipend, a multi-year program that gifts their artists in residence with $12,000 a year to go toward housing costs.
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“Rewind: History on Repeat,” at the Stonewall National Museum & Archives illustrates a celebration of friendship in the queer Black community
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The special Tony Award that honors educators will go this year to a drama teacher in Florida who has closed the gap between the deaf and hearing worlds. Jason Zembuch-Young's productions are performed in both voice and American Sign Language.
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Rita Lee Jones, Brazil’s million-selling “Queen of Rock” who gained an international following through her colorful and candid style, has died at 75.
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A youth arts development program, a young Artists Initiative (YAI), at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA), is opening its annual spring show featuring the work of 28 Miami high school students.
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“I think too often we see the idea of a poet being a certain type of person. Like you have to be like William Shakespeare to be considered a poet. And honestly, that's not true at all [...] Everyone has their own identity and their own poem in them."