Miami Beach July 2007 – June kicks off the Miami Beach summer as the hottest Brazilian films are showcased at the Brazilian Film Festival and the different styles of dance and movement are expressed at the Florida Dance Festival.
Whether indoors or out, Miami Beach offers an eclectic collection of culture from films and lectures to dance, music, exhibits and other events for all to enjoy and many are free.
Dina Knapp: In from the Heat *
Continues through Thursday, July 19
Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
Dina Knapp, an artist of the “Art to Wear” movement of the 1960s, is known for her textile works which have been exhibited at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others. Recent works will be on view, including sewn vinyl
collages with photographic images of pin-up girls, vintage postcards from Cuba, novelty fabrics, and everyday as well as unique objects - from plastic fruit to a rubber squid. Ticket prices vary.
Photos of Cuban Jews by Randy Sidman Moore *
Continues through Sunday, July 22
Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.672.5044 www.jewishmuseum.com
This photo-documentary exhibit on the contemporary Cuban Jewish community in South Florida includes large-scale photographs and text. The images are a look into the lives of a distinct group of people performing daily tasks and rituals, providing an intimate view of a
community that began more than four decades ago. Ticket prices vary.
¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz *
Continues through Sunday, August 26
Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
The traveling exhibition, ¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz, explores the life of legendary Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz (1925 – 2003) and her world-wide influence on music and culture. The exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American
History, made its debut in Washington, D.C. ¡Azúcar! highlights important moments in Cruz’s life and career through photographs, personal documents, costumes, rare footage and music. The show will include items from her childhood and early appearances with the band, La Sonora Matancera, in Cuba. Ticket prices vary.
The Art of Aging *
Continues through Tuesday, September 23
Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.672.5044 www.jewishmuseum.com
The Art of Aging offers viewers an opportunity to see how artists interpret their own anxieties and joys about the aging process. Through painting, sculpture, photography, installation, fiber, mixed media and video, contemporary artists explore diverse aspects of aging,
including creativity and vitality, memory, wisdom, physical change, loss, intergenerational interaction, responsibility and optimism. Ticket prices vary.
MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida *
Ongoing Exhibit
Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.672.5044 www.jewishmuseum.com
More than 500 photos and artifacts depicting the Jewish experience in Florida since 1763 are featured in this exhibit. It also includes three films and a timeline wall of Jewish history. Ticket prices vary.
Austrian Art from the Bass Museum Collection *
Ongoing Exhibit
Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
This exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, textiles and decorative arts from the Bass Museum’s permanent collection of Austrian art. Particularly strong in 18th- and 19th-century paintings and textiles, this unique collection is a true treasure for South Floridians.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view beautiful detailed gold-thread embroidered ecclesiastical needlework, and masterful Romantic portraiture by one of Vienna’s most famous late nineteenth-century painters, Hans Makart (1840-1884). One of the most important paintings by this pre-modern Austrian artist, The Valkyrie
will be on view, that is a striking portrait of an actress and celebrated Viennese beauty, Helene von Racowitza. Ticket prices vary.
*Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from the Wolfsonian Collection
Ongoing Exhibit
Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org
Art and Design in the Modern Age provides an intriguing overview of The Wolfsonian's exceptional holdings and showcases the museum's collection, which spans the period 1885 to 1945. The nearly 300 works on display provide insight into the ways design has influenced and
adapted to the modern world. The installation explores the many focal points of The Wolfsonian's collection, including design-reform movements, architecture, urbanism, industrial design, transportation, world's fairs, advertising, political propaganda, and labor iconography. Ticket prices vary.
Asian Art from the Bass Museum Collection *
Ongoing Exhibit
Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
A diverse selection from the museum’s Asian collection representing various periods in China, India, Nepal and Japan are on view. Ceramics, bronzes, famed ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and a magnificent 19th-century embroidered silk robe from the Chinese
Imperial Court are on view. Ticket prices vary.
Treasures from the Bass Museum of Art *
Ongoing Exhibit
Bass Museum of Art, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach, FL
305.673.7530 www.bassmuseum.org
Monumental 16th- and 19th-century tapestries are on display, as well as a stunning altarpiece by Italian Renaissance masters Botticelli and Ghirlandaio that is the signature piece of the Bass Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The museum’s important 16th-century
Flemish tapestry The Tournament is receiving new attention from tapestry scholars around the world and has been recognized as one of the best of its kind in the country. It was formerly in the collection of Henry VIII at Knole House in England and later acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan before it came under Mr. Bass’s provenance.
Joining these works are Northern Renaissance paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, Gerard Seghers, Marcellus Koffermans and Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem as well as another fine Italian altarpiece by Giovanni Mazone, and the 17th-century Dutch mannerist style altarpiece The Crucifixion Triptych. Ticket prices vary.
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