Nicole Martinez
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A Lively Debate on the Value of the Term "Latinx"
Reflecting on the use of the term Latinx is an opportunity to talk about art history, its canon, and the needs of artists. → Read More
Not Sure How to Vote? Women's Movement Has Your Midterm Election Cheat Sheet
The WMN voter guide is a comprehensive, bipartisan, and well-researched tool to help you come to your decisions. Formally put together by WMN members Krystina Francois, Gabriela Guzman, Mara Leventhal, and Leah Weston, the WMN guide objectively analyzed key politicians and amendments in an effort to demystify... → Read More
Miami Swim Week 2018: Five Miami Designers to Watch
Swim Week is once again descending to the shores of Miami Beach, and along with it a reported thousands of industry professionals eager to spot next year's swimwear trends. → Read More
Is Miami Becoming a Fashion Capital?
As city officials and business incubators attempt to brand the city the next frontier for industries like fashion, critics argue this activity is nothing more than smoke. So who's right? → Read More
Five Miami Fashion Week Events You Won't Want to Miss
Looking for some packing inspo for your upcoming summer vacation? With Miami Fashion Week just around the corner, you're in luck. Kicking off May 30 and running through Sunday, June 3, MIAFW is returning for its third straight year of showcasing resort collections from celebrated local and international designers. The... → Read More
"DesteFashionCollection: 1 to 8" Displays Designer Garments as High Art
In an exhibition that uniquely blurs the boundaries between art and fashion, the latest show at the Bass Museum displays nearly a decade's worth of runway style alongside works by some of the world's most celebrated visual artists, including Juergen Teller and Helmut Lang. → Read More
Upper Buena Vista's "Microboutique" Model Aims to Change the Way Miami Shops
The recent arrival of a shopping and entertainment district in Miami's urban center is certainly not a novel concept, but Upper Buena Vista, with its tranquil, minimalist design and unique microboutique model, certainly sets a different bar for local retail outlets. → Read More
"Metamorphosis" at Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Opens September 18
In many ways, Cuban author Alejo Capentier's 1957 epic on the repercussions of slavery in Haiti, The Kingdom of This World, is a fantasy-fueled parallel of 21st-century America's present tensions surrounding race and immigration. So it's no surprise the book helped inspire the latest exhibit by Edouard Duval-Carrié, the Haitian-born,... → Read More
Miami Couple Launches the Tropics Swim Line to Combat Ocean Pollution
For Isabella Cisneros and Ramiro Carranza, the launch of their eco-conscious swimwear line the Tropics was kind of a perfect storm. → Read More
"Love Lost, Miami" 2017 Seeks Submissions of Artifacts of Heartbreak
A crowd-sourced exhibition that encourages locals to submit "artifacts" of a love lost, along with the story behind it, "Love Lost, Miami" explores the... → Read More
Can Resort Wear Make Miami Fashion Week Relevant?
The new owners of Miami Fashion Week have a theory: Rather than try to make Miami something it's not — a fashion destination that rivals New York or... → Read More
David Sedaris, Author of Theft by Finding, to Read at Miami's Arsht Center
David Sedaris doesn't want you to call him funny. "I feel like when someone introduces me onstage and they say, 'Get ready to laugh!' I'm backstage thinking 'You're killing me here,'" the humorist and author says. "If you say to people: 'Get ready, this is really funny, he's gonna slay you with laughter,' you're going to cross your arms across your chest and say, 'OK, show me how funny you... → Read More
The Wolfsonian's Pulp Art Exhibit Shows Comic-Book Culture's Sexist Foundations
A precursor to Playboy and Penthouse, pulps offered the type of salacious material that Hollywood's overly limiting censorship laws prohibited on TV... → Read More
A Buenos Aires Museum Creates a New Lexicon for Latin American Art
The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires has reorganized its permanent collection, assigning a new context for 20th-century Latin American art and its movements. → Read More
Upper Buena Vista Shopping Cooperative Set to Open in Miami Summer 2017
Miami is a city that is brimming with talent. From local designers and makers to artisans and illustrators, there's no shortage of creatives trying to make it in the Magic City. But because rent prices for retail spaces are exorbitantly high, many locals lack the resources to host their brands in a brick-and-mortar. → Read More
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater's Awakening Will Rouse the Arsht Center
After a long day's work, most people like to plop down in front of the TV to unwind — but not Jamar Roberts. The 33-year-old dancer, choreographer, illustrator, and fashion designer considers the act of watching television an exploration of what's happening behind the lens. "I usually watch on mute... → Read More
Artist Brookhart Jonquil Creates Luminescent Sculptors
New Times' Mastermind Award honors the city's most inspiring creatives. We'll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year's three Mastermind Award winners will be announced February 18 at Artopia, our annual soiree celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit... → Read More
The Nine Miami Guys You Will Probably Meet This Year
It doesn't matter how long you've lived in the Magic City – whether you've been here for years or only recently arrived, you've quickly learned that you probably won't be finding your soul mate in Miami anytime soon. From guys who put booty over brains, flash their money or really just... → Read More
ScreenDance Miami Festival Sheds Light on an Underground Movement
With ScreenDance Miami, the four-day long festival aims to elevate and shed light on a relatively unknown movement that blends the arts of film and dance. → Read More
Dimensions Variable Announces New Home and Partnership with Miami Dade College
After a lot of moving around, Dimensions Variable gallery has finally found a new home and a new partnership with Miami Dade College. → Read More