Pedestrians through the downtown area will spot the work of Cuban-born, Miami-based artist Carlos Estévez, who is developing video content on people’s movements, interactions, and sense of community. His first technology-based artwork, the video-mapped projection will be cast over the entire surface of the historic Coral Gables City Hall building.
Another technologically and artistically intricate work: Kiki Smith’s
Blue Night, commissioned by the city specifically for Illuminate Coral Gables. The 40-by-190-foot installation will create a wonderland of constellations in Giralda Plaza.
Other works that use video mapping and projections will be found in Gables International Plaza (AKA the Davidson Building) on Le Jeune Road; Actors’ Playhouse on Miracle Mile; and Coral Gables Museum’s façade on Aragon Avenue.
Michelle F. Solomon (
Artburst Miami) reviews “Illuminate Coral Gables,” featuring installations on view from February 12 to March 14, 2021, in downtown Coral Gables, Florida.
Caribbean-rooted representation includes co-curator Rosie Gordon Wallace (Jamaica) and artists Carlos Estévez (Cuban born, Miami based), David Gumbs (from Saint Martin, based in Martinique), Sandra Ramos (Cuban born, Miami based), and Antonia Wright (Cuban-American, born and based in Miami). [See previous post Illuminate Coral Gables (Exhibition).]
“Illuminate Coral Gables” is a public art exhibit that’s perfect for these times.
Opening Feb. 12, this incandescent-and-interactive project is transforming downtown Coral Gables into a free outdoor museum – with newly commissioned and existing works by local, national and international artists curated to engage with some of the city’s most preeminent landmarks.
Drop-in series: New course studies the visual arts of the African World
Inspired by Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University in which he shared how auditing a calligraphy class in college inspired him years later to add diverse fonts to Apple computers, we set out to visit classes around campus that make us think differently about what it means to be educated. This is one in a series of drop-ins.
January 6, 2021 at 10:00am
Last fall, the FIU Art + Art History Department launched a course that examines the continuities between African arts and the arts within an African diaspora.
The undergraduate class Introduction to the Visual Arts of the African World (ARH 3511) taught by professor Alvin L. Pondexter, is the first course of its kind to be offered at FIU through the Department of Art + Art History, and it s open to students of all majors.
Rose Art Museum receives new director, chief curator
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Brandeis University has named Gannit Ankori as the Henry and Lois Foster Director and chief curator of the Rose Art Museum, in Waltham, effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Ankori, a professor of art history and theory in the departments of Fine Arts and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University, has been serving as interim director at the Rose since July.
A Jerusalem native, Ankori is an acclaimed author, curator and educator who brings knowledge of the Rose Art Museum’s role as a “world-class museum” within a university setting. During a time of uncertainty due to COVID-19, her leadership and expertise has been considered invaluable to the museum.
Brandeis University Appoints Dr. Gannit Ankori Director and Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum
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Gannit Ankori stands in front of an installation at The Rose: Dora García and ProjectSD, She Has Many Names, 2020. Gold leaf on glass.
Photo by Mike Lovett.
Brandeis University has named Gannit Ankori as the Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum, effective January 1, 2021. Ankori, a professor of art history and theory in the departments of Fine Arts and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University, has been serving as interim director at the Rose since July 2020.