Andrea Marie Breiling
Night Gallery’s name alone suggests a sense of the supernatural—so when LA’s buzziest gallery comes to Miami, is it really a leap that they take up residence in Villa Paula, the only property remaining of the Cuban government in the city that’s also legendarily haunted? Villa Paula’s rumored to have the specter of its namesake spooking its halls, just where Andrea Marie Breiling’s dynamic spray-paint canvases, in a new show “Ribbons,” will be on view from November 28 until December 4. As Night Gallery’s Davida Nemeroff explains, “Both Andrea and I have been dealing with loss and grief recently. When she showed me her new “Ribbons” work, I had this intense response to the ribboning effect as if the paintings were echoing people we’ve lost, spirits that continue to inspire us. So, in many ways, the rich history of Villa Paula is the perfect context to unveil the ghostly strokes of Andrea’s apparitional paintings.” When and Where November 28, 2022 – December 4, 2022Villa Paula5811 North Miami Ave
Germane Barnes
Perhaps Miami’s self-professed “best-kept secret” is no more with the tribute paid to Carnival by architect and designer Germane Barnes that now lines the central axis of the Design District as its latest annual commission. Barnes isn’t an artist, but he’s shaping how communities of color live in Miami through his work as Assistant Professor and the Director of the Community Housing & Identity Lab at the University of Miami School of Architecture and his own architecture firm Studio Barnes. His installation “Rock | Roll” infuses the vibrancy and sounds of the Afro-Diasporic festival traditions. When and Where Mid-November onwardMiami Design District140 NE 39th St
Alicja Kwade
We’ve admired the monumental Alicja Kwade’s practice for years, so when news arrived that the cerebral Polish-German sculptor/space-intervener would be commissioned by ARCA, the world’s purveyor of luxury building stone, we’ll admit, sell out crossed our minds. How wrong! Kwade’s Pretty Pity, a saccharine snipe at Miami/the world’s confrontation of the climate crisis, takes form in manipulated, billion-year-old marble into melting ice cream scoops. Also considering sugar and its relationship to the gateway to the Caribbean, no read seems sweet now. When and Where ARCA Wynwood260 NW 27th St
JUDY CHICAGO + NADYA TOLOKONNIKOVA
“How do we claim our world, humanity and planet,” asks Judy Chicago, in a tight-lipped project soon to be revealed on December 1st at the ICA Miami. Chicago has found a spiritual sister in Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, and the two tireless feminist liberators have, under the auspices of DMINTI, collaborated in a premiere participatory art project, “What if Women Ruled the World” that soon will involve anyone who wants to join in. When and Where December 1st, 20226:30 pmICA Miami61 NE 41st St
Art In Common
“Boil, Toil + Trouble” A partnership in cultural production, Abby Pucker and Zoe Lukov, who just founded Art in Common, continue their multi-leg exhibition model, first debuted last year in Miami, with a new exhibition of 30+ artists to mouthpiece the alchemy of water through art. The exhibition, “Boil, Toil + Trouble,” staged in unusual found spaces (for Miami, it’s a 7,500 sq. ft. in the Design District) positions artists as seers across culture, with a particular emphasis on artists who meddle with magic or embrace the role of witch, from Marina Abramovic, Ana Mendieta, and Wangechi Mutu. When and Where November 29–December 11, 202239 NE 39th St
Nina Johnson Gallery
“Nadia Ayari, Minjae Kim, & Raúl de Nieves” For the 15th anniversary of Nina Johnson’s gallery—a four-building compound in Little Haiti—the pillar of the Miami gallery scene has mounted three concurrent exhibitions. In the main space is a new body of narrative works from Nadia Ayari; Minjae Kim is inaugurating the new Exhibition Library with 12 new pieces of functional objects d’art; and finally, Raúl de Nieves has a mini-retrospective of his sculptures and small ceramic works. Johnson’s helped usher the Miami scene to where it is. When and Where November 28-January 7, 2023(Nieves until 21st)6315 NW 2nd Ave
Gagosian & Jeffery Deitch
“100 Years” Now in its seventh iteration, and back to the Buick Building they go, Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch have teamed up again for “100 Years,” a large-scale group exhibition of artists “who recognize the critical nature of a period that has witnessed sweeping social and cultural change while alluding to the innate ephemerality of human life and memory.” As one of Craig Robins’ picks for the week, the show includes contemporary and what was once contemporary, 20th-century works, in dialogue with each other about the innate ephemerality of life and memory, and offers possible future advances. Seems like a lofty premise, but included in the grouping are Urs Fischer, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Chris Burden, Alteronce Gumby, and many more. When and Where November 29–December 4, 2022Buick Building, Miami Design District3841 NE 2nd Avenue
Malin Gallery
Chelsea’s Malin Gallery has brought together artist Jared Owens in collaboration with Silver Art Projects and Art for Justice for a temporary pop-up exhibition, “Anthem X”, curated by Owens. The exhibition, in Wynwood, has 42 artists that Owens and Malin are designating as the “most promising artistic voices of now and the future,” including collaborator (and fellow-formerly-incarcerated) Jesse Krimes, Athena LaTocha, and Daniel Gaitor-Lomack. A portion of sales from Anthem X will go to support the Right of Return USA Fellowship, founded by Krimes that goes to support the work of supporting formerly-incarcerated artists. When and Where 28 November – 3 December2022 2440 NW 5th Avenue
TYPOE
Public sculpture garden on The Underline Miami’s Underline pathway has been an urban planning game changer, and just in time for ABMB, artist Typoe has unveiled a “living breathing space for connection and belonging,” a sculpture garden in Brickell’s Backyard section as a place for rest, play and interaction. As Typoe says, “I always intuitively knew that I wanted to add to the ever-changing landscape of our world. This sculpture garden is my love letter to Miami.” Fun forms await. When and Where PermanentThe Underline–Brickell Backyard
The Bass
Adrian Villa Rojas at The Bass Just blocks from the beach, Adrian Villa Rojas has transformed The Bass museum into the surface of the moon for El fin de la imaginación (The End of Imagination). Created in collaboration with Mariana Telleria, these immersive installations explore how interplanetary conquest might transform national cultures and mythologies, on view 10 am to 5 pm starting Nov. 27. When and Where November 27, 2022 – May 2023The Bass2100 Collins Ave