Art Galleries In Miami For 2023
The Best Art Galleries in Miami
Miami is not only known for its beautiful beaches, but also for its art scene. It is home to the global renowned Wynwood Walls and a host of galleries dedicated to exhibiting contemporary and street art.
Miami has an incredibly diverse array of artists represented by many different types of art, including paintings, sculptures, photography and installations. Here are a few of our favorite galleries to check out when you visit Miami!
Nina Johnson Art Gallery
One of Miami's pillars in the art community, Nina Johnson Art Gallery features exhibitions by international emerging and established artists in a lively and engaging atmosphere. The space also works with historic estates to produce ambitious projects both within the gallery and beyond.
The eponymous gallery, helmed by the renowned local dynamo, showcases a range of emerging and mid-career artists, including Bhakti Baxter, Nick Lobo and Betty Woodman. Recent exhibitions have reflected on culturally relevant themes, such as Germane Barnes's "Unsettled" series of works that explore memory and identity related to African migration, and Tom Scicluna's meditation on Miami's rapidly changing landscape.
As a Black man, Barnes values Africa's migrant history, and his newest series of works in "Unsettled" is rooted in his time as a fellow at the American Academy in Rome. The works are meant to be both historical and personal, and a homage to African migration as an empowering experience.
Aside from being a fantastic place to catch some new work, the gallery has an interesting collection of art that you can buy at their store, or have delivered directly to your home. They also have an impressive selection of furniture and home accessories designed by a local artist.
I stopped by to check out the front room with some elegant furniture pieces that rounded zigzag legs. In the back, there was a group show of works on paper and small objects. I also loved the built-in bookshelf that the designer Emmett Moore had created for the gallery.
Kevin Bruk Gallery
Located in the Miami Design District, Kevin Bruk Gallery is one of miami’s most notable art galleries. It is known for its illustrious clientele and well-curated exhibitions. The gallery’s main gallery space measures around 3,800 square feet. Its auxiliary rooms include two project spaces, an office and storage area.
On a recent Saturday night in the Design District, the gallery scene was abuzz with a plethora of openings and exhibitions. Some of the most exciting are the ones with a high tech twist. For example, the latest gizmo at the Kevin Bruk Gallery is a snazzy security camera that not only captures video of visitors to the bathroom, but can also ping-pong images back and forth between the camera and a nearby monitor. Besides the aforementioned camera, this gallery deserves a mention for a slew of other technological wonders. The most impressive of these is a touch screen display that not only displays information about the latest exhibitions but can be programmed to show other relevant info such as weather and traffic conditions in the neighborhood.
Leonard Tachmes Gallery
Leonard Tachmes Gallery is a Miami, FL-based small-medium size Private Gallery. They have exhibited at no less than 4 art fairs, and their next show is scheduled for September 2007.
Dr. Tachmes specializes in aesthetic surgery of the face and body, and is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is affiliated with Larkin Community Hospital in Miami, and has been in practice since 1994. He is an expert in cosmetic surgery procedures including facelifts, breast surgeries, Brazilian butt lifts and fat transfer.
The Leonard Tachmes Gallery is a cozy and inviting space, with three cozy rooms filled with paintings from one of the most talented artists in town, Jordan Massengale. The paintings are brilliantly colored and explore inner spaces, both physical and spiritual.
They are not as edgy as some of Massengale’s other works, but they are equally compelling and beautifully painted. The artist’s latest series, Inside Out, is an exquisite example of how he can create paintings that will take you on a journey through a world of color and perspective.
The Leonard Tachmes Gallery has an excellent track record of promoting and exhibiting emerging, Miami-based contemporary artists. They have promoted artists like Crystal Pearl Molinary Garcia, whose work engages in an analysis of cultural practices of identity, nostalgia, heritage and femininity, and whose latest exhibition is currently on view. She holds a BFA in photography from Florida International University, has exhibited internationally, and is a visual arts instructor with the Miami Dade County Public School System.
Emerson Dorsch Gallery
The gallery has a strong track record of exhibiting local emerging and mid-career artists. Its exhibitions are conceptually rigorous and invite new audiences to experience art in a fresh and meaningful way.
The gallery also hosts a variety of public programs and events. These are designed to foster a sense of community and to promote dialogue around the issues and ideas explored by its artists.
Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Miami has a long history of showing local emerging and mid-career artists. Founded in 1991, it is now located in Wynwood, a neighborhood that has become an important part of the city’s art scene.
Throughout its history, the gallery has shaped the trajectory of Miami’s contemporary art scene by championing artists at all stages of their careers both locally and internationally. It has also fostered the dynamic exchanges between emerging and established practices.
With an emphasis on fostering a sense of community and dialogue, Emerson Dorsch has helped to put Miami on the map as one of the leading centers for contemporary art in the world. The gallery has a wide range of exhibitions, ranging from painting and sculpture to video and performance art.
The gallery also features a number of interesting events, such as artist talks and book launches. These programs are designed to engage members of the local community and provide them with a voice in shaping the Miami art scene.
Anthony Spinello Gallery
Founded in 2005 by Anthony Spinello, the Miami-based gallery and design house represents a dynamic, creative platform for nomadic site-specific and curatorial special projects. The gallery showcases intelligent works of art in every conceivable medium by local and international artists.
The gallery is located in the Miami Design District and focuses on contemporary art. They exhibit paintings, sculptures, drawings and installations by both emerging and established artists. They also host a monthly exhibition series called New Times, which is dedicated to showing work by women and other marginalized groups.
Agustina Woodgate and Eddie Arroyo were selected to represent the gallery in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, a big deal for the local art scene. These two artists tackle issues of gentrification, labor and cultural erasure in ways that are direct and subtle.
At the gallery, they’re putting on a performance with performance artists Ruben Wright and Ruben Millares. In the show, they’ll launch balloons at one another in a room that has been transformed into a cave.
In addition, Francisco De La Torre’s installation SOS: Self Organizing Systems is an interplay between two- and three-dimensional works that are informed by holons as described in Arthur Koestler’s The Ghost in the Machine. This show also includes a small garden made from botanical design objects and individual specimens of plants.
The gallery is an important part of the Miami art scene and continues to thrive. They’re a leading voice in supporting and encouraging the voices of marginalized artists.
Mindy Solomon Gallery
Founded in 2009, Mindy Solomon Gallery specializes in contemporary emerging and mid-career artists as well as art advisory services. The gallery program explores the intersection of art and design through an ongoing dialogue between two and three-dimensional objects while embracing diasporic voices. Utilizing the space as a platform for inventive exhibitions, museum visitations and public lectures, the gallery invites a sense of community and aesthetic enrichment.
The gallery's mainstays are a collection of paintings, sculpture and photography by both local and international talent. While the focus is on narrative pieces, the gallery also carries out a more traditional curatorial role by exhibiting select BFA students from downtown Miami's New World School of the Arts.
It's easy to see why the gallery has been a hit with its discerning clients: it's a serene, light-filled space with a nifty array of works. The most recent addition is an oversized sculpture by the Korean artist Kyung-Min Kim, a dazzling piece in its own right that's no small feat of craftsmanship.
Aside from the gallery's signature selection of figurative paintings, it also showcases a range of non-objective pieces, from large scale photography to ceramic sculpture. And the most interesting thing about the gallery is that it's located in a relatively small town, Little River, that's becoming a hot spot for art-hungry collectors from South America. It's a market that makes sense for Solomon, who is relocating from her home in St. Petersburg, Florida.
