There’s certainly no shortage of good art in Miami. From the lauded Perez Museum, which celebrated its third anniversary this fall, to the Rubell Family Collection to the annual Miami Basel fair, during which the art-world elite descends on the Florida city for a week of art and parties, Miami has emerged in the past few years as a destination for the arts. This week the city will add to its portfolio with the opening of four public artworks along the impending Underline, a public park and recreation space below Miami’s Metrorail masterminded by James Corner Field Operations, the same firm behind New York’s beloved High Line. Miami-based artists Bhakti Baxter, Naomi Fisher, Nicolas Lobo, and Agustina Woodgate have been selected to create the Underline’s first round of temporary artworks, opening January 14. Their projects range widely, from “live floral paintings” to a sculptural riff on exercise equipment. To hear more about the project, AD caught up with Amanda Sanfilippo, the curator and artist manager for Miami’s Art in Public Places, a sector of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs that is responsible for the installations.
Source: www.architecturaldigest.com
