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Women’s History Month art event honors the eco-feminist artist Mira Lehr

March 21, 2022770 Views

Featuring all new works by Lehr never exhibited before, on view now through April 20 in Miami In the 1950s in New York, Mira Lehr was a trailblazer in the male-dominated art scene while raising a young family. Now, in her sixth decade of artmaking and at the bold age of 87, Mira Lehr is the subject of an art exhibition honoring Women's History Month at the Kimpton EPIC Hotel Miami that continues through April 20th. She is creating more new work now than ever before, and inspiring new generations. When Lehr moved from New York to Miami in 1961, Lehr was shocked at how women artists were treated so she founded one of the country's first artist collectives for women. It was called Continuum, and it thrived in Miami for 35 years. Lehr's visionary leadership is celebrated as a precursor ...

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Filipino artist fears longer struggle as Omicron stalls tourism pickup

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December 1, 2021673 Views

Struggling Filipino artist Alberto Nunez was looking for a change in fortunes this week, until news broke of a new COVID-19 variant, which scuppered government plans to loosen restrictions and dashed his hopes for a long-awaited boost in business. Artists paint customized designs on t-shirts at a shop in Boracay Island, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Aklan province, Philippines, November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez The Philippines on Sunday backed out of a planned reopening to foreign tourists after 21 months of border restrictions, citing uncertainty over the risks posed by the new Omicron COVID-19 variant that has triggered global concern. Nunez had sold paintings to tourists on the island of Boracay for over 17 years, typically earning $600 a week befo...

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Miami’s art week takes on new look as galleries, artists get creative

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December 6, 2020782 Views

For almost two decades the first week of December in Miami has been synonymous with artists, art fairs, champagne-soaked parties, pop up installations, an explosion of new graffiti, and traffic gridlock. But the Florida city looks far different this year. After the coronavirus pandemic forced Art Basel Miami Beach to announce in September that it was canceling this year’s fair, the galaxy of satellite fairs around the city followed suit. Art Basel is typically one of the busiest times for Miami, and the jolt could not have come at a worse time for this tourism-and-hospitality driven city hit hard by COVID-19. An art installations is showcased as part of Art Basel amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Maria Ale...