Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Jewish Artists Allege Miami Art Week Fair Took Their Money, Then Kicked Them Out for Being Jewish and Israeli

A Jewish and Israeli arts collective is suing the Satellite Art Show, which holds its annual fair at Miami Beach's Geneva Hotel, alleging the fair canceled their fully paid exhibition one week before the December 2025 event and refused to return their $6,153.

Journal Staff Jul 16, 2026

Arts & Culture

Weekend Plans: July 10-12, 2026

Nine ways to spend the weekend in Miami Beach, from Florida Supercon and World Cup watch parties to Poolside at the Bandshell, Spanish-language theater, opera, free family theater and Latin jazz.

Journal Staff Jul 10, 2026

Arts & Culture

Weekend Plans: July 3-5, 2026

A fresh Miami Beach weekend guide for July 3-5, with World Cup watch parties, Broadway in the Botanical Garden, two July 4 fireworks options, art at The Bass, and a Sunday jazz landing at The Betsy.

Journal Staff Jul 03, 2026

Arts & Culture

Roy Lichtenstein's "Mermaid" Restored After 12-Week Conservation Project

The 47-year-old sculpture near The Fillmore Miami Beach has been fully restored by RLA Conservation of Art and Architecture, with work completed June 17, 2026.

Journal Staff Jul 02, 2026

Arts & Culture

Wolfsonian Invites Digital Artists to Apply for 2026–27 Creative Fellowship

The Wolfsonian–FIU is accepting applications through May 31 for its Creative Fellowship, focused this cycle on digital media and how technology can bring its historic collection to new audiences.

Journal Staff May 07, 2026

Arts & Culture

10 Things to Do on Miami Beach This Weekend (April 18–19, 2026)

Model Volleyball takes over the sand, New World Symphony and Miami City Ballet premiere American Dance Odyssey with a free WALLCAST, the Miami Film Festival wraps its final weekend, and much more. Here's your guide to the best of Miami Beach this Saturday and Sunday.

Journal Staff Apr 17, 2026

Arts & Culture

Miami Beach Set to Hand $7.6 Million in Bond Funds — and Construction Control — to Theater Company for Collins Park Venue

A pivotal piece of Miami Beach's arts infrastructure puzzle is headed before the City Commission on April 22, 2026: a proposal that would hand Miami New Drama (MiND) both $7.604 million in public bond funds and the keys to manage its own construction at the long-awaited Collins Park Cultural Facility.

Journal Staff Apr 16, 2026

Arts & Culture

5 Miami Beach Pride 2026 Events Happening This Weekend

Miami Beach Pride is here — April 10–12. From the free Lummus Park festival headlined by Princess Nokia to the Ocean Drive parade, Drag Me to Pride tonight, Palace Bar all weekend, and URGE late-night at M2 — the five events worth building your weekend around.

Journal Staff Apr 10, 2026

Arts & Culture

St. Patrick Parish Marks 100 Years With Year-Long Centennial Celebration

Church was the first Catholic parish on Miami Beach

Journal Staff Apr 10, 2026

Arts & Culture

Miami Beach Committee Overrules City Hall, Backs Long-Term Deal for Untitled Art Fair Despite Beachfront Precedent Concerns

A committee of Miami Beach commissioners moved swiftly Wednesday to advance a five-year license agreement with the Untitled Art Fair, brushing aside the city administration's formal recommendation against the deal and signaling that one of Art Week's most celebrated beachfront events may soon enjoy its most stable footing yet in the city.

Journal Staff Mar 26, 2026

Arts & Culture

Historic Bandshell Wins Approval for Major Expansion, Variance

The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board unanimously approved a Certificate of Appropriateness and a setback variance for significant additions and renovations to the North Beach Bandshell at 7275 Collins Avenue, voting 5-0 on both measures at its March 17, 2026 meeting. The project, funded through Arts and Culture General Obligation Bond (ACGOB) funds approved by voters in 2022

Journal Staff Mar 22, 2026

Arts & Culture

City May Ease Rules for Wolfsonian Museum Expansion

The Miami Beach City Commission is considering a referral to the Planning Board to amend Land Development Regulations governing the Wolfsonian Arts District, a subdistrict of CD-2 in South Beach. The proposed changes would modify rules for rooftop additions and reduce minimum parking requirements to facilitate an expansion of the Wolfsonian–FIU museum.

Journal Staff Mar 12, 2026