El Nuevo Herald: Símbolo del éxodo cubano: balsa vacía recuperada en la costa de Florida se exhibe como obra de arte
Por Sarah Moreno, 1 de abril de 2026 No se ve la línea del horizonte. El peor de los temores de un balsero se materializa en una sala de la galería Piero Atchugarry en el Design District de Miami. La noche llega y todo es negro a los cuatro costados. El mar ruge. Ya no hay […]
Miami Herald: A recovered ‘balsa’ is the center of an art exhibit in Miami’s Design District
By Sarah Moreno, April 8, 2026 A room at the Piero Atchugarry gallery in Miami’s Design District invokes the desperation of a balsero. Night falls and everything is black on all sides. The sea roars. There’s no chance of returning to Cuba, no sign of shore in the distance to offer hope. The viewer can […]
The Art Newspaper: As Cuban crisis deepens, diaspora artists have a message of compassion
By Nicole Martinez, 13 April 2026 Artists in Florida and beyond highlight the desperate choice Cubans must make, between staying in a country in seemingly terminal decline, or making a treacherous journey to a country where they are no longer welcome Until recently, a large, rusted vessel hung from a steel beam in the Miami […]
Antonia Wright is named a 2025 Knight Arts + Tech Fellow
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced the recipients of the 2025 Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship, an initiative that supports artists exploring innovative approaches to technology and new media. Administered by United States Artists, the Fellowship awards five artists annually with unrestricted grants of $50,000. One of the 2025 Knight Arts + […]
Miami Artist Antonia Wright Awarded $50,000 Knight Foundation Grant
By Carolina Del Busto, May 28, 2025. Tucked underneath the overpass and adjacent to the Miami River is artist Antonia Wright’s studio. She shares the space with longtime collaborator Ruben Millares; its exposed concrete floors and tall ceilings housing treasures upon treasures of art, both past and future. The multidisciplinary Miami artist works with everything from […]
Frieze: A Guide to the Best Shows in Miami
By Monica Uszerowicz, in Critic’s Guides, December 6, 2024 Billed as the first luxury hotel for Black guests, Historic Hampton House was a Green Book destination – included in the famous guidebook for Black American travellers seeking safe places and roads during segregation – whose patrons included Martin Luther King, Jr., Aretha Franklin and Sam […]
Miami New Times: Reproductive and Bodily Rights Get the Spotlight During Miami Art Week
By Liz Tracy, December 3, 2024 Reproductive and Bodily Rights Get the Spotlight During Miami Art Week Long a taboo topic, artworks on abortion and the loss of other bodily rights will be on display during Miami Art Week. Amid defiant and determined cries for freedom and equality at the 2016 Women’s March in Washington, […]
Hyperallergic: A No-Nonsense Guide to Miami Art Week
By Valentina Di Liscia, December 3, 2024. Here are the fairs, exhibitions, and events that should be on your radar, and a few words of traffic advice to keep you sane. Miami Art Week is upon us, and to help you cut through the noise, here’s a tidy list of art fairs, exhibitions, and more, […]
Discovery by Affidavit: Water Story
By Monica Uszerowicz, Winter 2024 The anthropomorphized manatee at the center of The Mother (2024)—a colored-pencil drawing from the artist Beatriz Chachamovits’s “Curandeiras” series, which renders familiar archetypes into aquatic Borgesian entities—fulfills her namesake. She has loving arms and the protective, curious gaze of a new parent; a fish peeks out from her cape, like a child […]
Antonia Wright: State of Labor at the Pérez Art Museum Miami
Antonia Wright: State of Labor at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) September 5, 2024- August 3, 2025 Through a multidisciplinary practice involving video, performance, photography, sculpture, sound, and light, Antonia Wright (b. 1979, Miami; lives in Miami) responds to extremes of emotion, control, and violence as they relate to systems of power in society. […]