Our Favorite Moments at SCOPE Miami Beach

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Our Favorite Moments at SCOPE Miami Beach

Enjoy these photos of the exciting art and smiling faces that CARTWHEEL encountered at SCOPE Miami Beach Art Fair, Dec. 4-9, 2012. About SCOPE Miami: SCOPE Miami ran December 4 – December 9, 2012 featuring the best and brightest across multiple creative industries, including fashion, film, music and performance. With over a decade of critically…

Highlights from Pulse Miami Beach

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Highlights from Pulse Miami Beach

CARTWHEEL’s photo highlights from Pulse Art Fair Miami Beach, Dec. 6-9, 2012 — enjoy! Here’s the scoop from Pulse Contemporary Art Fair: Pulse is the leading U.S. art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art. Through its annual editions in Miami and New York, PULSE provides a unique platform for diverse galleries to present a progressive…

Motorcycle Club Cuts in Riverside

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Motorcycle Club Cuts in Riverside

Like all good things wild and free, “Hell’s Union” was gone too soon. I got the tail end of the exhibition of vintage cuts – outlaw motorcycle club leather and denim vests from the 60s and 70s – at UC Riverside ARTSblock. The cuts are the collection of artist-rider Jeff Decker. As American folk art,…

“Inner Workings” and “The Wild Ones” open at Thinkspace Gallery

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“Inner Workings” and “The Wild Ones” open at Thinkspace Gallery

Despite the rain this past weekend their was a great turn out at Thinkspace Gallery for the opening “Inner Workings” featuring all new works by Kelly Vivanco. In the project room a new body of work by Catherine Brooks titled “The Wild Ones” by . Both women express a two different spectrums which Vivanco is gentle…

CARTWHEEL’s reporting from Miami and L.A. on Instagram!

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CARTWHEEL’s reporting from Miami and L.A. on Instagram!

An Instagram storm is brewing in Miami and L.A. Look for daily dispatches from art shows on both coasts this weekend as the CARTWHEEL team is reporting from Art Basel satellite fairs — and the huge roundup of L.A. events — on Instagram/CARTWHEEL_art, and, as usual, our insightful stories on CARTWHEELart.com! In Miami, we have…

CARTWHEEL Blog: Gregory Siff is Everywhere!

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CARTWHEEL Blog: Gregory Siff is Everywhere!

Today I popped into one of my favorite local hair stylists, Madin, my go-to-genii for emergency blow outs and up-dos, and there taped to her mirror was a Gregory Siff drawing he’d done of her. What a surprise! Turns out this CARTWHEEL favorite is one of her clients, too.

“Catharsis” by SANER opens at New Image Art

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“Catharsis” by SANER opens at New Image Art

Mexico City-based artist SANER‘s opening at New Image Art on Saturday, October 27–captured here by CARTWHEEL’s new team member, photographer Luis Ochoa– was an exhilarating display of artist’s work, moving the viewer through mental, emotional, and spiritual states–appropriate, since the show is called “Catharsis.” Drawing on folklore, mysticism, and murals, SANER creates a pathway between…

Cretin Hop: Dee Dee Ramone at Subliminal Projects

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Cretin Hop: Dee Dee Ramone at Subliminal Projects

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. This review was supposed to be a piece of cake for me. I mean, it’s freaking Dee Dee Ramone! A lot of music blares in my studio, but no other band gets more play than the Ramones, none. There are other bands that are more important to me (the Clash), bands…

“Matter of Time” Opening Night Reception at Gallery Brown

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“Matter of Time” Opening Night Reception at Gallery Brown

Under the blanket of night, the crowd at Gallery Brown for the opening of Matter of Time was buzzing. Music and drinks flowed, and excitement bubbled for the man of the hour, Gregory Siff. This marks Siff’s second show in 2012, and notably, Matter of Time — like his previous exhibition “There + Back”–will be…

“Ping Pong Show” New Works by Shark Toof at C.A.V.E. Gallery

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“Ping Pong Show” New Works by Shark Toof at C.A.V.E. Gallery

I’ve been quite the Shark Toof fan as of late. When my love for street art grew, he was naturally an important name to know, and now with the release of his new book and the opening of a new show at C.A.V.E. Gallery, it’s great to see this artist continue to grow. Some of…

Gary Baseman’s Nightmares of Halloweens Past: Exclusive Look

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Gary Baseman’s Nightmares of Halloweens Past: Exclusive Look

  Gary Baseman loves Halloween. And he has spent over a decade collecting vintage Halloween photos from flea markets, estate sales, and various other repositories of forgotten familial detritus.  Baseman has binders of masked and costumed merrymakers, over 1,500 photos in total, and on Saturday October 20, he puts 80 of those special images–all original…