The Miami Art Blog by Heike Dempster

“We’re proud to be the first Miami museum to present the work of these incredible local artists and the street art movement, both pieces of South Florida’s history,” says Stuart Chase, Museum Director and Chief Operating Officer. “Aside from a few pieces sitting in private collections, art of this kind has been conspicuously absent from museums in Miami until now.”

Curated by Brandon Opalka, HistoryMiami presents “Some Like it Hot,” an exhibition highlighting Miami graffiti artists and muralists. Recently, street art has experienced a surge of popularity in Miami and has moved into the realm of fine art.

The work displays the vast variety and the scope of local street art, inspired by the city of Miami and its diverse, complex, and rich cultural landscape.

Artists like Abstrk, Astre 74, Atomik, Bhakti Baxter, Brandon Opalka, Erin Odea, George Sanchez-Calderon, Gustavo Oviedo, Hox, Jeffrey Noble, Luis Berros, Pucho, Tatiana Suarez, and Victor Muniz interpret their city and present who they are as artists within that context.