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ART

Thursday 1/3

HAITIAN PAINTINGS
   Bakehouse Art Complex presents an exhibition of Haitian paintings, installations and tapestries by Edouard Duval-Carrié. Various times. Ends Friday at 561 NW 32nd St., Miami. Free. Details: (305) 576-2828.
AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS
   Bass Museum of Art presents an exhibition of portraits and city photographs during 20th century America in Facades: Expression and Architecture in American Society. The exhibition features photographs by famed photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Lewis Hine and Mitch Epstein. Various times. Ends Sunday at 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach. $6-$12. Details: (305) 673-7530 or www.bassmuseum.org.
LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS
   Large-scale paintings made from tar, atmospheric paintings and other multi-media art can be seen at Miami Art Museum's exhibition of Enrique Martinez Celaya: NOMAD. Various times. Ends Jan. 13 at 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. Details: (305) 375-3000 or www.miamiartmuseum.org.
MULTI-MEDIA
   Jane Cardiff and George Bures Miller: The Killing Machine & Other Stories 1995-2007, is a multi-media exhibition with film, music and high culture. Various times. Ends Jan. 20 at Miami Art Museum, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami, and Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. Various prices. Details: (305) 375-1704 or www.miamiartmuseum.org.
MARITIME ART
   The Miami Center for the Photographic Arts presents "Navigate," 2002, an exhibition that features the maritime artworks by award-winning photographers Bunny Yeager, Katherine Knight, Todd Korol, Louis Jay and Blake Fisher. Various times. Ends Jan. 26 at 1601 SW First St., Miami. Details: (305) 302-8400.
PARDO'S HOUSE
   Museum of Contemporary Art presents Jorge Pardo: House exhibition. The exhibition, which represents rooms in a home, features over 60 sculptures, paintings, and installations from the '80s to the present. Various times. Ends March 2 at 770 NE 125th St., North Miami. Details: (305) 893-6211 or www.mocanomi.org.
HEARTFIELD TRIBUTE
   Wolfsonian-Florida International University presents the work of German satirist John Heartfield. Born Helmut Herzfeld, Mr. Heartfield is known as the pioneer of modern photomontage in the early 19th-century. Various times. Ends Feb. 10 at 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Members free; others $10. Details: (305) 531-1001 or www.wolfsonian.org.
PEREZ PAINTINGS
   From portraits to the Seagram Building in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art presents an exhibition featuring Enoc Perez's paintings from 2000 to the present. Various times. Ends March 22 at MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, 404 NW 26th St., Wynwood Arts District. Details: (305) 893-6211 or www.mocanomi.org.
MID-CENTURY MIAMI
   Bass Museum of Art presents ongoing exhibition Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami exhibition. Various times. Ends April 13 at 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 673-7530 or www.bassmuseum.org.
DINOSAUR EXHIBIT
   The Miami Science Museum features the Dinosaurs of China. The collection includes dinosaurs, bird fossils and mounted skeletons. Various times. Ends June 16 at 3280 S Miami Ave. $13-$20. Details: (305) 646-4200 or www.miamisci.org.

Sunday 1/6

HISTORY MONTH
   Jewish Museum of Florida hosts the fifth annual Florida Jewish History Month. 10 a.m. at 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. RSVP required. Free. Details: (305) 672-5044.

Wednesday 1/9

ART TALK
   Miami Art Museum's ArTalks series presents a free art talk on the Nomad exhibition with artist Enrique Martínez Celaya and art critic Alfredo Triff. 8 p.m. at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. Details: (305) 375-3000.

Saturday 1/12

MARIONETTE ART
   The Bakehouse Art Complex hosts a reception for Pablo Cano in Wynwood, a marionette exhibition by Pablo Cano. 7 p.m. at 561 NW 32nd St., Wynwood Arts District. Free. Details: (305) 576-2828 or www.bakehouseartcomplex.org.

Sunday 1/13

ART TALK
   Panel discussion on artist Jorge Pardo with Museum of Contemporary Art director Bonnie Clearwater and other curators. 2 p.m. at 770 NE 125th St., North Miami. Details: (305) 893-6211 or www.mocanomi.org.

Friday 1/18

ART TALK
   The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum's Steven & Dorothea Green Critics' Lecture Series presents a lecture on "The Life of a Globe-Trotting Curator," by Lance Fung. 8 p.m. at Florida International University, University Park Campus, Green Library, 11200 SW Eighth St., GL 100, Tamiami. Details: (305) 348-2890 or www.frostartmuseum.org.


   

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