Untitled Podcast

As part of Untitled Art’s programming during the 11th edition of the fair, [NAME] Publications presents “SWAMP ARCHEOLOGIES,” a series of three podcasts that focus on the often overlooked and forgotten dimensions of Miami's cultural history. Each part aims to reactivate the memory of some of Miami’s vital art scenes from the past 40 years: Part One will feature Dr. Donette Francis and focus on the contributions of Black artists and intellectuals that don’t often figure in local art histories; Part Two will be a behind-the-scenes look at the lost stories of a 80s art scenes in Miami Beach; and Part Three will be an in-depth look at the history of galleries in Miami.

Part 1, Donette Francis is the founding co-director for the Center for Global Black Studies and an Associate Professor of English at the University of Miami. Her research and writing investigate place, aesthetics, and cultural politics in the African Diaspora. Professor Francis is the author of “Fictions of Feminine Citizenship: Sexuality and the Nation in Contemporary Caribbean Literature.” She is currently working on two book projects: “Illegibilities: Caribbean Cosmopolitanisms and the Problem of Form,” an intellectual history of the Anglophone Caribbean’s transnational literary culture, 1940-1970; and “Creole Miami: Black Arts in the Magic City,” a sociocultural history of Black arts practice in Miami from 1970s to present.

The second part of this series welcomes back Omar López-Chahoud, Artistic Director and Curator of Untitled Art, in conversation with Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova (Co-Founder and Co-Director of Dimensions Variable), Brook Dorsch (Founder of Emerson Dorsch), and Grant Bonnier (Owner and Curator of The Bonnier Gallery). The panel was organized by Untitled Art in collaboration with Art Club at Soho House, Miami Beach, and focuses on emerging galleries and art spaces in Miami, as the city's dynamic arts scene continues to expand.

Omar López-Chahoud, the Artistic Director and Curator of Untitled Art, in conversation with leading New York gallery directors exhibiting with Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2022: Henrique Faria of Henrique Faria, C. Sean Horton of Sean Horton (Presents) and Jennifer Carvalho of CARVALHO PARK. This panel discussion is a sneak preview of the fair’s 11th edition in Miami Beach this December during the iconic Miami Art Week and part of a programming collaboration between Untitled Art and Soho House.

Untitled Art's Artistic Director & Curator Omar Lopez-Chahoud in conversation with independent curator and editor Natalia Zuluaga, co-director of [NAME] Publications, and Gabriel Kilongo, founder of Jupiter Contemporary, one of Miami's newest galleries. The panel was organized by Untitled Art in collaboration with Art Club at Soho House, Miami Beach, and focuses on emerging galleries and art spaces in Miami, as the city's dynamic arts scene continues to expand.

The Supper Club: What Comes After? centers on artist Elia Alba’s Supper Club, a multi-faceted art project that has brought together more than 50 contemporary artists of color from the United States through portraiture, food, and dialogue.

Future Knowing: Gallerists in Conversation, moderated by Untitled Art Miami Beach guest curator Natasha Becker.

A Conversation on Queer Space & Care co-presented by Oolite Arts and Untitled, with film maker GeoVanna Gonzalez and her collaborator, Monica Sorelle. The talk is moderated by Sally Eaves Hughes, curator of the exhibition Common Space, currently on view at Oolite Arts.

The experimental dance film explores the role of queer clubs as spaces of communal care, liberation, and self-preservation. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Common Space, currently on view at Oolite Arts.

Future Knowing: Curators in Conversation, moderated by Untitled Art Miami Beach guest curator Natasha Becker.

Participants include: María Elena Ortiz, Karen Vidangos, Nicole Calderón, and Arlene Dávila.

Drawn Together, a panel discussion on the dynamics drawn from living inside and outside the line of the Us-México Border. Presented by The Ant Project and the cultural institute of México in Miami.

Participants include: Artists from the Truth Farm Collective: Arleene Correa Valencia, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Ronald Rael in a conversation moderated by the ANT Project Founder, Guadalupe García. Adriana Torres, Director of the Cultural Institute of México in Miami.