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The Pérez Art Museum's celebrated director Franklin Sirmans reflects on his nearly decade-long run at the Miami institution.

How do you feel about pretty pictures? The question is unavoidable when one enters Virtual Paradigms, Peter Zimmermann’s show of abstract epoxy resin paintings on view through November 4 at Nunu Fine Art on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Sparsely and dramatically spaced on the walls hang sixteen large- and medium-sized canvases that feature slick surfaces, broad gooey shapes, and candy-sweet colors. At the entrance, adjoining a composition of wavey green, orange, and blue stripes, a wall text offers the artist’s claim that these works reflect the mind-conditioning effects of today...

Banksy's Dream Boat, a sculpture from his 2015 Dismaland theme park previously raffled for charity, is for sale at Context Art Miami.

Banksy's Dream Boat, a sculpture from his 2015 Dismaland theme park previously raffled for charity, is for sale at Context Art Miami.

Tawny Chatmon, whose mixed media works are in the collections of both celebrities and museums, is among the 17 Black Maryland artists featured in a new exhibit at the Banneker-Douglass Museum.