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Real walls, real studios and the people who paint them. Field notes from the Sunshine City and beyond.
Cover story · Miami · October 12, 2026
The Norton Museum of Art: Make Room for a Bigger Art Crush
Old masters, contemporary names, Chinese art, and photography share the spotlight at this West Palm Beach museum. Bring your curiosity—and let it wander.
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Art + TechArtists · 3 min read
Keith Haring: Big Energy, Public Access
From subway chalk to a computer-animated billboard, Haring made a visual language that refused to stay in one place.
MiamiArt Scene · 5 min read
The December Frenzy: How to Actually Enjoy Art Basel Miami Beach 2026
Three public days, one enormous hall, and a whole city that paints itself for the occasion. Here's how to walk into it without drowning.
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St. PeteMurals · 5 min read
Ten Days of Wet Paint: SHINE 2026 Returns to St. Pete
The Sunshine City's mural festival turns twelve this November, and this year it is looking inward — at the local artists who started all of it.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
A Little Less Ordinary at the Salvador Dalí Museum
On St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront, a glass Enigma, a remarkable collection, and a few reality-bending encounters make a persuasive case for looking twice.
Art + TechArtists · 3 min read
Mexican Muralism: When the Walls Had Something to Say
Public art, political ambition, and a material invention: a closer look at a movement that made the wall a place for national debate.
St. PeteGuides · 3 min read
So You Want to Understand St. Pete's Mural Scene
A crash course in how one painted wall on Central Avenue turned into an entire outdoor museum.
MiamiMurals · 3 min read
How a Warehouse Block Became Wynwood Walls
In 2009, developer Tony Goldman and curator Jeffrey Deitch turned a scrap of Miami's warehouse district into the outdoor museum that rewrote the neighborhood.
AtlantaMurals · 3 min read
Krog Street Tunnel: Atlanta's Wall That Never Sleeps
One underpass, a thousand layers of paint, and the annual party that keeps it fresh.
Art + TechArt + Tech · 3 min read
How Does Your Phone Even Know That's a Painting? Image Tracking, Explained Simply
No magic, no marker required — just math finding patterns faster than you can blink.
Key WestMurals · 3 min read
Walls That Talk: The Street Art of Key West
From Duval Street's postcard-perfect backdrops to Bahama Village's storytelling murals, Key West's walls are its most honest historians.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
The Net That Ate the St. Pete Pier (In a Good Way)
Janet Echelman's Bending Arc and the rest of the waterfront's public art collection.
St. PeteGuides · 3 min read
Walking Central Avenue's Open-Air Gallery
A self-guided route through the Central Arts District and Grand Central District, no ticket required.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
How Abandoned Tomato Warehouses Became an Arts District
Tracing the Warehouse Arts District from packing plants to the ArtsXchange.
St. PeteArtists · 3 min read
The Muralists Who Turned St. Pete's Walls into a Résumé
A few of the confirmed names behind the SHINE Mural Festival's biggest walls.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
The Dalí Museum Is Basically a Surrealist Mural You Can Walk Inside
Why the building housing St. Pete's Dalí collection is as wild as the paintings inside it.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
St. Pete's Glass Obsession Runs Deeper Than One Gallery
Inside the Chihuly Collection and the century-old arts group that built the room around it.
Key WestArt Scene · 3 min read
From Winslow Homer's Watercolors to The Studios of Key West
Long before it was a gallery-hopping destination, Key West was luring painters south to chase its impossible light.
Key WestArt Scene · 3 min read
The Buoy, the Bronzes and Key West's Public Art Icons
A concrete buoy born out of theft prevention and a family of bronze travelers: Key West's icons have wilder backstories than you'd guess.
MiamiGuides · 3 min read
Art Basel Miami Beach, Explained
One December fair turned Miami into the art world's winter capital. Here's how it happened, and how to navigate Miami Art Week.
MiamiArt Scene · 3 min read
Beyond Wynwood: Little Haiti and PAMM
Miami's art scene doesn't end at the Wynwood gates. Little Haiti's studios and PAMM's bayfront galleries tell a fuller story.
AtlantaMurals · 3 min read
The BeltLine Is Basically Atlanta's Longest Art Gallery
22 miles of old rail corridor, reimagined as a walkable, bikeable outdoor museum.
AtlantaArt Scene · 3 min read
Living Walls: The Conference That Rewired Atlanta's Relationship With Street Art
Fifteen years, 500-plus murals, and a fair share of controversy along the way.
Art + TechArt + Tech · 3 min read
What Is Augmented Reality Art, Actually? A (Short) History
From audio guides to phones that turn murals into movies — AR art has been sneaking up on us for 70 years.
Art + TechArt + Tech · 3 min read
Why Murals and Animation Were Always Meant to Meet
From haunted mansions to opera house facades, we've been trying to make static art move for decades.
Art + TechGuides · 3 min read
A Field Guide to Photographing Murals Like You Mean It
Your phone can do this justice — here's how to stop it from doing murals dirty.