A group of Asheville artists is in Miami right now, painting murals to participate in the prestigious Art Basel project in Miami. Here’s a brief description from fastcodesign.com:
A few years ago, Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was beyond the pale for most casual visitors to Miami, who were much more likely to head east, to the more straightforward pleasures of Miami Beach and Lincoln Road. Now, with its dozens of art galleries joined by a smattering of restaurants and nightclubs, Wynwood’s got much more to recommend it. For many of the art-lovers who are pulling into town for this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach, which runs from December 2 to 5, it’s just about a must-see, especially if they have any interest in street art. One of the most vivid changes to Wynwood has been the addition of murals that have been added to this somewhat blighted landscape of warehouses and barbed wire.
One of the Asheville artists – Dustin Spagnola – is blogging about the group’s progress (and that’s where I got the above photo. Check ’em out. More background here.