Carolina Drake

Miami

Miami-based Arts and Culture Journalist with words in The Guardian, The Financial Times, BBC Travel, The Art Newspaper etc.

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How the Argentine president's war on history is threatening art spaces

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Carolina Drake

In an ongoing attempt to erase victims’ stories of Argentina’s dictatorship under Jorge Rafael Videla, President Javier Milei has started closing art spaces. Between 1976 and 1983, more than 30,000 people were disappeared by Videla’s government for often ill-defined “crimes” against the regime.
Miami dealer charged with hawking fake Warhols

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Carolina Drake |Margaret Carrigan |Georgina Adam |Carlie Porterfield

Leslie Roberts, the owner and founder of Miami Fine Art Gallery in Florida, has been indicted for allegedly selling forged Andy Warhols. On 9 April, agents from the FBI's Art Crime Team entered Roberts’s gallery in Miami, removing art and hauling it away in cardboard boxes, covering the windows to prevent the public from peeking in. Roberts and an associate, Carlos Miguel Rodriguez Melendez, were arrested and charged. Their arraignment is scheduled for 21 April.
Northwest Nature Shop Presents Hikes, Events and Products before Easter

2 months ago | theashlandchronicle.com | Chris Stein |Martin Belam |Jakub Krupa |Carolina Drake

Hello Nature Shop community,We believe that every one of us has the power to create positive change in the world. Where you shop matters, and speaks volumes about the kind of world you want to see. When you shop at stores that align with your values, you play a part in changing how businesses operate, how sustainability is practiced, and create more equitable business practices. We aim to be a thriving part of our local community and offer an alternative to supporting the billionaire ruling class.
Oregon's Governor Declares Emergency Due to Flooding in Southern Part of State

2 months ago | theashlandchronicle.com | Jakub Krupa |Carolina Drake |Chris Stein |Martin Belam

Salem, OR — On March 18, Governor Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency due to flooding and landslides from February 24 through March 18, 2025. “When emergencies hit, Oregon families and businesses need to know we have their back in every part of the state,” Governor Kotek said. “Recovery starts as soon as disaster strikes, and this declaration will help get Oregonians back to normal as soon as possible.
Florida mayor drops threat to evict cinema over No Other Land screening

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Carolina Drake

After a week of controversy, the mayor of Miami Beach decided to withdraw his initial proposal to cancel the lease and block a small cinema’s funding due to its screening of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. Residents packed city hall to make public comments, and regardless of their backgrounds and opinions, the majority, including city commissioners, agreed that censorship, eviction and defunding of O Cinema were not the answer or the path forward.
More than a million ancient Tequesta relics were discovered in Miami-but can their future be secured?

Dec 4, 2024 | theartnewspaper.com | Carolina Drake

Jorge M. Pérez, the billionaire art collector and philanthropist whose name graces the Pérez Art Museum Miami, made his money as the founder of Related Group, one of South Florida’s largest real-estate developers. In 2013, the same year the Miami Art Museum was renamed for its generous benefactor, Related acquired a four-acre lot in the city’s Brickell financial district in order to build a giant luxury hotel and residential complex. Related spent $104m just to acquire the land.
The Miami club that’s democratising collecting

Nov 30, 2024 | ft.com | Carolina Drake

Five years ago, starting an art collection felt intimidating and unattainable to Miami native Chris Menendez.
Florida arts organisations devastated by Ron DeSantis's funding cuts

Oct 21, 2024 | theartnewspaper.com | Carolina Drake

In June, just before the start of the new fiscal year, governor Ron DeSantis stripped all $32m in state arts funding from Florida’s 2025 budget. Many institutions assumed they would receive at least a portion of the money they had applied for, as in past cycles. Instead, because of the governor’s last-minute veto, applicants including a children’s orchestra, a dance education programme and a Black history museum received nothing.
Florida arts organisations devastated by Ron DeSantis's funding cuts

Oct 21, 2024 | flipboard.com | Carolina Drake

NowThe second season of the National Pickleball League (NPL) had its year end championships this past weekend in Cincinnati, finishing off a fruitful second season for the senior pro circuit and naming a new champion. What is the NPL, you might ask? Before we cover the 2024 championships, here’s a …
Artists on Death, Grief, and Cancer

Sep 17, 2024 | burnaway.org | Carolina Drake

“I wish I had a while. Not five years, even three years—I couldn’t ask for that long, but if I had even a year. If I knew I had a year.” (xviii)ADVERTISEMENTRaymond Carver, A New Path to the Waterfall (1988)1My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in her forties when we lived in Argentina, and I was in fifth grade. At the time, the malignant, ever-multiplying cells were detected early enough to treat. She engaged in an aggressive chemotherapy war and “beat” the cancer.