Hasta La Ideas

If you have the opportunity to see Calida Rawles’s Away With The Tides show at the Pérez Art Museum Miami before it closes 2 February 2025 it’s well worth seeing in person. The seminal work celebrates residents of Overtown, one of Miami’s historically black neighborhoods near the museum, who are experiencing the ocean for the first time at the historic Virginia Key Beach nearby. The now-closed beach was the first “official colored only” beach in Miami and a much loved location for decades. This umbrella features one of the installation’s most powerful images, and ironically protects you from the rain while celebrating the joy of being submerged in water. The umbrella is 34″ high and 36.5″ in diameter when open. The show’s catalog is both a great companion to the umbrella as well as a must-have coffee table book or addition to your library.