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...which, naturally, means "Opening Night For Liz Brown's OMGWTF And If You Weren't There You Should Have Been!" And that's how we feel in a digital nutshell.



Friday, November 14th was opening night for our current show, OMGWTF. And it was great. If you missed it, STFU with the excuses and get here as fast as you can!



For the digital types, head over to our special Internet sneak preview and LOL in the privacy of your own browser. But we're telling you, these things so hot in person.



Keep in mind that we've got our Monthly Dinner coming up on November 21st. The artist will be in attendance, and if you've never met Liz in person, you've totally got to come. We often fill up fast, so RSVP PDQ, thx.

OMGWTF runs until December 7th. Be sure you visit. TTFN.

LTS and Dylan Peet skip over a Bridge into Miami beach!

This year, we are also privileged to be joining Dylan Peet in a co-curation at Bridge Miami. Bridge leads the way for contemporary art fairs worldwide, and South Beach will be filled with art from more than 80 galleries. Come find us in the Catalina Hotel: Room #209.

Like the Spice’s enormous success at last year’s Fountain Miami left us so excited to return to Florida. We’ll be taking the state by storm with an awesome arsenal of new work by up-and-coming artists.

Also as you might know from previous posts!

Like the Spice is thrilled to announce our participation in December’s SCOPE Miami. SCOPE, Miami’s original emerging art fair, is in its seventh year. Its reputation for adventurous alternative art and a museum-quality program of tours, lectures, and special events has made it one of the most respected art fairs currently in operation. LTS will be at booth 473 in the brand new SCOPE Pavilion, located in the famous Wynwood Art District, alongside 84 other exhibitors from 28 different countries.

Here are all the artists we are Bringing with us for the festivities!




Rachel Beach's multifaceted wood veneer and oil paint constructions are derived from details of art, architecture and design history. Her works have been described as " tough, precise and disciplined with a hard edged cheeriness" and "steeped in a pleasant pluralism, bound by a shared material intelligence".

Liz Brown’s subjects are intended to be amusingly romantic, assembled from the ideal world that is delivered by traditional media. Her goal is a work that exists as itself, rather than a revelation of the thoughts other process of the artist.

Jason Bryant's unique approach to popular culture shows in his lavishly detailed, pristinely finished drawings and canvasses, reinvesting their stars with a bit of privacy, a bit of agency.

Anna Druzcz built her current visual methodology using a combination of photographic and digital techniques. Her most recent series features digitally composed photographic landscapes cobbled together from organic and synthetic sources.

Allison Edge works primarily in oil on canvas and watercolor on paper. Her work captures recurring themes of youth worship and idealized beauty, and are influenced by fashion advertising, boyfriends/friends, Pre-Raphaelites and growing up in the 80’s.

Dean Goelz’s sculptures and drawings depict the slightly odd ways we interact with each other and our environment, and the tenuous grip society and culture have on our gentle animal natures. Using a kind of reverse anthropomorphism, the characters depicted in his work evoke protective instincts usually reserved for cute animals and babies.

Abby Goodman combines animal imagery and manufactured products , creating a visual metaphor for the nameless longing for ideal balance between man and nature. Inspired by her own personal experiences, Goodman’s creatures become characters in a fantasy world that parallels the reality of her daily life.

Eric LoPresti paints from photographs using oils, sometimes with an airbrushed acrylic background. His imagery alludes to hidden forces, the world that exists beside us, and beyond our control.

Jenny Morgan’s physiological portraiture manipulates the figure to expose an individual's idiosyncrasies. Working with people from her own life as subject matter allows Morgan to hone in on specifics of their character and present their personalities as she experiences them.

Ross Racine’s digital prints are drawn completely freehand, on the computer. Joined together the pieces reveal familiar opposites of handmade and digital, organic and mechanical, subjective and technological, physical and virtual.

Michelle Hinebrook: More info coming!

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, You Follow Our Blog, And As Such We <3 You

We've seen a big jump in subscribers lately. It's so nice to be read. Welcome aboard! We know the holidays are coming up, so here's a quick blast to help you plan your visits. And remember, you can always visit our online calendar if you're not sure. It's usually correct!

On November 9th we've got the closing brunch forNicole Stager: Synesthesia. Come enjoy a mimosa as you scope out the art!

Speaking of Scope, we'll be down in Miami at the Scope Art Fair from December 3rd through December 7th. We'd be so happy if someone from home would visit us. We hear those Miami people are crazy!

While that's happening, our little gallery will remain open with a new show from the fantastic Liz Brown. It runs from November 14th to December 7th and we're calling it OMGWTF. We think that will be your reaction as well. Come November 14th to enjoy opening night.

Finally, November 21st will be the next installment of our Monthly Dinner Series, Smooth Operator. You'll enjoy dinner with artist Liz Brown as she talks about her work. Trust us, she's great, there's no way it won't be fun. But make your reservations soon. We tend to fill up fast!

As you can see, we're going non-stop this holiday. Thanks to all our fans, old and new!

Bubble bubble, tummy rumble?

Happy Halloween, Like the Spicers! We've been swarmed by fun-sized Supermen and Hannah Montanas all day, and our Tootsie-Roll bowl is running low. It is well-known amongst higher circles that there is only ONE cure for the brain-crushing crash that follows the Halloween sugar-high - Good Art. In which case, you should immediately make a reservation for the closing BRUNCH of "Synaesthesia", Sunday, November 9th, from 1-6pm.

Sadly, we can’t keep Nicole Stager’s “Synaesthesia” on our walls forever, but we can come together to celebrate it in style one more time. If you haven’t yet had a chance to spend time with this beautiful, welcoming exhibition, Sunday will be an opportunity to savor colorful photograms - hair-of-the-dog in hand.

If you’re a fan of our Monthly Dinner Series, you know that a meal at LTS - like “Synaesthesia” — is a thing not to be missed. Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible to marisa@likethespice.com. Be here, or go hungry.

Two Girls, One Truck - Like the Spice is going to Scope Miami!

Hey everyone! First off, a big shout out to Rebecca Prusinowski of Paper Magazine. Check out her awesome article about "Nicole Stager: Synaesthesia" and our Monthly Dinner Series!

Rebecca says that Nicole's photograms' "piercing turquoise, minty green and fiery red colors are best viewed in person.", and we totally agree. Make sure you come out here to visit Synaesthesia before it's too late!

In other sweet news, Like the Spice will be loading up and heading to the SCOPE Art Fair in Miami this December. We'll be in the new pavilion (sounds grand, no?) in the heart of the Wynwood Art district, showing works by our next exhibiting artist, Liz Brown, and many more! 250,000 attendees expected? Oy vey!

Look out for us Booth #473, and stay tuned for more details and announcements, SCOPE-wise!

We Prefer To Think Of It As OURami

Alison Edge

Who doesn't like Florida in December? Only TERRIBLE PEOPLE. And you're not terrible. That's why we want you to visit us at Scope Miami, from December 3rd to December 7th.


Nicole Stager


Rachel Beach

We'll be in booth 473, and we'll have some great art along for the ride. You're looking at some examples right now, and we're working on a few surprises. Have we ever steered you wrong?


Eric LoPresti


Jenny Morgan


Anna Druzcz


Abby Goodman

Scope Miami will be located at 2951 NE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33127 (between NE 29th & 30th Street). What else will you be doing at the start of December?


Liz Brown


Dean Goelz


Jason Bryant

We'll see you there, right? Right?

We Really Tried To Get That Synaesthesiar Salad, Honest

The happening place to be on Friday October 17th was Like the Spice! We hosted Light Fare, the most current installment of our Monthly Dinner Series. Dinner was sponsored by Pernod Absinthe, who have also joined the high-stakes world of blogging with the new Art & Absinthe weblog. Be sure to check it out! Light Fare was themed to complement Nicole Stager: Synaesthesia, and our senses were overloaded with Nicole’s sumptuous photograms. And let us not forget the scrumptious meal catered by Rose Live Music.





As you can see we were packed! Pernod provided tasty and meticulously prepared pre-dinner cocktails, with names like The Sauzerac, The Candy, and The Bridget Bardot. Good times were definitely had by all.



The meal was catered by Rose Live Music, and our compliments to Chef Christoph Frasolet, who concocted a delicious menu of assorted bruschetta, a tarte fine of grilled vegetables, pine nuts, and goat cheese, grilled salmon with seasonal vegetables and Pernod sauce, and a Belgian black chocolate mousse. Yum!










Between courses, Nicole had the opportunity to discuss her work and the processes behind it.





She views each photogram as sort of a science experiment, writing with light or drawing with found objects, manipulating colors in her dark room to produce her beautiful, saturated C-prints. Her procedures left everyone dazzled!



Did you miss out? Then start planning now for November 21st, when our dinner guest will be Liz Brown. As you can tell, our monthly dinners are always lots of fun. But you know what would make it better? You! And we’re not just saying that, either.