Plan
The Bass, PAMM, or the ICA: Which Museum for Which Mood
PAMM for an afternoon by the water, the Bass for an hour off the Beach, the ICA only if you're already in the Design District. Monday, PAMM is the only one open.
Short trips, judged properly
What's worth your time, what to skip, and in what order.
Independent verdicts on art and landscape destinations, and guides that assemble them into a plan you can use on the ground.
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Every verdictWorth it
Is Antelope Canyon Worth It?
Worth it, if you book ahead and treat it as a short guided walk in extraordinary light rather than a photography trip.
Plan
Miami Art Week on Foot: Three Routes That Actually Work
Three clusters are genuinely walkable and the rest is a shuttle or a car. The Beach spine, Wynwood and the Biscayne corridor; everything else costs you a causeway.
Worth it
Miami's Private Art Collections, Ranked
The Rubell first, the Margulies second. Both are warehouse-scale and both deserve a half-day; the smaller collections are worth an hour if you are already nearby.
Worth it
Is Modernism Week Worth Going To?
Worth it if you read building credits and book the moment tickets open. Skip it if you simply want to see the architecture, which is free all year.
Worth it
Noah Purifoy's Outdoor Museum Is Worth the Off-Road Adventure to Get There
Worth the dirt road. Ten acres of assemblage art standing in the open desert, free, every day — go in the morning, and skip it if it has rained.
Worth it
The Rubell Is the Best Art in Miami and It Isn't Close
The best art you can walk into in Miami, bought early and hung in a warehouse block that can actually hold it. Give it three hours.
The guides
All guidesThe articles are free and answer one question each. A guide is the whole plan — the ranking, the order, the timing and the skip list — in a shape you can use standing on the pavement.
Living SpreeLas Vegas to Zion, Page & the Grand Canyon
Las Vegas to Zion, Page & the Grand Canyon
$79 · Mobile guideFinished — on sale soon
Living SpreePalm Springs & Joshua Tree
Palm Springs & Joshua Tree
$59 · Mobile guideFinished — on sale soon
Living SpreeBasel Black Book
Basel Black Book
Free online guide · $29 plannerFree guide and planner on Basel Black Book · from late NovemberStart here
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