Dreaming in Color in Wynwood: An Interview Artist and Muralist Karol Stefanini

Karol Stefanini with her new work for this year’s Wynwood Mural Fest. David Sepa It’s awe-inspiring to watch Art Basel Miami Beach take over the entirety of Miami each year, and while most in the art world tend to relegate their art viewing to Miami Beach and the Design District, almost every square inch of the city manages to transform itself for visiting art aficionados. One area that often flies under the radar is Wynwood, the formerly rough neighborhood where Don and Mera Rubell once kept their collection in a building that had stored goods confiscated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, but has since gone on to become a global hub for street art. “It’s surreal,” the artist Karol Stefanini said of her just-debuted mural at 550 NW 24th St. in the neighborhood’s Art District as part of the sixth edition of Wynwood Mural Fest. “It’s literally the realization of a dream. Not just anyone gets an opportunity like this. To have a mural here, you need to earn your space.” Stefanini’s latest effort at the old RC Cola Plant melds toothsome candy colors with cartoony tropical imagery for an upbeat take that demonstrates the breadth that graffiti can accommodate...