Art Collecting

Artists and educators are invited to submit proposals for the de la Cruz Collection 2017 Summer Workshop Series. Workshops will take place at the collection, located at: 23 NE 41 Street, from Wednesday, July 5th through Saturday, July 22nd, 2017 from 10am to 3pm.     The deadline for submitting your proposals is Saturday, May 27th, 2017. Submit proposal by e-mail to: … +

Join us for an evening of good drinks and great conversation as the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami and Primary present “Collecting 101”, A conversation with industry professionals Jimena Guijarro of Guijarro de Pablo Art Consultants, Valentina Garcia of Phillips Auction House, & Cristina Gonzalez of Primary. Beginning to collect comes with many questions, here is your opportunity to meet on a … +

Experience Chocolate and Art Show Miami at Wynwood Warehouse Project for a two night event May 18th & 19th, 2017 from 8pm-2am filled with fine art, great music, tasty chocolate and good vibes, benefiting Artists for Trauma (AFT). On opening night guest will meet & greet the artists and indulge in some of Miami’s finest up-and-coming fine, contemporary and street artists, photographers and artisans. There … +

Cuban artist Ulices Alfonso is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist whose current series of work ‘Abandoned‘ represents the idea of false images of the human being. Alfonso’s work was selected to be exhibited this coming May at the Cuban Nostalgia exhibition in Miami, celebrating all things Cuban. The emerging artist is quickly making a name for himself, he is definitely an up-and-coming artist … +

High Anxiety: New Acquisitions presents selections of artworks from 32 artists acquired since 2014, many of whom explore polarizing social and political concerns through a broad spectrum of contemporary artistic practices. In gauging the output and energies of these artists we find creative currents that speak to our shared state of uncertainty, nervousness and pessimism. On view through Aug 25, 2017 Rubell … +

Inspired by the Rubells’ extensive research trips to Belo Horizonte, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, New Shamans/Novos Xamãs occupies the Foundation’s entire ground floor. Through installations, paintings, photographs, and sculptures, 12 emerging and mid-career artists address universal environmental, social and political concerns. On view through Aug 25, 2017 Rubell Family Collection 95 NW 29th St Miami, FL 33127 305.573.6090 www.rfc.museum/

The exhibition Pink Powder at Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery (Alvin Sherman Library) brings together a group of artists whose work addresses the female form with an unapologetic intensity. Imagery varying from the quiet and ponderous to the raw and rebellious subvert the traditional role of the female muse within the canons of art history, literature, and popular culture. Works ranging from … +

The Symposium Poetic Justice, around the work of Félix González-Torres, brings together scholars with backgrounds in law, art history and cultural history, as well as collectors and contemporary artists, in order to analyze the work of the artist and its impact on the emerging field of art and law. Focus on what constitutes the art object, the ownership, exhibition and dissemination of … +

Dürer to Rubens: Northern European Art from the Bass Museum of Art is an exhibition that features work from Renaissance and Baroque periods (15th – 17th Centuries). The Lowe is hosting a selection of works from the Bass’ permanent selection, including a wide range of media such as oil on canvas, tempera on panel, enamel on porcelain and textiles as well as … +

“You’ve Got to Know the Rules…to Break Them” contextualizes New American Painting with German Neo-Expressionism, revealing earnest explorations of the artists’ technical acumen. Through experimentation, they antagonize accepted practices by drawing upon a variety of themes including cultural, historical and sociopolitical modes. By merging a variety of styles and mediums, the works selected for this year’s exhibition mirror contemporary culture while allowing … +

The exhibition Anselm Kiefer: Paintings, Sculpture and Installation is the largest presentation of the artist work ever made in the United States. The show includes major sculptures, installation and paintings from 1986 to 2015. Kiefer has exhibited widely, including solo shows at MoMA, New York; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; The Metropolitan Museum, New York or The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris among others. … +

The Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation is pleased to announce NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. This exhibition will focus on and celebrate work made by more than a hundred female artists of different generations, cultures and disciplines. These artists will be represented by paintings, photographs, sculptures and video installations that will entirely occupy the Foundation’s 28-gallery, 45,000-square-foot … +

CIFO will present the first solo exhibition by Cuban artist Gustavo Pérez Monzón in the United States. Tramas brings together nearly 70 works created between 1979 and the late 1980s, providing a close look at the artist’s practice during the final decade that he lived and worked in Cuba. The exhibition first opened at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La … +

Join the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science on Tuesday, July 14 for “Curious Vault Collaborations 002.” Explore the past, present and future of flight with a moderated discussion and the debut of the Museum’s latest Curious Vault Collaboration, Insight Flight, by sculptor Robert Chambers and Dr. GeCheng Zha, University of Miami professor and director the Aerodynamics and CFD (Computational Fluid … +

The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse presents its 15th Year Anniversary of public exhibitions. Since its inauguration in 1999 the Warehouse exhibitions showcase art of our times featuring 20th & 21st century sculpture, photography, video, painting and large scale installations by international artists culled from the renowned collection of Martin Z. Margulies. The Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibition was curated by Katherine Hinds. … +

Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby works in a large variety of media including ceramics, painting, collage, and video. His profile as an artist on the global stage has continued to rise since 2008 when art critic Roberta Smith of The New York Times called him “one of the most interesting artists to emerge in the twentieth century.” Miami Design District & de … +

Miami City Ballet’s popular Open Barre dance series returns to its intimate studio theater in South Beach on March 13-14 with a rarely-seen glimpse into the lifetime of training, discipline and artistry practiced by aspiring professional ballet dancers. Open Barre: Practice Makes Perfect; The Evolution of a Dancer will feature performances from the MCB School Ensemble, including excerpts from Harald Lander’s Études, … +

For this project, Amanda Keeley has initiated a unique partnership utilizing her project EXILE Books, which will serve as a collaborative catalyst connecting the de la Cruz Collection with its neighboring facility, the Little Haiti Cultural Complex. Keeley will install a temporary screen-printing studio within the de la Cruz Collection, allowing students from the Little Haiti Cultural Complex to participate in live-printing … +

The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse presents its 15th Year Anniversary of public exhibitions. Since its inauguration in 1999 the Warehouse exhibitions showcase art of our times featuring 20th & 21st century sculpture, photography, video, painting and large scale installations by international artists culled from the renowned collection of Martin Z. Margulies. The Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibition was curated by Katherine Hinds. … +

In conjunction with the exhibition, The Chosen: Selected Works from Florida Jewish Art Collectors, JMOF-FIU presents this series to spotlight contemporary movers and shakers in the Miami art community, featuring diverse art collectors, gallerists and writers. This particular evening features collectors from the exhibition, Alan Kluger and Denise Gerson. Jewsish Art Museum 301 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL, 33139 786.972.3175 www.mof.fiu.edu

Since its emergence in early twentieth century abstraction has become an aesthetic category more than an art movement. It has provided a series of models to diverse artists’ practices that remain paradigmatic and exemplary for the way in which we understand art production in modern and contemporary times. It has also radically changed the modes of distribution and reception as they were … +