Rubell Family Collection
This impressive collection, owned by one of the modern art world’s biggest collector families (that happens to include the late Steve Rubell of Studio 54 fame), is housed in a former industrial complex of six interconnected buildings in a sketchy area northwest of downtown Miami. It’s a priceless collection of more than 1,000 works of contemporary art by the likes of Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul McCarthy, Charles Ray, and Cindy Sherman. But be forewarned: Some of the art is extremely graphic and may be off-putting. An artist-in-residence program features a diverse mix of emerging contemporary artists including Basil Kinkaid, Sterling Ruby, Kennedy Yanko, Oscar Murillo, and Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe. The museum features 36 galleries, a flexible performance space, an extensive research library, a bookstore, and an indoor-outdoor Basque restaurant, LEKU, that opens onto a courtyard garden filled with plants native to South Florida.
This impressive collection, owned by one of the modern art world’s biggest collector families (that happens to include the late Steve Rubell of Studio 54 fame), is housed in a former industrial complex of six interconnected buildings in a sketchy area northwest of downtown Miami. It’s a priceless collection of more than 1,000 works of contemporary art by the likes of Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul McCarthy, Charles Ray, and Cindy Sherman. But be forewarned: Some of the art is extremely graphic and may be off-putting. An artist-in-residence program features a diverse mix of emerging contemporary artists including Basil Kinkaid, Sterling Ruby, Kennedy Yanko, Oscar Murillo, and Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe. The museum features 36 galleries, a flexible performance space, an extensive research library, a bookstore, and an indoor-outdoor Basque restaurant, LEKU, that opens onto a courtyard garden filled with plants native to South Florida.
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