Miami Art Museum features New Acquisitions of its Permanent Collection

Written by Clyde Agosto Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:25

MIAMI, FLORIDA -  A reinstallation showcasing both “old favorites” and new acquisitions from the permanent collection of Miami Art Museum opens to the public Friday. The reinstallation will be on view in MAM’s Plaza-level gallery through November 2, 2008. In November 2004, Miami-Dade County voters overwhelmingly approved a bond that includes $100 million for the construction of a new home for MAM. MAM has selected Pritzker Prize and Royal Gold Medal-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron as designers of the Museum’s new and expanded facility.

Included among the works on view for the first time at MAM are Nancy Graves’ Evergrowing Mobility, Fernand Léger’s Femme au Fauteuil (Woman and Armchair), Francesca DiMattio’s Untitled (Bed I), Nela Ochoa’s Donde Midas se Lava las Manos (Where Midas Washes His Hands) and Tom Wesselmann’s Brown Eyes Under Glass. Also included will be several works by Miamia-area artists, including Daniel Arsham’s Miami Does Paris and Pepe Mar’s Blue (Da-Ba-Dee).

“These new acquisitions, which are a combination of gifts and purchases by MAM’s Collector’s Council, strengthen MAM’s holdings of 20th and 21st century art in anticipation of its move to a new 120,000 square foot home in downtown Miami,” MAM’s Assistant Director for Programs/Senior Curator Peter Boswell said. “The collection increasingly reflects the diversity of Miami’s audience, as well as our vision for the future of MAM.”

 These recent acquisitions share gallery space with several of the “old favorites” from MAM’s collection, including works by such influential 20th century artists as Adolph Gottlieb, Morris Louis, Vik Muniz, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Susan Rothenberg, Sean Scully, Frank Stella, Kehinde Wiley and Pervis Young. Also on view is Guillermo Kuitca’s Mozart-Da Ponte VI, one of the paintings that will be featured in Everything: Guillermo Kuitca, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1982-2008, a nationally touring retrospective of the artist’s works premiering at MAM in October of 2009.

The facility to be designed by Herzog & de Meuron will be on the north side of Museum Park, overlooking Biscayne Bay. It will include 32,000 square feet of galleries for the display of the permanent collection and special exhibitions; an educational complex with a library, auditorium, classrooms, and workshop space; and such amenities as a cafe and store. Plans also include an outdoor sculpture garden, which will be free and open to the public, within Museum Park and contiguous with the new Museum. The Museum will remain in full operation in its current location on Flagler Street until the new building is complete. Visit : www.miamiartmuseum.org

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