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Rubell Family Collection

Curator Joey Lico teams up with artist Alexis Diaz to visit the mighty Rubell Museum in Miami

Alexis Diaz and Joey Lico at the Rubell Museum, Miami. Photo: Vaco Studio

In our film series format, we newly see curator Joey Lico team up with creative heads and art advocates from various fields. Together they embark on a journey to a selection of some of the dynamic collections featured in the BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors.

For the ninth instalment, glide through the streets of sunny Miami to arrive at the Rubell Museum–the most resonant names in Western art united in one collection. Seminal and vast, the collection ignited over 50 years ago and has since facilitated the thriving ecosystem of the Miami art world that exists today.

Keith Haring, Against All Odds, 1990. Keith Haring artwork © Keith Haring Foundation Used by Permission. Courtesy the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Photo: Vaco Studio

Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden, 1996. Courtesy the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Photo: Vaco Studio

In this journey, Lico and Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz visit the Rubell Museum, a very special place built on the enthusiasm of America's super-collectors, Mera and Donald Rubell. Lico and Diaz explore the mighty museum while Mera Rubell talks us through the backbone of the couple's collecting. As a mural painter and street artist, Diaz meets one of his biggest inspirations inside the museum walls.

The Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Art Foundation opened in 1993 in the Wynwood district of Miami and today resides in transformed industrial complex, reworked by Selldorf Architects. The new museum, impressive with 36 galleries in total, is located in the Allapattah and is well worth the adventure!

View below to join Joey Lico and Alexis Diaz on their urban exploration through hip Miami and private walk-through at Rubell Museum, featured in the current fifth edition of the BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors.

Curator Joey Lico teams up with artist Alexis Diaz to visit the Rubell Museum

Kehinde Wiley, Sleep, 2008. Courtesy the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Photo: Vaco Studio

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USA (55)

Since 1996, Al & Paige West have been building an impressive collection, including works by artists such as Donald Judd, Martin Boyce, and Candice Breitz.

Oaks

Valeria Napoleone

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New York

Christine and Andrew Hall

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Reading

Gary Yeh

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Seoul

de la Cruz Collection

Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, the co-founders of the renowned collection that bears their name, are always quick to highlight the importance of education when discussing the role the De La Cruz Collection plays in the Miami community.

The Broad Collection

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Los Angeles

Marciano Art Foundation

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Los Angeles

The Mallin Collection

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New York

Transformer Station

Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell’s transformation of an electrical power station in Cleveland

Cleveland

The Goss-Michael Foundation

A place that grew out of a romantic connection between Kenny Goss and the late pop music legend, George Michael

Dallas

Franks-Suss Collection

Initially focused on China, collectors Simon Franks and Robert Suss soon widened their purview

New York

Mera & Donald Rubell

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Thoma Foundation

Two intimate art spaces in Chicago and Santa Fe encourage dialogue between work and viewer

Santa Fe

Martin Margulies

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Miami

Seth Stolbun

The Houston native collector almost exclusively acquires works from artists that he has a personal relationship with

Houston

The Donum Collection

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Sonoma

March 8th 2022

The Stolbun Collection presents “March 8th 2022”, likely the only exhibition at Ferndale–Seth Stolbun’s rental home, as captured by his iPhone

Houston

Saint Georgina Slays The Dragon

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San Antonio

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New York

Donna Huanca – Obsidian Ladder

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Los Angeles

We Still Have Wild Birds Here

Overlooked American artist Gene Beery (b. 1937), declared and depicted reflections in his paintings with a relevant truth and irony that is no less today.

Chester

Life Cycle

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Los Angeles

The Wig Museum

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Los Angeles

Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

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Santa Fe

Art Now, Art Forever: Damon Zucconi

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Princeton

www.Simco Web Works

In context of exposing art digitally and exposing digital art, we wanted to present artworks that have only and always existed on the web, as URLs, here in the collection of Stefan Simchowitz.

Los Angeles

Responding to Nature

Tucked away in the vineyard’s of San Francisco you’ll find the secret sculpture park of Nancy and Steve Oliver.

Geyserville

Go Figure / Alec Soth

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Columbus

John Morrissey

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West Palm Beach

Roberto Toscano

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Miami

Stefan Simchowitz Collection

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Los Angeles

Carole Server

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New York

Force and Form

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Miami

Elayne & Marvin Mordes

The sun has just risen over the eaves when we meet on Park Avenue one peaceful January morning and Marvin and Elayne Mordes seem just the way we’d had hoped – warm, open and sympathetic.

New York

Buckhorn Sculpture Park

Located in the scenic town of Pound Ridge, New York, you’ll find the private home of collector couple Sherry and Joel Mallin and their Buckhorn Sculpture Park.

New York

Visions From India

The exhibition “Transforming Vision” includes some of the most prominent Indian artists working today, with all forty works coming from the Pizzuti Collection.

Columbus

Clayton Press & Gregory Linn

Since 1980, Clayton Press and Gregory Linn – New Jersey collectors – have evolved from being energetic art aficionados to art market specialists.

New York

Steve Shane

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New York

Soul Of A Nation: Art In The Age Of Black Power 1963-1983

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Los Angeles

The Broad Survey Of Shirin Neshat

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Los Angeles

PHANTASMAGORIA

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Chicago

The Herskovic Collection

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Franklin Lakes

The Dikeou Collection — Part III

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Denver

The Dikeou Collection — Part IV

A variety of artworks by both established and emerging artists.

Denver

The Dikeou Collection – Part II

Artworks by both established and emerging artists, ranging from installations, sculpture, photographs, videos, drawings, to painting.s.

Denver

The Dikeou Collection – Part I

Founded in 1998 by the siblings Pany and Devon Dikeou, the Dikeou Collection is located in downtown Denver.

Devon

Times of Change

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New York

Working Hard for Art

An art consultant and curator by day, the Brooklyn-based Collector is a self proclaimed “gutsy newcomer”, working with emerging artists to help her push her collection further.

Brooklyn

Chaotic Contemporary

Chicago based collector Troy Klyber, is a contemporary art collector that loves to engage in a bit of chaos.

Chicago

No Man’s Land

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Miami

Letters to Pia

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Boston

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Chicago

R F Jefferies – Don’t Postpone Joy

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San Diego

THE OJIKUTU COLLECTION

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Bowie

Rubell Family Collection

Curator Joey Lico teams up with artist Alexis Diaz to visit the mighty Rubell Museum in Miami

The Door Opener

USA (55)

West Collection

Since 1996, Al & Paige West have been building an impressive collection, including works by artists such as Donald Judd, Martin Boyce, and Candice Breitz.

Valeria Napoleone

The Italian-born collector actively seeks out under­represented positions and therefore only acquires works by women artists.

Christine and Andrew Hall

Interview with the collectors behind Hall Art Foundation

Gary Yeh

IC talks to Gary Yeh.

de la Cruz Collection

Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, the co-founders of the renowned collection that bears their name, are always quick to highlight the importance of education when discussing the role the De La Cruz Collection plays in the Miami community.

The Broad Collection

Walking down the Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, right by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), you can’t help but be struck by the angular construction of The Broad and its bright white honeycomb exterior.

Marciano Art Foundation

Maurice and Paul Marciano, founders of the GUESS jeans brand, in their five-thousand-square-meter exhibition space

The Mallin Collection

Nestled on 15 acres in the scenic town of Pound Ridge, New York, Buckhorn Sculpture Park features gardens, woodlands, a lake and an orchard.

Transformer Station

Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell’s transformation of an electrical power station in Cleveland

The Goss-Michael Foundation

A place that grew out of a romantic connection between Kenny Goss and the late pop music legend, George Michael

Franks-Suss Collection

Initially focused on China, collectors Simon Franks and Robert Suss soon widened their purview

Mera & Donald Rubell

Five quick questions, five short answers by the famous couple behind the Rubell Family Collection

Thoma Foundation

Two intimate art spaces in Chicago and Santa Fe encourage dialogue between work and viewer

Martin Margulies

Interview with the collector behind the Margulies Collection

Seth Stolbun

The Houston native collector almost exclusively acquires works from artists that he has a personal relationship with

The Donum Collection

Wine tasting and Crouching Spider by Louise Bourgeois

March 8th 2022

The Stolbun Collection presents “March 8th 2022”, likely the only exhibition at Ferndale–Seth Stolbun’s rental home, as captured by his iPhone

Saint Georgina Slays The Dragon

A new collection on IC, see inside The Bennett Collection, which is focused on figurative realism, specifically the realistic, painted depiction of women by women.

Flippin The Script with Armand-Paul Family Collection

In “Flippin The Script” we warmly welcome the Armand-Paul Family Collection in New York to IC, with its focus on the African and Latin diasporas, and interest in performance.

Donna Huanca – Obsidian Ladder

Skin painting artist Donna Huanca participates in the current MAF project series, exploring gender and sexuality in contemporary life.

We Still Have Wild Birds Here

Overlooked American artist Gene Beery (b. 1937), declared and depicted reflections in his paintings with a relevant truth and irony that is no less today.

Life Cycle

The Marciano Art Foundation hosted Ai Weiwei for the third MAF Project in their Theatre Gallery.

The Wig Museum

LA's MAF was inaugurated in 2017 with a solo show of Jim Shaw, curated by Philipp Kaiser.

Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

Delve into the digital art of the collection exhibited across two spaces.

Art Now, Art Forever: Damon Zucconi

As collectors dedicated to following artist careers in depth and breadth, Clayton Press and Gregory Linn describe their on-going relationship to the work of Damon Zucconi, whose works are frequently accessible online.

www.Simco Web Works

In context of exposing art digitally and exposing digital art, we wanted to present artworks that have only and always existed on the web, as URLs, here in the collection of Stefan Simchowitz.

Responding to Nature

Tucked away in the vineyard’s of San Francisco you’ll find the secret sculpture park of Nancy and Steve Oliver.

Go Figure / Alec Soth

This summer, the Pizzuti Collection will feature two exhibitions featuring works taken from the private collection of Ron and Ann Pizzuti.

John Morrissey

Discover is a keyword for the American attorney and art collector John Morrissey, who directs his focus towards emerging contemporary artists.

Roberto Toscano

It all started with the purchase of an etching by Richard Serra in 2011, which turned out to serve as the very foundation for Roberto Toscano’s art collection.

Stefan Simchowitz Collection

L.A.’s most controversial art collector opens up his private collection of contemporary painting.

Carole Server

The New York-based collectors with an enthusiasm for patronage and education.

Force and Form

The private collection studying contemporary visual culture.

Elayne & Marvin Mordes

The sun has just risen over the eaves when we meet on Park Avenue one peaceful January morning and Marvin and Elayne Mordes seem just the way we’d had hoped – warm, open and sympathetic.

Buckhorn Sculpture Park

Located in the scenic town of Pound Ridge, New York, you’ll find the private home of collector couple Sherry and Joel Mallin and their Buckhorn Sculpture Park.

Visions From India

The exhibition “Transforming Vision” includes some of the most prominent Indian artists working today, with all forty works coming from the Pizzuti Collection.

Clayton Press & Gregory Linn

Since 1980, Clayton Press and Gregory Linn – New Jersey collectors – have evolved from being energetic art aficionados to art market specialists.

Steve Shane

Manhattan-based collector Steve Shane is completely in love with art.

The Italian-born collector actively seeks out underrepresented positions and therefore only acquires works by women artists.