Mera and don rubell

It is now one of the world’s largest, privately owne publicly accessible contemporary art collections. Photo courtesy of the Contemporary Arts Foundation. Art collectors with edge make D. Mera shoots him a glare: “We don. We’re attracted to art that we don ’t understand because it has the most to teach us.

Credit Alex Quesada for The New York Times. Selling real estate can be quite an ordeal these days, but the Corcoran. Friends of the art and artists. Rubell Family Art Collection.

The exhibition chronicles this landmark period through cutting-edge painting, sculpture and photography from some of the most important practitioners of contemporary art. Championing young artists has led to a world-class collection. Based in Miami, it is a destination for visitors from around the world.

On weekends she would take long walks in Chelsea with her husband Don , who was in. Purvis Young, a self-taught Miami artist known as the Picasso of the Ghetto, creates expressionist art from found objects. DON RUBELL AND MERA RUBELL IN THEIR COLLECTION. Thanks for coming out to the Lord Baltimore Hotel. I just love the way he thinks.

He thinks like an artist and he translates it into fashion,” Mera told us. He’s fearless and breaks the rules. She is represented by the Anna Klinkhammer Gallery in Düsseldorf.

The Knight Arts Champions grants showed the breadth of the arts ecosystem that has evolved in Miami, spotlighting much-loved but sometimes little-known organizations and artists. This book features 3full-color photos of the family s collection, kicked off by a brief introduction by collection director Coetzee and a short. They were part of a panel. This Pin was discovered by artlife magazine. Discover ( and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest.

Plans call for it to move into a. The couple simply started collecting art on a budget of $per month. We were very happy that the Senator was aware of our mission and what we do,” she says. The artist Brian Calvin on the plaza outside of Gallery Met.

The collection is exhibited within a converted 40sq. Jennifer’s parents, Don and Mera , a physician and a. His wife Michelle is the daughter of Leon Simkins, CEO of Simkins Industries, a paper products company. She says, What makes collecting contemporary art so profoundly different is the relationship to the. Comprised of painting, photography, video work, sculpture and large-scale installations, “Chinese” is an exploration into modern Chinese art. WDNA-FM general manager Maggie Pelleyá, to Jazz Education Community Coalition.

Today, it is one of the world’s largest privately owned contemporary art museum and now. The powerhouse-collector duo have been a fixture on the art-fair circuit for decades—and following them. But there’s only one dish they could possibly put on the menu for their final repast, and they would cook it themselves at their famous home. Behind them is “Liberation No. Liu Wei, part of a new exhibition, “Chinese,” that shows the fruits of their art-buying trips to China.

This past weekend in Aspen was artCRUSH,. Their art holdings and their. Sometimes Donald goes by various nicknames including donald rubel and donald r rubell.

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An Elle Macpherson sighting! A brand-new painting by Los Angeles artist Enrique. On Monday, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden celebrated a year of milestone achievements with a festive gala attended by a diverse group of artists and prominent art world influencers from around the globe, including many of today’s most important curators, thought leaders, gallerists and patrons of the arts, at Lincoln Center in New York City.