Institute of Contemporary Art (Miami)

The Institute of Contemporary Art first opened in 1996 at the Museum of Modern Art in North Miami in a building designed by American architect . In 2014, due to legal problems with zoning, the institute’s council sued the right to move and secession, which led to the creation in 2017 of an independent Institute of Contemporary Art in the Miami Design District in Miami. ^[3] The Museum of Modern Art in North Miami remained in place.

The construction of the new museum building was supervised by Ellen Salpeter , who became director of the museum in December 2015. In early 2018, she retired, her place was taken by former deputy director and its chief curator Alex Gartenfeld. Gartenfeld is known for his work at the New Museum , where he participated in the creation of the New Museum Triennial ^[4] .

The museum is funded by the billionaire and collector and his wife Irma Miller (Braman) ^[5] , who created the Irma And Norman Braman Fund ^[6] ; Norman is the co-chair of the board of trustees of this art institution. The architectural design of the building is an integral part of the museum’s reputation ^[7] , which was designed in 2017 by the architects of Aranguren & Gallegos - it was built to imitate the Magic Box with a bright geometric shape and texture. ^[8] The three-story building has 37,500 square feet of space, of which 20,000 square feet has gallery space for various exhibitions and a permanent collection, as well as a sculpture garden. In the 15,000-square- foot sculpture garden, you can see the works of , , Allora and Calsadilla , and . The facade of the building is visualized as a kind of magnet, it can be compared with the dark gray and smooth material of a real magnet.

The institute has another exhibition venue - Miami Art Basel , recognized by critics as a cultural landmark of the city. At its opening, the works of , Tomm El-Saieh , , Edward Kienholz and Elio were shown. In addition, the museum introduced The Everywhere Studio , which was supervised by Alex Gartenfeld (art director of the museum), Gian Moreno ( Gean Moreno , curator of the museum) and Stephanie Seidel ( Stephanie Seidel ). It featured more than 100 works of more than fifty artists created over the past five decades. The exhibition became known through a mixture of the work of famous and unknown artists.

At the Institute of Contemporary Art, exhibitions are held on a regular basis, among the exhibits of 2018: “Donald Judd: Paintings” (14 paintings by Donald Judd from 1959 to 1961 were presented); joint exhibition of and Francis Alice ; “Diamond Stingily: Life In My Pocket” (personal exhibition of ); "Terry Adkins: Infinity Is Always Less Than One" (included more than 50 works throughout the life of ); “Sondra Perry: Typhoon Coming On” (personal exhibition of ); “Manuel Solano: I Don't Wanna Wait For Our Lives To Be Over” (solo exhibition of Manuel Solano ( Manuel Solano )); “Larry Bell: Time Machine” ( work from early to glass sculptures).

In addition to free access to famous art exhibitions, the museum is known for other programs and services - symposia, performances, visual culture programs, dance, theater and other programs, as well as programs dedicated to meeting local musicians. Some events are held in collaboration with the Miami Music Club .

The permanent collection of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami seeks to reflect both new talents and representing well-known artists. It includes the works of , Francis Alice , , Louise Bourgeois , , , Jim Hodges , Edward Kienholz , , Zoe Leonard , , Malcolm Morley , Chris Ofili , Gabriel Orozco , Enok Perez , Raymond Pettibon , Robert Terriel , James and other authors.

• List of museums of modern art

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• Irma And Norman Braman Fund Miami's Institute Of Contemporary Art
• Sophie Miller Obituary