STAYING AFLOAT, ALL HANDS ON DECK by Barbara Young Enjoy the video The Library’s Three Graces of the Arts
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uoyant artists and art institutions of Miami and Miami Beach are offering a range of innovative experiences for pandemic and weather-weary art lovers. Virtual exhibitions and programs have dominated the activities for several months. Miami’s internationally lauded family collections – The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, the Rubell Museum, and the de la Cruz Collection are opening with timed
and ticketed attendance, social distancing, and always masks. The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum at Florida International University, The Bass Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami Dade College Museum of Art and Design, and the Lowe Museum – the University of Miami, as well as the Museum of Graffiti are receiving visitors while implementing safety precautions.
Clire Regans aka VantaBlack, Say Their Names: A Public Art Memorial Mural Project, detail, 2020. The artist created this powerful exterior mural at the Bakehouse Art Complex. She recently received Oolite Arts’ first Social Justice Award. Say Their Names is one of several exterior murals at the center. Photo by David Gary Lloyd Photography, courtesy of Bakehouse Art Complex.
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