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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Art Basel Comes to Miami, Frost Museum Opens








The new Frost Art Museum on the FIU campus
© George Leposky




New Frost Art Museum at Florida University opened Saturday November 29. 2009

One of the advantages of living in Miami Beach is to be able to be part of Art Basel each year. The original Art Basel takes place in Basel, Switzerland in June of each year. For the last seven years, a satellite fair has taken place in Miami Beach in December. The main exhibit is at the Miami Beach Convention Center with many international galleries, but there is art eveywhere. There are over 20 different art fairs not to mention the openings, the galleries, the parties.

In the next few days, I will digress from negotiations and share my impressions of Art Basel on my blog.

Yesterday, I went to the opening of the Frost Art Museum. The 46,000 square foot building is itself a work of art designed by Yann Weymouth. The new museum cost $16 million dolars to build and includes nine galleries and 10,000 squarefeed of gallery space. 6,580 pices of stone and 42,390 square feet of granite from China were used to construct the building.


Robert Motherwell

My favorite exhibit was the Modern Masters from the Smithsonian. It shows artists like Romare Beardem, Larry Rivers, Jim Dine, Robert Motherwell, Sam Francis, and Lousie Nevelson who came to maturity in the 1950's. Five of the pieces were originally donated to the Smithsonian by the Frosts so the paintings have come full circle. We had a wonderful docent named Natasha give us a personal tour of the exhibit. She is a junior at FIU and was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the exhibit.

There will be a free Art Basel event at the Frost Museum on Sunday December 7th called Breakfast in the Park with Joel Shapiro from 9:30 -Noon. You still need to RSVP at 305-348-0401.

The Frost Art Museum is localed at 10975 SW 17th Street, Miami


Mary Greenwood, Mediator, Attorney and Author of
How To Negotiate LIke A Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes, Winner of six book awards
Winner Best National Book Awars, General Law Category
Best How To Book, DIY Festival
Runner Up, New York Book Festival, E-Book and Self-Help Category
Finalist ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
Finalist, Best National Book Awards, Self-Help Category
Honorable Mention, London Book Festival
How To Mediate Like A Pro: 42 Rules for Mediating Disputes
Winner of five book awards
Best National Book AWard, Law Category
Best E-Book, New York Book Festival
Best How To Book, Beach Book Festival
Best E-Book, Indie Excellence Awards
Spirit AWard, South Florida Writers Association
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