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Maison & Objet Americas - 2015 - Issue 1

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m i a m i photography by francesco casale (the mourning tents); courtesy of lowe art museum (dink a woman's hearth) that visitors be sure to see the exhibition's last room, in which Marino's 2013 staging of the 1762 opera Orfeo ed Euridice plays on televisions, while a nearby wall contrasts a Francesco Clemente painting with a sterling silver curtain made for the production. Such a daring combination of classical and contemporary, of art, fashion, and design, is Marino's trademark, says Cubiñá. 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 350-673-7530; bassmuseum.org Low e Art MuseuM, university of MiAMi Thanks to the gifts of Joe and Emily Lowe and other collectors, the Lowe Art Museum offers a bounty of art that spans the ages from ancient to contemporary and the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. With some 17,500 objects, it is "the largest collection in the Southeast," says director and chief curator Jill Deupi. Not to be missed: The main building currently features "A Collector's Legacy," an exhibit saluting one of Miami's most pas- sionate collectors, the late Francien C. Ruwitch. It offers museumgoers the frst chance to see some of the fne pieces of contemporary art—from artists Olafur Eliasson, Walker Evans, and Peter Halley, among others—that she accumu- lated over the years. From there, Deupi suggests that devotees of the decorative arts head to the Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion to see its $3.5 million glass and ceramic collection. In addition to works by such master glass sculptors as Dale Chihuly and Richard Jolley, the collection includes more than 150 pieces by talented contemporary artists, including William Morris's Dinka Woman's Hearth, an entire wall of hand-sculpted glass fgures refecting his interest in archaeology, mythology, and pagan cultures. 1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables, 305-284-3535; miami.edu/lowe MuseuM of ConteMpor ary art north Mi a Mi "Miami today is a global cultural center," says Babacar M'Bow, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami. Not to be missed: M'Bow points to the current exhibit "Alternative Contemporaneity: TAZ"— with works by 57 artists from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America—as one that underscores the city's diversity. He says the show is noteworthy for "creating a dialogue among different cultures to consider what we have in common as human beings—and that is to make art." Taking part in the dialogue are emerging artists, many of them from South Florida, and others who, while not necessarily well known in the US, have established reputations in their own countries. One of them is the Chinese-born Guo Jian, "an unorthodox artist who refuses to be silenced," says M'Bow. Now working in New York, he was deported from his native country for daring to make art about China today, including a diorama of Tiananmen Square. 770 NE 125th St., North Miami, 305-893-6211; mocanomi.org n top: The Mourning Tents (2015) by Christina Pettersson, at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami. above: Dinka Woman's Hearth (2003) by William Morris, at the Lowe Art Museum. m&O 92 m a i s o n - o b j e t. c o m

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