The Bass
The Bass
2100 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach,
Fl.
33139
P: 305 673 7530
Wed-Sun: 12 - 5 pmClosed: Mondays & TuesdaysAdmission:General:$15; Seniors/Students/Youth (7 – 18): $8Children under 6Members FreeMiami Beach Residents & City of Miami Beach employees (with valid ID/proof of residence) FreeActive
SEP 27, 2023 – SEP 1, 2024
VARIOUS ARTISTS
WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION
The Bass Museum of Art announces its new collection-based exhibition, We Are in This Together: Selections from the Permanent Collection, on view now through September 1, 2024.
From social media and transnational databases, to supply chains, energy sources and climate conditions, we are—in fact—all connected now. This exhibition uses the 2019 text-based neon sculpture We Are in This Together by Tavares Strachan presented alongside other contemporary works from The Bass’ permanent collection as a lens through which to consider our interrelated social, economic, environmental and technological interdependencies of a globalized world…
ONGOING
VARIOUS ARTISTS
SOCIAL ASSEMBLY: WELCOME TO THE MUSEUM
The Bass invites you to rethink how we interact with and learn from art—and each other—in a museum setting with our latest initiative Social Assembly: Welcome to the Museum.
This multipronged exhibition and flexible program is staged in The Bass’ Harrison Gallery, coinciding with the recent uncovering of the gallery’s original windows. Just as these restored windows give expansive views onto Collins Park, allowing transparency between interior and exterior spaces, Social Assembly provides audiences with greater opportunities to gather informally and more frequently with art. Whether meeting friends, reading books, watching videos, drinking coffee or listening to music—all ways for visitors to relax, refresh and regroup—these re-envisioned museum activities are now underway as part of one exhibition experience…
July 5, 2024 – November 17, 2024
FABIOLA LARIOS
PrincessCam Dreamland, 2024
Located at 23rd Street and Collins Avenue in the Walgreens storefront
In the artist’s words:
“This installation serves as an allegory for the pervasive gaze under which society finds itself. The bedazzled camera, devoid of its traditional function to record and store, instead broadcasts live footage to the vintage TVs, challenging the audience to confront the realities of surveillance, without the consequences of permanence. It’s a playful commentary on our collective discomfort and fascination with being watched, inviting participants to engage with the idea of surveillance as a constant yet unseen presence in our lives.”
March 16, 2023 – September 30, 2024
Carola Bravo
BETWEEN ABSENCE AND PRESENCE
Carola Bravo’s Between Absence and Presence is a thought-provoking public art installation challenging traditional monumentality. By inverting a pedestal and using a mirrored surface, Bravo invites viewers to reflect on the nature of commemoration and the values society places on individuals and events. This temporary artwork, commissioned by The Bass Museum of Art as part of their New Monuments series, sparks a dialogue about the purpose and function of public memorials in contemporary society.
On Long Term View:
JORGE MéNDEZ BLAKE
Paisaje desmantelado (Haikus de José Juan Tablada) / Dismantled Landscape (José Juan Tablada’s Haikus)
The Willfulness of Objects
Art Outside
About
The Bass is Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum. Focusing on exhibitions of international contemporary art, The Bass presents mid-career and established artists reflecting the spirit and international character of Miami Beach. The Bass seeks to expand the interpretation of contemporary art by incorporating disciplines of contemporary culture, such as design, fashion and architecture, into the exhibition program. Recognized for organizing solo museum exhibitions of international artists such as Erwin Wurm, Mika Rottenberg and Pascale Marthine Tayou, The Bass also presents major exhibitions by influential artists such as El Anatsui, Isaac Julien, Eve Sussman, and Piotr Uklański. The exhibition program encompasses a wide range of media and artistic points of view that bring new thought to the diverse cultural context of Miami Beach.