Museums
Frost Art Museum
Miami Art Week: 17th Annual Breakfast in the Park (virtual) Lecture by Jeffrey Gibson.
Sun, Dec. 6, 11 am-noon. Zoom & Facebook Live. Free. Register here: https://fiu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R1OOSavtTeyj-xGb3IZ4-g
Dec. 1, 2020 – Ongoing
Tesoro: Pepe Mar’s Love Letter to The Frost
Curated by Pepe Mar
Mar envisions the Museum’s permanent collection of art from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe, as special treasures and presents them as gifts to the public.
Through February 7, 2021
House To House: Women, Politics, and Place
Curated by Chief Curator Amy Galpin
Works by Aurora Molina, Rosemarie Chiarlone, Catherine Opie, Martha Rosler, Laurie Simmons, Mickalene Thomas, and Deborah Willis, among others.
Through December 6:
Otros Lados: Itzel Basualdo, Hugo Crosthwaite, and Judithe Hernandez.
Curated by Chief Curator Amy Galpin
Al otro lado is a phrase used in Mexico referring to shared borders with the United States and the space populated by many Mexican immigrants on the other side of the Mexico/U.S. border.
Through January 10, 2021:
The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles
Exhibition: https://frost.fiu.edu/exhibitions-events/events/2020/07/the-inside-world.html
From the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection. Organized by the Nevada Museum of Art.
‘The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles’ features 112 memorial poles by 55 artists arranged geographically from west to east, truly a testament to the diversity of the artistic practices of Australia’s tropical north- Arnhem Land. Arnhem Land is a place of incredible beauty and life, it is home to more than 10,000 Indigenous Australians from over 20 distinct language groups.
Connectivity. Ongoing.
Curated by Amy Galpin, Chief Curator.
Organized in 5 sections, the show examines how art objects, created across cultures and during different time periods, relate to one another and to a myriad of publics.
Wendy Red Star, Apsáalooke Feminist #4, 2016, photo print, 35 x 42 in. Courtesy of Wendy Red Star
Catherine Opie, Oliver in a Tutu, 2004, C-print, © Catherine Opie, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul —
Installation View: Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to Stone It Cracks, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 2020
Photo: Jonathan Dorado
About
The museum resides in a beautiful 46,000 square foot building designed by Yann Weymouth and situated in the Florida International University Campus, in the heart of FIU’s Avenue of the Arts.
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum’s mission is to provide transformative experiences through art; collect, exhibit, and interpret art across cultures; and advance FIU’s stature as a top tier research university.
One of the largest academic art museums in South Florida, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum provides the community with free access to world-class art that spans cultures and time periods. The museum started as a small space in FIU’s Primera Casa building in 1978. As the collection and programming grew, the university recognized the need for a dedicated museum space. The museum now resides in a beautiful 46,000 square foot building designed by Yann Weymouth and situated in the heart of FIU’s Avenue of the Arts. The museum opened its doors in 2008.
Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th St.Miami, Fl. 33199
P: 305 348 2890