Vasari Project at Miami-Dade Public Library
Vasari Project at Miami-Dade Public Library
101 W. Flagler St.
Miami,
Fl.
33130
P: 305 375 5572
Mon-Sat: 9:30 am - 6pmSun. ClosedFree & Open to the Public
Through December 16:
Paloma Izquierdo’s Social Instruments
Paloma Izquierdo is an artist whose recent works perform, gesticulate, or manipulate time. Her project, titled “Social Instruments” is an elongated book cart featuring objects activated by the artist and inspired by works from the Miami- Dade Public Library Systems’ historical collection.
About
The Vasari Project is a library collection dedicated to documenting, collecting, and preserving Miami‑Dade County’s art history from 1945 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributions from artists, art professionals, exhibition spaces, galleries, institutions, and private donors.
The Vasari Project is a resource for ongoing research, scholarship, publications, artists’ projects, exhibitions, and events. The archive collects documentation rather than original works of art comprised primarily of printed matter: correspondence, press clippings, photographs, posters, books, exhibition catalogs, artists’ files, oral histories, and other ephemeral materials.
Art critic, historian, and writer Helen L. Kohen and the Library’s former Art Services Manager Barbara N. Young conceived the Vasari Project in 2000. The collection is named for Giorgio Vasari (1511‑1574), the artist and historian whose book, Lives of the Artists, shaped the discipline of Western art history. Made possible by a partnership between the Library and the County’s Department of Cultural Affairs, the archive’s purpose is to preserve and build upon Miami’s transformation into a major hemispheric art center.