They now buy upward of several hundred works a year, and every Rubell knows the collection by heart. In the 50 years since the Rubells started acquiring the very latest art, much has changed. The young couple married two years later and began collecting art on a monthly budget of $25, gleaned from the modest salary Mera earned teaching at New York's first Head Start program. Courtesy of the Rubell Family Collection. Required fields are marked *. [6] Juan Roselione-Valadez was appointed director of the Miami museum in 2010. [2] His father worked as a postal worker and later became a tennis pro. In the early days of Studio 54, she and Jason would watch rehearsals for the extravaganzas planned for that night in the club before heading home to do their schoolwork. His dad was a postal worker. Earlier in the summer, she had proudly recounted a story about the night she told her grandchildren that the Miami Art Museum had just become the Prez Art Museum Miami, after a gift worth $35 million from the billionaire Jorge Prez. And it bugs the shit out of me. In 1985, he opened the club the Palladium, which displayed art by Haring, Kenny Scharf, and . They hated it! The bond between Art Basel Miami and the Rubells has been a long-lasting one. [2] They are partnering with a developer to build apartments, a hotel, and a second Rubell museum. 26. As a wealth-ranking ATM stole hearts and headlines at . The new location includes a 100,000-square-foot area, 80,000 square feet of which are opened to the public across 40 galleries, event spaces, a garden courtyard, an indoor-outdoor restaurant, and the largest art research library in South Florida. They expect to break ground in 2015. [1][2][3] The museum relocated to a significantly larger campus in Miami, and opened a campus in Washington, in 2019 and 2022, respectively. For me, collecting art gives me an insight into the culture and how to live my life. Her father was a Sunday painter in Central Park, and both parents worked in the hairdressing salon that he opened in Brooklyn after being fired from a tony Manhattan salon for referring, in his Yiddish-accented English, to a customers hor.. The Rubell Family Collection, along with its educational programs and library, is run by a not-for-profit foundation, though the majority of the artworks are owned by the Rubells. Way to get here was not at all a simple task. It was as if they were trying to figure out my brain, not just what I made. Soon, Curry was on a plane to Miami, and the works the Rubells commissioned from him were presented later that year in their 2006 Red Eye exhibition, alongside those by other emerging Los Angeles artists like Sterling Ruby and Thomas Houseago. Mera sheds light on this strange practice to W Magazine: Its not our mission to give works to museumsunlike museums they (the Rubells) have the agility to respond and take risks in a fast-moving art world. She also mentioned that we have zero social aspirations.. Donald was a Doctor whose brother Steve Rubell was the co-founder and co-owner of Studio 54. [8], In 2019, the collection relocated from the Wynwood neighborhood to a new site in the Allapattah neighborhood and was renamed the Rubell Museum. The Rubells originally purchased the historic building in 2010 from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, later hiring Beyer Blinder Belle to refurbish and renovate the school building for the new museum, and partnering with Lowe to construct a 492-unit apartment building behind the museum. At the time, Don, an obstetrician, and Mera, a teacher, lived on the Upper East Side with their two kids, Jason andJennifer. Rubell Family Collection, Wynwood (1993-2019), "The Rubell Effect: How the Miami Couple Brought the Midas Touch to Generations of Young Artists", "The Art of the Rubell Family Collection Miami", "Miami Collectors Shake Up a D.C. Schoolhouse", "Art Basel Miami, Where Big Money Meets Bigger Money", "Rubell Family Collection Appoints New Director", "Take a Peek Inside the Newly Relocatedand RenamedRubell Museum in Miami, Opening Just in Time for Art Basel", "Private Museums of the World: Rubell Museum", "Developers buy former Rubell site in Wynwood, plan major mixed-use project", "This Art World Power Couple Will Open Their D.C. Museum This Fall", "Art Industry News: A Long-Lost Trove of Elvis's Jewelry, Guitars, and Guns Is Heading to Auction + Other Stories", "About the Rubell Museum and Rubell Collection", "New Works Unveiled: Meet the Rubell Museum Artist Residents", "A $20 million makeover turned a D.C. school into a modern art museum", "The Rubells' New D.C. Museum Delivers on a Promise to Grow the City's Art SceneAnd Corrects Oversights at Other Institutions", "This new museum is a world away from D.C. stereotypes", "Tax Status of Museums Questioned by Senators", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubell_Museum&oldid=1136488350. Crumbs could very well represent the poverty and wealth situation of modern-day economies. If you want to keep goingand weve been doing this for a long timeits really about going where you dont even know, and you have to be open to what you feel ()The unknown is there to be experienced.. Together with Jason, 45, and Jennifer, 44, they have built the Rubell Family Collection and Contemporary Arts Foundation, which boasts some 6,800 works by 831 artists. We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. Cady Nolands This Piece Has No Title Yet, 1989. 10301209893 (Expires 03/27/2024) NY Licensed Name. We were the working stiffs. [4][18], The opening exhibition in the Rubell's D.C. museum, What's Going On (2022), paid homage to Marvin Gaye, who had attended the former school that the museum is located in. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Some detractors contend that while these privatecollections have the semblance of public museums, the art they present is privately owned and increases in value the more widely it is seen. The marketing of young talent moved into high gear, and increasing competition led the Rubells to Europe, where they discovered the work of Neo Rauch, Rosemarie Trockel, and others. We were driving him around South Beach, Jason told me, and I said, Why dont you do some cool beach thing here? He loved the idea. Mera not only organized the first trip to Basel for Miami city officials to convince them of the fairs value but, as Sam Keller recalls, also talked up Miami to the galleries with which they dealt. But he died during a recession, so its not the amount people think. In the early 90s, Jason moved to Miami to begin what turned out to be a brief career as a gallerist; the family followed in 1993. 65% of the galleries are dedicated to long-term installations and 35% to special exhibitions, all drawn from the collection. As Don and Mera Rubell prepare to open their newly expanded museum in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood, we examine their formidable legacy. Donald Rubell lives in Miami Beach, FL; previous cities include Miami FL and Aspen CO. "Don't try to be 40 before you are 40. Rubell and his brother Donald grew up in a Jewish[1] family in New York City. The young painter was in the midst of sharpening his own personal style, combining disparate influences into something new. Understandably, the Rubells feel a familial attachment toward Murillo, whose rapid ascent has already spawned a backlash. Olivia lounges in a work by Aaron Curry in the Family room. Thanks to last year's renovation, this is perhaps the best private/public collection in Miami. In Miami at that time, contemporary art was far from the center of the conversation. And studio visits remain their priority. Don Rubell with *Sleep*, 2008 by Kehinde Wiley (left), and *Untitled*, 1981 by Keith Haring. The young couple married two years later and began collecting art on a monthly budget. Even so, I would have preferred more work from artists in the show such as Catherine Opie, Cindy Sherman, Lisa Yuskavage; as well as work from artists that I wish were included (but that I do not know if the Rubells collect) such as: Jennifer Bartlett, Louisa Chase, Noa Eshkol, Judy Fiskin, Barbara Friedman, April Gornick, Lauren Grenfield, Elizabeth Murray, Orit Raff, Susan Rothenberg, Frances Stark, and Joni Wehrli. We actually had time to think about it.. He also owned the infamous Studio 54 disco . And Andy [Warhol] would defend us. In 1980, Steve and his business partner, Ian Schrager, went to prison for tax evasion; when they got out, they moved the scene into hotels and made Jennifer the concierge at the Royalton. When they asked Haring if they could visit his, he told them he had nothing ready for them to see. For the blogger and public relations executive, see, "Steve Rubell, Studio 54's Creator And a'Pasha of Disco,' Dies at 45", "Studio 54 where the disco spins in a whirl of excess", "About New York; Nights of Glitz, A Velvet Rope And Memories", "Plans at Union Square to Enhance Its Place in History as a Gathering Place", "A History of Studio 54, This Time Told by the Quiet Partner", "Steve Rubell, 45, co-owner of Studio 54 who reigned over", "Rubell Created Homes Away From Home for the Trendsetters", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Rubell&oldid=1150378103, American businesspeople convicted of crimes, American entertainment industry businesspeople, People convicted of obstruction of justice, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 17 April 2023, at 20:53. It was constructed in 1946, according to real estate data aggregator PropertyShark. Susan Rubell. Courtesy of the Rubell Family Collection. The Museum is located less than a mile from its previous address. The Rubell Museum, formerly the Rubell Family Collection, is a private contemporary art museum with locations in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida, and the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Through an affiliate, they bought the former headquarters for Rex Discount Wholesale Grocers at 1090 Northwest 23rd Street from Carrera Family Investments, according to the brokers news release. After Studio 54, Rubell and Ian opened their next nightclub, Palladium, in the old Academy of Music building in NYC. Uncategorized . That first year, Jeff Koons arrived a day late by mistake and was invited to join the family for dinner. For example, after Oscar Murillos 2012 residency and solo exhibition, his work reached $4.9 million in auction sales the very next year (with the artist suffering the negative effects of art flipping). In spite of the renovations, the space can house barely five percent of their collection. The Rubells collecting style has remained consistent throughout the decades and has set them apart from other high-profile collectors. Courtesy of the Rubell Family Collection. Paul McCarthys Cultural Gothic, 19921993. I will confess that I wish that what was on exhibit when I visited in late December was better curated and I found more of the work engaging but that may just be me or may speak to issue of women artists in a hierarchical male society and in the art-auction-museum-gallery complex. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. In April 1977, they opened Studio 54 in the old CBS Studio on West 54th Street that the network was selling. Whenever they attend an art fair, they are followed by either flippers or by other art collectors. [13] The second location, which is free to residents of Washington, opened in October 2022 and features 32,000 square feet of gallery space and a bookstore. The Rubells moved from New York City to Miami 29 years ago, and since then they have been instrumental in the art culture of Miami. The Rubells started collecting in 1964 on a budget of $25 a week, and their limited resources led them to focus on emerging artists who were at the time unknown. Steve Rubell (December 2, 1943 - July 25, 1989) was an American entrepreneur and co-owner of the New York City disco Studio 54 . When Mera and Don Rubell began collecting in 1964, they diligently assigned a budget of $25 (a quarter of Mera's teaching salary) each week to art. Don and Mera Rubell have been collecting art for more than 50 years. With the help and knowledgeable influence of disco promoter Billy Amato (Smith), executive vice president 20th Century-Fox Records, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager were introduced to the dance and disco market in early 1975 by John Addison of La Jardin. Davis studied at the renowned Cooper Union in New York before moving to Los Angeles. During an interview with Peter Schneider, Don nicely put this idea into perspective: "Some of this stuff has been bought for the price of a haircut or a pair of shoes." Past artists-in-residence include Sterling Ruby, Amoako Boafo, and Lucy Dodd. Rubell and Schrager opened two clubs, one in Boston with John Addison from La Jardin, the other, called The Enchanted Garden, in Queens in 1975, which later became Douglaston Manor. 46 past sales; 17 past rentals; NY License Number. 'We have two pieces of art in our house,' says Don Rubell, who, with his wife Mera and son Jason, owns one of the best collections of contemporary art in the world. Photo: Nicole Franzen The Rubells also have an impressive collection from local talents, including Hernan Bas, Jos Bedia, Pablo Cano, Cooper, Naomi Fisher, Mark Handforth, Bert Rodriguez, and Purvis Young. Visiting. Their opening-night party for the Whitney Museums Biennial, which they began hosting in 1977, drew most of the artists and curators in town, in part, because there were no competing events. . "[19], Writing for Artnet News about the museum's D.C. expansion, Kriston Capps said "the District hasnt had an institution like the Rubell Museum in years, one thats literally and figuratively oriented toward the city, not the National Mall," praising the museum's focus on art and artists tackling issues relevant to residents of Washington. Originally established in New York City, the Rubell Family Collection (RFC) is a remarkable assemblage of contemporary art. 30 Americans, a show focused on art by African-American artists from the museum's collection, has since toured to over a dozen museums and remains on tour as of 2022. His partner even bragged that they made . The narrative of my family was If you want to survive, dont get attached to objects, she told me. TEMPE, AZ. It draws from the roughly 400 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and other works that the artist left behind. Architectural Digest recalled, Mera contributed to bringing Art Basel Miami Beach and Design Miami to South Florida. The inaugural exhibition included 300 works by 100 artists from the couples extensive holdings of more than 7,200 works by 1,000 artists. His approach worked and the club made $7 million during its first year. Their only stipulation was that Johnson join them for breakfast. 63. As you build your investment portfolio and grow your wealth, this can set you up for success. Husband-and-wife Don and Mera Rubell started buying art in 1964 and now make the collection publicly available along with their son, Jason Rubell, according to the Rubell Museums website. You've got an aesthetic feeling to the space. The pair hired Roy Cohn to defend them,[6] but on January 18, 1980, they were sentenced to three and a half years in prison and a $20,000 fine each for the tax evasion charge. I was in love with the grain of the wood, explains Jason, who had admired its use in Annabelle Selldorfs gallery buildings. The exhibitions they organize are generally timed to coincide with the fairs opening week in December, and the Rubells usually organize a Basel breakfast -- a must among the VIP fairgoers. [6][3][9][15], Since 2011, the museum has hosted an artist residency program that is recognized as one of the most prestigious residencies in the country. Fittingly, a two-story library packed with artist monographs and catalogs connects Don and Meras modest, sparsely furnished home to the45,000-square-foot Rubell Family Collection. Mera, 71, puts you in mind of a Jewish Yoko Ono, with her spiky black hair, pink-frame sunglasses, and fondness for Panama hats and black leggings. His name was Keith Haring, and he organized exhibitions upstairs. The collection was relocated to Miami in 1993, and is . The Rubell family, well-known art collectors in Miami who run the Rubell Museum, expanded their Allapattah art and cultural space portfolio, paying $10.7 million for an industrial building. Photography by Chris Cunningham In December, during Art Basel Miami Beach, the brand-new Rubell Museum a gargantuan temple of contemporary art founded by longtime collectors Mera and Don Rubellhad recently named the Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo as its inaugural artist-in-residence. Why it matters: The contemporary art museum funded by art world power couple Don and Mera Rubell and housed in the former Randall Junior High School building in Southwest has been 10 years in the making. On December 4, 2019 the Rubells unveiled their new art museum, one of about a half-dozen private museums in South Florida. 1, by Liu Wei, part of a new exhibition, 28 Chinese, that shows the fruits of their art-buying trips to China. By a lot, Don added. We feel we have graduated to a museum, Mera Rubell told, . In the open-plan living area, Mera was cooking gluten-free pasta and marinara sauce with clams and Don was setting the table. (Jasons gregarious wife, Michelle, 42, is also part of the team; her trial by fire came on her first trip to Art Basel in Switzerland when Mera quizzed her nightly on the artists shed seen that day.) In retrospect, they did the right thing by purchasing what was a huge, nondescript, dilapidated warehouse in the heart of Wynwood, a sketchy area north of downtown Miami. Twenty percent of the 400 apartments will be designated for emerging artists. Struck by the markings Haring had made over iconic images of Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, the Rubells asked to buy everything, only to learn that a guy named Jeffrey Deitch, an art adviser at Citibank, had arrived just ahead of them and snapped up a piece. Wall Street wolves arrived to openings in limos and fell over themselves trying to acquire Schnabels and Salles. The Rubell Family Foundation was established in 1964 in New York by Donald and Mera Rubell, who are fixtures in the front row at every major contemporary art auction in New York. Franz Wests Goeschl, 2007, and Untitled (Note With Table), 2005 (from left), sit atop the Rubells dining table. Steve Rubell died from AIDS in 1989, at 45, leaving the family devastated. In those days, art didnt sell at the speed it does now, Jason noted wryly. At 14, he used savings from his bar mitzvah to make a deposit on a painting he saw at Pat Hearns gallery by the then emerging George Condo. For the Rubells, collecting art is a family affair and is embedded in their lifestyle. On December 14, 1978, Studio 54 was raided after Rubell was quoted as saying that only the Mafia made more money than the club brought in. Opened to the public in 1993 and formerly housed in a warehouse in the Wynwood Art District, the museum and its collection were developed by Mera and Don Rubell, Miami-based .
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