You have one last chance to see one of Miami’s most important art collections in its museum before it goes to auction.
After 15 years in Miami’s Design District, the globally lauded de la Cruz Collection has closed following the death of its founder Rosa de la Cruz in February. The auction house Christie’s will begin selling works from her collection — featuring the likes of Ana Mendieta, Félix González-Torres and Hernan Bas — in May.
Christie’s is hosting an appointment-only exhibition for the public to see the works and walk around the space, located at 23 NE 41st Street, until Friday.
Artwork by Ana Mendieta are on display at the de la Cruz Collection on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Works that were owned by Rosa de la Cruz will soon be on sale following her death in February.
Jessica Stanley, Christie’s public relations director walks past works by Christina Quarles, left, and Rashid Johnson that were owned by Rosa de la Cruz at the de la Cruz Collection on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Christies’s will begin selling works from De la Cruz’s collection in May.
Artwork by Ana Mendieta are on display at the de la Cruz Collection on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Works that were owned by Rosa de la Cruz will soon be on sale following her death in February. Mendieta was a feminist Cuban-American artist who died in 1985.
Melissa Wallen, the director of the de la Cruz Collection, walks past works by Ana Mendieta that are on display on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Christies’s will begin selling works from De la Cruz’s collection in May.
Paintings by Peter Doig and Hernan Bas and a sculpture by Félix González-Torres are on display at the de la Cruz Collection on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Works that were owned by Rosa de la Cruz will soon be on sale following her death in February.
From left to right: Artwork by Ana Mendieta, Glenn Ligon and Félix González-Torres are on display at the de la Cruz Collection on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Works that were owned by Rosa de la Cruz will soon be on sale following her death in February.
Paintings that that were owned by Rosa de la Cruz are on display at the de la Cruz Collection on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Christies’s will begin selling works from De la Cruz’s collection in May.
An exterior view of the de la Cruz Collection at the Design District on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Miami, Florida. The museum is now permanently closed following the death of its founder, Rosa de la Cruz, in February.
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