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Secret Gartenfeld

Forget Basel. The real center of Miami’s overachieving art community may be the newish Institute of Contemporary Art and Alex Gartenfeld, its wunderkind director, who has transformed the scene in a mere decade.

Alex Gartenfeld
Gartenfeld’s true masterstroke was an ability to position ICA Miami at the center of the city’s collecting community, acting as both a common context and a coordinating council among its affluent collectors. Photo: Gesi Schilling
Marion Maneker
December 3, 2024

Collecting contemporary art is all about riding a knife’s edge. On one side, you’re finding the next new talent ahead of everyone else; on the other, you’re out of step, or worse, clueless about what’s coming next. Museum exhibitions are the coin of the realm in contemporary art, and the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami prides itself on exhibiting the works of emerging artists before anyone else. Today, as collectors stream into Miami for Art Week, the design district venue will open shows by Ding Shilun, Marguerite Humeau, and Lucy Bull. These join the first solo U.S. museum exhibition of work by recently deceased Japanese pop artist Keiichi Tanaami.