Miami’s Institute of Modern Artwork (ICA Miami) has purchased the previous de la Cruz Assortment constructing two doorways down from its Design District residence for $25m, successfully doubling the quantity of area it has for exhibitions and different public programmes. The de la Cruz Assortment closed earlier this 12 months, following the loss of life of the personal museum’s co-founder, Rosa de la Cruz, in February.
The capital marketing campaign to purchase and renovate the de la Cruz Assortment constructing at 23 Northeast forty first Road included help from the ICA’s board, its longtime supporter and collector Craig Robins (who additionally based the Miami Design District, the place the museum is positioned) and a $5m grant from the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Basis. The acquisition offers the ICA one other 30,000 sq. ft.
“It’s becoming that the area, which for nearly twenty years because the de la Cruz Assortment offered thought-provoking, revolutionary up to date artwork exhibitions, will proceed that custom,” Robins mentioned in a press release.
Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz at their personal museum in Miami, which closed following Rosa’s loss of life in February Photograph: Barbara Fernandez/The New York Instances/Redux/eyevine
The ICA’s plans for the newly acquired constructing embody areas to show its everlasting assortment and a devoted new media gallery to showcase works participating with new media and know-how, which will likely be named for the Knight Basis. The constructing will even home a number of new school rooms for training programming, venues for talks and performances, and a media lab.
The previous de la Cruz Assortment constructing will host some ICA academic programming within the coming months earlier than closing for a renovation.
Selection works from the gathering of Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz had been supplied at Christie’s in New York this spring, bringing in a complete of $28.1m ($34.4m with charges).
