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Miami, FL – October 15, 2016 – The stars aligned as Miami’s leading arts patrons, collectors and fashionistas galore flocked to the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU for the private reception of Narciso Rodriguez: An Exercise in Minimalism, headlining Art Basel season for 2016. The first-ever museum solo exhibition by Cuban-American fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez features more than 35 couture designs, presented alongside works of art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection and from other private collections. Presented in the museum’s Grand Galleries, visitors can experience the fashions alongside works by major artists, including Carmen Herrera, Donald Judd, Jennifer Steinkamp, Lygia Clark, Mira Schendel, Antonio Llorens, and Elena Asins among others. This is the first time a major museum has presented an exhibition by a living fashion designer during Miami’s Art Basel week, creating a new type of gallery experience where viewers are among the first to ever experience major artworks exhibited alongside these history-making fashions. “This past weekend, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU was pleased to welcome hundreds of cultural luminaries and arts lovers to Florida International University’s campus for the opening reception of our headline exhibition for Art Basel season 2016,” said the Museum Director, Dr. Jordana Pomeroy. “The strength of our inaugural couture exhibition is our emphasis on Narciso Rodriguez’s internationally renowned artistry and creative process. The museum is thrilled to present a new cultural milestone that will inspire and resonate strongly with the international communities here in Miami, at Florida International University, and visiting for Miami’s Art Basel 2016,” adds Dr. Pomeroy.
The event was co-curated by Alex Gonzalez, Creative Director of ELLE Magazine, and Klaudio Rodriguez, Curator of the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU . Notable guests included Narciso Rodriguez, Patirica and Phillip Frost, Dorothea Green, Alex Gonzalez (ELLE Magazine), Board Chair Daniel Perron, Sandra Gonzalez-Levy. (Presenting Media Partner: ELLE Magazine) (Platinum Media Partners: Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Miami Indulge Magazine) (Platinum Partners: Narciso Rodriguez Parfums and Ralph Pucci International) (Partners: Bacardi and Creative Creative). The event was put on with generous support from Kimberly Green, Dorothea Green, The Green Family Foundation, and the Host Committee: Trish Bell, Darlene M. Boytell-Perez ARNP ’96, MSN ’96, Alejandra Cicognani, Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa.
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Narciso Rodriguez
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Daniel Perron, Narciso Rodriguez, & Jordana Pomeroy
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Daniel Perron, Narciso Rodriguez, Jordana Pomeroy, & Klaudio Rodriguez
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Kim Caceres & Narciso Rodriguez
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Patricia & Phillip Frost
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Elysze Held & Narciso Rodriguez
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Elysze Held, Daniel Perron, & Miriam Machado
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Muñeca Fuentes & Alex Gonzalez
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Jordana Pomeroy, Macarena Spittler, Patricia Frost, & Muñeca Fuentes
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Ana Martinez, Alex Gonzalez, Muñeca Fuentes, Daisy Olivera, & Macarena Spittler
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Dorothea Green, Linda Potash, Narciso Rodriguez, Daniel Perron, Kathleen Vazquez, Tillie Fox, & Jeffrey Horstmyer
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Angeles Alumna
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Cookie Gazitua, Jordana Pomeroy, Alex Rodriguez, & Ana Martinez
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Daniel Perron, Alex Gonzalez, Cookie Gazitua, Jordana Pomeroy, & Klaudio Rodriguez
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Patricia Frost
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Phillip & Patricia Frost
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Alex Gonzalez
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Narciso Rodriguez
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Alejandro Condis & Miriam Mill
GALLERY SLIDER
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