Miami developer Craig Robins is to open a private museum in the Design District to show his art collection. The new building, designed by Spanish architects Abalos and Herreros, will include 40,000 sq. ft of display space. Construction should begin in nine months’ time and the gallery should open by January 2012.
Craig Robins is the president of Dacra Development and an avid art collector.
Robins was a significant figure in bringing the Art Basel fair to Miami in 2002. Also he is
behind the South Beach boom of the early 1990s.
Recipient of the 2006 Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Museum Design Patron Award.
Robins founded Design Miami fair in partnership with the owner of Art Basel.
He always had an interest in art, he wanted to trade in his graduation Rolex for a Salvador Dalí print.
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Artwork above by regiaart.com
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