How Private Collectors Helped Make Miami An Art Destination

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By Greg Allen

Anselm Kiefer's Sprache der Vogel belongs to one of Miami's best-known private collections.

FLORIDA---Miami has a lot going for it. But as a young city, the one thing it doesn't have is a great, publicly owned art collection. (Though it recently built a $220 million art museum to house one.) What Miami does have is some great private collections of contemporary art that are open to the public. Those private collections helped attract Art Basel, a yearly event that turns Miami into a giant art fair. Every December, Art Basel draws top galleries, top buyers and tens of thousands of visitors. [link]