Rubell Family Collection

Profile

The Rubell Family Collection (RFC) was started in New York in 1964 when Don and Mera Rubell were first married. Since 1993 it has been displayed in Miami at its current, 45,000 square-foot location inside a former Drug Enforcement Agency confiscated goods facility. RFC first opened to the public in 1994. In 1998 the non-profit Contemporary Arts Foundation (CAF) was created to expand the Collection's public mission inside the paradigm of a contemporary art museum.

Each year CAF presents thematic exhibitions drawn from the collection with accompanying catalogs. These shows often travel to museums around the country. Recently, CAF exhibitions have been presented at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York and the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. To date, CAF has published 14 catalogs. Sponsors for recent exhibitions have included U.S. Trust and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Corporate Investments, Puma and Audi.

CAF also maintains an internship program, an ongoing lecture series and an extensive artwork loan program to facilitate exhibitions at museums around the world. Its ongoing partnership with Miami-Dade County Public schools enables thousands of schoolchildren to visit and engage with the Foundation every year. In addition, CAF maintains a public research library containing over 40,000 volumes and a comprehensive contemporary art bookstore.

Since opening in 1994, RFC has been recognized as the pioneer of what is often referred to as the "Miami model," whereby private collectors create a new, independent form of public institution.

represented artists

Kathryn Andrews      Artists Anonymous      John Baldessari      John Bankston      Matthew Barney      Hernan Bas      Jean-Michel Basquiat      Frank Benson      Mark Bradford      Iona Rozeal Brown      Maurizio Cattelan      Nick Cave      Nina Chanel Abney      Robert Colescott      George Condo      Aaron Curry      Noah Davis      Nathalie Djurberg      Leonardo Drew      Tim Eitel      Brendan Fowler      Felix Gonzalez-Torres      Hannah Greely      Renée Green      Wade Guyton      Karl Haendel      David Hammons      Mark Handforth      Keith Haring      Richard Hawkins      Barkley L. Hendricks      Damien Hirst      Julian Hoeber      Evan Holloway      Thomas Houseago      Richard Jackson      Matthew Day Jackson      Rashid Johnson      William E. Jones      Jacob Kassay      Mike Kelley      Anselm Kiefer      Jeff Koons      Barbara Kruger      Joel Kyack      Elad Lassry      Andrea Lehmann      Glenn Ligon      Kalup Linzy      Charles Long      Nate Lowman      Nathan Mabry      Mark Manders      Kerry James Marshall      John McAllister

Paul McCarthy      Rodney McMillian      Jason Meadows      John Miller      Takashi Murakami      Wangechi Mutu      Ruby Neri      Cady Noland      Kaz Oshiro      Robert Overby      Raymond Pettibon      Elizabeth Peyton      William Pope L      Seth Price      Richard Prince      Rob Pruitt      Charles Ray      Jason Rhoades      Bert Rodriguez      Sterling Ruby      Christoph Ruckhäberle      Thomas Ruff      Analia Saban      David Salle      Julian Schnabel      Gregor Schneider      Dana Schutz      Norbert Schwontkowski      Cindy Sherman      Xaviera Simmons      Gary Simmons      Lorna Simpson      Shinique Smith      Jeff Sonhouse      Michael St. John      Haim Steinbach      John Stezaker      Henry Taylor      Hank Willis Thomas      Mickalene Thomas      Blair Thurman      Ryan Trecartin      Piotr Uklanski      Kaari Upson      Phil Wagner      Kelley Walker      Kara Walker      Andy Warhol      Carrie Mae Weems      Kehinde Wiley      Christopher Wool      Purvis Young      Lisa Yuskavage