Rosa De la Cruz’s new exhibition space opens in time for the fair, the Miami Herald tells us:
All eyes this year will be on the new 30,000-square-foot space of Key Biscayne collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, who worked until the last minute to obtain a certificate of occupancy for the building in time to hang the works of 44 internationally known contemporary artists. […] “Some collectors are looking to [the opening of the new space] as the highlight of their trip,” says Marc Spiegler, co-director of Art Basel Miami Beach. “It’s quite a hot topic internationally.”
The New York Times visits with De la Cruz too:
The first floor features a staircase running up the back wall, affording an overhead view of several huge Cosima von Bonin sculptures riffing on icons of war. If all that gunplay becomes a bit heavy-handed, the second floor has several rooms devoted to female artists exploring issues of self-identity, pairing well-established international stars like Tracey Emin and Rachel Harrison with the local artists Consuelo Castañeda, Naomi Fisher and Cristina Lei Rodriguez. […]
“Every collector needs to realize you can’t take it with you,” Mrs. de la Cruz said. “The works will either go to an institution, which might not be able to show them; to your kids, who might not want them; or to an auction house.” She flashed a wry grin. “So why wait? I want to organize it all and show it now.”
De la Cruz Collection Joins List of World Class Spaces (Miami Herald)
Rehousing a Miami Collection (New York Times)