Miami Design District Official Blog

Meet Your Local Patrons: Dan and Kathryn Mikesell

Friday, Aug, 30 2013

Not a stone's throw from the northern borders of the Miami Design District, in the neighborhood of Morningside, live Dan and Kathryn Mikesell with their two children, Galt and Skye. They seem like an ordinary, well-to-do local family, except this family has helped build the backbone of Miami's contemporary art community. Holding membership at every major non-profit institution in the city (Locust Projects, Cannonball, MOCA North Miami and the forthcoming Pérez Art Museum Miami), and face time with major commercial galleries not only in Miami but worldwide, the Mikesells are certainly one of Miami's own Medicis.

Art in Action, Action Art: Funner Projects' One-Night-Stand at Locust Projects

Wednesday, Aug, 28 2013

Jackson Pollock, Jean Tinguely, Marcel Duchamp and Bruce Nauman would all be proud. In some significant way, each of these pioneering individuals have broken the boundaries for what art should look like, how it can and should be produced, who may see it, and how long it is meant to exist. As a kind of love letter to these innovators, Miami-based artists Justin H. Long and Robert 'Meatball' Lorie (known collectively as Funner Projects) staged a single engagement at Locust Projects on Friday, August 16th.

Let’s Dish, Shall We?

Monday, Aug, 26 2013

Birkins and Kelly handbags aside, Hermès dishes out (pun intended) some of the world’s most coveted fine china. And the French Maison’s recently launched thoroughly modern tableware collection, Rallye 24, is certain to rev up one’s engines compliments of its racetrack (yes, a racetrack) inspiration and graphic design. The Hermès’ emblematic anchor chain got a facelift and is playfully reworked as a motor speedway with its straight lines and oval corners. Vroom!