3. THE MUSEUM BEAT

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In recent years, the museums of Miami have begun to keep pace with the city’s great private collections. The Miami Art Museum recently hired Terence Riley away from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is building a new facility on Biscayne Bay. Ella Cisneros, of the noted collecting family, has opened a private museum in South Miami, Miami Art Central. But the

Edward Burtysnky, "Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China," 2005, digital chromogenic print.

standard-bearer is still The Wolfsonian–FIU, founded by Mitchell Wolfson Jr. and featuring his vast collection of acclaimed decorative and propaganda art from 1885 to 1945. It’s located smack-dab in the heart of South Beach, right on nightclub row, and remains a strange treasure. Where else can you see King Farouk’s matchbook collection and countless propaganda posters from World War II?

4. ART FOR THE PEOPLE

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For many years, Miami has had one of the finest public art programs in the country, and any visitor should not miss the local landmarks of art, such as Karel Appel’s colorful “Tulip” at the corner of 72nd Avenue and SW 29th Street. And of course, Miami—a place given to grand gestures—has a huge M, right at the Riverwalk Station of the MetroMover, the monorail system that circles downtown. The sculpture, “Red M,” by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, celebrates the alliance of Miami and, of course, all kinds of magic.

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David Heller is a Miami-based journalist who covers art-related destinations and collectors’ stories.