Martin Margulies

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Martin Margulies with his art on Grove Isle in 1982

Martin Z. Margulies is a real-estate developer and collector of contemporary art and photography.

Margulies Collection[]

For many years, Margulies maintained a publicly accessible sculpture garden on Grove Isle, a small, private island with condominium towers and a hotel in Coconut Grove and historically one of the most exclusive addresses in the city.[1][2] After tensions with island management,[3] much of the collection was moved to Florida International University’s main campus in West Miami-Dade.[4][5]

In 1998, Margulies along with his longtime curator began looking for a suitable space to display the growing collection. In 1999 they set up a warehouse space in then-derelict Wynwood to show his holdings of contemporary and vintage photography, video, sculpture and installation work.[6] The space was expanded and now offers over 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) of exhibition space.[7][8] The Margulies Collection includes sculptures by the likes of Willem de Kooning, Anselm Kiefer, Olafur Eliasson, Antony Gormley, Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt.[9] In 2010, to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach, the space showed both African artists and non-African artists who work in Africa: Seydou Keïta, Zwelethu Mthethwa, George Osodi, and Tim Hetherington, among others.[10]

Philanthropy[]

Margulies is also the benefactor and owner of the Florida International University Art Sculpture Park. In 2010, he made significant bequests of $20 million to Lotus House, a Miami homeless shelter for women and infants, and of $5 million to the New World Symphony, an orchestral academy based in Miami.[11]

Also in 2010, Margulies pledged $5 million each to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York,[12] a move that underlined his very public opposition to plans to redevelop the local Miami Art Museum (MAM). At the time, MAM was struggling to raise funds for its Herzog & de Meuron-designed new building which eventually opened in 2013. Margulies even took full-page advertisements in local papers to contest the project.[13]

Controversy[]

In 1982, Margulies led the opposition against a $500,000 commission to artist Beverly Pepper for a sculpture that would stand at the entrance to the seaport, citing in his complaint to the program "the weak selection process" by which the Pepper work was chosen.[14] Previously, the 1980 development of Grove Isle in Miami was only possible with Margulies' involvement who crafted a landmark settlement which significantly scaled back the project after a decade of litigation and local protest.[15]

Gallery[]

  • Example of Martin Margulies Grove Isle Gardens sculpture

  • Example of Martin Margulies sculpture deck on Grove Isle

References[]

  1. ^ Harper, Paula & Katherine Jannach Hinds (1986) Contemporary Sculpture from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection - Grove Isle, Coconut Grove, Florida Published by Margulies Collection, Coconut Grove, FL.
  2. ^ "Grove Isle". Grove Isle. Retrieved 2021-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "A Gallery Without The Walls". tribunedigital-orlandosentinel. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  4. ^ Ricardo Mor (December 3, 2014), On 15-year anniversary of Margulies Collection’s opening, Martin Margulies thinks legacy Miami Herald.
  5. ^ "A Gallery Without The Walls". tribunedigital-orlandosentinel. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  6. ^ Carol Kino (February 18, 2007), Welcome to the Museum of My Stuff New York Times.
  7. ^ Georgina Adam (November 26, 2010), Collectors who transform Miami’s art scene Financial Times.
  8. ^ "The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse". www.margulieswarehouse.com. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  9. ^ Georgina Adam (November 26, 2010), Collectors who transform Miami’s art scene Financial Times.
  10. ^ Georgina Adam (November 26, 2010), Collectors who transform Miami’s art scene Financial Times.
  11. ^ Jennifer Maloney (April 15, 2013), From Soaking Up Shows to Supporting Schoolchildren Wall Street Journal.
  12. ^ Jennifer Maloney (April 15, 2013), From Soaking Up Shows to Supporting Schoolchildren Wall Street Journal.
  13. ^ Georgina Adam (November 26, 2010), Collectors who transform Miami’s art scene Financial Times.
  14. ^ Grace Glueck (April 16, 1982), Art People New York Times.
  15. ^ Moore Parks, A. and Bennett, B. (2010) Coconut Grove, Florida: Arcadia Publishing, p. 119-122

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