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Permanent Art Collection
Art Services & Exhibitions Division
- Main Library
- 101 West Flagler Street
- 305‑375‑5599
About
The Miami‑Dade Public Library System's Art Services and Exhibitions Division maintains a permanent collection of over 7,000 works of art. This special collection includes works on paper, photographs, paintings, artists' books, multiples and small sculptures, with a focus on African American, Latino, and Miami artists. The Permanent Art Collection is a reference resource that reflects Miami's cultural composition and chronicles its artistic and social history.
Many works relate to language, libraries and literary themes. The over 2,000 artists represented in the collection include Purvis Young, Edward Ruscha, Gleason Waite Romer, Kabuya Pamela Bowens, Carl Van Vechten, Lynn Golub Gelfman, Emilio Sanchez, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Agustín Fernandez, Gary L. Moore, Christian Marclay, and Fernando Garcia.
Each branch of the library exhibits artwork from the Library's Permanent Collection. Please check periodically as the artwork collection is often rotated.
Tauba Auerbach, "Yes or No" and or "Yes And No," 2008, color aquatint etching.
Art at the Library
Exhibitions at the Library
Temporary exhibitions to selected annual themes and/or highlight the library’s special collections. The Vasari Project
Dedicated to documenting, collecting and preserving Miami‑Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. Virtual Art Exhibitions
Virtual exhibitions highlighting works from the library's art collection. Each exhibit features high-resolution scans of the artwork and is searchable.
Temporary exhibitions to selected annual themes and/or highlight the library’s special collections. The Vasari Project
Dedicated to documenting, collecting and preserving Miami‑Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. Virtual Art Exhibitions
Virtual exhibitions highlighting works from the library's art collection. Each exhibit features high-resolution scans of the artwork and is searchable.
Permanent Art Collection
Art Services & Exhibitions Division
- Main Library
- 101 West Flagler Street
- 305‑375‑5599
About
The Miami‑Dade Public Library System's Art Services and Exhibitions Division maintains a permanent collection of over 7,000 works of art. This special collection includes works on paper, photographs, paintings, artists' books, multiples and small sculptures, with a focus on African American, Latino, and Miami artists. The Permanent Art Collection is a reference resource that reflects Miami's cultural composition and chronicles its artistic and social history.
Many works relate to language, libraries and literary themes. The over 2,000 artists represented in the collection include Purvis Young, Edward Ruscha, Gleason Waite Romer, Kabuya Pamela Bowens, Carl Van Vechten, Lynn Golub Gelfman, Emilio Sanchez, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Agustín Fernandez, Gary L. Moore, Christian Marclay, and Fernando Garcia.
Each branch of the library exhibits artwork from the Library's Permanent Collection. Please check periodically as the artwork collection is often rotated.
Tauba Auerbach, "Yes or No" and or "Yes And No," 2008, color aquatint etching.
Art at the Library
Exhibitions at the Library
Temporary exhibitions to selected annual themes and/or highlight the library’s special collections. The Vasari Project
Dedicated to documenting, collecting and preserving Miami‑Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. Virtual Art Exhibitions
Virtual exhibitions highlighting works from the library's art collection. Each exhibit features high-resolution scans of the artwork and is searchable.
Temporary exhibitions to selected annual themes and/or highlight the library’s special collections. The Vasari Project
Dedicated to documenting, collecting and preserving Miami‑Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. Virtual Art Exhibitions
Virtual exhibitions highlighting works from the library's art collection. Each exhibit features high-resolution scans of the artwork and is searchable.