Miami, FL – October 16, 2016 – The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU premiered the exhibition Narciso Rodriguez: An Exercise in Minimalism this past weekend, headlining Art Basel season for 2016. The first-ever museum solo exhibition by Cuban-American fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez features more than 35 couture designs, presented alongside works of art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection and from other private collections. Presented in the museum’s Grand Galleries, visitors can experience the fashions alongside works by  major artists, including Carmen Herrera, Donald Judd, Jennifer Steinkamp, Lygia Clark, Mira Schendel, Antonio Llorens, and Elena Asins among others. This is the first time a major museum has presented an exhibition by a living fashion designer during Miami’s Art Basel week, creating a new type of gallery experience where viewers are among the first to ever experience major artworks exhibited alongside these history-making  fashions.

The exhibition is co-curated by ELLE  Magazine’s Creative Director, Alex Gonzalez, and the Frost Art Museum’s Curator, Klaudio Rodriguez. “I am  honored to be asked to be part of the celebrated history of exhibitions presented by the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, and particularly excited to do so during Art Basel Season in Miami,” said  Narciso Rodriguez. “This past weekend, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU was pleased to welcome hundreds of cultural luminaries and arts lovers to Florida International University’s campus for the opening reception of our headline  exhibition for Art Basel season 2016,” said the Museum Director, Dr. Jordana Pomeroy. “The strength of our inaugural couture exhibition is our emphasis on Narciso Rodriguez’s internationally renowned artistry and creative process. The museum is thrilled to present a new cultural milestone that will inspire and resonate strongly with the international communities here in Miami, at Florida International University, and visiting for Miami’s Art Basel 2016,” adds Dr. Pomeroy.

Jordana Pomeroy & Klaudio Rodriguez

Narciso Rodriguez & Klaudio Rodriguez

Narciso Rodriguez

Klaudio Rodriguez

Tamara Hervera, Maryanna Ramirez, Ana Martinez, & Daniel Perron

Ana Martinez & Narciso Rodriguez

Tamara Hervera, Frantz Williams, & Maryanna Ramirez

Andrea & Lucia Gutierrez

Lauren San Diego, Katherine Tchir, & Daniela Karaki-Suarez

Sophia Tchir, Daniela Karaki-Suarez, Katherine Tchir, & Lauren San Diego

Yuneikys Villalong

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