Miami Beach, FL – December 2, 2019 – In the carousel of elite Miami Art Week parties, one event on Star Island stood out. Movers and shakers from around the world gathered at a private home of art collectors to raise a glass to provocateur Mitchell “Micky” Wolfson, Jr. While indulging in Micky’s favorite fare and over-the-top entertainment from acclaimed singer Maryel Epps and DJ Hotpants, the invite-only crowd rubbed shoulders with VIP attendees like Emilio Estefan, Michele Oka Doner, Martin Margulies, Herbert Wertheim, and Jayne and Leonard Abess—a true who’s-who of Miami.

The 300+ guests came bearing souvenirs of friendship and talismans of Micky memories, adding them to a wall of “keys” that nodded to the museum founder’s infamous childhood first foray into collecting—playfully pocketing hotel room keys while on family trips. The evening raised funds in support of Wolfson’s namesake museum on Miami Beach, The Wolfsonian–FIU.

Maryel Epps

Micky Wolfson

Micky Wolfson & Maryel Epps

Micky Wolfson

Shelley Frost Rubin, Marvin Ross Friedman, & Adrienne Bon Haes

Barry Adderley, Todd Hunter, Maryel Epps, & Eero Turunen

Ashley Melisse Abess, Susan Gladstone, & Taylor Abess

Ana Kasdin, Ronni Smulian, Joan Matheson, & Neisen Kasdin

Aura Reinhardt, Casey Steadman, & Sue Stevenson

Alexandra O’Neale & Brittany Ballinger

Abbey Chase & Randa Richter

Bernie Silver & Susan Werth

Beth & Robert Sackstein

Bruce Orosz & Lan Zhenghui

Chase Thomas & John Calcagno

Shelley Frost Rubin & Deborah Fisher

Brittany Ballinger, Shoshana Resnikoff, & Silvia Barisione

Daniel Ciraldo, Dennis Wilhelm, & Michael Kinerk

Frank DuMond, Kenneth Furton, & Howard Lipman

Jon Mogul, Silvia Barisione, Matthew & Taylor Abess

Nick Bradley, Brian Riola, Sacha Thacker, & Louis Miano

Micky Wolfson & Colombe de Lastours

Micky Wolfson & Herbert Wertheim

Hansel Tookes & Marilyn Holifeld

Lynne Golob Gelfman, Marisa Newman, Marjorie Reed Gordon

Chris Wheeler, Mark Rosenberg, & Mike Kreitzer

Jan Karaslykas, Mary Hilliard, & Kathleen Chace

Lea Nickless, Maryel Epps, & Silvia Barisione

Michele Oka Doner, Raymond Jungles, & Beth Dunlop

Judith Gatti, Ruth Greenfield, Joe Wemple, & Richard Levine

Paul & Trudy Cejas

Jeffrey Harakal, Zach Rawling, & Richard Miltner

Terry Cohen, Charles & Clydette De Groot

Herbert Wertheim, Mary & Howard Frank

Patrick Rivet, Saville Ryan, Silvia Barisione, & Colombe de Lastours

Louis Wolfson, Cori Wolfson, Ellen Wolfson, Chris Adamo, & Luke Wolfson