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Collecting Art in Community
 

Collect Art, in Community

A collaborative approach to supporting artists.

 
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Commissioner is a community that brings together locals and some of the most gifted contemporary artists in our cities.

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Artists reimagine our cities. We create more ways to support them.

The art world needs a collaborative approach to collecting art. Through membership, we commission artists, visit artist studios and collector homes, and connect with each other to build a more accessible, artist-invested community. 

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Supporting Artists in Community

Your membership helps us commission four artists at pivotal stages in their careers per year. Every quarter we announce the artist commissioned to create new original and limited-edition artwork special for our Collector members. The future of collecting art is collaborative and community-led.

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The Tao of the Patty
The Tao of the Patty

Last month, we went on a joyride exploring the public art in several neighborhoods of Miami. In a vivid retelling, practitioner and cultural worker Lauren Baccus recounts the experience.

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Young artists at heart
Young artists at heart

Beginning with a tour of the 2026 National YoungArts Week exhibition, we entered the space as neighbors bearing witness to a “day in the life of…” It’s with this spirit that we transitioned from the Gallery to the iconic Jewel Box for figure drawing sessions with Raw Figs and Tito’s Handmade Vodka.

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that which frightens us
that which frightens us

We invite you to take an intimate look at the artists of that which frightens us and their relationship with artmaking in Miami. Including David Correa, Genesis Moreno, Richard Moreno, and Luna Palazzolo-Daboul, Commissioner Season Seven artist.

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Some Quiet Elsewhere with Matthew Forehand
Some Quiet Elsewhere with Matthew Forehand

Our annual tradition is in full bloom with painter Matthew Forehand—the artist behind this year’s seasonal postcard. Inspired by the Museum of Modern Art's Junior Council, which initiated a holiday card program in 1954 to help foster a shared appreciation for the arts, this collaboration with Forehand marks our eighth iteration.

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