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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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Reginald O'Neal: Remembering Rainbow Village
Reginald O'Neal: Remembering Rainbow Village

In our first-ever open community commission, we’re honored to present Reginald O’Neal: Remembering Rainbow Village—a meaningful intervention in art ownership and collective memory. Watch the film by Margo Hannah and Terence Price II.

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Ayizan Means Sacred Earth
Ayizan Means Sacred Earth

When we asked artist Edouard Duval-Carrié about the inspiration behind his commissioned work, he introduced us to the powerful figure of Ayizan or Ayzan from Haitian Vodou cosmology, “the mother of all initiates.”

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World Building with Edouard Duval-Carrié
World Building with Edouard Duval-Carrié

Meet Edouard Duval-Carrié, our fourth and final commissioned artist of Season Seven. Born in Haiti and based in Miami, his practice is firmly rooted in a legacy of liberation, imagination and world-building.

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Collecting Art as Memory Work
Collecting Art as Memory Work

As we celebrate seven years of nurturing an arts ecosystem, Commissioner hosted a meaningful conversation, Collecting Art as Memory Work, with contemporary artist Reginald O’Neal and community historian Nadege Green of Black Miami-Dade at El Espacio 23.

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