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Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016

Miami art dealer Gary Nader has filed a bid protest against Miami Dade College after losing out on a multi-million-dollar development project on campus, according to paperwork obtained by FloridaPolitics.com Sunday. The idea for the project began as Nader’s own unsolicited pitch to the school last May: To build a world-class Latin American art museum […]

Peter SchorschAugust 14, 2016

Gary Nader, the Lebanon-born, Dominican-raised publisher and philanthropist, has risen to become one of the art world’s most significant figures. Now, what occupies Nader is an even more ambitious project: The Nader Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) at Miami-Dade College. The $900 million museum, set to open late in 2016 or early 2017, will be […]

Peter SchorschAugust 5, 2016

What was the brain trust at Miami Dade College thinking? Hopefully you’ve read Jim Rosica’s recent summing up of a high-profile and high-powered duel going on in Miami between two titans of art and business (with kudos to the Miami Herald’s numerous stories). To recap, Miami art dealer Gary Nader has been in a running […]

Jim RosicaAugust 2, 2016

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Two multi-millionaire art aficionados are dueling over creating Miami’s newest museum, leading to a bid protest that could be filed later this week. The fight over money, land and prestige pits Miami art dealer Gary Nader against developer Jorge Pérez, CEO of Related Group, with their running battle largely playing out in the pages of the Miami Herald. Among other things, […]

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Art dealer files protest in Miami Dade College project

Gary Nader, the Latin-American art patron who wants to transform Miami’s art scene

Is Miami Dade College in a bind over development deal?

How a fight over art, land and development plans festered in Miami