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Unable To View This Email. View As A Web Page.November 2011In this issueLiberty, Equality, and Fraternity OpDon't Miss the Party! 11:11:11 is UUs!Cathy Leff to Participate in ChiefExecutive ProgramEating at The Wolfsonian—WelcomLyon + LyonTalking with Visionaries Member JZaldivarArt Basel is Coming!AND SO MUCH MORE TO THINK A

ype de luminaire lamp (detail), 2001e Parreno, Pierre Huyghe, M/M (Paris)ret républicain stool, 2011crasset, M/M (Paris)Damien RoperoOLFSONIAN–A INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYASHINGTON AVEEACH, FL 33139WOLFSONIAN.ORGFOR MUSEUM, SHOP & CAFÉm: Daily, Closed Wednesdaysm: FridaySEL HOURSNovember 28-Sunday, December 4 10am-6pm, exceptDecember 2, 10am-4pmmission after 6pm on Fridaysinformation: 305.531.1001information: 305.535.2644ship information: 305.535.2631IONs; $5 seniors, students, and children 6-12; free foran members, State University System of Florida staffents with ID, and children under 6.NT EXHIBITIONSand Mundane: Scenes of Modern America from Thean CollectionDesign in the Modern Age: Selections from Thean Collectionally Speaking: The Graphic Expression of DataTHE WOLFSONIANfsonian–Florida International University uses objects tothe persuasive power of art and design, to exploremeans to be modern, and to tell the story of social,l, and technological changes that have transformed ourencourages people to see the world in new ways, andfrom the past as they shape the present and influencee.Liberty, Equality, andFraternity OpensWith the exhibition Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, on view fromNovember 25, 2011 through March 26, 2012, The Wolfsonian for thetime has organized an exhibition entirely from another institution’scollection, in this case that of the Centre national des arts plastiquesFrance (National Center for Visual Arts, or CNAP). This exhibition alsmarks the first time that CNAP has invited an outside curator (TheWolfsonian’s Marianne Lamonaca, associate director for curatorialand education) to mount a show. The exhibition showcases exampledesign in France from the 1940s to today and explores ways in whicworks on view embody French cultural identity. Liberty, Equality, andFraternity features approximately one hundred objects, including furnindustrial design, and craft by some of the most celebrated Frenchdesigners of the present and recent past such as Pierre Paulin, RogeTallon, Philippe Starck, and the Bouroullec Brothers. “This is an oppofor us to introduce this period of French design to a broad audience.the exhibition includes many works by well-known designers, much omaterial will be new to South Florida audiences,” says Lamonaca.How does one curate an exhibition from another institution’s collectiowhen that institution is across the Atlantic? Lamonaca conceived of aapproach to The Wolfsonian’s curatorial practice, convening a grouprenowned French designers and a design historian who worked withcurate and design the exhibition and produce the accompanying cata“It was a very collaborative process, a productive learning experienca great opportunity to work with this generation of exciting Frenchdesigners,” she says. The team included industrial designer matali cgraphic design and creative consulting firm M/M (Paris) (Michael Amand Mathias Augustyniak), design historian and curator Alexandra Mand CNAP curator Emilia Philippot.Lamonaca shaped the parameters of the exhibition—she chose themotto, liberté, egalité, fraternité “as the conceptual framework, as a wexplore French national identity through the objects selected,” sheexplains. “Those parameters really galvanized the team. From The

Wolfsonian’s point of view, this was a test of sorts. We welcomed theopportunity to explore how our lens of looking at objects as a way ofstories of cultural, social, and political change could encompass anocollection and another time period.” The installation design and thecatalogue reference important French cultural icons. For example, thobjects are displayed on wooden units that serve as stools, pedestaltables, and other display elements, and are painted in the colors of thFrench flag—the concept is based on Le Corbusier’s celebrated 194measuring system, the Modulor.The exhibition’s opening reception takes place Friday, December 2 aduring Art Basel Miami Beach, and is open to Wolfsonian Diplomat-lemembers and above and to Art Basel and Design Miami/ VIP cardhoOn Saturday, December 3 at 12:30pm in The Wolfsonian’s auditoriumcuratorial team presents the exhibition and answers questions from taudience. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue of the samedesigned by M/M (Paris) and edited by Lamonaca (see “French DesProducts in Museum Shop,” below).The Wolfsonian thanks the following sponsors for making this exhibitpossible: Centre national des arts plastiques, France; Institut françaiVan Cleef & Arpels. Additional support received from Crédit AgricolePrivate Banking Miami; Services Culturels de l’Ambassade deFrance/Maison Française; Funding Arts Network; United Airlines, theOfficial Airline of The Wolfsonian–FIU; Wolfsonian Visionaries; NorthTrust; Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund; and the SouBeach Group Hotels.Don't Miss the Party! 11:11:11 isUpon Us!Come out to celebrate with and support The Wolfsonian in the seconannual fundraiser organized by the museum’s Visionaries group. The11:11:11 party, occasioned by the museum’s sixteenth anniversary,promises to be spectacular. Not only will you be able to say that youpartied in a parking garage (the event takes place at 1111 Lincoln Rothe iconic mixed-use parking facility designed by Herzog & de Merurand not only will you always be able to remember where you were on11/11/11, but it’s for a good cause! Proceeds will help The Wolfsoniacontinue to provide thoughtful exhibitions, provocative programming,develop its unique collection.Some highlights of the evening:ate The Wolfsonian’s sixteenth anniversary at 11:11:11!• Music by DJ Mauricio Parra, spinning tunes to encourage ydance the night away• Art inspired by the theme of 11:11:11 by Emilio Chapela• Interactive sound and light event by performance artists theLucky Dragons

• Top shelf spirits courtesy of Bacardi; wine by Rex Goliath w• Tasting tables featuring top local restaurants and caterersshowcasing a signature dish, all donated. Participatingrestaurants include: Dolce Vino, Le Basque, Lovely DazeDesserts, Lyon + Lyon, Meat Market, Petit Pois Events &Catering, Ortanique, Rosa Mexicano, Shake Shack, SpuntinCatering, Stella’s Sweet Shoppe, and Thierry's Catering.• Event production donated by Visionaries member Jose Zaldcompany Fiction Events, which is creating a magical, celestenvironment—you’ll feel like you’re floating in a cloud• You! Dressed in “celestial chic” style and ready to enjoy“Events like 11:11:11 are important because they help us build on ThWolfsonian’s growing role as a ‘home base’ for people in Miami andbeyond who are interested and involved in design, architecture, andapplied arts. With 11:11:11 we’re not only celebrating and supportingmuseum, but we’re spreading the word about the great work that TheWolfsonian does and the resources it offers our community,” notes hcommittee member Jaime Odabashian.The 11:11:11 party runs from 7pm to 11:11pm. The Visonaries hostcommittee members are Olga Granda-Scott and Douglas Scott, AimJosh Oberhausen, Jaime Odabashian, Lucia Schito, and Jose Zaldivaddition to the donors and sponsors mentioned above, sponsors inclRobert Wennett, developer of 1111 and emeritus member of TheWolfsonian’s Advisory Board, who has generously donated the spacShore Club; Alhambra Antiques; Art Nexus; Circle Art; Gansevoort MJacober and Associates; and Mako Video. Tickets are $150 per persFor more information or to purchase tickets, e-mail nelly@thewolf.fiuor call 305.535.2626. Tickets are also available for purchase online othe door.Cathy Leff to Participate in ChieExecutive ProgramWolfsonian director Cathy Leff is one of one hundred leaders of cultinstitutions from across the country and abroad to have been selecteparticipate in the two-year Chief Executive Program through NatioArts Strategies (NAS). The initiative’s overall objective is to addresscritical challenges facing cultural institutions today. According to NAS“Cultural leaders are grappling with many complex and intractablequestions. How do you take an institution designed in a bygone era amake it relevant today? How do you compete in an increasingly crowmarket? What does a thriving financial model look like for a nonproficultural organization?”The Chief Executive Program is designed to support exceptional leaand foster a momentum of creative, collaborative energy around theissues. “It is an incredible honor to have been chosen to participate iimportant program. I am eager to learn with and from my peers,” Lefsays. “It is only by facing these issues head-on that we can developstrategies and solutions to respond effectively. I look forward to shar

new knowledge with The Wolfsonian and the South Florida culturalcommunity as a whole.” The program’s kicked off in October 16-20 wthe seminar “The New Nature of Competition” at the Ross BusinessSchool at the University of Michigan. Additional educational coveningscheduled over the next two years and throughout the programparticipants participate in small-group online discussions and learn fcontinually evolving selection of online content. The development ofChief Executive Program was made possible by the support of TheAndrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Fidelity Foundation and The KresFoundation.nian director Cathy LeffEating at The Wolfsonian—Welcoming Lyon + LyonIf a true French café and wine bar with a casual and welcoming amband a great selection of salads, sandwiches, French cheeses and cumeats, along with a daily special soup and hot entrée sounds good,by and check out Lyons Frères et Compagnie at The Wolfsonian, whopened during the first week of November. Many Miamians will remethe much-loved Lyon Frères market and café on Lincoln Road in the1990s. Its co-creator, Ken Lyon, owner-operator of the renowned cacompany Lyon + Lyon, has brought it back to life in the museum’s ca“People to this day talk about Lyon Frères and what they liked there.part of the early renaissance of Lincoln Road,” says Lyon. “We are sexcited to revive Lyon Frères and bring it to The Wolfsonian.” Lyon Fis a great place to relax during or after touring the galleries and to enmeal, coffee and pastry, or glass of wine. The café is also the perfecto meet with colleagues or friends over lunch or coffee. Lyon Frèresonly the best ingredients, working closely with trusted, high-quality vand emphasizing artisanal and heritage products. The café produceseverything from scratch—pastries, hors d’oeuvres, stocks, sauces,dressings, etc. Besides the menu offerings, the café can work with gtouring the museum to provide box or plated lunches with an advancnotice of two weeks. Lyon Frères is open during regular museum ho

“We are so pleased to be working with Lyon + Lyon, which is widelyfor its excellence both in terms of its cuisine and its expertise as a caoperator and caterer,” notes Julian Gomez, The Wolfsonian’s deputdirector for finance, administration, and operations. “Providing excelldining options is part of a new, comprehensive plan focused on offervisitors an engaging and memorable museum experience.” Other inito improve visitors’ experiences include a major technology upgradeamong other things will improve audio visual capabilities, an overallmarketing and communications plan to increase awareness of themuseum, a soon-to-launch new museum website, and an emphasisoffering intriguing programming that will engage established audiencattract new visitors.In addition to running Lyon Frères, Lyon + Lyon provides all Wolfsoncatering for both museum programs and for groups renting the musefacilities. Lyon + Lyon is a full-service caterer available for a wide ranevents, from casual lunch meetings to chic cocktail parties to elegandown dinners. Other Lyon + Lyon ventures and outposts include therestaurant Fratelli Lyon in Miami and Café 1451 at the Norton MuseuArt in West Palm Beach. For questions about the café, contactdynamo@thewolf.fiu.edu or 305.535.2680. For information about caan event at The Wolfsonian, contact rentals@thewolf.fiu.edu or305.535.2602.rères et Compagnie is now serving café fare at ThenianTalking with Visionaries MembeJose ZaldivarEvent designer/producer Jose Zaldivar trained as an architect and win that field for almost a decade before segueing into the somewhatsimilar, somewhat parallel universe of event design. Born, raised, anbased in Miami, he started his own firm, Fiction Events, in 2009. Hedescribes what he does as, “evoking feelings, creating special momevents are done right and they’re powerful enough, they are about aand they transcend the party.” He works primarily with corporate clie(Microsoft, Reebok, Studio Universal, Ferrari) and institutions (MAMMoCA). Fiction Events is organizing The Wolfsonian’s 11:11:11 evendonating its event planning services.What attracted you to event design?

I’m interested in multidisciplinary design. I enjoy architecture and I lographic design. Event design enables me to take a comprehensiveapproach, from designing the space and the feel to the smell to whaservers wear. Architecture is a long-term, slow process. Events in thpicture are fast. That brevity, that turnover, that newness is appealinme. Events are ephemeral. You make your mark and then you go hoand you hope it leaves a memory.What role does design play in your everyday life?It’s all-encompassing. Event design enables us to roll with things weinspiring, from furniture to florals to other sensory elements. I am kinliving catalog, always registering interesting design elements, whethshopping, at a performance, or I come across cool graphic design.What are your goals as a member of the Visionaries?I joined the Visionaries after being a visitor to the museum for yearsafter working with the museum on a number of its galas. I want peoprecognize that The Wolfsonian is here—so many people walk by, buneed to get them inside and realizing this is an amazing cultural instWhat is your favorite object in The Wolfsonian?The bust of Mussolini [Profilo continuo del Duce (Continuous profileDuce)]. I’ve always really liked it, but then I saw a graphic treatmentidea on the covers of some singles by the Pet Shop Boys, whom I aThey used their profiles and I thought it was so funny that they wereinspired by this object.aries Member Jose ZaldivarDo you have a favorite or very meaningful object in your home?I have a chair from the Royalton Hotel. I’m a huge Philippe Starck fafirst time I visited the hotel was a moment of wonder for me. I was fifyears old, and walking into the hotel’s lobby was incredible. I could samount of care and craft that went into the design, and that’s when Irealized I wanted to be an architect.When in life are you most aware of design?When it doesn’t work, when it doesn’t feel right. We custom build a litems for events, like bars and light fixtures. It is only through generaideas and making things that you learn what works and what doesn’Why does design matter?At the end of the day, whether you are a fan of design or not, whetheare aware of it or not, whether you are enthusiastic about it or not, ysubject to it. From your shopping bags to your car seat to a restauralunch menu—it is all designed. I think it is critical for people to not onwrap their arms around design, but to appreciate the way it helps outo-day lives in ways we may not think about.Basel is Coming!lfsonian’s opening reception for the exhibition Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity takes place Friday, December 2 at 8 pme with the tenth anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach (December 1–4) and Design Miami/ (November 30–December 4eption is open to VIP cardholders for the two art fairs along with Wolfsonian Diplomat-level members and above and ired in part by Flos. Tunes provided by mysterious French DJ Arandel, who prefers to remain anonymous and let the mnter stage. There are several other events occurring in celebration and conjunction with Art Basel and Design Miami/g:

A conversation with the team of design professionals involved in Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity: Michael AmzalagMathias Augustyniak of M/M (Paris), matali crasset, Alexandra Midal, and The Wolfsonian’s Marianne Lamonaca oSaturday, December 3 at 12:30pm.A booth at Design Miami/ to promote Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.The Mirror Ball, a very special fundraising event for the museum on Wednesday, November 30 beginning at 7pm. TMirror Ball is hosted by Jayne and Leonard Abess and Van Cleef & Arpels. The evening is curated by Neville Wakefand features occasion-inspired live performance art by Nick Cave and Vanessa Beecroft, with dinner prepared by chDaniel Boulud. For information about this exclusive event, contact nilu@thewolf.fiu.edu or 305.535.2602.A celebration of Michele Oka Doner’s introduction of her hand-screened wallpaper collection, based on abstractedimages from nature, for Studio Printworks in The Dynamo Museum Shop on Friday, December 2 from 8–11pm. Speprints by the artist are on sale to benefit the museum, as is a selection of her design objects including the Ocean ReBowl (part of the Steuben Reef Collection), Gleaner Bag (for Nancy Gonzalez), Cerabella candles, and the collectoredition of the book she co-wrote with Mitchell Wolfson, Jr., Miami Beach: Blueprint of an Eden.The Amazing Afro Pop-Up Shop, an installation by the design company Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody on view in ThWolfsonian’s Bridge Tender House. The installation explores issues of immigration and nostalgia through a “souvenistand” that is part commercial endeavor, part art installation, and part design exhibition, displaying a selection of iteminspired by both Africa and the United States (the goods are available for sale through The Dynamo Museum Shop)able lamp designed by R. & E. BouroullecFrench Designers' Productsin Museum ShopIIn conjunction with the exhibition Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, TDynamo Museum Shop has gathered a selection of products by desfeatured in the show. Highlights include two brand-new items from FPhilippe Starck’s D’E-Light lamp ($495), with a USB socket above thdiffuser for an iPad, iPhone, and iPod; and the Piani table lamp ($37the Bouroullec Brothers, which combines a lamp with a convenient tholding items like pens, keys, and other necessary objects that mayhave a good home otherwise. Also available is Liberty, Equality, andFraternity ($50, softcover, 256 pages), the exhibition catalogue thataccompanies the exhibition. The catalogue is designed by M/M (Par(Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak), edited by MarianneLamonaca, The Wolfsonian’s associate director for curatorial affairseducation, and contains essays by several members of the curatoriateam. The catalogue also includes a visual essay with color imageseach object in the exhibition. For more information, contact the museshop at paola@thewolf.fiu.edu or 305.535.2680.ming/Going Soonhaven’t already toured the temporary exhibitions on view at the museum, now’s the time! Come by and see Manifest ane: Scenes of Modern America from The Wolfsonian Collection and, in the library vestibule, Statistically Speaking: Thec Expression of Data.rn Meals: Remaking American Foods from Farm to Kitchen is currently on view in The Wolfsonian Teaching Gallery at

t Museum.Wolfsonian is pleased to bid farewell to the scaffolding on the building’s west (front) and south walls, making the newlyed 1926 cast stone façade readily visible to all.MANIFEST AND MUNDANE: SCENES OF MODERN AMERICA FROM THEWOLFSONIAN COLLECTIONOn view through August 2012ART AND DESIGN IN THE MODERN AGE: SELECTIONS FROM THEWOLFSONIAN COLLECTIONOngoingSTATISTICALLY SPEAKING: THE GRAPHIC EXPRESSION OF DATAOn view in the museum's rare book and special collections library vestibule throuJanuary 2012Wolfsonian–FIU gratefully acknowledges our current publication, program, and exhibitionrters:ndrew W. Mellon Foundation; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; the Jerome A. Yavitz Charitaation; the Rockefeller Foundation; FIU Division of Information Technology: University Technologyes; The Other Wine Co; National Endowment for the Arts; Institute for Museum and Library Services;and Marvin Leibowitz; The Batchelor Foundation; The Cowles Charitable Trust; Carnival FoundationFlorida Group of Northwestern Mutual; Funding Arts Network; The Wolfsonian–FIU Alliance; SunTrusNorthern Trust; Van Cleef & Arpels; Centre national des arts plastiques, France; Institut français; Crée Private Banking Miami; Services Culturels de l'Ambassade de France/Maison Française; Furthermram of the J.M. Kaplan Fund; Chateau Montelena Winery; South Beach Group Hotels; and Consulateal of the Netherlands.

Wolfsonian–FIU is proud to receive ongoing support from:ate of Florida; Department of Cultural Affairs; The Florida Council on Arts and Culture; The Miami-Day Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, The Miami-Dade County Mayor andof County Commissioners; The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program Cultural Arts Council;di, USA., Inc; The Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation; The Wolfsonian Visionaries; and Uniteds, the Official Airline of The Wolfsonian–FIU.aganda is published monthly by The Wolfsonian–FIU.© 2011 The Wolfsonian–FIU.ection: Mylinh Nguyen; Communications Assistant: Tommy Gomez; Writer & Editor: Andrea Gollin;grapher: Silvia Ros, unless otherwise noted.This email was sent to #!#email#!# by THE WOLFSONIANEnFlyer The Email Marketing Experts