EXCLUSIVE: Dior to Stage Miami Men’s Show Across From New Rubell Museum

THE ART OF SURPRISE: Guests at Dior’s pre-fall men’s wear show in Miami on Dec. 3 will get even more art than they bargained for: the collection will be shown within the grounds of the new Rubell Museum on the eve of its official opening to the public. Dior men’s wear designer Kim Jones will plant his tent in a space directly across the street from the Rubell Museum, formerly known as the Rubell Family Collection. Located in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami since 1993, it is moving into larger premises in a converted industrial building in nearby Allapattah. Guests at the Dior show, set to take place two days before the opening of the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair, will get a sneak peek of the venue’s inaugural exhibition. The new 100,000-square-foot Rubell Museum, designed by Selldorf Architects, features 53,000 square feet of galleries displaying works from the collection of Don and Mera Rubell, alongside flexible spaces for performances and events, an art research library, a bookstore and a restaurant that opens onto a courtyard garden. It’s scheduled to open on Dec. 4 with a show of more than 300 works by 100 artists, in what is being billed as one of

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