MIAMI, FL.- Gallery Diet announces its new permanent home, a four-building compound located at 6315 Northwest 2nd Avenue between Little Haiti and Little River. Designed by New York firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero, the new space will accommodate the gallery’s growth and continue its mission of presenting exhibitions by an international mix of contemporary artists and designers.
On November 6, opening the new space will be a solo exhibition of gallery artist Nicolas Lobo. Lobo, who also has a solo exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, will continue his investigation of the porous boundary between the body and the chemical makeup of consumer objects. The objects on display will speak to the mutable economies connecting the human form to the art object. In the courtyard garden will be Trees in Oolite, the gallery’s first exhibition of outdoor furniture, lighting, and design objects. Set within a Floridian landscape that includes mango, oak, and avocado trees, pieces by leading designers and artists radiate a rough-hewn, tropical brutalism. Gallery artist Emmett Moore will contribute the stenography of the show, a minimal geometric composition. Opening in December for Art Basel Miami Beach is a solo exhibition by Ann Craven.
Gallery Diet’s new location is the first Miami project for Charlap Hyman & Herrero. A collaboration between architect Andre Herrero and interior designer Adam Charlap Hyman, the firm has previously designed Salon 94’s downtown space, as well as Leila Heller Gallery’s Dubai branch. The site comprises four buildings built in the 1940s, including a storefront once serving as a Haitian church, a two-story residential house, and a separate, free standing loft space that will eventually function as temporary live/work quarters for artists, as well as an events space. The storefront is the first building to see renovation. Architectural considerations include integrating a white-cube gallery within the raw shell of the building, paying special attention to views of the underlying structure, and providing artists with unique and flexible architectural opportunities.
Gallery Diet was founded in 2007 by Nina Johnson-Milewski. Working with an international roster of artists and designers, the gallery also presents exhibitions organized by visiting curators, including Jarrett Earnest, James Cope, Gina Beavers, and Joshua Abelow. Since opening, the gallery has been located at 174 NW 23rd Street in Wynwood. Though it has expanded twice over the years, this relocation marks its new, permanent home.
Ultraviolet, a two-person exhibition featuring Nathlie Provosty and Alina Tenser, is the final show in the Wynwood space. It opens September 18 and runs until the end of October.
