{"id":648917,"date":"2026-11-02T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648917\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:54:10","slug":"collectors-cristina-chacon-and-diego-uribe-to-open-contemporary-art-space-in-miami-the-art-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648917\/","title":{"rendered":"Collectors Cristina Chac\u00f3n and Diego Uribe to open contemporary art space in Miami – The Art Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colombian collectors and philanthropists Cristina Chac\u00f3n and Diego Uribe will open DC Lab, a new contemporary art space on Miami\u2019s Bird Road, expanding their nonprofit DC Art Foundation<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The admission-free, 9,000-sq.-ft space will host projects by international galleries that do not have a permanent presence in Miami, alongside research and public programming. Opening just in time for Miami Art Week on 29 November, DC Lab will present the first major survey in Miami of the Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa, the foundation\u2019s current artist in residence.<\/p>\n

Based in Miami, Bogot\u00e1 and Madrid, longtime partners Chac\u00f3n and Uribe view collecting as a means of supporting the art community. \u201cFor us, collecting has always been more than acquiring works and has focused on a commitment to contributing to the cultural ecosystem,\u201d Uribe tells The Art Newspaper.<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s collection<\/a> includes more than 500 Modern and contemporary works from around the globe, and they support institutions in Miami and beyond. At the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami<\/a>, they sit on the chairman\u2019s council and the American and Latin American acquisitions boards. They also serve on the Museo Reina Sof\u00eda\u2019s international patronage board and on the boards of Bogot\u00e1\u2019s Museo de Arte Moderno<\/a> and Miami\u2019s Coral Gables Museum.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the couple founded the DC Art Foundation to support artists and connect Miami\u2019s art scene with the international community beyond Miami Art Week. Since 2022, the foundation has run a residency programme for mid-career and established artists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe foundation was a vehicle for the residency programme we fund at a private residence,\u201d Uribe says. \u201cThe intention is to bring to Miami artists that activate the community, promoting local and international exchange.\u201d Past residents include the Spanish textile artist Sonia Navarro and the Colombian artist Miler Lagos.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Garaicoa Photo: Oak Taylor Smith, courtesy DC Art Foundation<\/p>\n

DC Lab will include exhibition and education spaces as well as a library. \u201cThis is a laboratory where experimental ideas and projects can happen in the city,\u201d Uribe says. \u201cWe created a novel residency model that provides international galleries with space to present mid-career and established artists new to Miami, potentially inspiring them to settle here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chac\u00f3n adds that while international galleries often participate in Art Basel Miami Beach<\/a> and its various satellite fairs, DC Lab will enable more in-depth projects. It will also strengthen the foundation\u2019s community-centred work. \u201cIn our residency programme, artists commit to an educational activity, and we often organise talks,\u201d she says. \u201cBut this new venue allows for deeper community engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opening exhibition at DC Lab, co-presented with Italy\u2019s Galleria Continua<\/a> and Mor Charpentier (based in Paris and Bogot\u00e1), links the new venue to the residency. \u201cWhile the residency programme runs independently from DC Lab, Garaicoa\u2019s residency was especially fitting for the opening,\u201d Chac\u00f3n says.<\/p>\n

Garaicoa\u2014known for addressing cultural and political issues through architecture, urbanism and history\u2014will present works from his November residency as well as other recent projects. \u201cMy residency work relates to Miami, its architecture and growth,\u201d he says, \u201creflecting how politics and language coexist in architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Passion is the key driver for Chac\u00f3n and Uribe\u2019s new space. \u201cWe are not trying to be a museum,\u201d Uribe says. \u201cWe continue being a private foundation supporting the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chac\u00f3n adds: \u201cFor us, art is an incurable disease that lifts the soul.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colombian collectors and philanthropists Cristina Chac\u00f3n and Diego Uribe will open DC Lab, a new contemporary art…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[317919,442,498,499,500,501,156,2147,71678,41944,111,139,69,47902],"class_list":["post-648917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-art-basel-miami-beach-2026","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-florida","tag-foundations","tag-miami","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-openings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}