An Unforgettable Trio: Figueroa-Beltrán, Batista, and Abreux — On View at MoCAA in Kendall (July 25–August 25)

Numerous people, including family and friends, attended the opening of the exhibition "Three of a Kind," organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA) in Kendall, as part of the Art in the Community program. The exhibition, which took place from July 25 to August 25, 2025, featured artists Julio Figueroa-Beltrán, Helier Batista, and Luis Abreux, and was curated by the Rodriguez Collection team. At the center of this exhibition was a friendship—not a trivial or anecdotal bond, but one that had endured for over two decades among artists who, although not necessarily of the same generation or trajectory, had cultivated aesthetic and personal complicity. 

Marco to Miami: The Trip Back.

As part of a dynamic and evolving cultural exchange across Florida, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA) was pleased to present Marco to Miami, an exceptional group exhibition that brought the work of 14 distinguished artists from Marco Island to the heart of Miami. This initiative built upon the reciprocal partnership established with Marco Island Center for the Arts during MoCAA’s participation in ¡Arte Viva!...

Marco to Miami unfolded as both an exhibition and a cultural statement—one that underscored the significance of interregional collaboration and the vitality of Florida’s artistic ecosystems. Through an expansive array of media and styles, the show captured the creative energy of Florida’s Gulf Coast while weaving it into Miami’s rich and ever‑evolving cultural fabric.

Sculpted Pathways Carlos Albert

Carlos Albert is a longstanding acquaintance of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCA-Americas), an institution that has closely followed his artistic trajectory and actively promoted the dissemination of his work. In that spirit, the Rodriguez Collection was one of the key sponsors of the book Carlos Albert. Road to the Unknown, written by the distinguished Spanish art theorist and critic Alfonso de la Torre.

Hosting an exhibition by the renowned Spanish sculptor Carlos Albert marks a significant milestone for the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA) and the vibrant community it serves. The inclusion of his work in our curatorial program reaffirms the museum’s commitment to excellence in contemporary art and to fostering international artistic voices whose trajectories and visions enrich the cultural dialogue within our local context.

The Luciano Méndez’s Collection arrives at MoCA

After more than a year of information exchanges, a selection of works from Luciano Méndez’s Cuban Art Collection has finally arrived at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas. As is well known, the core of the Museum's permanent collection is founded upon the holdings of Leonardo Rodríguez, with a primary focus on Cuban art produced in the state of Florida.

The Cuban art collection of Mr. Méndez has been assembled over the course of two decades, beginning in Havana itself. The works were acquired directly from the artists—an approach that, from the outset, served as both a gesture of patronage and a means of sustaining their creative paths. Leonardo Rodríguez also prioritized direct acquisition as support and commitment to the artists.

The Rodriguez Collection Makes Cross-Coastal Debut at Marco Island

From May 5 to July 1, 2025, the Marco Island Center for the Arts hosted a special exhibition featuring selections from the Rodríguez Collection, presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCA‑Americas). This event marked a significant moment in the museum’s mission to promote artistic dialogue across geographic and cultural boundaries.

The Exhibition was part of a wider institutional exchange that brought contemporary voices from across the Americas to new and eager audiences. Running through July 1, this exhibition marked a rare and important opportunity for audiences on Florida’s southwest coast to experience highlights from MoCAA’s growing permanent collection.

Memories in Transit: Liza Camilo's Life.

MoCA‑Americas presents Liza Camilo: a photographic journey through Cuban memory and diaspora, where intimate spaces and everyday objects reveal how identity endures, adapts, and transforms between those who stayed and those who left. Liza Camilo’s exhibition unfolded as a map of subtle encounters, where intimate interiors and traces of daily rituals revealed how a transplanted culture reshapes itself within a new geography.

Her photographs lingered on overlooked corners—faded storefronts, improvised altars, weathered objects carried from one shore to another—each image charged with the weight of private histories and quiet resilience. Rather than framing exile as rupture alone, she highlighted how memory weaves itself into new patterns, creating spaces that feel both borrowed and entirely one’s own...

Cartography of an Island

MoCA-Americas presented—under the unifying title Island Alchemy—a joint exhibition featuring Cuban artists Lianet Martínez and Liza Camila, two creators who, from opposite shores—Cuba and the United States—explored the female body as both landscape and language. Through sculpture and photography, their works engaged in a compelling dialogue between intimacy and resistance.

What unfolded was a dual journey: that of Lianet Martínez, working from within Cuba, and of Liza Camila, based in the United States. A third journey emerged—that of the viewer, who was invited to traverse the visual and emotional terrain the two artists laid before us. Both began with the female body as a site of memory, politics, and transformation, placing it at the heart of their creative inquiry.

Lineages

MoCA‑Americas presented Descendencias, a collective exhibition that featured six Cuban women artists who explored lineage as a living, embodied memory. Through photography, performance, and symbolic portraiture, these artists revealed how identity was shaped across generations. With poetic and often provocative gestures, their works traced the invisible threads that connected personal history to collective inheritance.

Lineages offered a multilayered meditation on ancestry, presence, and reinvention. It posed enduring questions—what does it mean to speak of lineage, of ancestry, of descent? Is it a burden, a continuity, a scar, a myth? Through photography, performance, and symbolic portraiture, the artists revealed how identity *was shaped—claimed, questioned, and transformed—*across generations.

Island Alchemy

MoCA-Americas presents the joint exhibition of Cuban artists Lianet Martínez and Liza Camilo, two creators who, from opposite shores, explore the female body as both landscape and language. Through sculpture and photography, their works evoke a dialogue between intimacy and resistance, memory and transformation, creating a powerful reflection on identity across territories and generations.

The island as body, the body as frontier, the home as archive, intimacy as resistance. This exhibition traces a dual journey: that of Lianet Martínez, working from Cuba, and Liza Camilo, based in the United States—and that of the viewer, who is invited to traverse the visual and emotional terrain they lay before us. Both artists begin with the female body as a site of memory, politics, and transformation, placing it at the heart of their creative inquiry. In their hands, the body is not mere representation—it becomes matter, language, an intimate gesture, and a collective mirror. Through sculpture and photography, the two artists construct a space where personal narratives echo larger cultural histories, and where the intimate becomes a portal to the universal.

From This Shore, the Breach Is Memory and Path Cuban Art Beyond Borders

What began in Brazil as a bold and visionary endeavor to shed light on Cuban diasporic art now finds a new and vibrant chapter in Miami. This exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCA-Americas) is not a reprise, but rather a natural and necessary evolution—a living continuation of a broader and still-unfolding curatorial project that is only beginning to reveal its full depth and potential.

What began in Brazil as a bold and visionary endeavor to shed light on Cuban diasporic art now finds a new and vibrant chapter in Miami. This exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCA-Americas) is not a reprise, but rather a natural and necessary evolution—a living continuation of a broader and still-unfolding curatorial project that is only beginning to reveal its full depth and potential.

Cuban Art from Both Shores Debuts in São Paulo

The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA) opens Cuban Art from Both Shores in São Paulo, featuring works exclusively from the Rodríguez Collection—one of the most significant private holdings of Cuban art, assembled by collector and cultural advocate Leonardo Rodríguez. Showcasing pieces by Cuban artists from both the island and the diaspora, the exhibition explores the impact of the Revolution on artistic production and the tensions between official art and free expression. Including celebrated figures such as Belkis Ayón, Carmen Herrera, and José Bedia, the show underscores the creative voices in exile and their enduring contributions to contemporary art

Threading the Americas. From North to South — An Exhibition by the Fiber Artists Miami Association

From March 7 to April 11, 2025, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCA-Americas) was honored to present 'Threading the Americas from North to South', a landmark juried exhibition organized in collaboration with the Fiber Artists Miami Association (FAMA). The exhibition was open to the public for nearly the entire month of March through mid-April.

From March 7 to April 11, 2025, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCA-Americas) was honored to present 'Threading the Americas from North to South', a landmark juried exhibition organized in collaboration with the Fiber Artists Miami Association (FAMA). The exhibition was open to the public for nearly the entire month of March through mid-April.

A 7 Plus One Project: Hidden Realities in Human Feelings.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas is committed to fostering artistic dialogue and cultural exchange through exhibitions that highlight the richness and diversity of contemporary art. In this spirit, our upcoming exhibition brings together fourteen artists whose work explores abstraction in its many forms.

While they hail from different countries, these artists—except for one based in Bilbao—have made Miami their home, contributing to the city's dynamic creative landscape. This exhibition not only showcases their individual artistic voices but also underscores the role of abstraction as a universal language that transcends borders and traditions. Together, their works form a rich visual dialogue that reflects both shared sensibilities and diverse cultural perspectives.

Boris Danilov’s Work Reaches Florida.

After three months of meticulous renovation, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas reopened its doors on Friday the 21st with an exhibition dedicated to Ukrainian ceramicist Boris Danilov. As the inaugural resident of the Fine Arts Ceramic Center, Danilov’s oeuvre epitomizes both artistic mastery and resilience.

This exhibition foregrounds his unique perspective, offering an incisive glimpse into the cultural narratives of an artist singularly forged by his socio-political milieu—a narrative seldom explored in South Florida. Beyond its undeniable artistic merit, this exhibition offers an extraordinary opportunity to immerse oneself in the tangible expression of those artists who endured—and ultimately transcended—the imposition of Socialist Realism, a doctrine advanced in the last century with remarkable severity by states aligned with the Soviet bloc.