Featuring all new works by Lehr never exhibited before, on view now through April 20 in Miami In the 1950s in New York, Mira Lehr was a trailblazer in the male-dominated art scene while raising a young family. Now, in her sixth decade of artmaking and at the bold age of 87, Mira Lehr is the subject of an art exhibition honoring Women's History Month at the Kimpton EPIC Hotel Miami that continues through April 20th. She is creating more new work now than ever before, and inspiring new generations. When Lehr moved from New York to Miami in 1961, Lehr was shocked at how women artists were treated so she founded one of the country's first artist collectives for women. It was called Continuum, and it thrived in Miami for 35 years. Lehr's visionary leadership is celebrated as a precursor ...
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Mira Lehr’s powerful journey through art comes full circle for the return of Art Basel Season
The nationally acclaimed artist Mira Lehr, celebrated as “the Godmother of Miami’s Art Scene,” has been selected for several prominent exhibitions, art fairs, events and launches during the eagerly awaited return of Art Basel Season this year in Miami, USA. Sixty years ago, when the pioneer eco-feminist artist co-founded one of America’s first-ever co-ops for women artists in 1961, it was hard to imagine during that male-dominated era how powerfully Lehr’s career would continue to take flight six decades later ― as such a force of nature. The cover of the new book by Skira Editore about Mira Lehr (left) and, Mira Lehr, alongside her Mangrove Labyrinth sculptures (right). Photograph by Alfonso Duran. At the bold age of 87, she is creating more new art than ever before. The demand ...
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