George Lindemann (M.B.A. '99) is passionate about art and collecting. Moving to Miami from New York in 1997, he was attracted to the local contemporary art scene. Shifting gears, he sold his traditional, 19th century American art collection and began assembling a diverse and exciting collection of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and more. Many of the pieces were so large, he has hung them in a warehouse size space that includes his company office. “I love the energy of the Miami arts scene. There are so many fantastic, young artists and so much new happening.”
2012 has been a dynamic year at the Bass Museum of Art! In January, we kicked off the year by inaugurating the Lindemann Family Creativity Center, showing our strong commitment to IDEA@thebass, our education program that uses art as a catalyst to promote creativity. 578 hours of education programs and thirteen weeks of art camp later, the Bass Museum of Art has become Miami Beach’s hub for art learning.
Thought-provoking exhibitions mounted this past spring, charles ledray: bass museum of art and this past summer, UNNATURAL, were both originated by our museum and accompanied by scholarly catalogues, presented important international artists, most for the first time in Miami. We hope you had a chance to view the exhibitions, if not, the beautiful catalogues are available in our shop, elemental@thebass.
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce has awarded George Lindemann
the award of Citizen at Large at the inaugural Better Beach Awards. This award
was given to Lindemann based on his for his prolific and impactful role in
growing, branding and leading the Bass Museum of Art for the past 5 years. As
the President of the Board of Directors of the Bass Museum of Art, George
Lindemann has not only been one of the few original members of the Board of
Directors, but helped grow the board from 3 members to the current 23 current
members of the Board creating a diverse and dynamic group of leaders for the
Bass Museum of Art. Lindemann also helped conceptualize the current mission
statement of the Bass Museum of Art, “we inspire and educate by exploring the
connections between our historical collections and contemporary art”.
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