Robert Fontaine Gallery has been a bastion of the Miami art scene for over fifteen years. Fontaine first founded his eponymous gallery in 2007 following years working in the gallery world for others, breaking out to try his own approach. The gallery moved to Miami’s iconic Wynwood art district, where it has become recognized as a cornerstone of the neighborhood’s vibrant cultural fabric.

Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami Beach.

This year marks an exciting evolution, as Robert Fontaine Gallery has relocated to Miami Beach’s famed Lincoln Road. The 2,000 square feet of exhibition space allows the gallery to highlight its diverse and expansive collections of Modern and contemporary art. Situated near Taschen Books, Oolite Arts, Britto, and steps from the Miami Beach Convention Center that hosts Miami Beach Art Basel each December, the new space and context promises new opportunities for the gallery as well as experiences for art collectors and lovers.

Installation view of “Time & Texture” (2024). Courtesy of Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami Beach.

“Miami Beach is ever changing, presenting a colorful mix of seasonal local and international collectors and inquiring newcomers alike,” said Fontaine. “Following a number of pop-up spaces in Miami Beach and Palm Beach, we are pleased to usher in this new chapter, in a celebrated and diverse area of the city.”

Marking the debut of the new Lincoln Road location, the inaugural group exhibition “Time & Texture” opened in early June, co-curated by Fontaine and Lander de Basterra. On view through September 30, 2024, the show spotlights the dynamic range of art that the gallery specializes in, as well as juxtaposes pieces by different artists from different eras to generate considerations around the trajectory of artmaking historically—as well as moving forward. “The exhibition aspires to spotlight a timeline of early to present, hinting toward future,” said Fontaine.

Wolfgang Tillmans, Doing Well (2001). Courtesy of Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami Beach.

The work of rising artists such as Nick Genry, Henrietta Harris, Nancy Gifford, and Louis Fratino—who was recently included at the 60th Venice Biennale—to name just a few, are featured alongside works by seminal 20th-century artists. Highlights include a paper dress made in 1962 by Andy Warhol, an early James Rosenquist painting, and drawing by David Hockney, all speaking to the museum-quality pieces presented by Robert Fontaine Gallery. Additional works by artist’s such as Friedel Dzubas, Keith Haring, and Wolfgang Tillmans emphasize the historical and stylistic breadth of art available.

For both longtime followers and visitors of the gallery as well as those new to the gallery’s program, the “Time & Texture” exhibition staged on Lincoln Road offers an invaluable opportunity to be immersed in Robert Fontaine Gallery’s vision and ethos.

“Time & Texture” is on view at Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami Beach, through September 30, 2024.