Legacy Purchase Program

The City of Miami Beach Art in Public Places ("AiPP") program will acquire an artwork from Art Basel Miami Beach for accession into the City’s public art collection—and we need your help! The selected artwork(s) will join the City's permanent public art collection, and will be displayed within a dedicated, publicly accessible area of the Miami Beach Convention Center ("MBCC").

Art in Public Places is a City of Miami Beach program for curating and commissioning public art. The program was created in 1984, with its ordinance adopted in 1995. The program allocates funds totaling 2% of hard costs for City Projects and joint private/public projects. Funding for the Legacy Purchase Program is dedicated through the Art in Public Places program. Maintenance and conservation of the piece will fall under Art in Public Places Fund 147 and the City’s AiPP guidelines.

The City’s AiPP Committee narrows down the submissions to three (3) works of art, and asks the public to select their favorite artwork.

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2025 Annual Legacy Purchase Program Winner: Ximena Garrido-Lecca

Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 Annual Legacy Purchase Program, Ximena Garrido-Lecca.
We are excited to acquire Modulations - Sequence XXIX into the City of Miami Beach's Permanent Public Art Collection.

Legacy Purchase Program currently has 8 works from artists Sanford Biggers, Amoako Boafo, Anneke Eussen, Ebony G. Patterson, Farah Al Qasimi, Nina Surel and Juana Valdés.

Amoako Boafo: Cobalt Blue Earring

Artist: Amoako Boafo
Title: Cobalt Blue Earring, 2019
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, East Lobby

Anneke Eussen It’s Alright

Artist: Anneke Eussen
Title: It’s Alright
Medium: Recuperated transparent glass, 63 in x 98 1/2 in.
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, East Lobby

Ebony G. Patterson…as the garden secrets a swarm of monarchs feast..

Artist: Ebony G. Patterson
Title: …as the garden secrets a swarm of monarchs feast. ..a john crow awaits a carcass’ fall while scavengers gather to feast below, as we dig between the cuts…below the leaves…beneath the soil, 2019
Medium: Digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, fabric, poster board, acrylic gel medium
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, East Lobby

Farah Al Qasimi: Plant Market/Stray Flowers in Swimming Pool/Still Life with Sample Text and Piña Coladas

Artist: Farah Al Qasimi
Title: Plant Market/Stray Flowers in Swimming Pool/Still Life with Sample Text and Piña Coladas, 2021
Medium: Photography and Vinyl Wall Wrap
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, East Lobby

Juana Valdés: Colored Bone China Rags (2017-2022)

Artist: Juana Valdés
Title: Colored Bone China Rags (2017-2022)
Medium: Porcelain bone china, 12 x 15 x 4 in. (each), Set of 12
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, East Lobby