Media Coverage for "Absence of Place", an installation by Xavier Cortada at the Miami Art Museum, 2006.

Absence of Place
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Media Coverage

Absence of Place: Reader's Views.
By Jennifer Jenkins.
As buildings vanish, so does history. By Paul George. Published by The Miami Herald on Sunday, June 4, 2006,
Pages 1L, 2L and 6L (Miami, FL)

Art Exhibit Gives Place a Fresh New Perspective. By Lydia Martin. Published on Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 in The Miami Herald, Page 1A (Miami, FL).

ABSENCE OF PLACE
The landscape changes, but memories persist: An artist invites the public to collaborate on a work to remember a vanished past, by Ana Menendez. Published on Sunday, January 15th, 2006 in The Miami Herald, Page 1A and Page 1L (Miami, FL).

No longer in photos, still in the heart, by Ana Menendez. Published on December 7th, 2005 in The Miami Herald, Page 1B (Miami, FL).

Xavier Cortada's work has been shown across four continents and is in the permanent collection of The World Bank. The Miami artist has been commissioned to create art for governmental (the White House, Florida Supreme Court, Miami City Hall) and cultural institutions (Miami Art Museum, Museum of Florida History). Major collaborative art projects include International AIDS murals in Switzerland and South Africa, peace murals in Northern Ireland and Cyprus and child welfare murals in Bolivia and Panama.

Email:
xavier@cortada.com