What happens if you’ve been collecting contemporary art for more than 30 years and find yourselves stymied by the increasing dominance of oversize personalities and money? For Debra and Dennis Scholl, it has meant looking to communities of Australian Aboriginal artists to replenish their passion for discovery, research, acquisition and sharing — without giving up entirely on collecting from other regions of the world. A segment of their collection, specifically the paintings of nine tribal elders who all began painting late in life (and mostly died within the past decade), comprises a traveling exhibition, “No Boundaries,” currently on view at Pérez Art Museum Miami. The land and community...
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