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A packed house for opening day of "Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection" during Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Miami's mayor Manny Diaz at the 2007 opening of "Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection", and the painting "The Kept Boys"

Hernan Bas in his first Miami studio on Biscayne Boulevard, January 2008

A central work area of the Hernan Bas studio in Wynwood, Miami; moving here in early 2008 allowed for larger work, and room to step back

Works on paper in progress in Hernan Bas' Wynwood studio, June 2008

Summer 2008: Hernan Bas looks ahead to a very busy season, and further looks ahead to wonder what his "postcard" work will be for posterity

Hernan Bas' first gallerist (and current Miami gallerist) Fred Snitzer

In the research library of the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Don and Mera Rubell talk about the qualities and impact of Hernan Bas' work over the last decade, and why they presented a large survey show from such a young artist

Rubell Family Collection Director Mark Coetzee (2000 - 2009) conducts a guided tour of works by Hernan Bas

Rosa de la Cruz about to begin our interview at her home in Key Biscayne, Miami; detail of Christian Holstad's "Party Favors" visible at right

In New York, Vanity Fair writer and ARTnews Magazine Contributing Editor Barbara Pollack explores and explains the secondary art market's skyrocketing prices, and its risks to young artists like Hernan Bas

Rachel Feinstein in her Tribeca studio, where she shared her thoughts about the unique energy and appeal of Bas' work

Ross Bleckner at his Chelsea studio, where he shared his thoughts about the often melancholy mood of Bas' work

Shelley Fox Aarons (Brooklyn Museum Trustee) & Philip Aarons in their New York apartment share their experience as collectors of Bas' work

Eugenie Tsai, the Brooklyn Museum's John & Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art, shows us their gifted Hernan Bas painting "Night Fishing" prior to its exhibit in an upcoming show, and talks to us about the first time she saw Bas' work in Miami

The day before opening of Hernan Bas' Brooklyn Museum show, his seminal painting "The Burden" is captioned

On the eve of Hernan Bas' 2009 opening at the Brooklyn Museum, the artist completes a walkthrough of the exhibit, joined by Museum Director Arnold Lehman and Deputy Director of Art Charles Desmarais

Bas working on final details of his large-scale painting "Ubu Roi (the war march)" in January 2009

Bas varnishing his large-scale painting "Ubu Roi (the war march)" in January 2009