Interview: Dennis Scholl — Art Collector
INTRODUCTION: 0:39 min.
Dennis Scholl has been an art collector since 1976. He has also been involved with a number of museums, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Tate, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, and the Aspen Art Museum. Scholl and his wife Debra created a 4000 square foot spaced they called “World Class Boxing” (WCB) to exhibit selections from their extensive collection, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, videos and photography. WCB was named for the prior user of the space, a boxing gym where a number of Olympic and professional boxing champions trained. In addition, Scholl played a major role at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Scholl has been living in the Miami area since the age of six. He grew up enjoying what the tropics had to offer a boy–fishing, diving, waterskiing, exploring the Keys–but didn’t have much exposure to art. He first stepped into an art space while an accounting major at Florida International University, a campus consisting of two buildings at the time. Even though he lacked an education in visual art, Scholl collected and organized all sorts of things as a youth, so he already had a foundation to support his unexpected dive into the world of fine art.
The videos below are organized by topic and run between 30 seconds to 3:30 minutes. Click on any video.
CURIOSITY: 1:38 min.
EDUCATION: 1:15 min.
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:53 min.
BEING AN ART COLLECTOR: 2:14 min.
SEIZE THE MOMENT: 2:43 min.
ART CRITICISM: 1:41 min.
CHALLENGING SITUATION: 3:20 min.
ABOUT MIAMI: 3:01 min.
SUPPORTING MIAMI ARTISTS: 1:55 min.