Today NOWNESS launches a new super-short format series: 60 Seconds faces each subject with just one minute to hold forth on our topic of choice. The first to take the challenge are the art-obsessed husband-and-wife duo Don and Mera Rubell, who have been married since 1964.
Who: Don and Mera Rubell.
Occupation: Hoteliers, collectors.
Lives: Miami.
Essential work tool: Tennis ball machine.
Career highlight: Teaching, marriage, family, art collecting.
Known for: Mera’s black hats.
Current fixation: Art, art, art.
Personal hero: Each other.
Ambition: To stay healthy, fresh and relevant.
Latest project: The historic 440-room hotel the Lord Baltimore in downtown Baltimore.
The Rubells were shot at their foundation, the Rubell Family Collection, ahead of the opening of their latest group show To Have and To Hold during Miami Art Basel, 2014.