At Design Miami 2025, Exhibitors Collapse the Boundaries Between Art, Craft, and Design

When I happened upon Friedman Benda’s booth at Design Miami, artist Nicole Cherubini was holding court in front of one of her monumental ceramic sculptures with the fair’s curatorial director, Glenn Adamson, and collector Abigail Spector. Cherubini, who has her first solo show coming up at the gallery next month, is known for subverting the inherent classism of decorative forms—in this case, a baroque pitcher. Her philosophical approach is similar to that of Molly Hatch, whose