The Museum
Open
Universe
Putting depth back into art.
Open Universe is the world's first museum dedicated exclusively to artists with disabilities.
A fundamentally new museum model — anchored in Miami and connected across the country through a physical institution, national partner network, and living collection in continuous circulation.
Open Universe creates a connected cultural ecosystem where more people can live with, experience, collect, and participate in art.
Built for a generation seeking deeper connection, Open Universe exists to restore art as a vital part of contemporary life, expression, and human experience.
A museum whose collection never stops moving.
Open Universe operates through a hybrid model: a physical hub anchored in one of Miami's established arts and cultural districts, combined with a distributed network of museum nodes across the country — hospitals, corporate offices, hotels, and public institutions that actively host and present the collection.
Exhibitions are embedded in everyday environments, transforming them into sites of cultural connection. The collection is not stored and occasionally shown. It lives in the world, generating income for artists and genuine human encounters for the people who pass through these spaces every day.
The Hub — Miami
The Hub is the institutional anchor — the address, the permanent collection space, the place where the museum is undeniably real. It is where visiting artists come, where collectors experience the work in depth, and where the curatorial and operational infrastructure of the museum lives.
We are establishing the Hub in one of Miami's established arts and cultural districts, building toward a permanent address that gives the museum the physical presence it deserves — and that the artists whose work it holds have never had.
How the museum ecosystem works
"The art world has always had edges. We're building the institution that lives there — permanently."
Open Universe · Miami
The team
Ross brings the operational infrastructure — the nonprofit structure, the institutional relationships, and the long-term vision to establish Open Universe as a permanent cultural anchor in Miami. He manages the museum's programming pipeline, donor relationships, and expansion strategy across four cities.
David has operated FIERMAN Gallery in New York since 2016, placing work with the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Speed Museum, with coverage in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Artforum. He has consulted for major New York hospitals on art programming for over a decade — making him uniquely positioned to build the museum partner network.