Keith Haring works from their Miami collection furnish a Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition.
By Suzanne Muchnic
November 23, 2008

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Reporting from Palm Springs -- "The advantage of not being able to produce art is that you can spend all your energy looking at art," said Don Rubell, whose family of self-confessed contemporary art fanatics is perpetually in search of the next addition to its 5,000-piece collection. Pleased to have uttered a complete sentence without being interrupted by Mera, his wife and collecting partner of nearly 45 years, he eased into a knowing smile as she jumped in to explain how their collecting obsession works.

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