# Michael Richards: Escape Plan

An exhibition at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale marking 25 years since the death of Jamaican-American artist Michael Richards, who died in his World Trade Center studio on 11 September 2001. It looks at the airplanes, wings and pilots recurring in his work, and at the plurality of Black experience.

- Type: Museum
- When: ongoing, November 30, 2026 – February 14, 2027
- Where: NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, 1 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, Fort Lauderdale
- Artists: Michael Richards
- Part of: [Miami Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/miami-art-week)
- Event's own page: https://nsuartmuseum.org/exhibition/escape-plan/
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/michael-richards-escape-plan

## From the organiser

Exhibition marking 25 years since the death of Jamaican-American artist Michael Richards, who died in his World Trade Center studio on 11 September 2001, exploring the recurring imagery of airplanes, wings and pilots in his work and the plurality of Black experience. Curated by Ariella Wolens.

## Also on Monday 30 November

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- **Until Dec 6** · [Nader Sculpture Park](https://artweekguide.com/events/nader-sculpture-park) — Other at Nader Sculpture Park (Gary Nader), Miami Design District. An open-air park of monumental sculpture, run by Gary Nader Art Centre in the Miami Design District. Outdoor bronzes by Fernando Botero are on view, alongside works by other internationally known artists. It forms part of Miami Art Week 2026.
- **Until Dec 6** · [Between Tides (Public Art Fund)](https://artweekguide.com/events/between-tides-public-art-fund) — Other at Collins Park, South Beach. *Between Tides* is a participatory exhibition of six sculptural ping-pong tables designed by artists, set up in Collins Park for public play. Presented by Public Art Fund within Art Basel Miami Beach's public program, it explores community, cultural exchange and ecology. Curated by Gabriela López Dena.
- **Until Nov 1, 2027** · [Naudline Pierre (Stairwell Commission)](https://artweekguide.com/events/naudline-pierre-stairwell-commission) — Museum at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami), Miami Design District. Brooklyn-based painter Naudline Pierre has made a new site-specific commission for the three-storey stairwell at ICA Miami, the largest work she has produced so far. It is a sequence of monumental paintings showing water, nymphs and bathing scenes.