(MIAMI, FL — August 17, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce significant acquisitions of works by diverse artists for the museum’s permanent collection, including artists of Cuban and Brazilian origin as well as eleven women artists. Several of the artists are entering the museum’s collection for the first time, including Karon Davis, Kenturah Davis, Bisa Butler, Christine Sun Kim.
Among the new acquisitions are Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica’s Penetrável Macaléia (Malaceia Penetrable) from 1978—purchased with funds from Jorge M. Pérez—a walk-in installation inspired by the favela communities of Rio de Janeiro; Coco Fusco’s The Undiscovered Amerindians Tour, a series of photographs purchased by PAMM’s International Women’s Committee Endowment; and Karon Davis’ Bobby Seale and The People’s Free Food Program, a major installation purchased with funds from PAMM’s Collectors Council and various patrons that features a life-size sculpture of Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
“The collection is not only a reflection of who we are but who we aspire to be. In addition to the Oiticica, which is truly a masterwork of experiential and conceptual art, we added two more Brazilian artists, in Leda Catunda and Sonia Gomes, whose work is currently on view in Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Tania Bruguera, like Oiticica, is vitally important to our collection’s focal points, and this particular piece is one of the artist-activist’s most documented and well known examples of her sculptural and performative artworks. We are fortunate to have resources and patrons who are engaged with the growth of the collection in a way that furthers our view of art as a catalyst for meaningful conversations in society.”
The new acquisitions underscore PAMM’s longstanding commitment to highlighting underrepresented artists from the U.S. Latinx experience, the African diaspora, Latin America and the Caribbean. These thirteen works also exemplify the museum’s dedication to displaying a collection in constant dialogue with the most pressing issues of the present.
Works purchased by PAMM’s Collector Council:
Bisa Butler’s Black is King, a newly created portrait from a series inspired by contemporary individuals shaping the discourse of race around the world.
Karon Davis’ Bobby Seale and The People’s Free Food Program, a major installation of plaster sculptures from Davis’ recent exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch in New York City that examined the life of Bobby Seale. The figure of Seale is surrounded by sculpted grocery bags of food, representing the Black Panther Party’s initiatives to combat food insecurity in the 1970s.
Works purchased by PAMM’s International Women’s Committee Endowment:
Coco Fusco’s The Undiscovered Amerindians Tour, a series of photographs documenting a satirical performance by Fusco and Guillermo Gomez-Pena from 1992-94 commenting on the quincentennial anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery.”
Kenturah Davis’ Black As the Most Exquisite Color, a large portrait of a young woman consisting of the repeated phrase “black as the most exquisite color” rendered in rubber stamped lettering.
Gifts and museum purchases:
Liset Castillo’s large-scale photographic print Pain Is Universal but So Is Hope, which depicts a fictional city made up of diverse cultural, historical, and geographic symbols.
Sonia Gomes’ Untitled from the series Torções (Twists), a textile work made by knotting and twisting pieces of fabric that deals with decolonizing the past and reclaiming the present.
Leda Catunda’s Dedinhos (Little Fingers), a multilayered composition of finger-like shapes with nails painted in gold acrylic.
Tania Bruguera’s 1994 installation Tabla de salvación (Table of Salvation), which commemorates the untold numbers of people who lost their lives in the Florida Straits during the Cuban raft exodus of the mid 1990s.
Hélio Oiticica’s Penetrável Macaléia (Malaceia Penetrable), a walk-in installation that immerses the viewer/participant in color while evoking and celebrating the favela communities of Rio de Janeiro.
Christine Sun Kim’s Close Readings, a satirical video work in which the artist invited deaf collaborators to create new captions for five different films.
Thania Petersen’s Of Birds and Trees and Flowers and Bees, a tapestry that takes the form of a Muslim prayer mat, which comprises the most intimate space of the Islamic faith.
Montserrat-born Veronica Ryan’s Bundle 1, a handcrafted sculpture made of paper and crochet that engages the artist’s Afro-Caribbean heritage.
Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s The Worry, a striking collage portrait using a combination of materials including charcoal, gouache, pastel, oil stick, and oil paint on paper.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
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(MIAMI, FL — September 19, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More, an exhibition of new small-scale sculptures and two-dimensional works on paper by Jedd Novatt. On view October 14, 2021–June 26, 2022, the exhibition offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the relationship between the artist’s smaller sculptures and works on paper, his monumental outdoor works at PAMM, and the architecture of the museum first hand.
Novatt is known for his large-scale outdoor sculptures that are defined by their placement in the landscape. PAMM is home to two of these sculptures, Chaos Bizkaia (2012) and Chaos SAS (2013), which have become well-known fixtures in PAMM outdoor sculpture garden. Both works are centered around stacks of open bronze and stainless-steel cubes in dynamic, seemingly unstable towers measuring 18- and 14-feet-high, respectively.
Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More represents the first time that Novatt’s wall drawings and smaller sculptures take center stage. Displayed within a gallery with a window that looks down upon Chaos SAS, one of his large-scale outdoor sculptures at PAMM, this is an unparalleled opportunity to capture the breadth of Novatt’s work in both two and three dimensions, creating a conversation between artworks in and outside the museum.
“With one sculpture positioned at our entrance doors on the north side and the other anchoring the north side of the campus within our Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Garden, Novatt has been a crucial part of our campus since the building opened in 2013. This exploration of his well-known sculptures with works on paper and smaller sculptures is overdue, and we are delighted to be able to shed greater light on the artist and his work,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.
"Novatt's work is about the way in which we interpret the present moment, and how we can do our part from keeping the chaos from becoming our future. The Huracán sculptures, through their title, reference natural and political chaos, which feels especially poignant here in South Florida," said Maritza Lacayo, Exhibition Curator.
Fascinated, as a child, by the spatial explorations in paint of modern masters like Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning, Novatt embraces that modernist spirit in his own sculpture-based art. He is known for sculptures of seemingly incongruous cubes teetering on top of each other, seemingly about to collapse if not welded together. Comprised of cubes with exposed voids, Novatt’s sculptures are as much about line and drawing in space as they are about occupying space with mass.
The idea of chaos is an important part of Novatt’s work. Many of his sculptures have the characteristic appearance of an inevitable dilapidation or downfall. However, that chaotic moment never arrives as the sculptures, whether built from two or three cubes or many, are actually in harmony with gravity and supported by the artist’s sound design. As Novatt says, “Politics is chaos. The present is important, and my work is speaking about what I experience today. How do you find grace in space, and experience, today? It’s a catastrophe that we are in the situation we are in today. How do you work in steel—such a cold, hard material, and give it grace? Without false balance…these voids land perfectly. It’s the moment before collapse. Not something that can be articulated. The world we are living in is the real chaos.”
This exhibition emphasizes PAMM’s commitment to continuing conversations with artists already in the museum’s permanent collection, finding new ways for artists to engage with the public. Novatt’’s iconic outdoor sculptures welcome visitors into the museum, and now, visitors will be given the unique opportunity to see his wall drawings and smaller sculptures inside the museum, a different facet of his artistic practice.
This show will be accompanied by a softcover catalog to be released at the opening of the exhibition.
Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More is organized by Franklin Sirmans, Director, withMaritza Lacayo, Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator. Lead individual support from an anonymous donor, and additional support from Burgess Modern + Contemporary, is gratefully acknowledged.
ABOUT JEDD NOVATT
After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 1980, Novatt spent the year studying and working in France at the Lacoste School of the Arts, now part of Savannah College of Art and Design. In 1981, Novatt returned to New York City where he had his first studio on Warren Street in Tribeca. He had his first solo show in New York City in 1993. In 2002, Novatt moved to Paris, France, where he currently resides with his family. He divides his time among studios in Paris, the Luberon, and the Basque region in Spain.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
PAMM National
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com
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Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
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The ASU-LACMA Master’s Fellowship was founded in 2018 as a partnership between ASU and LACMA with the aim to culturally diversify the leadership of art museums in the United States. The three-year degree program combines rigorous academic training with on-the-job experience to develop a new generation of diverse curators, directors and other museum professionals, with the goal of investing in the existing pipeline of talent and accelerating the careers of individuals already working on museum staffs. The fellows earn their master’s degree in art history from the ASU School of Art’s distinguished art history program in the Herberger Institute, while also working at LACMA, the ASU Art Museum, or, beginning this fall, PAMM.
“We are honored to join our esteemed colleagues at LACMA and ASU,” said Franklin Sirmans, director of PAMM. “Having seen this program come into existence while working at LACMA and then watching the first cohort rise in the ranks of their institutions, we are delighted to be a part of this important scholarly endeavor, and for Pérez Art Museum Miami to be represented by our first fellow, Emily Valdes. This transformative program is another step in the process of preparing museums, for the new American future, with the diverse, innovative leadership necessary to make museums dynamic and vibrant, and integral to the lives of all.”
Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, noted that earlier this summer, ASU and LACMA celebrated the graduation of the first LACMA-ASU Master's fellows. "Our graduates are already building off their academic training to curate exhibitions, further their research, and inform their museum work,” Govan said. “Our collaboration with ASU has been deep and fruitful, and we are thrilled to expand our joint commitment to advance the careers of a new generation of museum leaders by partnering with additional institutions around the country."
The inaugural cohort of fellows, which graduated in May 2021, included Dhyandra Lawson, Assistant Curator in LACMA’s Wallis Annenberg Photography Department; Celia Yang, Major Gift Officer and Head of Director's Strategic Initiatives, Asia at LACMA; Matthew Villar Miranda, ASU Art Museum’s Curatorial Fellow, and Ariana Enriquez, Assistant Registrar at the ASU Art Museum. Both Lawson and Yang were recently promoted, reflecting the scholarship and skill sets that each has been able to bring to their work through their engagement with the Fellowship program. Enriquez said in a recent interview with ARTnews that the fellowship program helped her become aware of “the ways that I can make transformative change within my department.” (Read the full ARTnews story about the ASU-LACMA fellowship program.)
“We’re grateful for the many contributions the fellows make in our classes and scholarly lives,” said Angélica Afanador-Pujol, program director for the ASU-LACMA Master's Fellowship. “We are proud to continue to support them in their museum careers, and we welcome the addition of PAMM to the program.”
The 2021 ASU-LACMA + PAMM Fellows
Jayne Manuel
Jayne Manuel earned her BA in art history, theory and criticism with honors from the University of California San Diego in 2015. Manuel joined LACMA’s registration department in September 2015 and currently serves as the registration administrator for the highly active outgoing loans program. Through an interdisciplinary art history-ethnic studies-transnational feminist approach, Manuel seeks to uplift Pilipino/a/x artists and stories of the diaspora into the institutional canon. She intends to focus on 1980s Philippine art collectives and contemporary Pilipino/a/x artists based in the United States, studying their depictions of intergenerational trauma and understanding of collective memory transmission.
Stephanie Rouinfar
Stephanie Rouinfar received her BFA in art history in 2015 from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She joined LACMA in August 2015 as a social media intern in the communications department. In March 2016 she joined the Art of the Middle East department as the curatorial administrator. She has assisted with six exhibitions, including the recent exhibition “In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art.” As a fellow in the ASU-LACMA program, Rouinfar plans to further study contemporary art of the Middle East, focusing on works concerning gender and feminism.
Mariama Salia
Mariama Salia is from Seattle and received a BA in history and cinema studies from the University of Washington in 2014. After working in Seattle’s art scene, she moved to Los Angeles in 2018 to find more diverse creative spaces that allowed for expansion. She began working for the Balch Research Library in 2019 as an acquisitions assistant, purchasing and borrowing books for upcoming exhibitions, including special research projects. Her Ghanaian-Romanian background informs her interest in making art representative and accessible, and she plans to develop an interactive project aimed at engaging with and representing other queer artists of color. Salia intends to utilize the extensive resources within the library and the museum to trace and reassess historical boundaries facing marginalized artists who bridge the cultural divide.
Jennifer Snow
Jennifer Snow is manager of corporate partnerships at LACMA. Since joining the museum’s development department in 2015, she has served an integral role on the corporate partnerships team supporting LACMA’s relationships with key corporate partners, including Hyundai Motor Company, Gucci, Snap Inc., Audi, The Walt Disney Company, SpaceX and more. During her time at LACMA, she successfully launched and managed special institutional projects such as LACMA’s first-ever Kickstarter campaign in 2017, bringing the world’s smallest contemporary art museum, NuMu, across three borders to Los Angeles, and most recently, LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives, a multi-year initiative that uses augmented reality to explore monuments and murals, representation, and history.
Snow earned her BA in art history and communications in 2012 from the University of California, San Diego, and in 2014 received her M.A. in humanities from the University of Chicago. She is excited to resume her studies at Arizona State University, researching the convergence of art and technology and the role of museums within this intersection.
Deliasofia Zacarias
Deliasofia Zacarias is the Snap Research Fellow based in the Director’s Office for the LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives, an initiative that explores monuments, history, and representation in public space using augmented reality. In addition to the various special projects in the Director’s Office, Zacarias directly supports the collaboration among the curatorial team, artists and technologists to realize the augmented reality lenses as part of Monumental Perspectives. Zacarias joined the museum in August 2019 as a LACMA Emerging Arts Professionals (LEAP) Fellow—part of the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative supported by the Walton Family Foundation and Ford Foundation. Zacarias also serves on the board of the Arts Administrators of Color Network.
At Arizona State University, Zacarias intends to research the intersection of contemporary art, feminist theory and landscape architecture and make use of LACMA’s and ASU’s rich collection. She holds a BA in studio art and business administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where she was the recipient of the Mach Fellowship and received an Excellence in Art Award.
Emily Valdes
Emily Valdes graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in art history in 2015. Since then, she has held a variety of positions at the Wolfsonian FIU, Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and Lowe Art Museum. Today, she works collaboratively with curators, artists and preparators as assistant registrar at Miami’s flagship art museum, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). At PAMM, Valdes plays an active role in the execution of a robust exhibition schedule, as well as day-to-day collections management efforts. As a first-generation Cuban American, Valdes is particularly interested in female, Latin artists who have failed to receive equal recognition to their male contemporaries, or female, Latin artists whose practices are deeply rooted in intersectional feminism. Though it is still nascent in conception, she is eager to produce a successful body of research significant to the advancement of Latina representation in museums and the acknowledgement of their unique contributions to the art historical canon.
About LACMA
Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of more than 147,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.
About ASU
Arizona State University has developed a new model for the American Research University, creating an institution that is committed to access, excellence and impact. ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes. As the prototype for a New American University, ASU pursues research that contributes to the public good, and ASU assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality of the communities that surround it.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
Carole Hall, Ethel Isaacs Williams, Franklin Sirmans, and Brenda Freeman at Corporate Luncheon in 2019. Photo: World Red Eye.
(MIAMI, FL — September 30, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to present the Thirteenth Corporate Luncheon, presented by Constellation Culinary Group, on October 5, 2021, 11am–2pm. The annual networking event returns this year, bringing together arts and business leaders to celebrate the Miami business community’s contributions to South Florida and beyond. Funds from the event support PAMM’s vital arts education outreach programs, which serve more than 47,000 children each year. This year’s event is co-chaired by Laura Kaplan, Market President of BNY Mellon Wealth Management and PAMM Trustee, and Matt Haggman, Executive Vice President, One Community One Goal, The Beacon Council.
“Corporate Luncheon celebrates the vital relationship between art institutions and business leaders, who together allow our city to thrive,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “I look forward to toasting Miami’s business community, whose support allows us to continue our important and ever-evolving arts education programs well into the future.”
The PAMM Corporate Luncheon theme this year is “Destination Miami”, tapping into Miami’s current profile as a top destination for entrepreneurs and businesses relocating from elsewhere around the country, or choosing Miami as a great place to invest in new ventures. Program speakers include: PAMM Trustee Kimberly Marshall, Black Angels Miami & Goldman Sachs' Launch with GS; Dr. Sarah Pishevar Haynes, Founder & CEO of Dr. Haynes Collective and COO, Pishevar Family Office & Pishevar Haynes Family Foundation; and Annette Rodriguez, Founder & Managing Partner at MKH Capital Partners. PAMM will present this year’s Corporate Honors to REEF, a long-time partner and supporter of PAMM.
After dining on an inventive menu by Constellation Culinary Group, guests will have the opportunity to peruse PAMM’s newest exhibitions and galleries, including Marco Brambilla: Heaven’s Gate, a large-scale virtual reality installation that explores Hollywood glamour excess.
Corporate Luncheon supports PAMM’s arts education program, the largest education program in Miami-Dade County outside of the public school system. PAMM engages Miami's diverse community in stimulating arts experiences through an impressive array of school-based and outreach programming, including free family activities, art-making programs, summer camps, and more.
Presenting Sponsor & Corporate Sponsorships
The presenting sponsor of the PAMM Corporate Luncheon is Constellation Culinary Group. Sponsorship opportunities are available, ranging from $10,000 Platinum-level sponsorships, which include 20 tickets, to $2,500 Silver-level sponsorships, which include five tickets. Individual tickets are available for $500. For sponsorship levels and benefits, or to make reservations online, visit pamm.org/CL13. For event and ticket information, contact Holly Kogachi at 786 345 5647 or hkogachi@pamm.org.
Luncheon Committee
Adelee Cabrera, Constellation Culinary Group; Frank Destra, UBS; Robert Friezo, Verity Partners; Ignacio Gonzalez, Fortune International Group; David Josefsberg, Century Risk Advisors; Benton Launerts, REEF; John Leete, John Moriarty & Associates; Kimberly Marshall, Black Angels Miami; Adam Morris, JP Morgan; Dora Present Lewin, BNY Mellon Wealth Management; Jorge M. Pérez, Related Group; Aaron Podhurst, Podhurst Orseck, P.S.;
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Constellation Culinary Group
Platinum Sponsor REEF
Gold Sponsors
Bank Ozk
Century Risk Advisors
Citi
JP Morgan
John Moriarty & Associates
Podhurst Orseck, P.A.
Related Philanthropic Foundation
Outdoor Lunch Gold Sponsor
Bank of America
Silver Sponsors
Aroma Espresso
Baptist Health South Florida
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
Fortune International Group
Verity Partners
Shutts & Bowen LLP
UBS
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
<strong> PAMM National </strong>
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com<strong> PAMM Local </strong>
Catie DeWitt
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
catie@culturalcounsel.com
Franklin and Stella Sirmans at KIDS JAMM in 2019. Photo: WorldRedEye.com
(MIAMI, FL — October 7, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce the second annual KIDS JAMM at PAMM, a family friendly fundraising event on Sunday, October 17 from 10am–1pm that features art making activities with renowned multidisciplinary artists, live music, refreshments, performances, and special guests. The event is designed to forge a deeper connection with PAMM, the creative process, and living artists, including Cristina Lei Rodriguez, José Bedia, Kelley Johnson, Antonia Wright, and more.
KIDS JAMM is a rare opportunity for kids and their grown-ups to interact and create with some of Miami’s best known artists, as well as artists from around the country, all while raising necessary funds to support PAMM’s arts education programs
KIDS JAMM at PAMM supports the museum’s arts and education programs.
Please note that KIDS JAMM will be held outside with social distancing precautions in place.
WHEN:
Sunday, October 17, 2021
10am–1pm
WHERE:
Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
TICKETS:
Sold out!
Participating Artists:
José Bedia
Lesli Ann Brown
Noah Cribb
Haiiileen
Janessa Melendez
Patricia Monclus
Kelley Johnson
Cristina Lei Rodriguez
Typoe
Tom Virgin, Extra Virgin Press
Host Committee:
Tanvi Abbhi
Anirays Camino
Natalia and Sebastian Echavarria
Asha Elias
Cindy and Robert Friezo
Kelley Johnson
Julianna Johnston
Stephanie Krass
Caroline Lobon
Nina Miguel
Lauren N'Namdi
Salma Merchant Rahmathulla
Ashley Sebok Boehne
Candise Shanbron
Volha Singer
Nikki Spoelstra
Marisa Toccin Lucas
Tina van der Ven
Gisela Mohring Vivero
Cleo Vo-Dai
Crystal Connor Wagar
Co-chairs and Host Committee also underwrite additional opportunities for children in PAMM’s outreach communities to attend KIDS JAMM at no cost to them nor their guardian.
Additional Activations:
Ayala Royal Ballet
Draq Queen Story Hour
DJ Ferragamo
DJ Lehk
Hero Hunter and Emmett Hunter
Kindfully with Fia, Intro to Mindfulness
Lil’ JAMMers, activities designed for toddlers
Little Lighthouse Foundation Fit Club workout
Minds of Tomorrow Green Screen Video
Creative Movement with Modo Yoga Miami Beach
The Essentials Story, Make your own Miami
Prize Wheel
Brett Romberg
Antonia Wright
b. 1979, Miami; lives in Miami
Not Yet Paved, 2021
Concrete mixer truck, wood, spring steel
Courtesy of the artist and Spinello Projects, Miami
Music: “Young, Latin, and Proud” by Helado Negro
Sponsors
Tiffany & Co.
Little Lighthouse Foundation
Purchase Capital
Arteza
Miami Heat Charitable Fund
Maxim Capital Group
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
<strong> PAMM National </strong>
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com<strong> PAMM Local </strong>
Catie DeWitt
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
catie@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI, FL — October 8, 2021) — On Tuesday, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) celebrated its thirteenth annual Corporate Luncheon, presented by Constellation Culinary Group, honoring REEF, a long-time partner and supporter of PAMM. Celebrating the theme of “Destination Miami,” this year’s luncheon focused on Miami’s current profile as a top destination for entrepreneurs and businesses relocating from elsewhere around the country, or choosing Miami as a great place to invest in new ventures. The annual networking event hosted nearly 150 of South Florida’s most influential business leaders to highlight their vital support of Miami’s arts community.
Left to right: Matt Haggman, Marie Vickles, Laura Kaplan, Franklin Sirmans, and Alan Phillips.
Photo: WorldRedEye.com
“Thanks to all of our dedicated corporate partners, we are able to ensure that art is accessible for all in this community and beyond. Proceeds from this event support the museum’s mission and vision, allowing us to create a robust and vital arts education program that touches the lives of thousands in this community every year,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Miami is not only growing into a first-class cultural hub, but attracting talent and capital from across the United States and the Americas—a true city of the future.”
Guests dined on a special menu by Constellation Culinary Group, and perused PAMM’s galleries, including Marco Brambilla: Heaven’s Gate, a large-scale virtual reality installation that explores Hollywood’s glamour and excess. Discussing the topic “Destination Miami,” program speakers included PAMM Trustee Kimberly Marshall, Black Angels Miami & Goldman Sachs' Launch with GS; Dr. Sarah Pishevar Haynes, Founder & CEO of Dr. Haynes Collective and COO, Pishevar Family Office & Pishevar Haynes Family Foundation; and Annette Rodriguez, Founder & Managing Partner at MKH Capital Partners.
Corporate Luncheon honoree REEF has been a valued partner to PAMM since the inauguration of PAMM’s new building in 2013. A Miami-based startup and corporation, REEF is undergoing a transformation from its origins as a parking provider to the largest operator of mobility, logistics hubs, and neighborhood kitchens in the United States and Canada, with a growing presence in Europe. REEF’s concept of ‘neighborhood hubs’—urban spaces connecting people to locally curated goods, services, and experiences—is designed to keep communities moving forward in a sustainable and thoughtful way, and make the place you live the place you love to be.
Corporate Luncheon supports PAMM’s arts education program, the largest education program in Miami-Dade County outside of the public school system. PAMM engages Miami's diverse community in stimulating arts experiences through an impressive array of school-based and outreach programming, including free family activities, art-making programs, summer camps, and more.
Presenting Sponsor
Constellation Culinary Group
Luncheon Committee Co-Chairs: Matt Haggman, Miami-Dade Beacon Council; Laura Kaplan, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Adelee Cabrera, Constellation Culinary Group; Frank Destra, UBS; Angel Ferrer, Citi Private Bank; Robert Friezo, Verity Partners; Jose Ignacio Gonzalez, Fortune International Group; David Josefsberg, Century Risk Advisors; Benton Launerts, REEF; John Leete, John Moriarty & Associates; Kimberly Marshall, Black Angels Miami; Adam Morris, J.P. Morgan; Dora Present Lewin, BNY Mellon Wealth Management; Jorge M. Pérez, Related Group; Aaron Podhurst, Podhurst Orseck, P.S.; Daniel Stabile, Shutts & Bowen
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor: REEF
Gold Sponsors: Bank Ozk, Century Risk Advisors, Citi Private Bank, JP Morgan, John Moriarty & Associates, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., and Related Philanthropic Foundation
Outdoor Lunch Gold Sponsor: Bank of America
Silver Sponsors: Aroma Espresso, Baptist Health South Florida, BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, Fortune International Group, Verity Partners, Shutts & Bowen LLP, and UBS
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
<strong> PAMM National </strong>
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com<strong> PAMM Local </strong>
Catie DeWitt
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
catie@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI, FL — October 19, 2021) — This past Sunday, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) celebrated KIDS JAMM at PAMM, the museum’s second annual family fundraiser. Benefiting the museum’s vital arts education programs, the event featured art making activities with renowned multidisciplinary artists, live music, refreshments, performances, and special guests. The event invited families and children to forge a deeper connection with PAMM, the creative process, and living artists.
2021 KIDS JAMM at PAMM. Photo: WorldRedEye.com
Co-chaired by Suzy Buckley Woodward, Jessica Plair Sirmans, Sloane Spanierman, and Alexa Wolman, the event included lively family-friendly and socially distant activations, including Drag Queen Story Hour with Angel Elektra and Shay D'Pines Royale Gaga, mindfulness and dancing activities, a prize wheel, an outdoor installation by Antonia Wright, and a performance by Ayala Royal Ballet. Attendees included City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, model Karolina Kurkova, former NFL football player Brett Romberg, Anshu and Nitin Motwani, Morgan Shara, Jonathan and Missy Babicka, and more.
KIDS JAMM has become one of PAMM’s most anticipated events for families and gives a unique opportunity for children to work directly with some of Miami’s best known artists, as well as artists from around the country, all while raising necessary funds to support PAMM’s arts education programs. This year’s participating artists included Cristina Lei Rodriguez, José Bedia, Kelley Johnson, Antonia Wright, and more.
Participating Artists:
José Bedia
Noah Cribb
Haiiileen
Janessa Melendez
Patricia Monclus
Kelley Johnson
Cristina Lei Rodriguez
Typoe
Tom Virgin, Extra Virgin Press
Host Committee:
Tanvi Abbhi
Anirays Camino
Natalia and Sebastian Echavarria
Asha Elias
Cindy and Robert Friezo
Kelley Johnson
Julianna Johnston
Stephanie Krass
Caroline Lobon
Nina Miguel
Lauren N'Namdi
Salma Merchant Rahmathulla
Ashley Sebok Boehne
Candise Shanbron
Volha Singer
Nikki Spoelstra
Marisa Toccin Lucas
Tina van der Ven
Gisela Mohring Vivero
Cleo Vo-Dai
Crystal Connor Wagar
Co-chairs and Host Committee also underwrite additional opportunities for children in PAMM’s outreach communities to attend KIDS JAMM at no cost to them nor their guardian.
Additional Activations:
Ayala Royal Ballet
Draq Queen Story Hour
DJ Ferragamo
DJ Lekh
Hero Hunter and Emmett Hunter
Kindfully with Fia, Intro to Mindfulness
Lil’ JAMMers, activities designed for toddlers
Little Lighthouse Foundation Fit Club workout
Minds of Tomorrow Green Screen Video
Creative Movement with Modo Yoga Miami Beach
The Essentials Story, Make your own Miami
Prize Wheel
Brett Romberg
Antonia Wright
b. 1979, Miami; lives in Miami
Not Yet Paved, 2021
Concrete mixer truck, wood, spring steel
Courtesy of the artist and Spinello Projects, Miami
Music: “Young, Latin, and Proud” by Helado Negro
Sponsors
Tiffany & Co.
Little Lighthouse Foundation
Purchase Capital
Arteza
Miami Heat Charitable Fund
Maxim Capital Group
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
<strong> PAMM National </strong>
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com<strong> PAMM Local </strong>
Catie DeWitt
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
catie@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI, FL — October 28, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce the recipients of the second cycle of the Caribbean Cultural Institute Fellowship(CCI). With the support of The Mellon Foundation, PAMM’s CCI is a program that aims to advance the study of Caribbean art while providing opportunities for exchange and collaboration across the Caribbean region and its diasporic communities. Selected by a committee composed of PAMM Associate Curator Jennifer Inacio, PAMM Director of Education Marie Vickles, PAMM CCI Coordinator Iberia Pérez Gonzalez, and PAMM Curator María Elena Ortiz, two artists and two researchers have been invited to expand their practice and research throughout the next year with the support of PAMM’s institutional resources.
Clockwise from top left: Monica Sorelle, Eliazar Ortiz, Jessica Taylor, and Erica Moiah James.
“Thanks to our partners at the Mellon Foundation, we are delighted to invite the second group of artists and scholars to the Fellowship program of the Caribbean Cultural Institute. Under the guidance of Curator María Elena Ortiz, the coordination of Iberia Pérez Gonzalez, and the curatorial oversight of Chief Curator René Morales, we are delighted to receive the new fellows who represent the global character of the Caribbean from near and far,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.
This year’s fellowship was expanded to include both international and Florida-based artists and researchers selected from an open call. The recipients of the second CCI Fellowship are artists Monica Sorelle and Eliazar Ortiz, and researchers Erica Moiah James and Jessica Taylor.
“This selection offers an inspiring mix of Caribbean narratives, including Haitian-American identity, Marronage and ancestral healing, along with strong research that expands on Caribbean art history and the Black diaspora,” said PAMM Curator María Elena Ortiz.
Florida-based Artist Fellow Monica Sorelle will expand the project “Reeds/Wozo,” a collection of works utilizing video, photography, and sculpture that engages the history of Haitian people, specifically women, as the poto mitan, or pillars of society, despite the weight of political and international pressure on the island. International Artist Fellow Eliazar Ortiz’s project “Guáyiga Maniel” deals with the recovery of the legacy, memory, and ancestral knowledge of Afro-Antillean cultures through artworks made with organic materials and pigments collected from his own natural environment.
The project of Florida-based Research Fellow Erica Moiah James will focus on developing a chapter for her second academic book, which aims to historicize the concept of the global over a period of 500 years through a series of artworks created in the Caribbean, from the landing of Columbus to the present day. International Research Fellow Jessica Taylor will look at the significance of travel, movement, and cross-border exchange for creative practitioners from the region and consider the relationship between production and travel in the formation of collections of Caribbean art today.
The recipients of last year’s CCI Fellowship were Ronald Cyrille (Artist Fellowship) in collaboration with Mémorial Acte in Guadeloupe, and Julián Sánchez-González (Research Fellowship). This program has enabled regional and local collaborations with institutions such as the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami, Mémorial ACTe in Guadeloupe, and the Cultural Services French Embassy in Miami. The CCI Fellowships are possible thanks to the support of The Mellon Foundation.
ABOUT THE 2021 CCI RESEARCH FELLOWS
Erica Moiah James is an art historian, curator, and assistant professor of African, Black and Caribbean art at The University of Miami. Her research and writing centers on indigenous, modern and contemporary art of the Caribbean and the African Diaspora. Select academic publications include Charles White's J'Accuse! and the Limits of Universal Blackness (AAAJ, 2016); Every N***r is a Star: Re-imaging Blackness from Post Civil Rights America to the Post-Independence Caribbean (Black Camera, 2016), Decolonizing Time: Nineteenth Century Haitian Portraiture and the Critique of Anachronism in Caribbean Art (NKA, 2019) and numerous curatorial essays including more recently "Purvis Young: Nothing Left Unsaid" (ICA 2019); "The Black Sublime: Rene Pena's Archangel, 2018" (SX 2019); Ricardo Brey's "Adrift"(MER, B&L, 2019); "Theriantropic Beasts: The Mystic Revelation of Tomás Esson" (ICA 2021); and "Edouard Duval Carrié: Historical Retelling and the Postmodern Baroque" (Bass Museum 2020).
Before arriving in Miami, she was the founding director and chief curator of the National Gallery of The Bahamas (2003-2011); a jointly appointed assistant professor in the departments of the History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University and director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of African American Studies at Yale.
James is a 2019-2022 non-resident research associate at the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Center, University of Johannesburg, S.A., a 2020 recipient of the Creative Time/Warhol Foundation Writers Grant and a 2020 Mellon Foundation Project Grant focused on the multimodal art practice of Geoffrey Holder. Her forthcoming book is entitled After Caliban: Caribbean Art in the Global Imaginary.
Jessica Taylor is a Barbadian curator and producer based in London. As the head of programmes of the International Curators Forum (ICF), Taylor co-curated the 2017-8 'Diaspora Pavilion' exhibitions in Venice and Wolverhampton and is co-curating the multi-site 'Diaspora Pavilion 2' project. She has co-curated programmes such as 'An Alternative Map of the Universe' (Guest Projects, London), 'Migrating Cities' (Spark Festival, Hong Kong), 'Sensational Bodies' (Jerwood Staging Series), and 'Monster and Island' with artist Sheena Rose (Royal Academy, London). Taylor also produced the exhibition 'Arrivants: Art and Migration in the Anglophone Caribbean World' (Barbados Museum) and the multi-site programme 'Curating the International Diaspora' in Sharjah, Barbados and Martinique. Prior to joining ICF, Taylor worked as an assistant curator at the Barbados Museum. She holds a BA in Art History and Philosophy from McGill University, Montreal, and a MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
<strong> PAMM National: </strong>
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com<strong> PAMM Local: </strong>
Catie DeWitt
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
catie@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI, FL — November 20, 2020) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce Luke Palacio as the museum’s Board of Trustees President, along with the appointment of Julia M. Brown, Andrew Carton, Chelsea Hirschhorn, Victoria Rogers,Juan Toro, Daniel de la Vega, and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson to the museum’s Board of Trustees.
Palacio and the seven additional trustees have been enthusiastic longtime supporters of PAMM and will continue to make vital contributions to the museum in their new roles. The Board of Trustees has been integral to PAMM’s growth and success, and has provided exceptional leadership and support, especially during the challenges of the pandemic.
“The PAMM board has enthusiastically elected Luke Palacio as its new President. He has prepared for this role with devotion and leadership in the last few years. The Board has also elected 7 impressive new Trustees who bring diversity, enthusiasm, and wisdom to their new roles. Under the leadership of CEO Franklin Sirmans and President Luke Palacio, PAMM is on its way to reaching new heights and will fulfill its mission for the betterment of the citizens of South Florida,” said Aaron Podhurst, PAMM Board of Trustees Chairman.
“I’m excited to continue working with Luke as Board of Trustees President, whose leadership has been integral over the last several years, in addition to new trustees Julia, Andrew, Chelsea, Victoria, Juan, Daniel, and Alexandra, who will bring valuable experience in management and philanthropy to the board as we navigate today’s challenges,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.
Julia M. Brown has served as Chief Procurement Officer for several global multinational organizations including Clorox, Kraft, Mondelez, Carnival Corporation and most recently Mars Wrigley. She has built a global reputation of being a transformational leader delivering billions of dollars of value across these enterprises.
Brown began her career at Procter & Gamble, Canada and has also served in leadership roles at Diageo and Gillette.
She currently serves on the boards of the Molson Coors Beverage Company, Shutterfly and Solo Brands. She continues to have a desire to serve the Miami community, having served on the boards of the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (Miami) and the Camillus House (Miami). Internationally, she is a trustee for Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply-CIP(London) and has achieved Fellows status with the organization.
Brown is also a member of the International Women’s Forum and the Executive Leadership Council.
Andrew Carton studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London—the place that he credits for a good portion of his creative and innovative thinking. He launched his first company in 1993 and has been an entrepreneur ever since. His last company, Mobile Nations, was founded in 2004 on the insight that everyone on the planet would own a smartphone. As this vision came to take shape and with a passionate and dedicated virtual worldwide team of over 100 people, the company eventually became one of the Top 10 largest tech media publishers in the US.
After growing profitably, organically, and without any external funding or debt for nearly two decades, Mobile Nations was acquired in 2019 and is now wholly owned by Future plc—a fast-growing global media company publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange with a rich history in tech and gaming publishing that was founded in 1985 by Chris Anderson who now leads the TED organization.
Carton now spends his time as an investor and also supports various non-profit organizations. On the investor side, he seeks interesting people with the passion, vision, commitment, and execution skills to build great businesses primarily in the media, ecommerce and technology spaces. On the philanthropic side, he seeks changemakers with a broad systemic understanding of social problems. His greatest passion is the technological diffusion and democratization of knowledge and he strongly believes that building a prosperous future for all will depend on our ability as individuals and societies to continuously recode the habits and myths that form the basis of our collective ability to make the decisions that lead to optimal outcomes.
Carton was born in Spain, raised speaking French with a German mother and an English father. He has lived in 10 countries on four continents and is fluent in four languages. Carton first visited Miami in 1984 and has been a permanent resident here for the past 12 years with his Italo-Venezuelan wife and young son.
Chelsea Hirschhorn is the founder and CEO of Frida, one of today’s fastest-growing parenting brands, dedicated to creating simple yet genius tools that tackle the unsexy, unfiltered (and non-Instagram-worthy) realities of parenthood. Leveraging her firsthand experience as a mom of three boys, and her innate understanding of function-forward, user-centric design, Hirschhorn has built a product line of over 100 must-have innovations spanning multiple categories, from Infant Wellness to Oral Care to a recently launched line of postpartum recovery products called Frida Mom.
Prior to Frida, Hirschhorn was an NYC-based bankruptcy attorney at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Associate Counsel & Director of Ancillary Revenue for the Miami Marlins. She was featured in Inc. Magazine’s first-ever “Female Founders 100 List” and received nods from Fast Company as a “Brand to Watch” and Parents Magazine as “Baby-Gadget Guru” and a “Top Millennial Mom” alongside Chelsea Clinton and Alicia Keys. Hirschhorn holds a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Victoria J. Rogers is vice president of arts at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and an expert in nonprofit management. Rogers oversees Knight’s investments in the arts in eight cities where the foundation has historical roots, including Miami, Detroit, and Philadelphia.
Prior to joining Knight in 2015, Rogers was the executive vice president of New World Symphony, where she developed the strategic plan and oversaw all revenue generation, as well as marketing and communications. Rogers orchestrated the $200 million capital campaign for New World’s Frank Gehry-designed campus, one of the world’s most technologically advanced concert venues.
Before joining New World Symphony, Rogers served as assistant vice president for central development at the University of Miami, where she was the architect of its billion-dollar capital campaign, Momentum. A native of Louisville, Ky., Rogers lived in Atlanta for 21 years where she held leadership positions at Georgia State University, Emory, and the Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta.
Rogers earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Jacksonville University and a master’s in business communications from Georgia State University. She has studied nonprofit management and entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. Rogers serves on the boards of The Miami Foundation, YoungArts and Pérez Art Museum Miami, and is a member of The Academy of Arts & Sciences Commission on the Arts. In 2019, she was recognized as a Miami Herald 2019 Florida Influencer.
Juan Toro is a Managing Director and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank in Miami. Toro works with a select group of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, couples, and families, helping them advance their priorities with diligence and care. Committed to the long-term well-being of each client, he differentiates his approach through his customized advice, leadership, and execution. He offers a boutique-like approach grounded in intensive personalization and client privacy, sensitive to the unique circumstances of each relationship.
Toro works with a number of wealth creators, many of whom are first-generation Americans. He is skilled in overseeing large-scale transactions, negotiating on behalf of the clients he serves. Pragmatic in his approach, Toro is mindful of the value of a client’s time. He looks to build consensus, expedite answers, and enhance transparency so that clients can make informed decisions about their financial lives and legacies. He directs a highly experienced team of specialists who work in concert to uncover possible efficiencies in investments, customized lending and banking, trust and estate planning, family office services, and philanthropy. Toro has significant experience facilitating financing for real estate and fine art.
Prior to joining Bank of America Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust) in 2004, Toro spent 21 years with domestic and international banks, where he served in leadership positions that included Chief Lending Officer, Treasurer, and CEO. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, he was raised in New York City. Toro is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and earned his B.A. in Economics from Boston University.
Active in the greater Miami community, Toro has served on the boards of The American Red Cross of Miami Dade and the Keys, Florida Grand Opera, Hands on Miami, the Bakehouse Art Complex and The Nu-Deco Ensemble.
Daniel de la Vega is President of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty and has been instrumental in building the leading luxury real estate brand across Florida’s East Coast since the affiliate was founded in 2008. ONE Sotheby’s operates in Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, Indian River and Brevard Counties with 22 offices and over 1,200 associates. De la Vega applies his background in finance and marketing to manage a property portfolio totaling $7 billion-plus in both new, luxury condo developments and existing listing inventory. De la Vega has been immersed in real estate for most of his life, including more than 15 years as a professional broker, which provides him with unique insight into mastering real estate deals and building relationships throughout the globe. He regularly travels the world, from Latin America to Europe and all throughout the U.S., in order to expand ONE Sotheby’s International Realty’s network and form partnerships that better serve the company’s distinguished clients. These efforts have been vital to fortifying the company’s local reach and worldwide presence.
De la Vega has a great appreciation for the convergence of real estate, art, design and culture, qualities that are synonymous with the vibrancy of South Florida and the Sotheby’s brand. He is an avid art collector, possessing more than 100 works in his growing collection, and is active in the art community as a member of The National Young Arts Foundation. De la Vega also served on the Guggenheim’s Photo Committee for over 5 years.
A native of Miami, De la Vega earned a finance and marketing degree from Florida International University, where he served on the Leadership Advisory Board for the College of Architecture and The Arts, and received a Master’s in Business Administration from University of Miami, where he serves on the board of the University of Miami’s School of Law Real Property Development LL.M Board.
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson is a visionary entrepreneur, investor, and consumer tech advisor who has distinguished herself with a string of digital enterprises that have delighted consumers and disrupted industries. One of the founders of the ecommerce pioneer Gilt, Wilkis Wilson has thrived at the leading edge of digital, with recent successes in the on-demand economy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. She’s advised scores of new and developing businesses, served on the boards of public and private companies, and personally invested in 20 startups.
Wilkis Wilson began her career in Global Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch, and subsequently worked at Louis Vuitton North America and Bulgari Retail USA before joining her co-founders to create Gilt, the shopping and lifestyle retailer that transformed early online shopping with flash sales of luxury designer goods. As Gilt’s Co-Founder and Chief Merchandising Officer, Wilkis Wilson helped create the winning strategy that defined the user experience and traveled extensively to enlist thousands of global luxury brands to sell on Gilt at steep discounts, which was virtually unheard of at the time. She was also a prominent spokesperson for the company, featured in print and digital campaigns, as well as a symbol of female entrepreneurship in commercials with Avis and Delta. She co-wrote a New York Times bestseller on the company’s meteoric and much-imitated trajectory. Gilt was acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 2016.
Wilkis Wilson earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard College. She has been featured in dozens of major media outlets, received many prominent awards, and given 100+ keynotes and other addresses. A native New Yorker, Wilkis Wilson now lives among her Cuban roots in Miami and speaks five languages.
Luke Palacio is a Managing Director and Head of Citi Private Bank for the Southeast US, based in Miami. He oversees teams responsible for creating individual financial strategies involving managed investments, capital markets, trusts and estates, investment finance and banking. Under Luke’s leadership, the Private Bank has expanded the firm's presence throughout the region and currently maintains offices in Miami, Palm Beach and Atlanta.
Prior to joining Citi, Luke spent 14 years at JPMorgan Private Bank in New York, Geneva and Miami. He served on the Latin America Private Bank Operating Committee as Head of the Southern Cone and the Andean, Central American, and Caribbean regions. Earlier in his career Luke spent 11 years in Corporate Finance at ANZ Bank and NatWest USA, focused on financial institutions, energy and natural resources. From 1995 through 1999, he served as Group Representative and Country Head for ANZ Bank in Chile and Peru.
Luke holds a B.A. in Economics from Fairfield University and an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from the NYU Stern School of Business. Active in the community, Luke is currently President of the Board for Pérez Art Museum Miami. He has been a PAMM Board Member since 2010 and his love for the visual arts was largely influenced by his father who studied architecture in Havana and practiced his craft for over 30 years in the Northeast. Luke is also a member of the Investment Committee for the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and previously served as Vice Chair of the Key Biscayne Community Foundation.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com
Lauren Gagnon
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
lauren@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI — November 10, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce an exciting lineup of events, exhibitions, and programming for 2021 Miami Art Week that highlights the museum’s dedication to Miami’s diverse arts community and its unique location at the crossroads of the Americas.
“After a long year sheltered away from the vibrance and energy that characterizes Miami Art Week, PAMM could not be more excited to return with a roster of events and exhibitions that place the spotlight on Miami’s diverse artistic community and the city’s presence as a growing international capital,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “The museum remains dedicated to functioning as a mirror that reflects Miami’s exuberance, and with special events that ignite conversations about the most pressing and relevant cultural issues of our time, while having fun.”
The museum will once again host its signature Miami Art Week celebration,PAMM Presents, on Thursday, December 2 from 8–11pm.
PAMM will also host a series of dynamic programs and events for visitors throughout the week, including Across the Afro Diasporas, a virtual discussion on Wednesday, December 1, led by PAMM Curator Maria Elena Ortiz and Zimbabwean born assistant curator at Zeitz MOCAA Tandazani Dhlakama, as well as an Art Talk with Marco Brambilla on Friday, December 3, featuring his exhibition Heaven’s Gate, a new monumental video work that takes viewers through a time capsule of lush cinematic landscapes of collaged film samples from famous Hollywood images, and an Indigenous Contemporary Art Panel on Saturday, December 4, featuring leading indigenous voices and activists Houston Cypress and Khadija Cypress, art historian Durante Blais-Billie, Chilean artist Felipe Mujica, and PAMM Curator Jennifer Inacio.
FULL ART WEEK SCHEDULE
For PAMM’s extended Art Week hours, please click here.
Panel: NFTs The Next 500 Years
Monday, November 29, 12pm
Virtual (online only)
While NFTs have dominated the discourse around art this year, everything about them feels opaque. How to obtain, define, and conserve NFTs are still confusing matters for many. To get to the bottom of things, PAMM Director of Digital Engagement Jay Mollica will moderate a panel with artist Sofia Crespo, Curator Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan, and Art Blocks CCO Jeff Davis. The panel will discuss how NFTs have changed the practice of digital art, where NFTs sit in the broader tradition of digital art, and where this all might be headed. More info here.
Daily Public Tours
Tuesday–Sunday
At PAMM
Join PAMM for tours of the permanent collection, museum architecture, and special exhibition highlights daily. Tours are available on a first come, first served basis. Free with museum admission.
Tuesday, November 30 | 12pm and 3pm
Wednesday, December 1 | 12pm and 3pm
Thursday, December 2 | 12pm and 3pm
Friday, December 3 | 1pm and 2pm
Saturday, December 4 | 1pm in Spanish, 2pm and 3pm
Sunday, December 5 | 1pm and 2pm
PAMM Presents
Thursday, December 2, 8–11pm
At PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami celebrates Miami Art Week with its signature Thursday night event. Throughout the evening, enjoy drinks, live music, and dancing on the museum’s waterfront terrace. More info here.
By invitation only: Open to PAMM Sustaining and above-level members and VIP passholders to: Art Basel, Art Miami/Context, Design Miami, NADA Miami, and UNTITLED. RSVP is required to gain entry to this event. This event requires attendees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination and/or negative PCR test. Contact your fair for more information.
Art Talk: Marco Brambilla in Conversation with Franklin Sirmans
Friday, December 3, 1pm
Virtual and in-person at PAMM
Get an insider’s view of Heaven’s Gate with a special conversation and opportunity for discussion with artist Marco Brambilla and PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. Heaven’s Gate is a monumental new work by video artist Marco Brambilla. A lavish, satirical, and vertigo-inducing meditation on the Hollywood ‘Dream Factory,’ Heaven’s Gate is a work of digital psychedelia employing the same state-of-the-art computer compositing technology as the films it references. Free with museum admission. More info here.
Panel: Indigenous Contemporary Art
Saturday, December 4, 3:30pm
Virtual and in-person at PAMM
Meet us at the museum for a panel discussion focusing on Indigenous contemporary art of the South Florida Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes. The panel will present and discuss the art of various Miccosukee and Seminole contemporary artists from an art historical perspective that details the knowledge systems behind their work and practice. The panel will detail contemporary patchwork as it relates to artist Felipe Mujica’s current exhibition at PAMM, Felipe Mujica: The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Falls, in which he collaborated with contemporary artist Khadijah Cypress. The panel features exhibition artists Felipe Mujica and Khadijah Cypress; exhibition curator Jennifer Inacio; art-historian Durante Blais-Billie; and poet, artist, and environmental activist Houston Cypress. Free with museum admission. More info here.
Panel: FilmGate x PAMM: Breonna’s Garden
Sunday, December 5, 2pm
Virtual and in-person at PAMM
Visit the augmented reality experience Breonna’s Garden in Maurice A. Ferré Park and then join us in the PAMM Auditorium for a discussion centered around Breonna's Garden with creator Lady PheOnix, Alex Kipman, the head of Microsoft HoloLens/ and developer of Xbox Kinect, Breonna Taylor's partner Kenneth Walker, and Joanna Popper, HP's Global Head of Virtual Reality for Go-To-Market and Location Based Entertainment. All this is followed up with a short interview with Breonna's sister, Ju'niyah Palmer. Breonna’s Garden is a sacred space for anyone who wants to share a message of hope for Breonna's family or a message in remembrance of someone they miss. "She who plants a garden, plants hope." Free with museum admission. More info here.
EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW
Heaven’s Gate: Marco Brambilla Heaven’s Gate is a monumental new work by video artist Marco Brambilla. A lavish, satirical and vertigo-inducing meditation on the Hollywood ‘Dream Factory,’ Heaven’s Gate is a work of digital psychedelia employing the same state-of-the-art computer compositing technology as the films it references. In a totem-like display of screens, the viewer travels through a vertical landscape of infinitely-looping and collaged film samples, led upwards through a series of seven surreal landscapes. More info here.
Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More
This exhibition features new small-scale sculptures and two-dimensional works on paper by Jedd Novatt, offering an unparalleled opportunity to explore the relationship between the artist’s smaller sculptures and works on paper, his monumental outdoor works at PAMM which include Chaos Bizkaia (2012) and Chaos SAS (2013), and the architecture of the museum first hand. The exhibition represents the first time that Novatt’s wall drawings and smaller sculptures take center stage. Displayed within a gallery with a window that looks down upon Chaos SAS, this is an unparalleled opportunity to capture the breadth of Novatt’s work in both two and three dimensions, creating a conversation between artworks in and outside the museum. More info here.
Zhivago Duncan: Pretentious Crap
Zhivago Duncan creates elaborate multimedia works accompanied by sprawling narratives. Much of his production is authored under the guise of various alter egos, including “Nacnud Ogavihz” (Duncan’s name spelled backwards), or the semi-amnesiac Dick Flash, the supposed creator of Duncan’s large-scale sculptural installation Pretentious Crap (2010-11), which was donated to PAMM by Diane and Robert Moss in 2014. As the sole survivor of a global apocalypse, Dick Flash roams the world collecting the remnants of his ancestors’ ruined civilization, puzzling over the mysterious objects he encounters. With no memory of his former life, Duncan’s avatar repurposes found scraps of cars, airplanes, and trains, placing them inside a massive display cabinet where they spin futilely in infinite circles, severed from any connection to their original uses. In the artist’s words, Dick Flash “fabricates a new iconography, commemorating his interpretation of an extinct empire and its tragically flawed constituents.” The installation serves as a critical allegory, encapsulating the challenges faced by present-day artists as they attempt to make sense of the chaotic nature of contemporary culture. More info here.
Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
The exhibition features over 30 works by international African and African Diaspora artists from the collection of Jorge M. Pérez. This exhibition presents a provocative group of artists, representing some of the best art practices hailing from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and the US. Addressing themes of identity, colonialism, spirituality, everyday life, and abstraction, the show highlights artists whose works embody the vast complexities of the contemporary moment. More info here.
The Artist as Poet: Selections from PAMM’s Collection
With a nod to Surrealism and its use of everyday materials, subversion of common objects, and incorporation of poetic language, this exhibition celebrates how the characteristics of the poème-objet (poem-object) are present in contemporary art. The works in The Artist as Poet span 10 decades between 1917 and 2020 and represent how language—specifically poetry—is used in contemporary art, while shedding light on Surrealism’s influence. The exhibition includes works by Guillaume Apollinaire, André Breton, Joseph Cornell, Aimée García Marrero, Glenda León, Maria Martinez-Cañas, Gordon Matta-Clark, Shirin Neshat, Michael Richards, Purvis Young, and Tim Rollins + K.O.S. (Kids of Survival). More info here.
Felipe Mujica: The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Falls
Felipe Mujica (b. Santiago, Chile; lives in New York) creates works that comprise of installation, drawing, collapsible sculptures, and printmaking. His fabric panels—or curtains, as he describes them—operate as both sculptural objects and functional architectural interventions. For PAMM, Mujica has created new works collaboratively with artisans from the Miccosukee tribe in South Florida. The patchwork designs incorporated in traditional Miccosukee garments and decorations represent abstracted interpretations of the natural world in which the tribes are immersed, featuring motifs such as alligators, rain, river, wind, and even a man on horse—an iconic symbol of colonial power. By incorporating these abstracted yet traditional designs into this collaborative work, Mujica conveys his research on geometric abstraction and its history, as well as a sensitivity to a metaphysical exploration of the world. More info here.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM) and led by Director Franklin Sirmans, opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
(MIAMI, FL — November 19, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce interdisciplinary artist and musician Moses Sumney as the headliner for PAMM Presents, the museum’s signature Miami Art Week celebration. The event is co-presented with UTA and will take place at PAMM on Thursday, December 2, from 8pm to 11pm.
The evening will center around a live performance by Sumney, whose album græ was dubbed one of the greatest albums of 2020 by The New York Times, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone. Guests from the worlds of art, fashion, business, and philanthropy, including PAMM members and donors, can expect to enjoy cocktails, live music, and dancing on the museum’s waterfront terrace throughout the evening.
“We are thrilled to present PAMM Presents this year with UTA and my dear friend Arthur Lewis, who continually catapults pioneers of contemporary culture into the spotlight,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.“We are honored to host Moses Sumney—an exceptional musician and artist who embodies the unique diversity of the crowd this event brings in annually, as well as Miami’s rich cultural landscape. The creativity and openness Moses offers up through his art and music mirrors the vision of community and inclusivity that PAMM embraces and strives towards as an institution.”
Prior to PAMM Presents, Sumney will present an exclusive, invite-only screening in PAMM’s Auditorium of Blackalachia, his new film recorded in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains which makes its world premiere on December 8. Following the film debut will be a live Q&A with Sumney and PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. If you are interested in attending the screening, please email Ali Rigo (ali@culturalcounsel.com). In The Director’s Suite, Sumney will present a new collection of large-scale self-portraits taken on film.
“As an artist who strives to break barriers of genre and boundaries of access, it’s an incredible honor to collaborate with UTA and Miami’s flagship art museum PAMM for my inaugural Basel experience. Along with performing, I’ll be sharing some personal artworks that I’ve held bashfully close to my chest for some time. I couldn’t have asked for a more graceful advocate than PAMM, whose curation and programming align acutely with my vision for the world,” said Moses Sumney.
“Moses Sumney is a talent beyond any constrictions of media or genre and we are so excited to play a part in this spectacular, multilayered project he has created for PAMM Presents,” said Arthur Lewis, UTA Partner & Creative Director of UTA Fine Arts/Artist Space.“I cannot wait to see Miami’s vibrant community embrace him and his artistic vision.”
PAMM Presents draws in nearly 5,000 guests annually to celebrate the museum as a collecting institution with an ongoing commitment to diversity, presenting art from Latin America, the U.S. Latinx experience, the Caribbean, and the African diaspora.
In addition to PAMM Presents, the museum’s Art Week Highlights include the opening of Zhivago Duncan: Pretentious Crap installation on Tuesday, November 30, Across the Afro Diasporas, a discussion co-hosted by Miami-based gallery El Espacio 23 on Wednesday, December 1, led by PAMM Curator Maria Elena Ortiz and Zimbabwean-born assistant-curator at Zeitz MOCAA, Tandazani Dhlakama; an Artist-Led Tour by Marco Brambilla on Friday, December 3, featuring his exhibition Heaven’s Gate; and an Indigenous Contemporary Art Panel, featuring leading indigenous voices and activists Houston Cypress and Khadija Cypress, the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s Assistant director Durante Blais-Billie, Chilean artist Felipe Mujica, and PAMM Curator Jennifer Inacio on Saturday, December 4.
PAMM Presents is by invitation only: Open to PAMM Sustaining and above-level members and VIP passholders to: Art Basel, Art Miami/Context, Design Miami, NADA Miami, and UNTITLED. RSVP is required to gain entry to this event. This event requires attendees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination and/or negative PCR test.
If you are interested in attending and discussing coverage opportunities for PAMM Presents, please email Ali Rigo (ali@culturalcounsel.com).
PAMM Presents is proudly sponsored by GoPuff, with support from Brugal 1888, Miami Downtown Development Authority, Olivela, Perrier and Veza Sur.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM) and led by Director Franklin Sirmans, opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
About Moses Sumney
Born in California and raised between Ghana and Southern California, Moses Sumney is a multidisciplinary storyteller, singer, writer, and artist. Since emerging in 2014 with a self-released cassette EP, he has ridden waves of word-of-mouth praise, arresting visuals, and dynamic live performances alongside forebears like Sufjan Stevens, James Blake, and Solange. The artist’s 2017 debut album Aromanticism topped the end-of-year lists of tastemaker hubs like Bandcamp, the New York Times, NPR, and Pitchfork. It explored themes of solitude and lovelessness. In 2019, Sumney received a SXSW award for his music video work and was awarded a Macdowell Fellowship. In 2020, his first published essay, "Stateside Statelessness," appeared in Fight of the Century (Simon & Schuster), an immigration-centric anthology edited by Ayelet Waldman and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon. Sumney's 2020 sophomore double album græ has received top marks from Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, and The Guardian, to name a few. Described as a "conceptual patchwork about greyness," it's his first work to be released since he relocated to North Carolina from Los Angeles. His first-ever multimedia installation, technoechnophenomena at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, was featured in Artforum and W Magazine.
About UTA
Leading global talent, entertainment, and sports company UTA represents many of the most acclaimed figures across film, television, news, music, sports, speakers, theater, fine art, literature, video games, podcasts and other social and digital content. A passionate advocate for artists, creators and innovators, the company also is recognized in the areas of film finance and packaging, branding, licensing and endorsements. UTA is known for its dedicated digital media group helping clients—from A-list talent to Fortune 500 companies—capitalize on a rapidly changing entertainment, media and business landscape. The agency's worldwide presence includes its Los Angeles headquarters and offices in New York, London, Nashville, Miami and Malmö, Sweden. Information about UTA can also be found by following the company on social media on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Danielle De Jesus, Two men and their blue gate, 2021
(MIAMI, FL — December 1, 2021) — New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) and Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) are pleased to announce the selection of the fourth annual NADA Acquisition Gift for PAMM, an acquisition gift for the museum’s permanent collection. PAMM Curator María Elena Ortiz, Associate Curator Jennifer Inacio, and Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator Maritza Lacayo have selected Two men and their blue gate, 2021 by Danielle De Jesus from Calderón.
"This year there were so many creative, beautiful and rigorous works at the fair, which made our selection very difficult. After much deliberation, we are delighted that this striking painting will be part of PAMM’s collection. We are impressed by the artist’s attention to color, detail, and emotive gesture of depicting Latino communities. This work will have a strong impact with the diverse communities that compose Miami’s cultural system,” said PAMM Curator María Elena Ortiz, Associate Curator Jennifer Inacio, and Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator Maritza Lacayo.
Danielle De Jesus’s work pays homage to her upbringing in the working-class Latin community of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Raised by a single mother, her work is a portal into domesticity, with Two men and their blue gate painted onto a vinyl tablecloth, reminiscent of one her mother had in her childhood kitchen. Her works at NADA feature male figures and capture a portrait of masculine influences from her childhood. De Jesus’s work is featured in NADA’s inaugural Curated Spotlight section, curated by Ebony L. Haynes.
The NADA Acquisition Gift for PAMM provides funding for PAMM curators to acquire an artwork for the museum’s permanent collection, which features international modern and contemporary art from the U.S. Latino experience, the African diaspora, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
“We are thrilled to partner with PAMM for the fourth time, and play a role in furthering an already established collection,” said NADA Executive Director Heather Hubbs.“We are proud to integrate ourselves within the Miami art world and the culturally diverse community.”
Now in its fourth iteration, the NADA Acquisition Gift for PAMM was designed to enhance the relationship between the museum and the fair’s diverse roster of exhibiting galleries and artists, and provides an opportunity for NADA to support and engage with the art institutions of Miami-Dade County in exciting and dynamic ways.
The NADA Acquisition Gift for PAMM is funded by ticket sales of NADA Miami 2021.
ABOUT NADA
Founded in 2002, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a not-for-profit 501c(6) collective of professionals working with contemporary art. Its mission is to create an open flow of information, support, and collaboration within the arts field and to develop a stronger sense of community among its constituency. Through support and encouragement, NADA facilitates strong and meaningful relationships between its members working with new contemporary and emerging art. In addition NADA hosts annual art events in Miami and Chicago, including NADA Miami, the New York Gallery Open, NADA House, and the Chicago Invitational.
ABOUT NADA MIAMI 2021
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Thursday, December 2, 11am–7pm
Friday, December 3, 11am–7pm
Saturday, December 4, 11am–7pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 35-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM) and led by Director Franklin Sirmans, opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
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Moses Sumney performs at PAMM Presents. Corrado Amenta for Onkei Photograph. Courtesy UTA
(MIAMI, FL — December 4, 2021) —On Thursday, December 2, over 2,000 guests from around the world gathered at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) for the museum’s signature art week celebration PAMM Presents. The evening was co-presented with UTA and featured a live performance by interdisciplinary artist and musician Moses Sumney on PAMM’s waterfront terrace overlooking Biscayne Bay.
Before guests arrived for the celebration, they gathered in PAMM’s Auditorium for an intimate screening of Sumney's new film Blackalachia. The screening was followed by a lively conversation with PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. Guests were given the opportunity to view Sumney’s debut collection of large-scale self-portraits taken on film and a video installation in the museum’s Vattikuti Learning Theater.
Visitors from the worlds of art, fashion, music, philanthropy, and business celebrated on PAMM’s waterfront terrace, enjoyed cocktails, and received holographic gift bags from Gopuff. Flowers of Colombia provided floral decorations and a 360 degree photo booth. The evening culminated with DJ sets by DJ Kumi and Carter Jackson-Brown of Brianville (WDNA 88.9FM).
Moses Sumney and PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. Corrado Amenta for Onkei Photography. Courtesy UTA
Sumney’s activations at PAMM come on the heels of a major year for the artist as he broadens the scope of his creative vision. While his album græ was dubbed one of the greatest albums of 2020 by The New York Times, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone, his interactive, experiential exhibition at Pioneer Works, and major campaign with Calvin Klein showcased the breathtaking reach of his unique talent.
Moses Sumney performs at PAMM Presents. Corrado Amenta for Onkei Photograph. Courtesy UTA
PAMM Presents is sponsored by Miami DDA, Gopuff, Foundation, Brugal 1888, Constellation Culinary Group, Olivela, Perrier, and Veza Sur.
About Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM) and led by Director Franklin Sirmans, opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
About Moses Sumney
Born in California and raised between Ghana and Southern California, Moses Sumney is a multidisciplinary storyteller, singer, writer, and artist. Since emerging in 2014 with a self-released cassette EP, he has ridden waves of word-of-mouth praise, arresting visuals, and dynamic live performances alongside forebears like Sufjan Stevens, James Blake, and Solange. The artist’s 2017 debut album Aromanticism topped the end-of-year lists of tastemaker hubs like Bandcamp, the New York Times, NPR, and Pitchfork. It explored themes of solitude and lovelessness. In 2019, Sumney received a SXSW award for his music video work and was awarded a Macdowell Fellowship. In 2020, his first published essay, "Stateside Statelessness," appeared in Fight of the Century (Simon & Schuster), an immigration-centric anthology edited by Ayelet Waldman and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon. Sumney's 2020 sophomore double album græ has received top marks from Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, and The Guardian, to name a few. Described as a "conceptual patchwork about greyness," it's his first work to be released since he relocated to North Carolina from Los Angeles. His first-ever multimedia installation, technoechnophenomena at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, was featured in Artforum and W Magazine.
About UTA
Leading global talent, entertainment, and sports company UTA represents many of the most acclaimed figures across film, television, news, music, sports, speakers, theater, fine art, literature, video games, podcasts and other social and digital content. A passionate advocate for artists, creators and innovators, the company also is recognized in the areas of film finance and packaging, branding, licensing and endorsements. UTA is known for its dedicated digital media group helping clients—from A-list talent to Fortune 500 companies—capitalize on a rapidly changing entertainment, media and business landscape. The agency's worldwide presence includes its Los Angeles headquarters and offices in New York, London, Nashville, Miami and Malmö, Sweden. Information about UTA can also be found by following the company on social media on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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(MIAMI, FL — December 21, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to present Marisol and Warhol Take New York, an exhibition featuring iconic artworks and ephemera by artists Marisol Escobar and Andy Warhol, opening on April 15, 2022. The exhibition not only offers a glimpse into Marisol and Warhol’s close bond as friends and artistic collaborators, but chronicles the development of both artists' careers over an eight-year span from 1960–1968, while highlighting their influence on each other, their parallel rises to success, and their savvy navigation of the highly competitive 1960’s gallery world
“We are thrilled to present Marisol and Warhol’s work in Miami, a city that has cemented itself as a global leader in arts and culture,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.“As pioneers in the presentation of international art, it is our honor and duty to provide a platform to showcase Marisol alongside Warhol and re-establish her as a significant global influence on American Pop art and beyond.”
Born María Sol Escobar in Paris in 1930 to Venezuelan parents, Marisol quickly became a central figure in the burgeoning American Pop Art Movement that erupted onto the New York art scene in the 1960s. During this time, Marisol and Warhol—both paradoxically elusive and instantly recognizable—developed a deep friendship, often emerging from their studios to attend social gatherings together. Marisol and Warhol Take New York speaks to the symbiotic relationship between the two artists, who used each other as inspiration early in their careers: for example, Warhol featured Marisol in some of his earliest films and Marisol made a sculpture titled Andy. By featuring Marisol’s work in conjunction with the world-renowned Warhol’s, the exhibition seeks to reclaim the influence and scope of her artistic career and continue to rewrite her back into the narrative of Pop Art.
“Marisol was influenced by both Latin Art and American art, and her work embodies an international multiculturalism that makes sharing this exhibition with our Miami community, a crossroads between the Latin and American worlds, even more exciting. This show is about giving Marisol her rightful place within the Pop art movement and PAMM has always made it a priority to tell these types of stories—stories that have been lost through the dominant art historical narrative. I am sure this exhibition, and Marisol’s career, will resonate with our visitors in a special way,” said Maritza Lacayo, Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator.
The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, photographs, and archival material, along with rarely seen films by Warhol that give an intimate look into the life of Marisol, showing the artist in her studio and socializing with contemporaries John Giorno and Robert Indiana. The show highlights shared themes in the artists’ works: iconic Pop subjects of Coca-Cola and the Kennedy family; the artists’ roles as influencers in the 1960s New York gallery scene; and expansive ideas of installation.
Highlights include Marisol’s daring 1963 wooden sculpture The Family, which depicts a family centered around a matronly matriarch, a work that stands in stark contrast to Pop Art’s typical glamorous depiction of women and instead offers a glimpse of motherhood and femininity rooted in realism. The exhibition also includes The Party, Marisol’s showcase piece for the 1968 Venice Biennale; the distance between wooden sculptures in this ensemble piece is often interpreted as a physical representation of Marisol’s discomfort and isolation as a woman within the 1960s art scene.
“Nowhere has this story been told in such depth — this exhibition charts the friendship, inspiration, influence and growth that Marisol and Warhol shared during the most formative moments in their careers. Unlike Warhol, Marisol’s celebrated work, explosive success in the media, and central place within the New York Pop story was nearly erased. This exhibition places her, along with Warhol, back in the center to show visitors their shared influences,” said Jessica Beck, Milton Fine Curator of Art at The Andy Warhol Museum.“Marisol immortalized Warhol’s boyish charm in one of her wooden, assemblage sculptures, while Warhol captured Marisol’s strength, charisma, and creative spirit in some of his earliest 16mm films. Visitors will see Marisol’s version of Pop, her use of American subjects like John Wayne, The Kennedy Family, and the transition of women from the home into the workplace alongside Warhol’s earliest paintings, sculptures, and films. This exhibition is one step towards redefining Marisol's place in art history as a protagonist of the 1960s Pop movement.”
Located within a city made of diverse immigrant communities, PAMM lends a unique context for a celebration of Marisol, an artist of Latin American heritage with a distinctly global perspective. Marisol and Warhol Take New York asks the audience to consider what gives an artist influence in the art historical canon and complicates this narrative by presenting artwork by Warhol—one of the most acclaimed artists of the 20th century—next to artwork by Marisol, an undercelebrated female artist of Latin American descent. This exhibition further reflects PAMM’s ongoing commitment to presenting exhibitions by underrepresented artists, including artists from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the African Diaspora.
Marisol and Warhol Take New York debuted at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh in October 2021 and is curated by Jessica Beck, The Warhol’s Milton Fine Curator of Art. It is organized at Pérez Art Museum Miami by Franklin Sirmans, Director, and Maritza Lacayo, Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator. The exhibition is presented at PAMM with lead individual support from Karen H. Bechtel and William M. Osborne, and supporting sponsorship from J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Additional support from Patricia and William Kleh is also gratefully acknowledged.
ABOUT THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the place of Andy Warhol’s birth, The Andy Warhol Museum holds the largest collection of Warhol’s artworks and archival materials and is one of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world. The Warhol is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
ABOUT MARISOL
Born in Paris in 1930 to Venezuelan parents, María Sol Escobar (1930-2016), known as Marisol, held a central position in the New York art scene and American Pop movement. Over time, however, she was written out of the white male-dominated Pop narrative. She was primarily known for large-scale wooden sculptures that infused Pop Art with Folk Art, often tackling complex themes like the role of women in society. After Marisol’s work was chosen as the Venezuelan entry to the Venice Biennale in 1968 she vanished into relative obscurity.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 37-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
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Tank and the Bangas perform at PAMM’s Art + Soul in 2020. Photo by Lazaro Llanes.
(MIAMI, FL — January 12, 2022) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce the ninth annual Art + Soul Celebration on February 5, 2022, one of Miami’s premier social and fundraising events in support and celebration of the PAMM Fund for Black Art. This year’s celebration honors actor David Alan Grier, who has been a major collector of Black art for over two decades, with works by artists including Kevin Beasley, Mickalene Thomas and Kara Walker.
“David Alan Grier has been an outspoken force in the field for art and artists, particularly through his dedication and knowledge of navigating the art world as a collector. His commitment to championing Black art mirrors our own, and we are honored to have him join us for Art + Soul,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “The PAMM Fund for Black Art continues to be a great source of pride for the museum and our community, and we are delighted to acquire work that reflects the identities of our city.”
Art + Soul welcomes arts supporters and PAMM Ambassadors for Black Art for a night of cocktails, dancing, and the reveal of the Ambassadors’ most recent art acquisition. The PAMM Fund for Black Art allows the museum to purchase and showcase contemporary art by Black artists for its permanent collection.
Last year, PAMM raised over $1.4 million for the fund, which was renamed from the PAMM Fund for African American Art to the PAMM Fund for Black Art, which more inclusively describes the various identities represented by the fund, including from Latin America and the Caribbean in addition to the African Diaspora. The museum acquired three dynamic artworks: Untitled, Harlem, New York, a photograph by Gordon Parks; Dance in Heat II, a painting by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones; and Untitled (AJASS Model on Black Background), a photograph by Kwame Brathwaite.
Since the inception of the Fund in 2013, PAMM has acquired over 20 artworks for the museum’s permanent collection, including works by Terry Adkins, Romare Bearden, Kevin Beasley, Ed Clark, Nari Ward, Lorraine O’Grady, Ebony G. Patterson, Faith Ringgold, Tschabalala Self, Vaughn Spann, Juana Valdes, and more. PAMM is committed to raising public awareness and appreciation for the artistic legacy of Black artists, ensuring that these artworks will be enjoyed and valued by Miami’s diverse community for generations to come.
The PAMM Fund for Black Art is also generously sponsored by the PAMM Ambassadors for Black Art, a growing affiliate group of the museum for those with a passion for the art and artists of the African Diaspora.
DINNER
Enjoy a delicious dinner designed by celebrity chef Alexander Smalls, the visionary behind the award-winning restaurant The Cecil, New York City’s first Afro-Asian-American restaurant, and its sister restaurant Minton's.
REVEAL
Enjoy a champagne toast and lively program as PAMM unveils the Ambassadors’ most recent acquisition.
CELEBRATION
The party continues with cocktails, desserts, and dancing under the stars with live entertainment.
CO-CHAIRS
Christopher Carter
Doreen Chambers
Eric Johnson
HONOREE
David Alan Grier
ABOUT DAVID ALAN GRIER
David Alan Grier is an actor and comedian currently starring in the dramatic TV series “Joe Pickett” on Spectrum. Grier’s television work is highlighted predominately by his turn as a principal cast member on the Emmy Award-winning In Living Color (1990–1994), where he created and portrayed some of the show’s most memorable characters.
Grier has received many accolades and awards throughout his career: he was included in Comedy Central’s list of the “100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time,” and recently received a Tony award for his portrayal of Sergeant Waters in the Broadway premiere of “A Soldier’s Play.”
ABOUT THE PAMM FUND FOR BLACK ART
The PAMM Fund for Black Art was established in 2013 as the Fund for African American Art with a $1 million donation, funded equally by Jorge M. Pérez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for the purchase of contemporary art by African American artists for the museum’s permanent collection. In 2021, PAMM renamed the fund to the Fund for Black Art, to more inclusively describe the various identities represented by the fund, including from Latin America and the Caribbean in addition to the African Diaspora. Through the Fund, the museum first acquired works by Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, and Xaviera Simmons, which joined other significant pieces in the museum’s collection by African American artists such as Leonardo Drew, Sam Gilliam, Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, James Van Der Zee, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, and Purvis Young.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The nearly 40-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
PAMM National
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com
PAMM Local
Lauren Gagnon
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
lauren@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI, FL — January 18, 2021) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami’s flagship museum committed to spotlighting underrepresented artists, is pleased to present an exciting schedule of programs for the month of February in celebration of Black History Month, featuring the museum’s annual Art + Soul Celebration, which includes the announcement of PAMM’s newest acquisition for the Fund for Black Art, as well as the opening of Simone Leigh: Trophallaxis, an analysis of Black female subjectivity, the Scholl Lecture Series featuring fiber artist Bisa Butler, and more.
As Miami’s flagship art museum, PAMM continually highlights the wide range of diversity of Miami while prioritizing the collection and exhibition of art by historically underrepresented communities. The museum’s unique location at the crossroads of the Americas also uniquely positions PAMM to be the best at presenting art from the U.S. Latino experience, the African diaspora, Latin America, and the Caribbean. PAMM’s commitment to the Black experience is further exemplified by the Fund for Black Art, which allows the purchase of contemporary art by Black artists for the museum's permanent collection,which has allowed the museum to acquire works by Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, Xaviera Simmons and more.
Visit pamm.org/calendar for the full list of upcoming programs and events.
EVENTS
Ninth Anniversary of Art + Soul February 5, 2022
Tank and the Bangas, 2020. Photo by Lazaro Llanes
Art + Soul is Miami’s annual premier social and fundraising event in support and celebration of the PAMM Fund for Black Art. This year’s celebration honors actor David Alan Grier, who has been a major collector of Black art for over two decades, with works by artists including Kevin Beasley, Mickalene Thomas, and Kara Walker.
Art + Soul welcomes arts supporters and PAMM Ambassadors for Black Art for a night of cocktails, dancing, and the reveal of the Ambassadors’ most recent art acquisition. The PAMM Fund for Black Art allows the museum to purchase and showcase contemporary art by Black artists for its permanent collection.
Since the inception of the Fund in 2013, PAMM has acquired over 20 artworks for the museum’s permanent collection, including works by Terry Adkins, Romare Bearden, Kevin Beasley, Ed Clark, Nari Ward, Lorraine O’Grady, Ebony G. Patterson, Faith Ringgold, Tschabalala Self, Vaughn Spann, Juana Valdes, and more. PAMM is committed to raising public awareness and appreciation for the artistic legacy of Black artists, ensuring that these artworks will be enjoyed and valued by Miami’s diverse community for generations to come.
Schedule:
6:15pm | Cocktails + Dinner by celebrity chef Alexander Smalls
9pm | Reveal - PAMM Ambassadors Acquisition Fund
10pm | Celebration - Dancing, Cocktails, and Entertainment Under the Stars
Opening of Simone Leigh: Trophallaxis January 28, 2022 - February 12, 2023
Installation view: Simone Leigh, trophallaxis. 2008-17 (detail). Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, museum purchase with funds provided by PAMM's Collectors Council. Photo: Farzad Owrang.
Trophallaxis encapsulates Simone Leigh’s emphasis on the female body—particularly the Black female body—as a culturally loaded signifier. The presentation marks the first time this work will be shown since it was acquired for the museum in 2018 with funds provided by PAMM’s Collectors Council.
Drawing on various sources and disciplines including ethnography, folklore, alternative healing traditions, and buried histories of political resistance, Leigh delivers emblematic works that highlight the complex concerns of women of color related to physical and mental health, societal beauty standards, community, and equality, bringing them to the forefront of current cultural debates.
February will be the last chance to see Allied with Power, an exhibition of over 30 works by international African and African Diaspora artists on view from the collection of Jorge M. Pérez, opening on April 24, 2020. This exhibition presents a provocative group of artists, representing some of the best art practices hailing from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, Europe, and covering a wide range of practices and thematics, including abstraction, representation, politics, spirituality, and race.
The exhibition pays homage to Jorge M. Pérez’s upbringing in a number of Latin American countries, and is a result of years of his dedicated effort to collect works by Cuban, Afro-Latino, and African Diasporic artists.
Scholl Lecture Series: Bisa Butler February 17, 2022
Headshot of Bisa Butler. Photo courtesy of John Butler
The first Scholl Lecture of the year features renowned American fiber artist Bisa Butler. Butler uses her work to both celebrate Black life and to tell unknown stories of the lives of African Americans. Butler invites a reimagining of and a contemporary dialogue around age-old issues that are still problematic in our culture through the comforting and embracing medium of the quilt. Her work expresses and emphasizes what she believes—the equal value of all humans.
Please visit PAMM’s website here for more information and updates.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The nearly 40-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
PAMM National
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com
PAMM Local
Lauren Gagnon
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
lauren@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI — February 7, 2022) — On Saturday, February 5, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) hosted artists, philanthropists, and museum supporters for the ninth annual Art + Soul celebration, one of Miami’s premier social and fundraising events in support and celebration of the PAMM Fund for Black Art, which highlights the vast scope of various identities represented by the fund, including those from Latin America and the Caribbean in addition to the African Diaspora. The museum raised over $1 million for the Fund.
PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans revealed the fund’s most recent art acquisitions: Wallace Simmons and Eric Allums, Birmingham, AL and Cabin and Palm Trees, both photographs by Dawoud Bey, and On the Other Side of Everything, a hyperrealistic painting by Calida Rawles. All three artworks use vivid and evocative imagery to address the history of racial terrorism in the United States, alluding to a past haunted by unspeakable violence.
Artists Dawoud Bey with Cabin and Palm Trees. Photo courtesy of World Red Eye.
Artist Calida Rawles with On the Other Side of Everything. Photo courtesy of World Red Eye.
This evening also honored actor and activist David Alan Grier, who has been an outspoken force in the arts through his commitment to championing Black artists, as well as a major collector of Black art for over two decades, with works by artists including Kevin Beasley, Mickalene Thomas, and Kara Walker.
“We were honored to host such an influential and renowned crowd of friends from across the country and Caribbean while celebrating art and artists, and the dedicated and knowledgeable David Alan Grier. Grier’s commitment to championing Black art has allowed for the field to develop and expand, mirroring PAMM’s own mission in being a leader in the presentation of art from underserved communities. We are so grateful to have acquired artworks by Dawoud Bey and Calida Rawles, all of which tell the stories the museum seeks to share with the world,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.
Celebrity Chef Alexander Smalls, artist Dawoud Bey, and PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. Photo courtesy of World Red Eye.
Guests enjoyed refreshing cocktails and an intimate dinner on PAMM’s iconic waterfront terrace by celebrity chef Alexander Smalls, the visionary behind the award-winning restaurant The Cecil, New York City’s first Afro-Asian-American restaurant. Following a glamorous champagne toast to the acquisition reveal, guests danced and mingled under the stars to entertainment provided by DJ Pam Jones and Deep Fried Funk.
Art + Soul attendees were also able to peruse PAMM’s galleries, including Allied with Power, an exhibition of over 30 works by international African and African Diaspora artists; Simone Leigh: Trophallaxis, sculptures, videos, and installations that center on the construction of Black female subjectivity; Heaven’s Gate, a vertigo-inducing meditation on the Hollywood ‘Dream Factory’ by video artist Marco Brambilla; and Felipe Mujica: The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Falls, a collection of patchwork designs made in collaboration with the artisans of the Miccosukee tribe in South Florida.
Photo courtesy of World Red Eye.
Notable guests included actor and honoree David Alan Grier; artist and photographer Dawoud Bey; artist Calida Rawles; celebrity chef Alexander Smalls; Miami-Dade Commissioner (district 3) Keon Hardemon; Miami-Dade Commissioner (district 8) Danielle Cohen Higgins; City of Miami Commissioner (district 5) Christine King; PAMM Board Chairman Aaron Podhurst; PAMM Board President Luke Palacio; PAMM Trustees Chris Armstrong, Maria Bechily, Karen Bechtel, Barron Channer, Greg Ferrero, Rose Ellen Greene, Diane Grob, Eric G. Johnson, Laura Kaplan, Kimberly Marshall, Deryl McKissack, Diane Moss, Dr. Mark Oren and Nedra Oren, Patricia Papper, Dorothy Terrell, Juan Toro and Alexa Wolman; writer and activist Tom Healy; philanthropists Patricia and Lloyd Howell; Ambassador Kirk Wagar and Crystal Wagar; gallerist and TV personality Jumaane N’Namdi; marketing communications pioneer Thomas Burrell; former Miami Television anchor Neki Mohan; artist Christopher Carter and Tracey Robertson Carter; actress Erica Hubbard; interior designer Doreen Chambers; actress Holly Gaines, artist Brian Poli-Dixon, artist and photographer Delphine Fawundu, artist Amanda Williams; musician Etienne Charles; collectors Aaliyah and Reggie Browne; collectors Eric McKissack and Cheryl McKissackDaniel and fashion designer Michael Costello.
Art and Soul was sponsored by Baldwin Richardson Foods, BET, Goldman Sachs, Lincoln Financial Group, Microsoft, Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, Congress Wealth Management, and Perrier.
ABOUT THE PAMM FUND FOR BLACK ART
The PAMM Fund for Black Art was established in 2013 as the Fund for African American Art with a $1 million donation, funded equally by Jorge M. Pérez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for the purchase of contemporary art by African American artists for the museum’s permanent collection. In 2021, PAMM renamed the fund to the Fund for Black Art, to more inclusively describe the various identities represented by the fund, including from Latin America and the Caribbean in addition to the African Diaspora. Through the Fund, the museum first acquired works by Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, and Xaviera Simmons, which joined other significant pieces in the museum’s collection by African American artists such as Leonardo Drew, Sam Gilliam, Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, James Van Der Zee, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, and Purvis Young.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The nearly 40-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
PAMM National
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com
PAMM Local
Lauren Gagnon
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
lauren@culturalcounsel.com
(MIAMI, FL — February 14, 2022) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to present the ninth annual Art of the Party, the museum’s largest fundraiser of the year, on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The event will feature an in-person outdoor dinner, entertainment under the stars, and the announcement of the awardee of the fourth annual Pérez Prize, which honors an artist for artistic achievement. The evening will be co-chaired by Alexa and Adam Wolman and Jessica and Franklin Sirmans.
Funds from Art of the Party directly support the museum’s robust arts education program, the largest of its kind outside the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system with over 215,000 children served since opening in December 2013, while also funding PAMM’s broader mission as Miami’s flagship art institution.
“Art of the Party continues to be one of my favorite evenings, where we come together to celebrate an institution that mirrors the spirit of this city and its community, ” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “Education is at the heart of everything we do—from school tours and outreach programs to our robust digital education experiences, we take pride in bringing art to thousands of people, in Miami and around the world. Jessica and I are thrilled to co-chair this event with longtime PAMM supporters Adam and Alexa.”
The evening will evoke the Pop Art theme of PAMM’s upcoming special exhibition, Marisol and Warhol Take New York. The event features two special Art of the Party experiences conceptualized by Lee Brian Schrager. The dinner portion, Chef’s Table, will feature a culinary experience by Constellation Culinary Group hosted on the museum’s East Portico with live music by Latin Grammy-nominated artist Cris Delanno. The after party, Remix, will include dancing on PAMM’s waterfront terrace, complete with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and decadent desserts.
2022 Art of the Party Chairs
Alexa and Adam Wolman
Jessica and Franklin Sirmans
Chef's Table and Seated Dinner | 6:30pm
An unforgettable dining experience on the East Portico. Dinner guests will enjoy a cocktail reception and a seated dinner featuring the evening’s program.
Chef’s Table Host Committee
Tanvi Vattikuti Abbhi
María Bechily
Susanne Birbragher
Sam Champion
Arlene Chaplin
Chelsea Hirschhorn
Laura Kaplan
Kimberly Marshall
Christy Martin
Gail Meyers
Rubem Robierb
Nedra and Mark Oren
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson
Remix After Party | 9:30pm
As the evening culminates, Chef’s Table and Remix guests will join together for a late night dance party under the stars on the waterfront promenade, enjoying cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and decadent desserts.
Remix Co-Chairs
Christopher Pastor
Bibi Pestana
Remix Host Committee
Christopher Adeleke
Nick d'Annunzio
Gregory Boan
Ysset Boan
Jennifer Chaplin
Daniela Cimo
Elizabeth Coppolecchia
Monica Defortuna
Christopher DiSchino
Wendy Francois
Haiiileen
Michele Hanash
Florian Jouin
Shana Kaufman
Kinga Konsorska
Lydia and Charles Lawrie
Genna Mark
Kevin Michael
Matthew Ross
Ashley Sebok Boehne
Chef’s Table Cocktails and Seated Dinner
Tables of 10 are available for $25,000. Individual tickets are also available for $2,500.
Remix After Party
Individual tickets are available for $200 per guest. Private reserved lounge seating for 10 is available for $5,000.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The nearly 40-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com
Lauren Gagnon
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
lauren@culturalcounsel.com
Art of the Party Co-Chairs Adam Wolman, Alexa Wolman, Jessica Sirmans, and Franklin Sirmans. Photo by Getty Images.
(MIAMI, FL — March 14, 2022) — This weekend, on Saturday, March 12, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) hosted the ninth annual Art of the Party, where Mexican-American artist rafa esparza was announced as the recipient of the 2022 Pérez Prize, an unrestricted award of $50,000 that honors artistic achievement, funded by a gift from local patrons of the arts and longtime PAMM supporters Jorge and Darlene Pérez. The annual event, which included a celebratory Chef’s Table dinner and Remix dance party on PAMM’s waterfront terrace, raised over $800,000 for PAMM’s robust arts education programs that have served over 300,000 children since opening in December 2013.
Event Images: Available for download here.
Photo Credit: Please note credit in each folder. (WorldRedEye.com, Getty Images).
At the event, PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans announced artist rafa esparza as the recipient of the fourth annual Pérez Prize for artistic achievement. The Los Angeles-based artist is known for his performance work exploring memory, family and colonial history. Guests also enjoyed a performance by internationally known Bossa Nova singer Cris Delanno, and a curated dinner by Constellation Culinary Group with wines from Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits.
Left: Pérez Prize recipient rafa esparza. Right: rafa esparza and Jorge Pérez. Photos by Getty Images.
“We are thrilled that the Miami community congregated this weekend to support PAMM’s arts education programs, from art talks and performances, to outreach programs and interactive school tours. Our institution’s mission aims to encourage everyone to see art as an incentive for the exchange of ideas, and we could not imagine a better way to implement this belief than supporting education,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. “PAMM is delighted to honor rafa esparza as the recipient of the fourth annual Perez Prize, an artist whose foundation is grounded in the same values as our institution, whose insightful art practice connects personal narrative with historical explorations of art and society.”
Employing site-specificity, attention to material, and what he calls (non)documentation as primary tools, esparza’s work investigates the ideologies and binary forms of identity shaping our social environment. The artist's recent projects are grounded in laboring with the land and adobe-making– a skill learned from his father, Ramón Esparza. In these projects, esparza has embraced large-scale collaboration with Brown and queer cultural producers, gathering people together to build networks of support outside of traditional art spaces.
On PAMM’s waterfront terrace, Art of the Party guests celebrated esparza’s artistic achievements. The Pérez Prize represents PAMM and the Pérez family’s shared commitment to uplifting dynamic artistic voices in contemporary art. Last year’s prize was awarded to Cuban artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons, whose work explores gender, religion, memory and Afro-Cuban identity. In prior years, the Pérez prize honored sculptor Daniel Lind-Ramos and painter Christina Quarles.
Left: Live performance by Evolution on PAMM’s terrace. Photo by Getty Images. Right: Cris Delanno. Photo by Getty Images.
During the event, guests enjoyed music from Miami based soul group Elastic Bond, Evolution, and Chris Delanno, who has collaborated with some of the most important names in Bossa Nova and has toured around the world at events such as the Hollywood Bowl and the Latin Grammy Awards.
Notable guests included Miami Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, supporter of the arts Jorge Pérez, event chairs and philanthropists Alexa and Adam Wolman, 2022 prize recipient rafa esparza, Real Housewives star Marysol Patton, News Broadcaster Belkys Nerey, Weather Anchor Sam Champion, artists Rashayla Marie Brown, Naomi Fisher, Adler Guerrier, Kelley Johnson, Gisela McDaniel, Rubem Robierb, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, and Rachel Stern, Chief Curator of The Andy Warhol Museum José Carlos Diaz,, Inter Miami FC owner Jorge Mas, Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibarguen, Founder of South Beach Wine and Food Festival Lee Brian Schrager, and Miami Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins, documentary filmmaker Dennis Scholl, LACMA film producer Allison Berg, LACF owner Larry Berg, Art Advisor Graham Steele, Sultan bin Fahad bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz and Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz, gallerists Mindy Solomon, and Gabriel Kilongo.
2022 Art of the Party Chairs
Alexa and Adam Wolman
Jessica and Franklin Sirmans
Chef’s Table Host Committee
Tanvi Vattikuti Abbhi
María Bechily
Susanne Birbragher
Sam Champion
Arlene Chaplin
Chelsea Hirschhorn
Laura Kaplan
Kimberly Marshall
Christy Martin
Gail Meyers
Rubem Robierb
Nedra and Mark Oren
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson
Remix Co-Chairs
Christopher Pastor
Bibi Pestana
Remix Host Committee
Christopher Adeleke
Nick d'Annunzio
Gregory Boan
Ysset Boan
Jennifer Chaplin
Daniela Cimo
Elizabeth Coppolecchia
Monica Defortuna
Christopher DiSchino
Wendy Francois
Haiiileen
Michele Hanash
Florian Jouin
Shana Kaufman
Kinga Konsorska
Lydia and Charles Lawrie
Genna Mark
Kevin Michael
Matthew Ross
Ashley Sebok Boehne
Omar de Windt
Cristina de Windt
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 36-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
Ali Rigo
Senior Account Executive, Cultural Counsel
ali@culturalcounsel.com
Lauren Gagnon
Account Coordinator, Cultural Counsel
lauren@culturalcounsel.com
IWC chair Darlene Pérez in Akris. Courtesy WorldRedEye.com
(MIAMI, FL — March 31, 2022) — Yesterday, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) hosted the International Women’s Committee’s annual Spring Tea, which celebrated the intersection of art and fashion, covering current collaborations between the two disciplines by industry experts. Hosted by IWC Chair Darlene Pérez, the event brought together women from the fields of art, fashion, business, and philanthropy for a lively afternoon. PAMM’s International Women’s Committee (IWC) focuses on creating a platform to celebrate women’s contributions to arts and culture in order to further a more balanced representation of women among artists, institutions, collectors, and galleries.
“We are thrilled to bring together so many incredible women for the International Women’s Committee's annual Spring Tea. Today’s guests will serve as important ambassadors for the Committee’s mission of promoting equity for women in the arts and beyond,” said IWC Chair Darlene Pérez.
This year’s event celebrated the intersection of art and fashion, generously presented by Swiss fashion house Akris. Guests enjoyed a runway show of Akris’ alpine inspired Spring/Summer 2022 collection, as well as a lively discussion led by fashion industry veteran Eva Hughes. Hughes is a business leader in the Latin American fashion industry with 20 years of professional experience, and has previously served as CEO of Condé Nast Mexico and Latin America and Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Mexico and Latin America.
Left: Eva Hughes speaking. Courtesy WorldRedEye.com Right: Host and IWC Chair Darlene Pérez and Guest Speaker Eva Hughes both in Akris. Courtesy WorldRedEye.com
IWC Chair Darlene Pérez, and PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans also spoke at the event. Guests enjoyed a spread of tea sandwiches courtesy of Constellation Culinary (@byconstellationpamm), and drinks from Oceano Wines. Notable attendees included gallerist Bernice Steinbaum, Akris Vice President of Marketing Marcie Haley, co-founder of Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance Mireille Chancy Gonzalez, stylist Elyze Held, and opera singer and couture designer Radmila Lolly.
From Left to Right: Radmila Lolly, Darlene Pérez, Bernice Steinbaum and Mireille Chancy Gonzalez. Courtesy WorldRedEye.com
PAMM’s commitment to showcasing the influence of the International Women’s Committee through the annual Spring Luncheon exemplifies the museum’s mission to continually offer opportunities for the healthy exchange of ideas while promoting inclusivity and diversity across their communities, backgrounds, and experiences.
ABOUT EVA HUGHES
Eva Hughes is an Advisory Board Member for Istituto Marangoni Miami, where she co-founded the first Fashion Business Entrepreneurship and Leadership Executive Program in Spanish. She was CEO of Condé Nast Mexico and Latin America and Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Mexico and Latin America for a decade. Additionally, she is an international public speaker who inspires diverse audiences on empowerment, career goals, entrepreneurship, resilience, reinvention, and leadership skills. She has participated in person at summits held in seven countries, and during 2020 she participated in international events held in virtual format and broadcast to more than 25 countries around the world.
Hughes is also a member of the boards of Sachamama and Latin American Fashion Summit. On her Podcast, “Eva Talks,” she interviews the most influential personalities in the worlds of art, education, fashion, leadership, and philanthropy.
ABOUT AKRIS
The Akris collection presents refined, sleek and versatile pieces, designed in clear architectural lines with exceptional fabrics, body conscious tailoring and sophisticated colors.
St. Gallen seems to be far from the center of the fashion world, but this small city in eastern Switzerland has a centuries-old textile tradition that continues to define Akris collections.
Akris works very closely with the leading companies in St. Gallen and has initiated many innovations in textiles, both at the specialist fabric houses and in Akris’s own fabric development department. Additionally, as a 100% vertical company controls the quality of every detail and shipment.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 36-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
IWC chair Darlene Pérez in Akris. Courtesy WorldRedEye.com
