Pérez Art Museum Miami

Meet us in the neighborhood and at the museum this summer! 🎨🌞 Our #PAMMintheNeighborhood two-part program offers interactive art experiences and youth tours to summer campers from all over Miami-Dade County. This year's theme is "Hue & Me!" Children will get the chance to explore how artists use color to express emotions, explore identity, and create immersive experiences with PAMM's teaching artists. *Bonus: All participants receive future free admission to #PAMM , along with teaching artist-led tours, and art materials for the summer, as well as a complimentary guest pass, to return to the museum with their family! Youth organizations are encouraged to book today! Click link in bio to learn more and reserve.

South Florida Drag Entertainer Tiffany Fantasia (@tiffanyfantasia ) sits down with PAMM Assistant Curator Maritza Lacayo (@maritzamelania ) and explains the role of museums as part of the LGBTQ+ greater ally community. #NationalPrideMonth ⁣ ⁣ "The role of a museum is to tell a story and document history. There are still stories to be told in the LGBTQ community for the next generations."⁣ ⁣ Tiffany T. Fantasia is a self-made diva that’s been rocking the SoBe scene for years as an emcee, dancer, singer, comedian, and—as she likes to boast—Andy Cohen’s favorite drag queen! A consummate professional though she may be, performing is not just about pleasing the crowd for Tiffany. It’s just as much about the positive energy the crowd throws back at her. “Performing at the Palace is very therapeutic,” she says. “The fans show true appreciation to you every time.” ⁣ ⁣ How can museums support the LGBTQ+ community better? Click link in bio to watch the full conservation and join in on the conversation. #TBT

Ever wondered what Warhol's silent films would sound like if they weren't...silent? Roberto Carlos Lange (@heladonegro ) walks us through his thought process while scoring films by #AndyWarhol . #FBF to the opening of "Marisol and Warhol Take New York" with Musician, Roberto Carlos Lange. He was invited to compose and perform "Songs for Marisol," in celebration of the exhibition. His performance consisted of original compositions, combined with a selection of Andy Warhol’s films featuring the artist #Marisol . Click link in bio to get tickets to visit "Marisol and Warhol Take New York" at #PAMM .

Presented by Backroom Sessions (@backroomsessionsmia ), enjoy music by Soulpax (@soulpaxmusic ) on Thursday during happy hour! 🙌🎶 Catch specials at @verdemiami while taking in the vibes with a waterfront view. #ThursdaysAtPAMM Inside the museum, take a tour, participate in art-making activities or explore new exhibitions and permanent collection galleries until 9pm. Soulpax is a Miami-based band focused on modernizing the classic R&B styles and they’re here to spread grooves and good vibes throughout the multiverse. Drawing from their influences such as Earth Wind and Fire, Janelle Monae, and Hiatus Kaiyote, songwriters Julia Camayd (vocals) and Julian Harris (guitar) focus on bringing you hip vibes and catchy jams in a way that hasn’t been done before. Click link in bio to plan your visit!

In honor of #HaitianHeritageMonth , let's explore works in our collection by Haitian artists such as "Fet Chaloska (Chaloska Festival)" by Viktor El-Saieh. Are you familiar with the story behind Chaloska? PAMM's Curator María Elena Ortiz catches us up. Tell us what you know! #ArtInAMinute Fascinated by the history of his native country, Viktor El-Saieh draws from the folklore, myths, traditions, and political leaders that shape Haitian culture. Fet Chaloska or Chaloska’s party surfaced out of this deep desire to answer the why question. What's the purpose of keeping this figure alive, knowing all the things he’s done? Is it a warning for future leaders? Is it a celebration? There is no answer but every year at least one person can be spotted dressed up as #Chaloska at a Haitian carnival. Explore this work in person! Click link in bio to plan your next visit https://bit.ly/3wmZCkc Viktor El-Saieh. "Fet Chaloska," 2015-16. Acrylic on canvas. 72 x 96 inches. Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, museum purchase with funds provided by PAMM’s Collectors Council with additional contributions provided by Karen Bechtel, Evelio and Lorena Gomez, Jorge M. Pérez, and Craig Robins.

The art is always in the details! 🧐Take a closer look at Calida Rawles's "On the Other Side of Everything." Merging sharp hyper-realism with poetic abstraction, the artist paints African-American women and men submerged in glistening water; bodies are swarmed by a flurry of bubbles, ripples, and refracted light. For Rawles, water is a spiritually healing element for all people – yet she recognizes its historical connotations to racial exclusion and cultural fears. She uses the complicated duality of water as a platform to address identity politics while reimagining her subjects beyond cultural tropes. At times, her work alludes to current events, even making topographical maps of cities where acts of racially targeted violence have occurred. In other moments, her works are purely celebratory of the resilience, strength, and beauty of African American culture. Click link in bio to visit this weekend and see the piece in person! Calida Rawles's "On the Other Side of Everything." 2021. Acrylic on Canvas

It's #PAMMDIY time! Grab the family and let's get started on this pattern art-making activity with teaching artist Janessa Melendez and our special guest, artist Felipe Mujica inspired by our exhibition, "Felipe Mujica: The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Falls." This exhibition uses design elements such as line, shape, and color with the influence of traditional patchwork design found in Miccosukee garments and decorations. Today, create a narrative of your own and then visit the museum to explore 12-15 curtains bearing symbols and patterns of the outdoor world as seen through the Miccosukee eye. Suggested Materials: - Cardstock/ Sketching paper - Pencil/ Color pencils -Small Ruler - Grid printed paper/card stock - Camera/ Camera phone Click link in bio to reserve your tickets to experience Felipe Mujica's immersive exhibition before it closes tomorrow. #PAMM #FelipeMujica

Watch PAMM Associate Curator Jennifer Inacio (@jennifer__inacio ) discuss the museum's latest exhibition, "Simone Leigh: Trophallaxis."⁣ ⁣ Simone Leigh (@simoneyvetteleigh ) creates sculptures, videos, and installations that center on the construction of Black female subjectivity. "Trophallaxis" (2008–17) encapsulates 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 is shown since it was acquired for the museum in 2018 with funds provided by PAMM’s Collectors Council. ⁣⁣ ⁣ Click link in bio to plan your visit and see this exhibition.

We're still thinking about Saturday night...🤩⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ At Art of the Party, we welcomed hundreds to the celebratory Chef’s Table dinner and Remix dance party on PAMM’s waterfront terrace; announced that Mexican-American artist rafa esparza was the recipient of the 2022 Pérez Prize, an unrestricted award of $50,000 that honors artistic achievement; and raised more than $800,000 for PAMM’s robust arts education programs. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What a night! THANK YOU to all who attended. #artoftheparty #fundraiser

A big THANK YOU to all who joined us on Saturday night for Art + Soul! We raised more than $1 million for the PAMM Fund for Black Art and acquired important artworks by Dawoud Bey (@dawoudbey ) and Calida Rawles (@calidagarciarawles ). The evening also honored actor and activist David Alan Grier (@davidalangrier ), 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.⁣ ⁣ Guests enjoyed refreshing cocktails and an intimate dinner on PAMM’s iconic waterfront terrace by celebrity chef Alexander Smalls (@asmalls777 ), 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 (@pam_jones ) and Deep Fried Funk (@officialdeepfriedfunkband ).⁣ ⁣ 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.

The art is in the details! Take a closer look at Gisela McDaniel's "Speaking Seeds." The artist's work explores the connections among nature, Indigeneity, and womanhood.⁣ ⁣ This oil-based work portrays a Tlingit chef named Kristen who specializes in the cultivation and preparation of Indigenous foods, including the corn and seeds that McDaniel interweaves into the composition. The audio that accompanies the work captures the subject describing her thoughts on native foods and their relationship to physical, social, and spiritual health. For Kristen, her practice constitutes a form of decolonization, a means of reclaiming the bounties of the land and water as part of a sacred, communal heritage.⁣ ⁣ McDaniel combines oil painting and collaged elements of found and personal objects, which interweave a depth of lived experience to the canvas. The artist seeks to uphold the stories of the indigenous women she speaks with. The subjects in McDaniel's portraits typically donate objects that embody the spirit of their owner. McDaniel regards these belongings as an armor and documents her subject's overcoming of trauma. McDaniel started portrait painting as a means of healing. The artist's work takes inspiration from her own lived experiences dealing with anguish and her ancestral connection to Guam as a Chamarro artist.⁣ ⁣ Explore the newly acquired work on view in PAMM’s Permanent Collection galleries on your next visit to the museum.⁣ ⁣ Gisela McDaniel. "Speaking Seeds," 2020. Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, gift of Alberto Chehebar.

Have you seen "Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More?" Learn more about the forethought and intent involved in the exhibition from Jedd Novatt and curator Maritza Lacayo (@maritzamelania ), who dive into the process and connections made through the sculptures and two-dimensional works on paper.⁣ ⁣ This exhibition explores the relationship of scale between the artist's smaller sculptures and monumental sculptures on display at PAMM. Click link in bio to get your tickets.