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Pérez Art Museum Miami raises over $1.4 million at Art + Soul


Pérez Art Museum Miami raises over $1.4 million at Art + Soul
Gordon Parks. Untitled, Harlem, New York, 1963. Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, PAMM Ambassadors for Black Art © The Gordon Parks Foundation. Courtesy The Gordon Parks Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
MIAMI, FLA
.- On Saturday, February 6, 2021, Pérez Art Museum Miami hosted the eighth annual Art + Soul Celebration, virtually, in support of PAMM’s renamed Fund for Black Art, which allows the museum to purchase and showcase contemporary art by African Diaspora and African American artists for its permanent collection, ensuring that these artworks will be enjoyed by Miami’s community for generations to come. ....

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Pérez Art Museum Miami renames endowment fund for Black art to reflect the wider diaspora


Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Dance in Heat II (2020)
Pérez Art Museum Miami
The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has acquired artworks by Kwame Brathwaite, Gordon Parks and Tunji Adeniyi-Jones through the Fund for Black Art, an endowment fund previously titled the Fund for African American Art that has been renamed to reflect a more accurate definition of the Black diaspora in its collection, which includes artists from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The announcement was made by PAMM’s director, Franklin Sirmans, during the museum’s eighth annual benefit (hosted virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic) on 6 February to support the endowment fund, which museum patron Jorge M. Pérez and the Miami-based Knight Foundation launched in 2013. ....

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PAMM Visual Art + Soul annual fundraiser goes virtual


The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) annual Art + Soul fundraising event
– usually decked out with extravagant art décor, talented Black artists and prominent members of the community
– goes virtual this year on Saturday at 7 p.m., and it s not too late to buy your ticket.
The 8th annual Art + Soul celebration supports PAMM’s Fund for African American Art, allowing the museum to purchase and showcase contemporary pieces from artists in the African diaspora and further diversify Miami’s artistic pool.
Established in 2013, the fund acquired a total of 20 works from distinguished artists such as Terry Adkins, Kevin Beasley, Nari Ward, Lorraine O’Grady, Faith Ringgold, Tschabalala Self and Juana Valdes to be added to PAMM’s permanent collection. Donations to sustain the fund is obtained through PAMM Ambassadors for African American Art, sponsors and support from the community through events like Art + Soul. ....

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Best Things to Do in Miami This Week February 4-10, 2021


Hampton Art Lovers at the Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery opens
The Eye of Afropunk, an exhibition of the work of photographer Dennis Manuel, who has documented Black performance art for more than 20 years. An official photographer for the Afropunk Music Festival, Manuel has documented iconic performances, the crowds that witnessed them, and the groundbreaking work that has played out on the stages. The exhibit runs through March 13, in celebration of Black History Month. Thursday s opening event will feature an outdoor mingling and seating area with drinks and bites for sale.
Noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, at Historic Ward Rooming House, 249 NW 9th St., Miami; 786-439-9718; hamptonartlovers.com. Admission is free with RSVP via eventbrite.com. ....

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