GAME TIME: Session 1—Dialogues on Art, Sports, and Headlines

During the opening weekend of Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, PAMM will present GAME TIME: Session 1—Dialogues on Art, Sports, and Headlines, taking place March 19–20, 2026. The public program will unite artists, athletes, curators, poets, journalists, and cultural icons for electrifying conversations, performances, live events, and screenings, including the US premiere of On The Line, a documentary exploring the lives of three professional fighters.

*Get in the Game* (installation view, SFMOMA); photo: Matthew Millman, courtesy SFMOMA

GAME TIME PARTICIPANT LIST (In formation):

Hanif Abduraqqib (Poet; Cultural Critic)
Alexandre Arrechea (Artist, Get in the Game)
Paul Farber (Director and Co-Founder, Monument Lab; Curator, Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments, Philadelphia Art Museum)
Tom Farrey (Sports & Society Program Founder and Executive Director, Aspen Institute)
Nora Halpern (Executive Director, Cultural Olympiad, LA28)
Desmond Howard (Sportscaster; Former NFL Player)
Carling Jackson (Artist)
Thekla Kaischauri (Professional Wrestler; Artist, House Show, MFA St. Petersburg)
Andrew Kuo (Artist; Host, Cookies Hoops; Contributor, The New York Times)
Lee Moriarty (Professional Wrestler; Artist, Get in the Game)
Najja Moon (Artist; General Manager and Co-founder, The Miami VIS)
Cheryl Pope (Artist, Get in the Game)
Vincent Piazza (Actor, Tulsa King; Producer, On The Line)
Francesco Saviano (Director, On The Line)
Kelefa Sanneh (Staff Writer, The New Yorker)
Tabitha Soren (Artist, Get in the Game)
Franklin Sirmans (Sandra and Tony Tamer Director, PAMM)
Isaiah Smalls (Founder, The 44 Percent; Reporter, The Miami Herald)
Felandus Thames (Artist, Get in the Game)
Dr. Damion Thomas (Supervisory Museum Curator, Professional Sports, Amateur Sports, and Leisure Activities, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History)
Jake Troyli (Artist, Get in the Game)
Travis Vogan (Author, The Boxing Film: A Cultural and Transmedia History and LeRoy Neiman: The Life of America’s Most Beloved and Belittled Artist)
Summer Wheat (Artist; Commissioned Artist, Kansas City Chiefs)

More GAME TIME participants and a full schedule will be announced on March 2, 2026. To inquire about GAME TIME or request more information, email info@gametimesessions.com.

March 19
1–9pm

Admission is $18 for adults and free for members.

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March 20
11:30am–6pm

Admission is $18 for adults and free for members.

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About Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture

Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture explores the dynamic interplay between athletic performance and artistic expression. Coinciding with major international sporting events taking place in Miami—the Miami Open, the Formula 1 Grand Prix, and the FIFA World Cup, the exhibition positions Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) as a site where global audiences converge to reflect on the cultural impact of sport. In a city shaped by exchange and diversity, the exhibition underscores how games and competitions create common ground across traditions, identities, and rivalries.

Featuring more than 100 works by artists from around the world—including highlights from PAMM’s collection—Get in the Game demonstrates how sport has inspired both personal expression and shared cultural memory. Visitors encounter Ernie Barnes’s soulful depictions of neighborhood basketball games, Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno’s cinematic meditation that follows French soccer star Zinedine Zidane’s in real time over the course of a match, and Tara Mateik’s reenactment of the historic 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Artworks are presented alongside historic sports memorabilia—from 1970s Nike sneakers to original McLaren Racing steering wheels—revealing the intertwined histories of creativity, athleticism, and spectacle.

Ultimately, Get in the Game honors the resilience, energy, and imagination that define sports culture, while inviting visitors to consider how art reframes these themes across time and place. Immersive installations extend the experience beyond the visual, encouraging audiences to step into the arena.

Organization and Support

GAME TIME was incubated by curator and creative director Adam Abdalla (Cultural Counsel, Orange Crush) in collaboration with PAMM, and supported by The Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation.

Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition is curated by Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design SFMOMA; Seph Rodney, independent curator and writer; and Katy Siegel, former Research Director, Special Program Initiatives, SFMOMA. The Pérez Art Museum Miami presentation is organized by Franklin Sirmans, Sandra and Tony Tamer Director, and Fabiana A. Sotillo, Curatorial Assistant. The exhibition is presented at PAMM by Bank of America and made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Additional support from John P. Meyer and Andrea Salazar is gratefully acknowledged.

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