Join us for the Scholl Lecture Series, spotlighting the most compelling cultural voices of our time, for a conversation featuring artist David Salle, whose layered paintings draw together art history, advertising, photography, and popular culture. A student of John Baldessari’s at CalArts, both artists remained close friends throughout their lives. Salle will discuss that relationship and highlight Baldessari’s creative force as seen in Pérez Art Museum Miami’s (PAMM) exhibition, John Baldessari: The End of the Line. He will be joined by PAMM Chief Curator José Carlos Diaz and Curator of the Craig Robins Collection Karen Grimson.
This program will be streamed live on PAMM’s Youtube channel.
About David Salle
David Salle (b. 1952, Norman, Oklahoma) lives and works in New York. Solo exhibitions include Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice (2026); Edward Hopper Museum, New York (2024); Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (2016); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (2000); Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (1992); Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich (both 1989); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art (both 1987); and a major retrospective at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1999, traveled to Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin; and Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao). Group shows include Hill Art Foundation, New York (2023); Whitney Museum of American Art (2017, 2015); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2012); Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009); La Biennale di Venezia (1993, 1982); Whitney Biennial (1991, 1985, 1983); Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (1985); and Documenta 7 (1982).
About José Carlos Diaz, PAMM Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator
José Carlos Diaz is a specialist in modern and contemporary art with extensive experience in exhibition making, programming, and public art projects. He previously served as Deputy Director for Art at the Seattle Art Museum. There, he curated Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light; Calder: In Motion; Anida Yoeu Ali: Hybrid Skin, Mythical Presence, among others. Diaz has also worked at The Andy Warhol Museum, The Bass, Tate Liverpool, and the Liverpool Biennial. He earned a BA in Art History from San Francisco State University and an MA in Cultural History from the University of Liverpool.
About Karen Grimson, Curator of the Craig Robins Collection and Director of Art & Culture at Miami Design District
An art historian specializing in postwar Latin American and North American art of the 1960s, Karen Grimson curated John Baldessari: The End of the Line (MALBA, Buenos Aires, 2024; MACA, Punta del Este, 2025; PAMM, Miami, 2026) and edited its accompanying catalogues.
Recently, she organized the exhibitions Sarah Grilo: The New York Years (Galerie Lelong, New York, 2024), Marta Minujín: Dreamscape (Miami Design District, 2025), and J’ouvert: Zak Ové (Miami Design District, 2026). Between 2011 and 2020, she worked at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, developing acquisitions and exhibitions of art from Latin America, such as Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern, Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil,and Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in arts from Universidad de Buenos Aires, and an Master of Arts in history of art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
Organization and Support
John Baldessari: The End of the Line is curated by Karen Grimson, Curator of the Craig Robins Collection and Director of Cultural Programming at Dacra. The exhibition at PAMM is organized by José Carlos Diaz, Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator, and Fabiana A. Sotillo, Curatorial Assistant. Support from National Endowment for the Arts, Funding Arts Network, Jayne Binzer-Jacowitz and Steven Jacowitz, Constance Tolevich Fernández, Linda LaGorga, and Jane Hurt is gratefully acknowledged.
