Ambassadors for Black Art
The PAMM Fund for Black Art was initiated with a $1 million grant, funded equally by Darlene and Jorge M. Pérez and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for the purchase of contemporary art by Black artists for the museum’s permanent collection. Through the Fund, the museum first acquired works by Al Loving, Faith Ringgold, and Xaviera Simmons. In 2018, the museum created an endowment with a challenge grant from the Knight Foundation, in order to maintain the Fund in perpetuity.
The Ambassadors for Black Art is a membership group that supports the PAMM Fund for Black Art, a fund dedicated to the acquisition of works by Black artists and related programming. Your support will ensure that South Florida’s flagship art museum represents the diversity of the community it serves for years to come, while elevating appreciation of Black art and culture.
The PAMM Ambassadors for Black Art enjoy benefits including free museum admission, invitations to quarterly events, recognition on PAMM’s website, and much more. This important opportunity and your invaluable participation are part of what makes Miami special. Many of Miami’s most influential business, civic, and cultural leaders and advocates have already signed on. Will you?
More about Art + Soul and PAMM’s Fund for Black Art
Upcoming Events
Robert Morris, Untitled (Mirrored Cubes), 1965
artwork
Mirrored glass on wood
100 Highlights
© The Estate of Robert Morris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Wallace Berman, Untitled, ca. 1960
artwork
Frottage, graphite, Letraset, photocopied fragment, seal, watercolor, and paper collage
Word/Image
© The Estate of Wallace Berman
Rashid Johnson, Tribe, 2013
artwork
Burned red oak flooring, black soap, wax, and spray enamel
100 Highlights and African and African Diaspora
© Rashid Johnson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Martin Parsekian
Meleko Mokgosi, Terra pericolosa III (Dangerous Land III), 2015
artwork
Charcoal on paper
African and African Diaspora
© Meleko Mokgosi. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Devan Shimoyama, Tasha, 2018
artwork
Colored pencil, oil, collage, sequins, glitter, silk flowers, beads, and Flashe on canvas stretched over panel
African and African Diaspora
© Devan Shimoyama
Raymond Pettibon, Sunday Night and Saturday Morning, 2005
artwork
Animated film, with sound, 16 min., 45 sec. with ink on paper drawing
© Raymond Pettibon
Los Carpinteros, Sala de lectura octagonal (prototipo) (Octagonal Reading Room (Prototype)), 2013
artwork
Cor-Ten steel
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Los Carpinteros
Juan Pablo Garza, Ricardo con parangolé (Ricardiño antes del alba) (Ricardo with parangolé (Ricardiño before dawn) ), 2018
artwork
Mixed media
Latin American and Latinx and Miami-based artists
© Juan Pablo Garza
Iran do Espírito Santo, Restless 21, 2004
artwork
Sandblasted glass and mirror
Latin American and Latinx
© Iran do Espírito Santo
Iran do Espírito Santo, Restless 20, 2004
artwork
Sandblasted glass and mirror
Latin American and Latinx
© Iran do Espírito Santo
Los Carpinteros, Parte de parte (tríptico) (Part of a Part), 2008
artwork
Watercolor on paper
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Los Carpinteros
Esterio Segura, Mover el cielo con el alma (Move the Heavens with Your Soul), 2002
artwork
Mixed media on canvas
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Esterio Segura
Martin Oppel, Mount, 2006
artwork
Oil on canvas
Miami-based artists
© Martin Oppel
José Bedia, Mamá quiere menga, menga de su Nkombo, 1988
artwork
Acrylic on canvas
100 Highlights, Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora, Latin American and Latinx, and Miami-based artists
© José Bedia
Alfredo Jaar, A Logo for America, 1987–95
artwork
Silver dye bleach prints, face-mounted to acrylic
100 Highlights, Latin American and Latinx, and Word/Image
© Alfredo Jaar. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Alfredo Jaar, I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On., 2016
artwork
Neon
Latin American and Latinx and Word/Image
© Alfredo Jaar. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Mark Dion, Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae), 2006
artwork
Two handmade portfolios containing pressed seaweed samples on tea-stained paper, custom-made display cabinet, and assorted objects
© Mark Dion. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles
Paulo Nazareth, Guarani-Asteca (Guarani-Aztec), 2019
artwork
Resin, metal, and various objects
100 Highlights, African and African Diaspora, and Latin American and Latinx
© Paulo Nazarteth. Courtesy the artist and Mendes Wood DM São Paulo, Brussels, New York. Photo: Bruno Leão
Manuel Mendive, From the series Energías I, 2010
artwork
Metal, painted wood, and cowrie shells
African and African Diaspora, Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora, and Latin American and Latinx
© Manuel Mendive
Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Estás vendo coisas (You Are Seeing Things), 2016
artwork
Digital color video, with sound, 17 min., 25 sec.
Latin American and Latinx
© Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
Past Events
Robert Morris, Untitled (Mirrored Cubes), 1965
artwork
Mirrored glass on wood
100 Highlights
© The Estate of Robert Morris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Wallace Berman, Untitled, ca. 1960
artwork
Frottage, graphite, Letraset, photocopied fragment, seal, watercolor, and paper collage
Word/Image
© The Estate of Wallace Berman
Rashid Johnson, Tribe, 2013
artwork
Burned red oak flooring, black soap, wax, and spray enamel
100 Highlights and African and African Diaspora
© Rashid Johnson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Martin Parsekian
Meleko Mokgosi, Terra pericolosa III (Dangerous Land III), 2015
artwork
Charcoal on paper
African and African Diaspora
© Meleko Mokgosi. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Devan Shimoyama, Tasha, 2018
artwork
Colored pencil, oil, collage, sequins, glitter, silk flowers, beads, and Flashe on canvas stretched over panel
African and African Diaspora
© Devan Shimoyama
Raymond Pettibon, Sunday Night and Saturday Morning, 2005
artwork
Animated film, with sound, 16 min., 45 sec. with ink on paper drawing
© Raymond Pettibon
Los Carpinteros, Sala de lectura octagonal (prototipo) (Octagonal Reading Room (Prototype)), 2013
artwork
Cor-Ten steel
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Los Carpinteros
Juan Pablo Garza, Ricardo con parangolé (Ricardiño antes del alba) (Ricardo with parangolé (Ricardiño before dawn) ), 2018
artwork
Mixed media
Latin American and Latinx and Miami-based artists
© Juan Pablo Garza
Iran do Espírito Santo, Restless 21, 2004
artwork
Sandblasted glass and mirror
Latin American and Latinx
© Iran do Espírito Santo
Iran do Espírito Santo, Restless 20, 2004
artwork
Sandblasted glass and mirror
Latin American and Latinx
© Iran do Espírito Santo
Los Carpinteros, Parte de parte (tríptico) (Part of a Part), 2008
artwork
Watercolor on paper
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Los Carpinteros
Esterio Segura, Mover el cielo con el alma (Move the Heavens with Your Soul), 2002
artwork
Mixed media on canvas
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Latin American and Latinx
© Esterio Segura
Martin Oppel, Mount, 2006
artwork
Oil on canvas
Miami-based artists
© Martin Oppel
José Bedia, Mamá quiere menga, menga de su Nkombo, 1988
artwork
Acrylic on canvas
100 Highlights, Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora, Latin American and Latinx, and Miami-based artists
© José Bedia
Alfredo Jaar, A Logo for America, 1987–95
artwork
Silver dye bleach prints, face-mounted to acrylic
100 Highlights, Latin American and Latinx, and Word/Image
© Alfredo Jaar. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Alfredo Jaar, I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On., 2016
artwork
Neon
Latin American and Latinx and Word/Image
© Alfredo Jaar. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Mark Dion, Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae), 2006
artwork
Two handmade portfolios containing pressed seaweed samples on tea-stained paper, custom-made display cabinet, and assorted objects
© Mark Dion. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles
Paulo Nazareth, Guarani-Asteca (Guarani-Aztec), 2019
artwork
Resin, metal, and various objects
100 Highlights, African and African Diaspora, and Latin American and Latinx
© Paulo Nazarteth. Courtesy the artist and Mendes Wood DM São Paulo, Brussels, New York. Photo: Bruno Leão
Manuel Mendive, From the series Energías I, 2010
artwork
Metal, painted wood, and cowrie shells
African and African Diaspora, Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora, and Latin American and Latinx
© Manuel Mendive
Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Estás vendo coisas (You Are Seeing Things), 2016
artwork
Digital color video, with sound, 17 min., 25 sec.
Latin American and Latinx
© Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
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Support
Initial funding for the PAMM Fund for African American Art was provided through the generosity of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Jorge M. Pérez.
