Exhibition Guides
Explore our guides, both current and past, which offer enriching insights into the diverse artworks and cultural narratives showcased at PAMM.
Ongoing
The South American Dream
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The South American Dream is a painting installation by Brazilian artist, Marcela Cantuária. It is the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States and presents all newly commissioned works. On view March 23, 2023 – July 28, 2024
March 23, 2023 – July 28, 2024
Gary Simmons: Public Enemy
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Gary Simmons: Public Enemy is a significant retrospective exhibition featuring the artistic evolution of Gary Simmons spanning three decades. On view December 5, 2023 – April 28, 2024
December 5, 2023 – April 28, 2024
LOVE IS CALLING
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LOVE IS CALLING by Yayoi Kusama is an installation piece from 2013. It is made of Wood, metal, glass mirrors, tile, acrylic panel, rubber, blowers, lighting element, speakers, and sound. It measures roughly fourteen and a half feet by twenty-eight feet by twenty feet.
March 9, 2023 – April 7, 2024
Joan Didion: What She Means
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The exhibition, Joan Didion: What She Means, attempts to relate artworks to the life and works of writer Joan Didion who is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism which is a form of journalism that uses writing techniques that were unconventional at the time.
July 13, 2023 – January 7, 2024
Leandro Erlich: Liminal
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The guide to the exhibition Leandro Erlich: Liminal
November 29, 2022 – September 4, 2023
Penetrável Macaléia (Malaceia Penetrable)
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Penetrável Macaléia (Malaceia Penetrable) by Helio Oiticica is a sculpture conceived in 1978 and made in 2010. It is made of stainless steel, colored metal screens, sand, gravel, bricks, and plants. It is a cube that measures roughly seven feet on all sides.
June 18, 2022 – June 5, 2023
Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael
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Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael, a sculpture by George Segal is part of a series of works made between 1978 and 1987 that are based on biblical stories found in the book of Genesis. The sculpture was gifted to the museum by the George and Helen Segal Foundation in 2001 and…
November 22, 2019 – April 23, 2023
Trophallaxis
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Simone Leigh’s monumental sculptural installation at PAMM, Trophallaxis, takes its name from zoology, or the study of animals. The word itself comes from two Greek words, like many other scientific terms. Trophé means ‘nourishment,’ and allaxis means ‘exchange.’ The word describes a type of feeding behavior seen in the animal…
January 28, 2022 – February 12, 2023
Variations on a Theme
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The title of this exhibition, Variations on a Theme, explores a central idea in historical learning. Over time, historians see trends in the pages of history. As historians analyze these trends, some things change, while others stay the same. This idea is called “continuity and change,” and most history teachers…
August 5, 2022 – January 22, 2023
Marisol and Warhol Take New York
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This PAMM Education Audio Tour seeks to demystify the enigmatic Marisol, a Venezuelan-American woman artist absent from the center of Pop Art. Working in close collaboration between PAMM’s Curatorial, and Educational staff, this tour will attempt to answer some of the basic questions that come to mind when first encountering…
April 15, 2022 – September 5, 2022
Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More
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Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More, on the other hand, comprises small-scale sculptures that inform Novatt’s two-dimensional works on paper and his relationship to drawing and printmaking. Displayed in the Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Gallery, which has a window that overlooks Chaos SAS, this show captures the breadth of…
October 14, 2021 – June 26, 2022
Felipe Mujica: The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Fall
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The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Falls, by Felipe Mujica in collaboration with Miccosukee artist Khadijah Cypress, is an installation of nineteen cotton fabric panels, or curtains, in the Rose Ellen Meyerhoff Greene and Gerald Greene Focus Gallery. There are also four larger panels hung outdoors on…
May 20, 2021 – May 1, 2022
MY BODY, MY RULES
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The title wall for this exhibition was designed by Pamela Gónzalez, PAMM’s Junior Graphic Designer, and painted in collaboration with Jennifer Inacio, Associate Curator, and Maritza Lacayo, Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator. It was important to the show’s premise that the hands of women who work and contribute to PAMM…
November 19, 2020 – September 6, 2021
Permanent Collection
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This digital exhibition guide highlights selected works from the collection, offering insights into the artists’ practices, the contexts in which they were created, and the stories they tell.
Caribbean Art Highlights
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This Digital Guide is a collaboration between the Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI) and PAMM Education. The Caribbean Cultural Institute is possible thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
PAMMPort Kid’s Tour
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Explore the museum’s collection with your mobile device. Each PAMM App tour stop focuses on a different artistic theme, and comes with fun, interactive, and educational activities. Don’t forget your headphones as this App tour features music and sound to accompany you on your ARTventure.
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Past Exhibitions
Penetrável Macaléia (Malaceia Penetrable)
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Penetrável Macaléia (Malaceia Penetrable) by Helio Oiticica is a sculpture conceived in 1978 and made in 2010. It is made of stainless steel, colored metal screens, sand, gravel, bricks, and plants. It is a cube that measures roughly seven feet on all sides.
June 18, 2022 – June 5, 2023
Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael
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Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael, a sculpture by George Segal is part of a series of works made between 1978 and 1987 that are based on biblical stories found in the book of Genesis. The sculpture was gifted to the museum by the George and Helen Segal Foundation in 2001 and…
November 22, 2019 – April 23, 2023
Trophallaxis
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Simone Leigh’s monumental sculptural installation at PAMM, Trophallaxis, takes its name from zoology, or the study of animals. The word itself comes from two Greek words, like many other scientific terms. Trophé means ‘nourishment,’ and allaxis means ‘exchange.’ The word describes a type of feeding behavior seen in the animal…
January 28, 2022 – February 12, 2023
Variations on a Theme
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The title of this exhibition, Variations on a Theme, explores a central idea in historical learning. Over time, historians see trends in the pages of history. As historians analyze these trends, some things change, while others stay the same. This idea is called “continuity and change,” and most history teachers…
August 5, 2022 – January 22, 2023
Marisol and Warhol Take New York
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This PAMM Education Audio Tour seeks to demystify the enigmatic Marisol, a Venezuelan-American woman artist absent from the center of Pop Art. Working in close collaboration between PAMM’s Curatorial, and Educational staff, this tour will attempt to answer some of the basic questions that come to mind when first encountering…
April 15, 2022 – September 5, 2022
Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More
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Jedd Novatt: Monotypes and More, on the other hand, comprises small-scale sculptures that inform Novatt’s two-dimensional works on paper and his relationship to drawing and printmaking. Displayed in the Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Gallery, which has a window that overlooks Chaos SAS, this show captures the breadth of…
October 14, 2021 – June 26, 2022
Felipe Mujica: The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Fall
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The Swaying Motion on the Bank of the River Falls, by Felipe Mujica in collaboration with Miccosukee artist Khadijah Cypress, is an installation of nineteen cotton fabric panels, or curtains, in the Rose Ellen Meyerhoff Greene and Gerald Greene Focus Gallery. There are also four larger panels hung outdoors on…
May 20, 2021 – May 1, 2022
MY BODY, MY RULES
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The title wall for this exhibition was designed by Pamela Gónzalez, PAMM’s Junior Graphic Designer, and painted in collaboration with Jennifer Inacio, Associate Curator, and Maritza Lacayo, Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator. It was important to the show’s premise that the hands of women who work and contribute to PAMM…
November 19, 2020 – September 6, 2021
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