Featuring Woody De Othello: coming forth by day, PAMM Presents: Art Bashment, Art Talk Between Jorge Pérez, Franklin Sirmans, Aldeide Delgado & Anastasia Samoylova, and more.
PAMM Presents 2024. (MIAMI, FL — November 25, 2025) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce its lineup of programs and events for Miami Art Week 2025, anchored by Woody De Othello: coming forth by day and the museum’s signature Thursday-night Art Week celebration, PAMM Presents. Additional highlights include an in-depth conversation on art, legacy, and community between Jorge Pérez, Franklin Sirmans, Aldeide Delgado, and Anastasia Samoylova, as well as the launch of ECOLOGIES, a series of public programming, performances, and private convenings developed in partnership between the Knight Foundation, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), CULTURED, Cultural Counsel, and PAMM. Together, these programs underscore PAMM’s commitment to Miami’s diverse audiences and to art as a catalyst for critical reflection, joy, and connection.
Throughout Art Week, visitors can experience Woody De Othello: coming forth by day, the Miami-born artist’s first solo museum exhibition in his hometown. Presenting a new series of ceramic and wood sculptures, tiled wall-works, and a large-scale bronze, the immersive installation explores the primordial relationship between body, earth, and spirit. Grounding natural materials, such as clay-painted walls and subtle herbal scents, create an environment in which Othello’s anthropomorphic sculptures appear to lean, rest, or embrace, as if shaped by memory and emotion. Rooted in precolonial and diasporic African traditions, and drawing from spiritual practices, hermetic philosophy, and cultural artifacts including nkisi power figures, Dogon ritual objects, and Egyptian pyramids, Othello’s work considers how objects carry history, absorb meaning, and serve as vessels for spiritual and emotional experience.
PAMM’s opening hours throughout the week will be extended to accommodate visitors attending programs, events, and visiting the museum’s current exhibitions. In addition to Woody De Othello: coming forth by day, exhibitions on view include Elliot & Erick Jiménez: El Monte, the twin photography duo’s inaugural institutional exhibition, drawing from Afro-Cuban spirituality, and Shadows and Traces: Selections from PAMM’s Collection, a presentation of photographs and prints by women artists from the museum’s collection, reflecting on memory and the subtle imprints left by lived experience.
Also on view is Language and Image: Conceptual and Performance-Based Photography from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection; Mark Dion: The South Florida Wildlife Rescue Unit; Worlds Apart; One Becomes Many; Fragments of Time: Selections from PAMM’s Collection; Cecilia Vicuña: Quipu Gut; and Carlos Cruz-Diez: Chromosaturation, as well as Beyond Representation in the Auditorium and on PAMMTV, the museum’s one-of-a-kind streaming platform.
On Thursday night, PAMM celebrates Miami Art Week with PAMM Presents: Art Bashment, a high-energy waterfront party infused with the sounds and spirit of the Caribbean. The evening begins with an opening set by Silent Addy, setting the tone for a night of rhythm and revelry, followed by an all-star lineup curated by Rohan Marley and reggae legends Inner Circle, featuring performances by Ky-mani Marley, Zion Marley, Jason Panton Dubwise® Miami, Jesse Royal, and Naomi Cowan, among other special guests.
As part of its Miami Art Week programming, PAMM also presents Art Talk: Jorge Pérez, Franklin Sirmans, Aldeide Delgado, and Anastasia Samoylova on Tuesday, December 2. This program brings together philanthropist Jorge Pérez; Franklin Sirmans, Sandra and Tony Tamer Director at PAMM; Aldeide Delgado, founder of the Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA); and artist Anastasia Samoylova for a public conversation on art, legacy, and community.
Pérez Art Museum Miami also debuts ECOLOGIES, in partnership with the Knight Foundation, NADA, CULTURED, and Cultural Counsel, for a series of public programming, performances, and private convenings, taking place at Ice Palace Studios throughout the run of NADA Miami. ECOLOGIES brings together the perspectives of four organizations integral to the cultural landscape of South Florida. Learn more about the full ECOLOGIES lineup here.
See below for the full programming schedule. For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2
Art Talk: Jorge Pérez, Franklin Sirmans, Aldeide Delgado, and Anastasia Samoylova
11am–12pm, PAMM
Experience an inspiring conversation featuring philanthropist Jorge Pérez; Franklin Sirmans, Sandra and Tony Tamer Director at PAMM, Aldeide Delgado, founder of the Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), and artist Anastasia Samoylova. This dynamic program centers on art, legacy, and community, and reflects PAMM’s ongoing commitment to artists and cultural workers across the Americas.
Free with museum admission. Admission is $18 for adults and free for members. Space is limited, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
ECOLOGIES | Ecologies Fireside
3–4pm, Ice Palace Studios
Ecologies Fireside brings together leaders of today’s leading cultural organizations as they discuss the reasons behind this alliance, and the systems necessary to support cultural communities like Miami, featuring Heather Hubbs (Executive Director, NADA), Kristina Newman-Scott (Vice President of Arts, Knight Foundation), Franklin Sirmans (Sandra and Tony Tamer Director, PAMM), and moderated by Julia Halperin (Editor at Large, CULTURED). For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3
ECOLOGIES | The Technological View
1–2pm, Ice Palace Studios
How can contemporary art thrive in an environment defined by technologies seemingly designed to surpass our subjectivities? Featuring Marco Brambilla (Artist), Jazia Hammoudi (Program Director, Onassis ONX), and Marcella Zimmermann (CEO, Digital Counsel), moderated by Lauren Monzón (Program Manager, New Media, PAMM). For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
ECOLOGIES | In the Know: Woody De Othello
5–6pm, Ice Palace Studios
On the occasion of coming forth by day, Woody De Othello’s exhibition at PAMM, the Miami-born artist will be in conversation with Jennifer Inacio (Curator, PAMM), moderated by CULTURED’s “In the Know” columnist Sophia Cohen. For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4
ECOLOGIES | Making Meaning: Art and Education
1–2pm, Ice Palace Studios
As art museums, foundations, and institutions meet a new moment, what is the role of education in creating communities and facilitating change? Featuring Dejha Carrington (Commissioner), Dr. Joan Morgan (Program Director, Center for Black Visual Culture at New York University), Marie Vickles (Senior Director of Education, PAMM), moderated by Kristina Newman-Scott (Vice President of Arts, Knight Foundation). For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
PAMM Presents: Art Bashment
8–11pm, PAMM
Assembled by Jamaican-born and Miami-raised entrepreneur Rohan Marley and the legendary band Inner Circle, PAMM Presents: Art Bashment brings an all-star line-up of unforgettable performances to PAMM’s iconic waterfront terrace. Lively sets by viral sensation Silent Addy, reggae royalty Ky-mani Marley and Zion Marley, and special performers Naomi Cowan, Jesse Royal, Jason Panton Dubwise® Miami invite you to do your best dutty wine and sip on libations during Miami Art Week.
PAMM Presents draws in over 4,000 visitors for one night only, bringing together guests from the worlds of art, music, fashion, business, and philanthropy to celebrate PAMM as a collecting institution at the crossroads of the Americas. The evening’s festivities highlight the museum’s mission to represent and cherish the unique diversity of Miami-Dade and foster genuine human connection, communication, and exchange through art.
PAMM Presents is by invitation only, open to PAMM Contemporary and above-level members. Learn more or become a member by visiting pamm.org/membership. For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
ECOLOGIES | Caribbean Ecologies: A Cultural Looking Glass
1–2pm, Ice Palace Studios
A nexus of water, land, and post-colonial culture, the Caribbean holds clues to the future of artistic communities across the world.Join local philanthropist Kimberly Green (President, Green Family Foundation), Diana Eusebio (Artist), and Iberia Pérez González (The Andrew W. Mellon Caribbean Cultural Institute Curatorial Associate, PAMM) as they discuss what a regional lens means for Miami, and beyond. For press inquiries and media RSVPs, reach out to pamm@culturalcounsel.com.
ALL WEEK
Elliot & Erick Jiménez: El Monte
On view through March 22, 2026
Elliot & Erick Jiménez: El Monte is the first solo museum exhibition by identical twin photographers Elliot and Erick Jiménez. The new body of work is informed by the Afro-Caribbean spiritual tradition of Lucumí and by Lydia Cabrera’s foundational 1954 study El Monte, which examines Afro-Cuban religious practices. The exhibition foregrounds the artists’ bicultural experience as Cuban-Americans. Surrounding photographs and sculptural elements address the twins’ shared identity and recast familiar art historical compositions through the lens of Lucumí, prompting reflection on colonialism, devotion, and self-representation.
Supporting sponsorship from Goya Foods. Additional support from María C. Bechily and Scott Hodes, CINTAS Foundation, Clara and Juan Toro, Basil Chidi Funk, Chris and Suzanne Armstrong, Andres Gil, Celso Gonzalez-Falla, ArtesMiami, Aida Levitan, and Marijean and Rafael Miyar is gratefully acknowledged.
Woody De Othello: coming forth by day
On view through June 28, 2026
Miami-born artist Woody De Othello presents coming forth by day, a new series of ceramic and wood sculptures, tiled wall-works, and a large-scale bronze that explore the primordial relationship between body, earth, and spirit. The immersive installation features grounding natural materials such as clay-painted walls and subtle herbal scents.
Rooted in precolonial and diasporic African traditions, Othello draws inspiration from spiritual practices, hermetic philosophy, and cultural artifacts—including nkisi power figures, Dogon ritual objects, and Egyptian pyramids. His anthropomorphic sculptures, with their richly glazed surfaces, suggest a quiet vitality—the forms appear to lean, rest, or embrace, as if shaped by the weight of memory and emotion. Known for his hand-built ceramics, Othello animates everyday objects—clocks, mirrors, phones, vessels—blurring the line between body and object and revealing the unseen forces that shape our daily lives. As Othello’s first solo museum exhibition in Miami, coming forth by day reflects his deep connection to the city and his ongoing exploration of his ancestral heritage.
The exhibition is presented with lead support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and supporting sponsorship from Simi Ahuja and Kumar Mahadeva, and Goldman Sachs. Additional support from Wagner Foundation, Leslie and Greg Ferrero, and Rona and Jeff Citrin is gratefully acknowledged.
Beyond Representation
On view through November 9, 2026
Beyond Representation on PAMMTV is a three-part exhibition that surveys the contributions of Caribbean artists to video performance from the mid-1980s to the present. Featuring an intergenerational group of artists from the Caribbean and its diaspora, the project examines how performance is used to address social, cultural, and political conditions in the region and beyond.
The current installment focuses on works staged in public spaces, often in the form of “guerrilla” performances. Including pieces by David Pérez Karmadavis, Miguel Braceli, Tania Bruguera, Ada Maricia Patterson, nibia pastrana santiago, and Zachary Fabri, this edition foregrounds the body as a site of confrontation and care.
Beyond Representation is on display in PAMM’s Auditorium and on view for global online audiences via PAMMTV.
ART WEEK MUSEUM HOURS
- Monday, December 1: 11am–6pm
- Tuesday, December 2: 11am–6pm
- Wednesday, December 3: 11am–6pm
- Thursday, December 4: 11am–5pm
- Friday, December 5: 11am–6pm
- Saturday, December 6: 11am–6pm
- Sunday, December 7: 11am–6pm
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Sandra and Tony Tamer Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 41-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013 in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
