Featuring PAMM Presents, Artist-Led Tour and Conversation with Leandro Erlich, and more
Leandro Erlich, The Room, 2006-18. Installation view: Seeing and Believing, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2017. Image courtesy Mori Art Museum. Photo: Hasegawa Kenta
(MIAMI — November 14, 2022) — Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce an exciting lineup of events, exhibitions, and programs for Miami Art Week 2022. Featuring panel discussions, artist-led tours, and lively parties, PAMM’s dynamic Art Week programs highlight the museum’s dedication to Miami’s diverse arts community and encourage art-viewing as a means of genuine human connection.
“We are once again looking forward to Miami Art Week, where we have the opportunity to welcome an international audience and serve as a pillar that reflects this city’s diverse cultural fabric. We’re thrilled to experience and participate in the many magical moments this week brings to Miami through our robust Art Week programs. I’m especially excited to welcome guests for our newest exhibition, Liminal, artist Leandro Erlich’s first North American retrospective that is sure to captivate visitors through a series of large-scale installations and optical illusions. On Thursday, we’ll be hosting PAMM Presents, our signature art week bash with a special performance by award-winning artist, bassist, songwriter, and singer Meshell Ndegeocello, and on Saturday I’m looking forward to our panel discussion with Art at a Time Like This, a digital-first arts organization presenting art in public places, for an important conversation about inequities in our justice system,” said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans.
The museum will be open with special hours throughout the week for visitors to attend special programs and view the museum’s current exhibitions, which include: Leandro Erlich: Liminal, organized by independent curator Dan Cameron, the largest presentation of Leandro Erlich’s artworks ever in the United States featuring a selection of 16 interactive works and site-specific installations that span more than two decades of the Argentine artist’s career; Mariano: Variations on a Theme, the first major retrospective exhibition by the Cuban modern artist; Simone Leigh: Trophallaxis, a singular sculpture which encapsulates the artist’s emphasis on the female body—particularly the Black female body; Christo Drawings: A Gift from the Maria Bechily and Scott Hodes Collection, a presentation of stellar works on paper and collages by Christo and Jeanne-Claude detailing their major projects spanning form the late 1960s to the early 2000s; a walk-in installation by Hélio Oiticica; Marco Brambilla: Heaven’s Gate, a monumental work of digital psychedelia; and Carlos Cruz-Diez: Chromosaturation, an immersive environment that reimagines color as an embodied experience.
Also debuting during Art Week is PAMM’s new AR Gallery, New Realities, that will feature rotating commissions in augmented reality during Miami Art Week. All works are commissioned by PAMM specifically for this purpose and are part of the Knight Foundation’s ongoing support of digital initiatives at the museum. Using the PAMM logo as the stage, New Realities asks users to participate rather than view. Whether through games, apps, QR codes, or websites, this form of interaction is at the core of digital practice—users rather than viewers, works that emerge from unexpected places. This exhibition exists wherever the PAMM logo exists. To use the current work, open ar.pamm.org on your phone and point it at any PAMM logo.
Programming highlights include: a special preview for Leandro Erlich: Liminal on Tuesday, November 29 from 9am-2pm, followed by an installment of the Scholl Lecture Series, presented by Goldman Sachs with artist Leandro Erlich in conversation with curator Dan Cameron; PAMM Presents, the museum’s signature Art Week celebration, which will take place on Thursday, December 1 from 8–11pm, featuring headliner Meshell Ndegeocello produced by Jill Newman Productions; and a panel discussion with nonprofit arts organization Art at a Time Like This, which will feature a discussion with thought leaders and artists about mass incarceration and inequalities in the justice system on Saturday, December 3 at 2pm.
FULL MIAMI ART WEEK SCHEDULE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28:
Museum Hours, 11am–6pm
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29:
Museum Hours, 11am–6pm
Member Preview | Leandro Erlich: Liminal
November 29, 9am–2pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami members can see Leandro Erlich: Liminal before it publicly opens. Simply reserve a ticket for the day online or in-person and enjoy first access to the exhibition. The 16 works in Leandro Erlich: Liminal have been selected and arranged by New York-based guest curator Dan Cameron, and mark the artist’s first monographic survey show in North America. Arranged throughout PAMM’s special exhibition galleries, Liminal has been designed to offer an underlying narrative on the act of perception and its possibilities, and to create a conversation between the audience and the art itself. Become a member now to receive an invitation. More info.
Scholl Lecture Series, presented by Goldman Sachs: Leandro Erlich in Conversation with Dan Cameron
November 29, 2pm
Kick off the opening of Leandro Erlich: Liminal, and Miami Art Week, with a conversation between artist Leandro Erlich and exhibition curator Dan Cameron. The two will discuss Erlich’s life and artistic practice, and how it led to this first monographic survey exhibition of Erlich’s work in North America. More info.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30:
Museum Hours, 11am–6pm
PAMM Member Mixer with Carla Gannis and Kelani Nichole
November 30, 12–1pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami members can join artist Carla Gannis and curator Kelani Nichole as they unveil PAMM’s latest AR exhibition, Carla Gannis’ Video Game Cabinet Castle. Enjoy a complimentary cocktail and refreshments on the waterfront terrace as you explore the new digital space and exhibition. Exclusively for PAMM members. Space is limited. RSVP is required. Become a member now to receive an invitation. More info.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1:
Museum Hours, 11am–6pm
PAMM Presents Meshell Ndegeocello produced by Jill Newman Productions
December 1, 8–11pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami celebrates Miami Art Week/Art Basel Miami Beach with its signature Thursday night event featuring headliner Meshell Ndegeocello produced by Jill Newman Productions. Throughout the evening, enjoy drinks, music by Paperwater and DJ Sabine Blaizin, and dancing on the museum’s waterfront terrace. Inside the museum, explore PAMM’s newest exhibition—Leandro Erlich: Liminal. More info.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2:
Museum Hours, 10am–6pm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3:
Museum Hours, 11am–6pm
Art At A Time Like This and PAMM Present: 8×5: Artists & Justice
Saturday, December 3, 2pm
Pérez Art Museum Miami hosts Art at a Time Like This, a nonprofit arts organization, for a panel discussion with thought leaders and artists about mass incarceration and inequalities in the justice system. The discussion will also touch upon the organization’s public art project 8X5, named for the size of an average prison cell, which will be on display throughout the city during Miami Art Week. More info.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4:
Museum Hours, 11am–6pm
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by 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 nearly 40-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.
