Produced By Jill Newman Productions
Museum’s Signature Miami Art Week Bash Welcomes Nearly 4,000 Guests
(MIAMI, FL — December 5, 2022) — On Thursday, December 1, nearly 4,000 guests from around the world gathered at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) for the museum’s signature art week celebration PAMM Presents. The evening featured a live performance by Grammy-nominated artist Meshell Ndegeocello, produced by Jill Newman Productions, on PAMM’s waterfront terrace overlooking Biscayne Bay.
Left: Paperwater. Right: Leandro Erlich’s Liminal at PAMM Presents. Photos courtesy of World Red Eye.
The party kicked off with a set by Paperwater, a Miami-based avant-garde pop duo, on the PAMM beach. Throughout the evening, guests from the worlds of art, fashion, business, and philanthropy, including PAMM members and donors, enjoyed drinks, live music, activations by Porsche and La Croix Sparkling Water, and dancing. The festivities culminated with an hour-long performance by Meshell Ndegeocello, who played with legendary drummer Deantoni Parks. The night ended with a live set by Sabine Blaizin featuring singer Gabriel Brunot.
Left: Jessica & Franklin Sirmans. Right: Maritza Lacayo and Leandro Erlich
Attendees also had the opportunity to view the museum’s current exhibitions which include Leandro Erlich: Liminal presented by Citi, the artist’s first ever survey in North America. Featuring a selection of 16 interactive works and site-specific installations that span more than two decades of the artist’s career, the exhibition includes Erlich’s famed Swimming Pool, the impossible-to-miss installation which submerges viewers, creating an unforgettable experience. Throughout the evening, guests experienced the artwork in a new way by watching Miami Movement Collective perform within Swimming Pool.
Clockwise from top left: Leonel Azuela and Carlos Ponce. Top right: “The Art of Dreams” by Porsche presenting “Dream Big” by Chris Labrooy. Naedege Green, guest, and Anthony Spinello. Jason Seife, Maritza Lacayo, Elliot & Erick Jimenez.
PAMM Presents is sponsored by Brugal 1888, Porsche, Miami Downtown Development Authority, La Croix Sparkling Water, and The Pale.
About Meshell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello has survived the best and worst of what a career in music has to offer. She eschewed genre for originality, celebrity for longevity, and musical trends for musical truths. Fans have come to expect the unexpected and follow her on sojourns into soul, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, rock, all bound by the search for love, justice, respect, and resolution. Those sonic investigations have defied and redefined the expectations for women, for queer artists, and for Black music for over 30 years and she remains one of few women who write the music, sing the songs, and lead the band.
A bass player above all else, Ndegeocello brings her warm, fat, and melodic groove to everything she does. She has earned a Grammy Award, along with numerous nominations, and has played alongside the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Alanis Morrisette, James Blood Ulmer, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Tony Allen, John Medeski, Billy Preston, and Chaka Khan. As for her own bass-playing influences, she credits Sting, Jaco Pastorius, Family Man Barrett, and Stevie Wonder. Ndegeocello is always grateful for the opportunity to share the stage and believes music is a fellowship. She looks to spread that gospel with every creation and collaboration.
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.
