Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Art of the Party

Photography by Alejandro Chavarria on March 4th, 2016 in Culture

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Miami, FL – March 4, 2016 – More than 800 cultural philanthropists, artists, civic leaders and arts supporters attended Pérez Art Museum Miami’s third Annual PAMM Art of the Party gala. The event, which had its highest attendance to date, raised more than $1 million for the museum’s robust education program, the largest outside the Miami-Dade County school system. The highly anticipated evening, conceptualized by Lee Brian Schrager, featured three exclusive experiences – Chef’s Table seated dinner, Supper Club lounge and Remix after party – with delicious dishes created by chef, author and Food Network personality Alex Guarnaschelli. Pérez Art Museum Miami Director Franklin Sirmans honored Chuck Close, one of the most celebrated and influential artists of our time, at the Chef’s Table seated dinner. The museum holds three examples of Close’s work in its permanent collection and in 2004, the museum presented the exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, which explored the artist’s innovative approach to printmaking. Simultaneously in the museum’s second-floor special exhibition galleries, Supper Club partygoers enjoyed a chic and provocative setting with live sets by DJ DZA and interactive art stations, including digital sketch artists and a wall to ceiling coloring book. As the party started winding down, guests were led to the Remix after party by a seven-piece band. Remix quickly came to life with dance throwbacks by DJ Jessica Who, keeping guests dancing under the stars until the early hours of the morning.

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Barbara Becker & Jessica Sirmans

Jessica & Franklin Sirmans

Franklin Sirmans & Chuck Close

Lee Brian Schrager, Ricardo Restrepo, Leann Standish, & Johnny Chavez

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Jorge & Darlene Pérez, Stephen & Kara Ross, & Jeffrey Soffer

Jorge & Darlene Pérez

Andrea Glimcher, Chuck Close, & Eve Xanthopoulos

Harvey & Roberta Chaplin

Yoly & Gene Schaefer

Nat & Pat Moore

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Craig Robins & Aaron Podhurst

Patricia & Phillip Frost

Dennis Scholl, Trudy Cejas, Debra Scholl, & Paul Cejas

Terry Schechter, Micky Wolfson, Patricia Papper, & Jerry M Lindzon

Jeffrey Soffer & Tom Garfinkel

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Frederick & Michele Oka Doner

Bernice Steinbaum & Tomas Esson

David & Christy Martin

Soledad & Justin Lowe

19.6-Lourdes Giménez & Carlos A. Giménez

Lourdes & Carlos A. Giménez

Eve Xanthopoulos, Barbara Becker, Alexa Wolman, & Criselda Breene

Aaron Janus & Alex Guarnaschelli

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Aaron Podhurst

Lee Brian Schrager & Alex Guarnaschelli

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Franklin Sirmans & Chuck Close

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Franklin Sirmans & Chuck Close

Chuck Close & Franklin Sirmans

Chuck Close

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Chuck Close & Franklin Sirmans

Chuck Close

Walid Wahab, Aaron Podhurst, Manny Diaz, & Iran Issa Khan

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Walid Wahab, Aaron Podhurst, Iran Issa Khan, & Manny Diaz

Susie Wahab & Iran Issa Khan

John Lin & Suzie Buckley Woodward

Maria Beguiristain & Tara Solomon

31.5-Katherine Rubino & Stephen Brunelle

Katharine Rubino & Stephen Brunelle

Ingrid Hoffmann

David King & Lucy Morillo

Andreea Baclea & Lucy Morillo

Nancy Batchelor & Alexa Wolman

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Jon & Nancy Batchelor, Liz & Eric Feder

34-David Saltz, Sara Saltz, & Tom Garfinkel

David & Sara Saltz, & Tom Garfinkel

Diane & Alan Lieberman

Jane Wooldridge & Larry Rivero

Jeff Krinsky, Debra Scholl, & Dennis Scholl

Micky Wolfson & Patricia Papper

Leann Standish & John Lin

Leann Standish & Pieter A Bockweg

40.5-Iran Issa Khan, Leonard Abess, & Jayne Abess

Iran Issa Khan, Leonard & Jayne Abess

Justin Lowe & Matthew Lieberman

Soledad Lowe & Jilian Jacobson

Aaron Puckett & Lexïng Zhang

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Lexïng Zhang, Angie Ferrer Domecq, Nikki Noya, & Soledad Lowe

Angie Ferrer Domecq, Soledad Lowe, Matthew Lieberman, Tim Walker, & Tracy Belcher

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Susie & Walid Wahab

Tara Solomon & Nick D’Annunzio

Clare Laverty & NIck D’Annunzio

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Darlene & Jorge Pérez

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Rene Ruiz, Lourdes & Carlos A. Giménez

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Sankesh Abbhi, Tanvi Vattikuti Abbhi, Raj & Padma Vattikuti, Anita Johal, & Sridhar Murthy

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Padma Vattikuti, Franklin & Jessica Sirmans

Alexa Wolman, John Lin, & Jessica Sirmans

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Jessica Who

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Paul Cejas & Raj Vattikuti

Farah Abassi, Lisa Hochstein, & Tara Solomon

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Ximena Cho & Susanne Birbragher

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Iran Issa Khan & Tui Pranich

Tui Pranich & Susie Wahab

Barbara Becker, Criselda Breene, & Suzy Woodward

Suzy Buckley Woodward & Criselda Breene

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Criselda Breene, Suzy Buckley Woodward, & Barbara Becker

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Jessica Sirmans, Barbara Becker, Franklin Sirmans, Criselda Breene, Suzy Buckley Woodward, Tui Pranich, Alexa Wolman, Iran Issa Khan, Andreea Baclea, & Hadley Henriette