9th Annual PAMM Art + Soul

Photography by World Red Eye, Kyle McLaughlin, Daniel Rodriguez on February 5th, 2022 in Arts, Lifestyle

Miami, FL – February 5, 2022 – On Saturday, February 5, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) hosted artists, philanthropists, and museum supporters for the ninth annual Art + Soul celebration, one of Miami’s premier social and fundraising events in support and celebration of the museum’s Fund for Black Art, which highlights the vast scope of various identities represented by the fund, including those from Latin America and the Caribbean in addition to the African Diaspora. PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans revealed the fund’s most recent art acquisitions: Wallace Simmons and Eric Allums, Birmingham, AL and Cabin and Palm Trees, both photographs by Dawoud Bey, and On the Other Side of Everything, a hyperrealistic painting by Calida Rawles. All three artworks use vivid and evocative imagery to address the history of racial terrorism in the Unites States, alluding to a past haunted by unspeakable voilence.

This evening also honored actor and activist David Alan Grier, who has been an outspoken force in the arts through his commitment to championing Black artists, as well as a major collector of Black art for over two decades, with works by artists including Kevin Beasley, Mickalene Thomas, and Kara Walker. Guests enjoyed refreshing cocktails and an intimate dinner on PAMM’s iconic waterfront terrace by celebrity chef Alexander Smalls, the visionary behind the award-winning restaurant The Cecil, New York City’s first Afro-Asian-American restaurant. Following a glamorous champagne toast to the acquisition reveal, guests danced and mingled under the stars to entertainment provided by DJ Pam Jones and Deep Fried Funk.