Pérez Art Museum Miami 11th Annual Art + Soul Celebration

Photography by Isaac Gill, Nicole on February 10th, 2024 in Lifestyle

Miami, FL – February 10, 2024 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) welcomed over 700 artists, philanthropists, and museum supporters for the eleventh annual Art + Soul the museum’s premier social and fundraising event in support and celebration of the PAMM Fund for Black Art, which allows the museum to purchase and showcase contemporary art by Black artists for its permanent collection. The museum raised more than $1 million for the Fund. PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans revealed the fund’s most recent art acquisitions: Ogun’s Return (Once Again… Statues Never Die) (2022) by Isaac Julien and wild wild country (2023) by Kennedy Yanko. Past acquisitions for the museum’s permanent collection include works by artists such as Willie Cole, Carrie Mae Weems, Terry Adkins, Romare Bearden, Kevin Beasley, Ed Clark, Theresa Chromati, Nari Ward, Lorraine O’Grady, Ebony G. Patterson, Faith Ringgold, Tschabalala Self, Vaughn Spann, Juana Valdes, and more. The evening honored curator and activist Mashonda Tifrere for her vision of inclusivity, entrepreneurialism, and sustainability. The event was led by co-chairs PAMM Trustee Eric Johnson and Holly Gaines, Tracey Robertson Carter and Christopher Carter, Patricia Howell, and honorary co-chair and PAMM Trustee Deryl McKissack. Guests enjoyed cocktails and a seated dinner featuring a special menu developed by James Beard Award-winning chef Sophia Roe. Following a glamorous champagne toast to the acquisition reveal, guests danced and mingled under the stars with live performances by Rich Medina and Deep Fried Funk. Proceeds from Art + Soul benefit the PAMM Fund for Black Art. Art + Soul 2024 is sponsored by Baldwin Richardson Foods Co., Miami-Dade County Commissioner Keon Hardemon, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Lincoln Financial Group, The Dean Collection, and The Miami Foundation.