Museum Circle Preview: “Mariano: Variations on a Theme” at Pérez Art Museum Miami

Photography by Richard Alvarez on August 4th, 2022 in Lifestyle

Miami, FL – August 4, 2022 – On August 4, 2022, Museum Circle members gathered to Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) for an exclusive preview of the new special exhibition, “Mariano: Variations on a Theme.” This is the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of Cuban artist Mariano Rodríguez (b. 1912, Havana; d. 1990, Havana) in the United States. Guests enjoyed music, cocktails, and bites as they explored the exhibition. PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans and Curator Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta toasted to the evening with remarks. Following the preview supporters enjoyed the opening dinner at Boulud Sud <linked to https://www.bouludsud.com/miami/#reservations>, the Mediterranean gem of famed Chef Daniel Boulud, located at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami.

“Mariano: Variations on a Theme” is organized by the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, in collaboration with the Fundación Mariano Rodríguez. The exhibition has been curated by Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta with support from Boston College and the Patrons and the Latin American Art Initiative of the McMullen Museum. The presentation of the exhibition at Pérez Art Museum Miami is coordinated by PAMM’s Andrew W. Mellon Caribbean Cultural Institute Coordinator Iberia Pérez González with PAMM’s former Director of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator René Morales. Exhibition support from Ramón Cernuda and Nercys Ganem, Karen H. Bechtel and William T. Osborne, Maria Bechily and Scott Hodes, and JW Marriott Marquis Miami is gratefully acknowledged. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated, bilingual (English/Spanish) catalogue edited by Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta and published by the McMullen Museum.