Miami, FL – August 10, 2016 – Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) invited Museum Circle members to preview the museum’s latest special exhibition, Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks. Guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as they celebrated this major exhibition focused on Jean-Michel Basquiat’s notebooks. Notable attendees included musician Lenny Kravitz, who toured the galleries with PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans, Barbara Becker and Amaris Jones; Miami Heat player Juwan Howard; Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz; Chairman of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, District 2, Jean Monestime; and local artists Edouard Duval-Carrié, Glexis Novoa and TYPOE.

Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and is curated by Dieter Buchhart, guest curator, with Tricia Laughlin Bloom, former Associate Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum. The presentation of this exhibition at Pérez Art Museum Miami has been organized by Assistant Curator María Elena Ortiz. It has been made possible by the Italian Trade Agency and Salone del Mobile.Milano with additional support from Facebook. Lead individual support was received from Patricia Papper and Nedra and Mark Oren. Special thanks to Larry Warsh and Lio Malca. Support from Heineken is also gratefully acknowledged.

Juwan & Jenine Howard

Maria Elena Ortiz, Tobias Ostrander, & Franklin Sirmans

Stills from Downtown 81, 1980–81. 35mm slide. © New York Beat Films, LLC. Courtesy Maripol. By permission of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved

Stills from Downtown 81, 1980–81. 35mm slide. © New York Beat Films, LLC. Courtesy Maripol. By permission of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved

Stills from Downtown 81, 1980–81. 35mm slide. © New York Beat Films, LLC. Courtesy Maripol. By permission of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). Untitled, 1985. Collection of Larry Warsh. Copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved. Licensed by Artestar, New York

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). Famous (recto and verso), 1982. Private collection, courtesy of Lio Malca. Copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Christopher Burke

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). All Beef, (detail) 1983. Private collection, courtesy of Lio Malca. Copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Mark-Woods.com

Nathalie Janata & Emily Nelms Perez

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). Untitled(Crown), 1982. Private collection, courtesy of Lio Malca. Copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Mark-Woods.com

Brian James & Nathalie Cadet-James

Franklin Sirmans, Amaris Jones, Barbara Becker, & Juan Lopez Salaberry

Dan & Kathryn Mikesell

Typoe & Esther Park

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). Al Jolson, 1981. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Estelle Schwartz, 87.47. Copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). Untitled (Ink Drawing), 1981. Private collection. Copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Gavin Ashworth

Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). Untitled Notebook Page, 1980–81. Collection of Larry Warsh. Copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Sarah DeSantis, Brooklyn Museum

Walid & Susie Wahab, Nina Johnson-Milewski, & Ellen Salpeter

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