Pérez Art Museum Miami Celebrated 2024 Miami Art Week With HOMECOMING™ By Grace Ladoja
On Thursday, December 5, 2024, over 3,500 guests from around the world gathered at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) for the museum’s signature art week celebration PAMM Presents. The evening featured the global collective HOMECOMING™ curated by music manager Grace Ladoja, with an international lineup of Amaarae, DJ Tunez, and Dare Balogun, as well as DJ sets by SATURNSARii, Kumi, and Lumin.
Throughout the evening, guests from the worlds of art, fashion, business, and philanthropy, including PAMM members and donors, enjoyed drinks, live music, immersive activations, and dancing under the stars. Under the guidance of cultural curator Grace Ladoja, HOMECOMING™ featured performances by rising star talent Amaarae, DJ Tunez, and Dare Balogun. The festivities culminated with DJ sets by Miami’s very own music makers, SATURNSARii, Kumi, and Lumin.
Throughout the evening, guests also had the opportunity to view José Parlá: Homecoming. An elaborate, two-part exhibition by the Miami-native artist, Homecoming features never-before-seen works and a site-specific mural, and is a radical departure from the traditional use of space in a museum. Before the show’s opening, visitors had the unique opportunity to observe Parlá’s dance-like technique in real time, painting a mural in situ at the museum. The second portion sees the museum gallery transformed and converted into Parlá’s studio: a room full of paint-covered tables, a lively vinyl Cuban-inspired records collection, and decades of Parlá’s archival memorabilia. Homecoming is on view through July 6, 2025.
PAMM Presents 2024 is sponsored by Art Miami + Art Miami Context, BLESS Collection Hotels, and La Croix Sparkling Water.
ABOUT HOMECOMING™
HOMECOMING™ is a movement; igniting new cultural conversation and creative development across Africa. PAMM’s vision is to empower the continent’s young generation with the knowledge and resources to inspire and enable future innovation and growth.
ABOUT PAMM
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), led by Director Franklin Sirmans, promotes artistic expression and the exchange of ideas, advancing public knowledge and appreciation of art, architecture, and design, and reflecting the diverse community of its pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. The 40-year-old South Florida institution, formerly known as Miami Art Museum (MAM), opened a new building, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron, on December 4, 2013, in Downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park. The facility is a state-of-the-art model for sustainable museum design and progressive programming and features 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor program space with flexible galleries; shaded outdoor verandas; a waterfront restaurant and bar; a museum shop; and an education center with a library, media lab, and classroom spaces.
Photos Credit: Morgan Sophia and WorldRedEye.com
Date Posted: December 10, 2024
