[CURATION] The influential man in Miami Art, Jorge M. Pérez

March 16, 2021


The influential man in Miami Art, Jorge M. Pérez

by Suhyun Kim





In December every year, Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Cohen flies to ‘this city’ by private jet and the city lights up. Where is ‘this city’? Playing by the emerald beach in the warm, winter sun. You can joy freedom and romance at a cocktail bar under the twinkling lights. With 65% of the population speaking Spanish, Miami has unique Hispanic history and heritage that makes such a unique vacation destination.
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December in Miami gets a real buzz out of the Art Week. During the week, Art Basel Miamione of the most important international art fairs takes place. Celebrating the end of the year, artists, gallerists, collectors and aficionados from around the world gather and party around the clock at private art museums in Miami. Among them, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is best known for its spectacular design. Founded in 1984 as the Center for the Fine Arts, it became known as the Miami Art Museum from 1996. Until it was renamed in 2013 as PAMM upon the opening of its new building designed by Herzog & de Meuron after the name of Jorge M. Pérez who donated his collections and made a gift of $35 million for the new museum. 




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Jorge M. Pérez, the man who is as influential as to rename the museum who is he?


Moving to Miami at the age of nineteen, Pérez built his fortune by building and operating low-income multifamily as well as skyscraper condo projects across Miami. He has been called the “Donald Trump of the Tropics”, but interestingly, he was an active Democratic fundraiser for the failed presidencial campaign of Senator Hill Clinton. Influenced by his mother who loved art and had a great library in Cuba, Pérez was naturally inclined to art collection. He has also pledged to donate his entire collection to the museum after his death.



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PAMM shows local Hispanic artists as well as master artists like Pablo Picasso and Christo & Jeanne-Claude. During Art Basel 2019, Pérez openes a new art space called El Espacio 23 housing galleries and residencies for the promotion of young artists and curators. Perez says that he wanted to promote artists from around the world by creating the art space in which contemporary artists can come and work. 



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The Argentine American billionaire has already done much for the arts community in his city of Miami. Now let us get a peek inside his home. Pérezs Venetian-style home serves as an equally vibrant, frequently rotating gallery for his extensive private collection. The house is ideally laid out with the paintings, sculptures, and phjotographs arrayed against pristine walls.

 

Im lucky because I get to buy for my own collection as well as for the museum and my developments, he explains. His passion for giving is inspired and rooted in a desire to make a difference for individua; artists and communities alike.


 











 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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