Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)welcomed visitors to the museum for “Beyond the Horizon: Collecting, Exhibiting, and Studying Cuban Art in a Miami Context,” an art talk in conjunction with the launch of the catalogue “On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection.”
“At PAMM we seek to be a central space for critical discussion and exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art,” explains Tobias Ostrander, PAMM Chief Curator. “Jorge M. Perez’s collection of Contemporary Cuban Art is a crucial tool for these interests and is a dynamic and growing collection, one that is inclusive and responsive to shifting dialogues around contemporary art being produced both on the island and in the diaspora.”
The conversation included Jorge M. Pérez, Elizabeth Cerejido, Esperanza Bravo de Varona Chair, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries; Patricia M. Hanna, Art Director, Related Group; Tobias Ostrander, Chief Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and focused on the significant collection gifted to PAMM by Jorge M. Pérez as well as PAMM’s mission to display these works at the museum through exhibitions and scholarship. The event was also a celebration of the culmination of a series of year-long projects surrounding the collection and PAMM’s commitment to presenting Cuban Contemporary Art in a Miami context.