Nearly 4,000 guests from around the world enjoyed an evening of music performed by Grammy-nominated artist Meshell Ndegeocello and produced by Jill Newman Productions, at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) for the museum’s art week celebration PAMM Presents. 

Meshell Ndegeocello and her band. Photos Courtesy World Red Eye.

Opening for Ms. Ndegeocello was Miami-based avant-garde pop duo, Paperwater, who gave a riveting performance on the PAMM beach. 

Paperwater

Guests from the worlds of art, fashion, business, and philanthropy, including PAMM members and donors, enjoyed drinks, live music, activations by Porsche and La Croix Sparkling Water, and dancing. 

Maritza Lacayo and Leandro Erlich.

Party goers also viewed the museum’s full slate of exhibitions including Leandro Erlich: Liminal presented by Citi, the artist’s first ever survey in North America.

The exhibition features 16-interactive works and site-specific installations that span more than two decades of the artist’s career and features Erlich’s famed Swimming Pool, which submerges viewers, creating an unforgettable experience.

The 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 nearly 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.

For more information about Perez Arts Museum of Miami, visit pamm.org.