Miami, United States

Pérez Art Museum Miami

PAMM traces its origins to 1984 and opened its current home in 2013 — a Herzog & de Meuron building in Miami's Museum Park, with hanging gardens and a shaded veranda designed for the subtropical climate. The museum was renamed following a major gift from collector and developer Jorge M. Pérez. The museum focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first-century art, with a distinctive emphasis on the cultures of the Atlantic rim — North and South America, the Caribbean, and the African diaspora — reflecting Miami's role as a crossroads between the Americas. Its collection and exhibitions foreground artists and histories that more conventional surveys have overlooked. PAMM's relevance lies in anchoring the contemporary scene of a city that, through Art Basel Miami Beach, has become one of the most important art-market destinations in the world.

Origins in 1984; current Herzog & de Meuron home opened in 2013 in Miami's Museum Park.