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Jorge M. Pérez

Jorge M. Pérez collects contemporary art, having focused for about two decades almost entirely on Latin American art before giving that collection to the museum in Miami that now carries his name. He then widened his collecting and opened El Espacio 23, an art center in the Allapattah area of Miami with exhibitions and residencies drawn from his holdings.

Artists named in the collection

Ai Weiwei, Kara Walker, William Kentridge, Kenneth Noland, Alex Katz, Sol LeWitt, John Chamberlain, Ana Mendieta, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Tania Bruguera, Vik Muniz

On record

  • The Miami Art Museum was renamed in his honor after his lead gift.
  • A 2016 donation gave the museum more than 200 works, mostly contemporary Cuban art, plus a $10 million pledge.
  • In December 2025 the museum announced a gift of 82 photographic works by 58 artists, his first gift dedicated to photography.
  • El Espacio 23 opened in December 2019 with Time for Change, a show of 80 artists from his collection.

Institutional roles

  • Namesake donor, Pérez Art Museum Miami

Questions

What does Jorge M. Pérez collect?Jorge M. Pérez collects contemporary art, having focused for about two decades almost entirely on Latin American art before giving that collection to the museum in Miami that now carries his name. He then widened his collecting and opened El Espacio 23, an art center in the Allapattah area of Miami with exhibitions and residencies drawn from his holdings.

Which artists are in the Jorge M. Pérez collection?Cited sources name works by Ai Weiwei, Kara Walker, William Kentridge, Kenneth Noland, Alex Katz, Sol LeWitt, John Chamberlain, Ana Mendieta.

Can the public see the collection of Jorge M. Pérez?Yes. Works are shown at El Espacio 23 in Miami, United States.

Sources

  1. Remaking Miami's Art Scene, Sotheby's Magazine, 2019
  2. Pérez Art Museum Miami, Wikipedia
  3. PAMM announces major collection gift of 82 works from Jorge Pérez, Community Newspapers, 2025
  4. Pérez Art Museum Miami gifted photographs by Jorge Pérez, The Art Newspaper, 2025
  5. About, El Espacio 23

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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