In Conversation: Franklin Sirmans and Gilbert Vicario
PAMM Chief Curator Gilbert Vicario sat down with PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans to discuss art, curatorial background, life, work, and more!
Gilbert Vicario comes to Pérez Art Museum Miami from Phoenix Art Museum, where he served as The Selig Family Chief Curator for seven years. Before Phoenix, he was the senior curator and division head for curatorial affairs at the Des Moines Art Center from 2009-2015.
Graduated from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Vicario started his museum career at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where he established his passion for organizing exhibitions. Recently curated exhibitions include "Stories of Abstraction: Contemporary Latin American Art in the Global Context" and "Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist," which traveled from Phoenix Art Museum to New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and Palm Springs Art Museum, California.
As a first-generation Mexican American, Vicario brings expertise in Latin American Art and shares PAMM's mission of showcasing international modern and contemporary art. With his expertise in presenting diverse American artists, and particularly his attention to Latinx artists, we are excited for him to help lead our curatorial team into the future.