More front page #PAM news. There are interesting challenges in this story, but the notion that in the Miami art world there is a hispanic prejudice overtone seems a bit much to me - the issues go beyond that...

Developer Jorge Pérez is saddened by the controversy surrounding his $35 million naming gift to the MAM 

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Jorge Perez, art collector, is photographed inside his home. Jorge Perez gave the Miami Herald a tour of his home and extensive art collection at his Coconut Grove home on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF. 

Jorge Pérez, whose Related Group giddily filled Miami’s skyline with glossy condo tower after glossy condo tower, until the real estate bust nearly sank him, comes to the formal dining room of his waterfront Coconut Grove house freshly shaven, in a crisp shirt the color of ripe mango flesh.

A housekeeper pours coffee as he pops mini quiches and nibbles on cut fruit. Miami’s über developer, as he became known when he was riding high atop the bubble, looks ready to tackle whatever it is über developers tackle day to day.


 

via miamiherald.com

Developer Jorge M. Pérez gives $35 million naming donation to Miami Art Museum - Miami-Dade

via miamiherald.com

Billionaire condo developer Jorge Perez gave a$35 million naming donation to Miami Art Museum. (Miami Herald file photo)

"Joining the ranks of major givers in Miami, developer Jorge Pérez has pledged to donate $35 million in cash and art from his personal collection to the new Miami Art Museum, which will bear his name when it opens in two years.

The donation includes $5 million that Pérez has already pledged and partially paid; an additional $15 million for the capital campaign and $15 million worth of Latin American art to be chosen by the museum."