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'''Antonio Permuy''' is an American art patron, curator, art collector, writer, and advocate. He has curated notable exhibitions of Cuban, American, and European art and his writings have been published in the United States and Europe. Permuy has donated works into the permanent collections of museums as well as other cultural and educational institutions including ], ], and ]. '''Antonio Permuy''' is an American art patron, curator, art collector, writer, and advocate. He has curated notable exhibitions of Cuban, American, and European art and his writings have been published in the United States and Europe. Permuy has donated works into the permanent collections of museums as well as other cultural and educational institutions including ], ], and ].


==Background== ==Background==


Antonio Permuy was born in the ] neighborhood of ] and raised in ]. He is a grandson of art patron ] and international human rights advocate ]. Permuy graduated from ] and the ].<ref name="Caplin News: Antonio Permuy">{{cite web |title=Author: Antonio Permuy |url=https://caplinnews.fiu.edu/author/antonio-permuy/ |website=caplinnews.fiu.edu |publisher=© Caplin News |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> While a university student, he founded the ] campus’ first student art club, which became his first vehicle for organizing and curating art events and expanding the presence of the arts.<ref name="USF article">{{cite web |last1=Moore Jr. |first1=Michael |title=Student leaves colorful legacy on campus |url=https://crowsneststpete.com/2019/05/02/student-leaves-colorful-legacy-on-campus/ |website=crowsneststpete.com |date=2 May 2019 |publisher=The Crow's Nest 2023 |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Permuy Legacies llc About">{{cite web |title=About |url=https://antoniopermuy.com/about |website=permuylegacies.com |publisher=Permuy Legacies LLC. |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Antonio Permuy was born in the ] neighborhood of ] and raised in ]. He is a grandson of art patron ] and international human rights advocate ]. Permuy graduated from ] and the ].<ref name="Caplin News: Antonio Permuy">{{cite web |title=Author: Antonio Permuy |url=https://caplinnews.fiu.edu/author/antonio-permuy/ |website=caplinnews.fiu.edu |publisher=© Caplin News |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> While a university student, he founded the ] campus’ first student art club, which became his first vehicle for organizing and curating art events and expanding the presence of the arts.<ref name="USF article">{{cite web |last1=Moore Jr. |first1=Michael |title=Student leaves colorful legacy on campus |url=https://crowsneststpete.com/2019/05/02/student-leaves-colorful-legacy-on-campus/ |website=crowsneststpete.com |date=2 May 2019 |publisher=The Crow's Nest 2023 |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Permuy Legacies llc About">{{cite web |title=About |url=https://antoniopermuy.com/about |website=permuylegacies.com |publisher=Permuy Legacies LLC. |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>


Permuy has remained active in the arts, as well as in other entrepreneurial industries. In 2017 he began leading the Permuy Architecture Communications Department, where he oversaw the firm's expanded media presence with coverage for its projects on several major outlets including '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'', as well as securing design recognitions such as the ]'s 2020 American Architecture Award.<ref name="Arch Digest">{{cite web |last1=Fazzare |first1=Elizabeth |title=Artist Carsten Höller Debuts a Nine-Story-Tall Slide in Miami |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/carsten-holler-miami-slide |website=architecturaldigest.com |date=13 February 2018 |publisher=Architectural Digest |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Dezeen">{{cite web |last1=Howarth |first1=Dan |title=Carsten Höller's first giant slides in the US open in Miami |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2018/02/13/carsten-holler-aventura-slide-tower-first-permanent-installation-usa-opens-miami/ |website=dezeen.com |date=13 February 2018 |publisher=Dezeen |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Miami Herald">{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Rene |title=Why a giant new slide is so important to Aventura Mall — and what it's like to ride it |url=https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/business/article191021834.html |website=miamiherald.com |publisher=Miami Herald |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Real Deal">{{cite web |last1=Cordle |first1=Ina |title=Ronny Finvarb snags $27.6M construction loan for new South Beach Kimpton hotel |url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2017/05/30/ronny-finvarb-snags-27-6m-construction-loan-for-new-south-beach-kimpton-hotel/ |website=therealdeal.com |date=30 May 2017 |publisher=The Real Deal |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Chicago Athenaeum">{{cite web |title=The 2020 American Architecture Awards: Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach |url=https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/the-2020-american-architecture-awards/2020/09/29/kimpton-hotel-palomar-south-beach-miami-florida-2018/ |website=chi-athenaeum.org |publisher=The Chicago Athenaeum |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> Permuy also led efforts to sponsor and organize community events through the firm with the office of then-Congresswoman ] as well as the ] to honor the public service of firm board member ].<ref name="Ros-Lehtinen event">{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Robert |title=Ros-Lehtinen, other community leaders salute Jesús Permuy |url=https://communitynewspapers.com/coral-gables-news/ros-lehtinen-other-community-leaders-salute-jesus-permuy/ |website=communitynewspapers.com |date=October 2018 |publisher=Coral Gables News |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Permuy Street Designation">{{cite web |title=Jesus A. Permuy Honored with Brickell Street Co-designation |url=https://permuyarchitecture.com/miami-dedicates-street-in-honor-of-jesus-a-permuy/ |website=permuyarchitecture.com |date=9 July 2020 |publisher=Coral Gables News |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> He also currently serves as co-founder of BlackOUT Art LLC., as well as founder and president of legacy consulting firm Permuy Legacies LLC.<ref name="career outline">{{cite web |title=Antonio Permuy |url=https://www.signalhire.com/profiles/antonio-permuy%27s-email/13414595 |website=signalhire.com |publisher=2024 © SignalHire |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Permuy has remained active in the arts, as well as in other entrepreneurial industries. In 2017 he began leading the Permuy Architecture Communications Department, where he oversaw the firm's expanded media presence with coverage for its projects on several major outlets including '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'', as well as securing design recognitions such as the ]'s 2020 American Architecture Award.<ref name="Arch Digest">{{cite web |last1=Fazzare |first1=Elizabeth |title=Artist Carsten Höller Debuts a Nine-Story-Tall Slide in Miami |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/carsten-holler-miami-slide |website=architecturaldigest.com |date=13 February 2018 |publisher=Architectural Digest |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Dezeen">{{cite web |last1=Howarth |first1=Dan |title=Carsten Höller's first giant slides in the US open in Miami |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2018/02/13/carsten-holler-aventura-slide-tower-first-permanent-installation-usa-opens-miami/ |website=dezeen.com |date=13 February 2018 |publisher=Dezeen |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Miami Herald">{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Rene |title=Why a giant new slide is so important to Aventura Mall — and what it's like to ride it |url=https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/business/article191021834.html |website=miamiherald.com |publisher=Miami Herald |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Real Deal">{{cite web |last1=Cordle |first1=Ina |title=Ronny Finvarb snags $27.6M construction loan for new South Beach Kimpton hotel |url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2017/05/30/ronny-finvarb-snags-27-6m-construction-loan-for-new-south-beach-kimpton-hotel/ |website=therealdeal.com |date=30 May 2017 |publisher=The Real Deal |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Chicago Athenaeum">{{cite web |title=The 2020 American Architecture Awards: Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach |url=https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/the-2020-american-architecture-awards/2020/09/29/kimpton-hotel-palomar-south-beach-miami-florida-2018/ |website=chi-athenaeum.org |publisher=The Chicago Athenaeum |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> Permuy also led efforts to sponsor and organize community events through the firm with the office of then-Congresswoman ] as well as the ] to honor the public service of firm board member ].<ref name="Ros-Lehtinen event">{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Robert |title=Ros-Lehtinen, other community leaders salute Jesús Permuy |url=https://communitynewspapers.com/coral-gables-news/ros-lehtinen-other-community-leaders-salute-jesus-permuy/ |website=communitynewspapers.com |date=October 2018 |publisher=Coral Gables News |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Permuy Street Designation">{{cite web |title=Jesus A. Permuy Honored with Brickell Street Co-designation |url=https://permuyarchitecture.com/miami-dedicates-street-in-honor-of-jesus-a-permuy/ |website=permuyarchitecture.com |date=9 July 2020 |publisher=Coral Gables News |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> He also currently serves as co-founder of BlackOUT Art LLC., as well as founder and president of legacy consulting firm Permuy Legacies LLC.<ref name="career outline">{{cite web |title=Antonio Permuy |url=https://www.signalhire.com/profiles/antonio-permuy%27s-email/13414595 |website=signalhire.com |publisher=2024 © SignalHire |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>


==Curatorial and writing career== ==Curatorial and writing career==


As a curator, Permuy has curated art exhibitions in ], ], ], ], ], and ]. His exhibitions have centered on various themes including emerging artists, biology-inspired art, Florida art, and ].<ref name="USF article" /><ref name="Think Macro Act Micro">{{cite web |title=Think Macro Act Micro |url=https://www.usf.edu/marine-science/news/2020/think-macro-act-micro.aspx |website=usf.edu |publisher=© 2024, University of South Florida. |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Flourishing Dichotomies catalog">{{cite web |title=Flourishing Dichotomies: Florida Art, Past & Present (catalog) |url=https://issuu.com/hccartgalleries/docs/flourishing_dichotomies_hurricane_ed_fo_issuu |website=issuu.com |date=12 October 2024 |publisher=HCC Art Galleries |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Permuy has exhibited several established as well as emerging American, Cuban, and European artists from the 20th and 21st centuries. As a curator, Permuy has curated art exhibitions in ], ], ], ], ], and ]. His exhibitions have centered on various themes including emerging artists, biology-inspired art, Florida art, and ].<ref name="USF article" /><ref name="Think Macro Act Micro">{{cite web |title=Think Macro Act Micro |url=https://www.usf.edu/marine-science/news/2020/think-macro-act-micro.aspx |website=usf.edu |publisher=© 2024, University of South Florida. |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Flourishing Dichotomies catalog">{{cite web |title=Flourishing Dichotomies: Florida Art, Past & Present (catalog) |url=https://issuu.com/hccartgalleries/docs/flourishing_dichotomies_hurricane_ed_fo_issuu |website=issuu.com |date=12 October 2024 |publisher=HCC Art Galleries |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Permuy has exhibited several established as well as emerging American, Cuban, and European artists from the 20th and 21st centuries.


Beginning in 2018, he initiated and curated Permuy Architecture’s annual art exhibition series titled ''Art + Architecture'' during Miami Art Week as a homage to the history of ].<ref name="Permuy Legacies llc About" /><ref name="Permuy Architecture The Arts">{{cite web |title=Permuy Architecture: The Arts |url=https://permuyarchitecture.com/the-arts/ |website=permuyarchitecture.com |publisher=Permuy Architecture |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> The exhibitions have featured the work of several established Cuban and local South Florida artists. The exhibition series is also notable for its media coverage and being attended by South Florida political and business leaders.<ref name="Art + Architecture 2019">{{cite web |title=Gables architecture firm combines holiday party with art exhibition |url=https://communitynewspapers.com/featured/gables-architecture-firm-combines-holiday-party-with-art-exhibition/ |website=communitynewspapers.com |date=20 January 2020 |publisher=Coral Gables News |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Art + Architecture 2023">{{cite journal |last1=Kouretsos |first1=Catherine |title=Permuy Architecture honors local legacies during Miami Art Week |journal=Coral Gables News |date=15 January 2024 |volume=2024 |issue=15 - 28 January |page=31 |publisher=Miami's Community Newspapers |location=Coral Gables, Florida}}</ref> Beginning in 2018, he initiated and curated Permuy Architecture’s annual art exhibition series titled ''Art + Architecture'' during Miami Art Week as a homage to the history of ].<ref name="Permuy Legacies llc About" /><ref name="Permuy Architecture The Arts">{{cite web |title=Permuy Architecture: The Arts |url=https://permuyarchitecture.com/the-arts/ |website=permuyarchitecture.com |publisher=Permuy Architecture |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> The exhibitions have featured the work of several established Cuban and local South Florida artists. The exhibition series is also notable for its media coverage and being attended by South Florida political and business leaders.<ref name="Art + Architecture 2019">{{cite web |title=Gables architecture firm combines holiday party with art exhibition |url=https://communitynewspapers.com/featured/gables-architecture-firm-combines-holiday-party-with-art-exhibition/ |website=communitynewspapers.com |date=20 January 2020 |publisher=Coral Gables News |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Art + Architecture 2023">{{cite journal |last1=Kouretsos |first1=Catherine |title=Permuy Architecture honors local legacies during Miami Art Week |journal=Coral Gables News |date=15 January 2024 |volume=2024 |issue=15 - 28 January |page=31 |publisher=Miami's Community Newspapers |location=Coral Gables, Florida}}</ref>


Permuy’s other notable exhibitions include ''Forbidden Fruit: The Art of Cuban Sexuality'', the largest documented exhibition ever held of Cuban erotic art. The exhibition opened during Miami Art Week of 2024 and was officially affiliated with ], garnering international visibility and media coverage.<ref name="Art Basel Affiliated Cultural Institutions">{{cite web |title=Art Basel Miami Beach: Cultural Institutions |url=https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach/at-the-show/cultural-institutions |website=artbasel.com |publisher=© by MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Malaysian Reserve">{{cite web |title=Historic Cuban art exhibition to open in Miami Beach |url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2024/11/19/historic-exhibition-of-cuban-art-to-open-at-weam-in-miami-beach/?__cf_chl_tk=aCGKLSCrcVsIR5v3WzB.nhsy5X6hinutze6OK_ps8BY-1734849111-1.0.1.1-.5YtPb.2zCpRR7SN6a31Uf6eTPdvbAjbIWqKna5NUTs |website=themalaysianreserve.com | date=18 November 2024 |publisher=2024 TMR Media Sdn Bhd |access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref> ''Forbidden Fruit'' featured 72 artists and 153 works, as well as three photographic works by American guest artist ] that were taken during her visits to Cuba.<ref name="Eastern Progress">{{cite web |title=Largest exhibition ever of Cuban erotic art to open at WEAM in Miami Beach |url=https://www.easternprogress.com/largest-exhibition-ever-of-cuban-erotic-art-to-open-at-weam-in-miami-beach/article_d13e99a3-d9aa-5c73-b61a-c00637287a43.html?=/&subcategory=16%7CLive+Music |website=easternprogress.com | date=December 2024 |publisher=© 2024 Eastern Progress |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> The exhibition was also the first exhibition of Cuban art to be held in the ] (WEAM) ahead of its 20th anniversary.<ref name="WEAM Forbidden Fruit official announcement">{{cite web |title=Forbidden Fruit: The Art of Cuban Sexuality |url=https://weam.com/event/forbidden-fruit-the-art-of-cuban-sexuality/ |website=weam.com |date=11 November 2024 |publisher=© 2024 WEAM |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Forbidden Fruit also marked the final career exhibitions with the active involvement of ] and ], who had both died in 2024.<ref name="Eastern Progress" /> Permuy’s other notable exhibitions include ''Forbidden Fruit: The Art of Cuban Sexuality'', the largest documented exhibition ever held of Cuban erotic art. The exhibition opened during Miami Art Week of 2024 and was officially affiliated with ], garnering international visibility and media coverage.<ref name="Art Basel Affiliated Cultural Institutions">{{cite web |title=Art Basel Miami Beach: Cultural Institutions |url=https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach/at-the-show/cultural-institutions |website=artbasel.com |publisher=© by MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Malaysian Reserve">{{cite web |title=Historic Cuban art exhibition to open in Miami Beach |url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2024/11/19/historic-exhibition-of-cuban-art-to-open-at-weam-in-miami-beach/?__cf_chl_tk=aCGKLSCrcVsIR5v3WzB.nhsy5X6hinutze6OK_ps8BY-1734849111-1.0.1.1-.5YtPb.2zCpRR7SN6a31Uf6eTPdvbAjbIWqKna5NUTs |website=themalaysianreserve.com | date=18 November 2024 |publisher=2024 TMR Media Sdn Bhd |access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref> ''Forbidden Fruit'' featured 72 artists and 153 works, as well as three photographic works by American guest artist ] that were taken during her visits to Cuba.<ref name="Eastern Progress">{{cite web |title=Largest exhibition ever of Cuban erotic art to open at WEAM in Miami Beach |url=https://www.easternprogress.com/largest-exhibition-ever-of-cuban-erotic-art-to-open-at-weam-in-miami-beach/article_d13e99a3-d9aa-5c73-b61a-c00637287a43.html?=/&subcategory=16%7CLive+Music |website=easternprogress.com | date=December 2024 |publisher=© 2024 Eastern Progress |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> The exhibition was also the first exhibition of Cuban art to be held in the ] (WEAM) ahead of its 20th anniversary.<ref name="WEAM Forbidden Fruit official announcement">{{cite web |title=Forbidden Fruit: The Art of Cuban Sexuality |url=https://weam.com/event/forbidden-fruit-the-art-of-cuban-sexuality/ |website=weam.com |date=11 November 2024 |publisher=© 2024 WEAM |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Forbidden Fruit also marked the final career exhibitions with the active involvement of ] and ], who had both died in 2024.<ref name="Eastern Progress" />
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His research on ] arts and culture has also contributed to the archives of the ]’s Vasari Project on the post-WWII art and culture of South Florida.<ref name="Vasari Project archives">{{cite web |title=File: Marta Permuy |url=https://mdpls.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7a7d0366-f3a3-54c4-a54d-10ec0816e8c4&entityType=FormatGroup |website=mdpls.na.iiivega.com |publisher=© 2023 Miami‑Dade County |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Permuy also contributed research and writing to the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora’s 2023 retrospective exhibition of ], an artist connected to his grandmother Marta’s later career.<ref name="Unzueta">{{cite web |last1=Permuy |first1=Antonio |title=The Art and Legacy of Ramón Unzueta |url=http://ramonunzueta.us/the-art-and-legacy-of-ramon-unzueta/ |website=ramonunzueta.us |date=9 June 2023 |publisher=Ramon Unzueta Estate |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> His research on ] arts and culture has also contributed to the archives of the ]’s Vasari Project on the post-WWII art and culture of South Florida.<ref name="Vasari Project archives">{{cite web |title=File: Marta Permuy |url=https://mdpls.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7a7d0366-f3a3-54c4-a54d-10ec0816e8c4&entityType=FormatGroup |website=mdpls.na.iiivega.com |publisher=© 2023 Miami‑Dade County |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> Permuy also contributed research and writing to the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora’s 2023 retrospective exhibition of ], an artist connected to his grandmother Marta’s later career.<ref name="Unzueta">{{cite web |last1=Permuy |first1=Antonio |title=The Art and Legacy of Ramón Unzueta |url=http://ramonunzueta.us/the-art-and-legacy-of-ramon-unzueta/ |website=ramonunzueta.us |date=9 June 2023 |publisher=Ramon Unzueta Estate |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>


== Patronage, advocacy, and recognition== == Patronage, advocacy, and recognition==


As an art patron, Permuy has donated works from his personal art collection by several notable artists including ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Marta Permuy Legacy Collection">{{cite web |title=Marta Permuy Legacy Collection |url=https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_permuycollection/ |website=nsuworks.nova.edu |publisher=NSU Alvin Sherman Library |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="Frost Art Museum">{{cite web |title=Art Transforms: 2023-2024 annual report |url=https://frost.fiu.edu/results.html?q=Ramon%20Unzueta.%20El%20reflejo%20del%20Marinero |website=frost.fiu.edu |publisher=© 2024 Florida International University |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Diario Las Americas 1" /><ref name="Mid Floridian Newspapers">{{cite web |title=Largest exhibition of Cuban erotic art to open in Miami Beach |url=https://www.midfloridanewspapers.com/ap/business/largest-exhibition-ever-of-cuban-erotic-art-to-open-at-weam-in-miami-beach/article_342f2b2e-e188-50af-b4e1-05aefd113648.html |website=midfloridanewspapers.com |date=6 December 2024 |publisher=Mid Floridian Newspapers |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> As an art patron, Permuy has donated works from his personal art collection by several notable artists including ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Marta Permuy Legacy Collection">{{cite web |title=Marta Permuy Legacy Collection |url=https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_permuycollection/ |website=nsuworks.nova.edu |publisher=NSU Alvin Sherman Library |access-date=4 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="Frost Art Museum">{{cite web |title=Art Transforms: 2023-2024 annual report |url=https://frost.fiu.edu/results.html?q=Ramon%20Unzueta.%20El%20reflejo%20del%20Marinero |website=frost.fiu.edu |publisher=© 2024 Florida International University |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="Diario Las Americas 1" /><ref name="Mid Floridian Newspapers">{{cite web |title=Largest exhibition of Cuban erotic art to open in Miami Beach |url=https://www.midfloridanewspapers.com/ap/business/largest-exhibition-ever-of-cuban-erotic-art-to-open-at-weam-in-miami-beach/article_342f2b2e-e188-50af-b4e1-05aefd113648.html |website=midfloridanewspapers.com |date=6 December 2024 |publisher=Mid Floridian Newspapers |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref>
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American art patron, curator, and collector
Antonio Permuy
BornNew York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Art patron
  • curator
  • art collector
  • writer
Years activec. 2017 – Present
FamilyMarta Permuy (grandmother)
Jesús Permuy (grandfather)

Antonio Permuy is an American art patron, curator, art collector, writer, and advocate. He has curated notable exhibitions of Cuban, American, and European art and his writings have been published in the United States and Europe. Permuy has donated works into the permanent collections of museums as well as other cultural and educational institutions including Florida International University, Nova Southeastern University, and Hillsborough Community College.

Background

Antonio Permuy was born in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of New York City and raised in Coral Gables, Florida. He is a grandson of art patron Marta Permuy and international human rights advocate Jesús Permuy. Permuy graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and the University of South Florida. While a university student, he founded the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus’ first student art club, which became his first vehicle for organizing and curating art events and expanding the presence of the arts.

Permuy has remained active in the arts, as well as in other entrepreneurial industries. In 2017 he began leading the Permuy Architecture Communications Department, where he oversaw the firm's expanded media presence with coverage for its projects on several major outlets including Architectural Digest, Dezeen, The Miami Herald, and The Real Deal, as well as securing design recognitions such as the Chicago Athenaeum's 2020 American Architecture Award. Permuy also led efforts to sponsor and organize community events through the firm with the office of then-Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen as well as the Miami-Dade County Commission to honor the public service of firm board member Jesús Permuy. He also currently serves as co-founder of BlackOUT Art LLC., as well as founder and president of legacy consulting firm Permuy Legacies LLC.

Curatorial and writing career

As a curator, Permuy has curated art exhibitions in Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Coral Gables, Gulfport, and Miami Beach. His exhibitions have centered on various themes including emerging artists, biology-inspired art, Florida art, and Cuban art. Permuy has exhibited several established as well as emerging American, Cuban, and European artists from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Beginning in 2018, he initiated and curated Permuy Architecture’s annual art exhibition series titled Art + Architecture during Miami Art Week as a homage to the history of Permuy Gallery. The exhibitions have featured the work of several established Cuban and local South Florida artists. The exhibition series is also notable for its media coverage and being attended by South Florida political and business leaders.

Permuy’s other notable exhibitions include Forbidden Fruit: The Art of Cuban Sexuality, the largest documented exhibition ever held of Cuban erotic art. The exhibition opened during Miami Art Week of 2024 and was officially affiliated with Art Basel Miami Beach, garnering international visibility and media coverage. Forbidden Fruit featured 72 artists and 153 works, as well as three photographic works by American guest artist Mariette Pathy Allen that were taken during her visits to Cuba. The exhibition was also the first exhibition of Cuban art to be held in the World Erotic Art Museum (WEAM) ahead of its 20th anniversary. Forbidden Fruit also marked the final career exhibitions with the active involvement of Baruj Salinas and Margarita Cano, who had both died in 2024.

In 2024 Permuy co-curated Flourishing Dichotomies: Florida Art, Past & Present with Amanda Poss, an exhibition held in Tampa that spanned a century of Florida-themed art. Hosted by HCC Art Galleries, Flourishing Dichotomies was significant for its extensive loan from the Harn Museum of Art’s Vicker’s Collection, one of the largest existing collections of Florida themed art. Flourishing Dichotomies received printed, televised, radio and online coverage and included painted as well as photographic works. The exhibition was unveiled with a panel discussion featuring Permuy, Poss, and several of the featured contemporary artists held on September 5, 2024.

Permuy has curated the work of several notable Cuban artists. They include leading members of the Cuban Vangaurdia generation such as Wifredo Lam, Victor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, René Portocarrero, Mario Carreño, Carlos Enriquez, and Mariano Rodríguez [es], as well as subsequent notable Cuban figures such as Servando Cabrera. He has also curated the work of prominent Cuban artists in exile such as Josignacio, Agustín Fernández, Roberto Estopiñán, Baruj Salinas, Rafael Soriano, José Mijares, Rafael Consuegra, Lourdes Gómez Franca, Dionisio Perkins, Juan González, Emilio Falero, Ramon Unzueta, Adriano Nicot, Miguel Fleitas, AGalban, Luis Marín, Pedro Hernandez, Ramón Alejandro, Miguel Rodez, Mario Torroella, Pablo and Margarita Cano, as well as living contemporary Cuban artists based in Cuba such as Manuel Mendive and Roberto Fabelo.

Permuy has also curated the work of European artists including Mathias Alten and Lajos Jámbor, and American artists such as Virginia Berresford, Neith Nevelson, Florence Baran Wise, Jenny Carrey, and Florida Highwaymen member Johnny “Hook” Daniels. His exhibitions are also notable for having secured loans from prominent collections including the Harn Museum of Art, the Kendall Art Center, the Alfredo Martinez Collection, as well as several fine art galleries.

As a writer, Permuy has written published articles and analysis on Baruj Salinas, Miguel Jorge, Edel Alvarez Galban, Duncan McClellan and other artists. His work has been published in various publications including the The Artisan Magazine, Arts Coast Magazine, Gables Living Magazine, Gables Insider, Biscayne Bay Tribune, Caplin News, as well as internationally on Brussels-based Contemporary Art Issue.

His research on South Florida arts and culture has also contributed to the archives of the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Vasari Project on the post-WWII art and culture of South Florida. Permuy also contributed research and writing to the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora’s 2023 retrospective exhibition of Ramón Unzueta, an artist connected to his grandmother Marta’s later career.

Patronage, advocacy, and recognition

As an art patron, Permuy has donated works from his personal art collection by several notable artists including Josignacio, Ramon Unzueta, Mario Torroella, Adriano Nicot, Miguel Fleitas, Edel Alvarez Galban, Pedro Hernandez, Neith Nevelson, Margarita Cano, and Ramón Alejandro.

He has donated artwork to several cultural and educational museums and institutions including the Frost Art Museum, The Wilzig Museum Building, the Alvin Sherman Library, and Hillsborough Community College.

Many of his donations have also notable for being the respective artist’s first inclusion into a museum permanent collection, as well as for being made in memory of his grandmother, art patron and collector Marta Permuy. Some of the works were previously in Marta Permuy’s private collection. In October 2024 Permuy donated twelve works to the Alvin Sherman Library established the “Marta Permuy Legacy Collection” within the library’s permanent collection of art. The collection was unveiled in an exhibition on October 1 to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month due to the number of works by Cuban artists.

Permuy’s December 2024 donation of 30 artworks to the Wilzig Museum Building marked the largest donation of art received by the museum outside of the Wilzig family. The museum released a statement announcing the donation stating “it is a gift to the residents of the city of Miami who will now call the donated works of art their own, and will include them in their collective memory for generations.”

As a cultural writer, researcher, curator, and advocate, Permuy has publicly addressed and testified to government commissions and semi-judicial boards on the findings of his research in support of efforts to document and spotlight cultural history.

His career has also been covered on El Nuevo Herald, Market Watch, Morningstar, Diario Las Americas, Newsbreak, SWO Magazine, The Malaysian Reserve, Eastern Progress, The Charleston Gazette, Creative Pinellas, Coral Gables News, The Longview New Journal, West Orlando News, CNHI News, WMAS Art Talks, WMNF radio, and on television.

Permuy was featured on the cover of the December 2024 issue of South Florida Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 12).

See also

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