26 Facts About Marta Permuy

Marta Cazanas Permuy was a Cuban-American fine art patron, art collector, curator, art dealer, and promoter based in Coral Gables, Florida.

Marta Permuy was an influential figure in the establishment of the Latin American art market of South Florida.

Marta Permuy managed and co-founded Permuy Gallery, one of the first venues dedicated to Cuban art in the United States.

Marta Permuy hosted a long-running art salon where South Florida art, literary, business, and political figures would gather to discuss art and culture.

Marta Permuy became highly active within the MRR, a leading faction of the broader Castro resistance that was made up of a coalition of University of Havana students, high-level defectors of the Castro government, as well as members of the influential Christian professional organization the Agrupacion Catolica Universitaria.

Marta Permuy would be assigned to aid him in his missions as his right-hand through his various roles, which included his elevation to Civil Coordinator and finally National Coordinator of the MRR.

Marta Permuy's activities included organizing meetings, hiding contacts, and coordinating between MRR cells with aliases to avoid detection by Castro and Soviet counter-intelligence agents and infiltrators.

Once the gallery had opened, Marta Permuy became its manager and oversaw its operations, organized its events, and curated its exhibitions.

Marta Permuy Gallery was structured in weekly rather than monthly exhibition rotations to allow for continual change in the artworks as well as for more artists to be featured.

The main events associated with Marta Permuy Gallery were its Friday Gallery Nights.

Marta Permuy would become another long-term associate of Marta Permuy who Permuy would frequently represent outside the gallery.

Marta Permuy would continue hosting her long-running salon gatherings, hold events and private art exhibitions, and maintain a schedule of regular weekly social gatherings with artists, such as Perkins and Mijares, and collectors.

Marta Permuy would represent several of the artists featured in Marta Permuy Gallery, such as Lourdes Gomez Franca, Perkins, and McAllister, as well as support new artists.

Marta Permuy was an influential advisor to Marcos Pinedo, helping him build the prestigious Pinedo Collection.

Artists Marta Permuy supported in her later years included Neith Nevelson, Ramon Unzueta, Carlos Navarro, Josevelio Rodriguez, and Carlos Acostaneyra.

Marta Permuy died on October 4,2017, in Coral Gables.

Marta Cazanas Permuy was born into several prominent Cuban families.

Marta Permuy's mother, Raquel M Diaz y Teresa de Cazanas, was born in San Jose de los Ramos and was the daughter of Jose Lorenzo Diaz, member of the Cuban judiciary.

Marta Permuy's family was known regionally for financing the construction of a church in the greater Colon area to replace a small chapel that had served as the community religious gathering place.

Marta Permuy's father was the Cuban judge and politician Pedro Pablo Cazanas of the wealthy Cazanas family of Matanzas-area landowners.

Marta Permuy's grandmother was the socialite and aristocrat Enriqueta Garcia Martin de Cazanas.

Marta Permuy died in combat on January 7,1967, at the age of 22.

Marta Permuy posthumously received the Purple Heart for his actions and is included in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC While raising her children, Marta would organize annual Memorial Day family trips to his memorial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Marta Permuy was sister-in-law to noted psychiatrist, author, and Agrupacion Catolica Universitaria leader Rene de la Huerta by way of his marriage to her older sister Raquel.

Marta Permuy was aunt to MasTec founder Jorge Mas Canosa by marriage of her daughter.

Marta Permuy's children have remained active in the arts as art collectors and patrons and her grandchildren include artists, curators, and critics.