Want to be my friend? Technology asked Art. Cornell Art Museum answered with augmented reality, emojis and touch screens. On view through March 30, Tech Effect looks at contemporary art’s response to and adoption of technology with the help of 12 artists who marry technology and creativity and understand their relationship’s current status is not that complicated. The new … [Read more...]
Miami Art Week, part 2: Another explosion of innovative abundance
By Sandra Schulman Art Week Miami has wrapped for another year, leaving huge sales and visual overload in its wake. The main fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, was a stunner this year and began with a bang last Wednesday as many galleries reported selling out their entire booths within hours of the opening day. The enormous new convention center was literally unwrapping lobby … [Read more...]
Abundant energy at Miami Art Week (part 1)
By Sandra Schulman Miami has been buzzing with world-class art events since early this week, with museums and fairs getting the jump on the action. The renovated Bass Museum held a swank brunch Tuesday morning to show off its new exhibitions. Fantastical creatures by the Haas Brothers animate two spaces on the ground floor with furry sci-fi critters that cross boundaries … [Read more...]
Daniel Chimowitz: Art fashion for a global tribe
By Sandra Schulman The wildly exotic mashup of his “walking canvases” are conjured up by artist Daniel Chimowitz from his international background. Born in London to a mother from the Tlingit tribe of the Pacific Northwest, he was raised in the DIY punk-liberal atmosphere of San Francisco, where he also absorbed his Jewish heritage. He spent summers in Europe, mostly in … [Read more...]
Boca Museum’s ‘Imagining Florida’ shows state’s hold on artistic imagination
By Christina Wood Imagine a tropical sunset. Imagine a bridge reaching toward the horizon. Imagine a Seminole hunter aiming an arrow at his prey, an idle sailor sitting by the dock or a woman trimming the plants in her garden – underwater. If you do, you will be imagining Florida as some of the artists in a new exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art have been doing … [Read more...]
Insider’s Guide to Art Basel and Art Week in Miami: Just go!
By Sandra Schulman The biggest Art Week in Miami happens in early December, when the world-class art circus that is Art Basel Miami rolls into the big-top Miami Beach Convention Center from Dec. 6-9. But there are also dozens of satellite fairs, outdoor sculpture exhibits, fair tents on the beach, parties and new shows in the museums that get started earlier in the week of … [Read more...]
Secretive artist-prankster Banksy featured in Miami show
By Sandra Schulman Exhibiting art without permission? Two can play that game. The work of Banksy, the mysterious British street artist, will be featured in an exhibit opening Saturday at Magic City in Miami. It is organized by Banksy’s former art dealer Steve Lazarides, with whom he had a falling-out a decade ago. But Lazarides has more than 80 pieces Banksy created … [Read more...]
Edward Steichen at the Flagler: Long-gone stars still pull us in
Actors, writers, dancers, and politicians all dressed to the nines – cane in hand, bobbed cut, slicked hair, bow ties – have shown up at the Flagler Museum for the ultimate after-party. Missing from this one is the duck pouts, the flashing cameras and the red carpet. Those prone to platonic love or being starstruck, guard your hearts. Everybody looks deliciously attractive … [Read more...]
David Kapp: The cut-and-paste life, at Ann Norton
Paint some sheets of paper. Grab a pair of scissors. Arrange the colorful strips. What do you get? A day in the life of a New Yorker – or anyone residing in a metropolis for that matter. Paper cutouts have been masterfully arranged to bring forward the dynamic pace of city life in a new exhibit featuring vehicles caught in traffic, pedestrians rushing down steps, and busy … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Palm Beach art
By Sandra Schulman After an unusually hot summer, the cooler temps and invigorating new art season are more than welcome. The art offerings are heavy on photographs and Florida history with glamour shots in the spotlight at the Flagler Museum, and Sunshine State history at the Boca Raton Museum. Former President Bush makes a Florida art show bow with portraits of the … [Read more...]