Two new exhibits, From Man Ray to O’Keeffe: American Modernism at the Norton and At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism, opened Saturday at the Norton Museum of Art and will run through July 16. The companion exhibits, organized thematically, explore the various ways American artists employed abstract styles to convey their experiences of modern … [Read more...]
All the presidents’ man: Harry Benson at the Norton Sculpture Garden
A distraught Ethel Kennedy has just seen her fatally wounded husband lying on the floor of a hotel kitchen. With a ferocious scream, she pushes back the crowd demanding they grant him some space. One daring camera stays and catches the prelude to Bobby Kennedy’s death. Six years later, Pat Nixon stands near her husband as he struggles to address his staff one last time. … [Read more...]
At the Morikami, artists reimagine use of traditional washi paper
The work of nine Japanese contemporary paper artists (seven women and two men) is currently on display at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in an exhibit titled Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper, running through April 2. A traveling exhibit curated by Los Angeles-based historian of Japanese art Meher McArthur, it features more than 30 highly … [Read more...]
Curator found ‘Contemplating Character’ images on ‘scholar’s salary’
By Sharon Geltner The man behind the exhibit Contemplating Character: Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud, which opened Saturday at The Society of the Four Arts, has led as an interesting a life as many of the artists who created the fascinating 81 portraits in his collection dating back 250 years. And with R. Crumb and Lucian Freud in … [Read more...]
In Palm Beach, mature work from a grown-up child art star
By Sandra Schulman As an art star from an extremely young age, Alexandra Nechita has matured into a thoughtful, forceful, sophisticated artist. Born in Romania, Alexandra immigrated to the United States before she turned two. She began drawing as a toddler, and by seven had her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. At 11 she had already sold over $1.5 million of her art, … [Read more...]
TCM host Mankiewicz visits Boca Museum to discuss Hollywood exhibit
For Turner Classic Movies primetime host, Ben Mankiewicz, his appearance at the Boca Raton Museum of Art on December 10 was a full circle moment. Mankiewicz was invited to the museum and a fundraiser at the Boca Raton Resort to talk about the museum’s exhibit, The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema’s Creative Legacy, which is finishing up its nine-month run on Jan. … [Read more...]
Miami Art Week grows with the crowds
By Sandra Schulman While the main Art Basel Miami Beach fair had more booths than ever last week and reported strong sales despite some VIP preview glitches, the city hosted movie stars and art stars and fashion stars all drawn by the big money art world. Yes, art is the draw, but the real fun is sometimes the oddball people that drop into this glittering bubble. At … [Read more...]
West Palm Beach’s Peach Artist Collective celebrates 1-year anniversary
At one year, we can’t quite say The Peach Artist Collective (named for its location at 3950 Georgia Ave.) is fully ripe, but the newest art destination in West Palm Beach, which celebrated its one-year anniversary Sept. 24, is well on its way to flourishing. The former auto body shop deteriorating under the overpass at Southern Boulevard east of Interstate 95 was waiting … [Read more...]
Fiber artist Drummond opens Cultural Council’s arts season with ‘Systems’
Jamaican-born mixed-media fiber artist Michelle Drummond has kicked off the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County’s season with a solo show running through Dec. 3. Michelle Drummond: Systems can be seen at the Cultural Council's headquarters on Lake Avenue in Lake Worth Beach. Selected through a competitive application process, Drummond is one of six Palm Beach County … [Read more...]
Exhibit shows local artists’ love of plein-air painting
This month, Palm Beach County plein air artists have come inside to the Palm Beach Art, Antique & Design Showroom in Lake Worth Beach to kick off the fall season with a group exhibition titled Travel en Plein Air, curated by Debby Coles-Dobay, founder of Art Moves You. Collaborating with the showroom directors, Angelica Sua and Paola Sanchez, the exhibit highlights a diverse … [Read more...]