Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta opens the new year this Thursday with a celebration of pop art that includes more than 20 pieces of rarely seen original works by Andy Warhol from the collections of Marshall Field and Beth Rudin DeWoody. “We’re pleased to offer this astonishing exhibition from the world-class collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody in our newly renovated gallery,” … [Read more...]
‘Heart of the Square’ doubles as plea for survival at Old School Square
By Lucy Lazarony The Heart of the Square art exhibit at the Cornell Art Museum gets down to the heart of the matter, providing a showcase for Old School Square, the arts and cultural complex which has been serving Delray Beach for 32 years. The complex, which features restored early 20th-century school buildings, is located in downtown Delray Beach and includes the … [Read more...]
Miami Art Week: Icebergs, gardenia mazes and blow-up clouds
By Sandra Schulman It’s back! Art Week in Miami exploded early this year, starting with some star studded gallery pop-up openings and eye-popping public art all over South Beach. A new gallery district sprung up along Washington Avenue between Lincoln Road and Espanola Way. At Skin in the Game, a pop-up exhibition of work by 35 diverse artists, curated by Zoe Lukov, … [Read more...]
For Art Basel week, art fairs and satellite events back in full force
By Sandra Schulman After last year’s cancelation of Art Basel Miami Beach, the return of the fairs and several satellite events is welcome news for the South Florida art scene. All the big fairs are opening their doors – Art Basel, Art Miami, Context, NADA, Scope and many more. With travel restrictions lifted, expect the art jet set to fly in from around the world. There … [Read more...]
Armory Art Center hosts COVID Memorial Quilt
On display at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach through Dec. 6 is the exclusive South Florida exhibit of the COVID-19 Memorial Quilt, with 19 panels commemorating people from all over the world as well as two Florida-related panels. Each panel is made up of an 8-inch-by-8-inch piece of fabric (symbolizing infinity, or a sign of life) cut into squares that will be … [Read more...]
At the Norton, it’s TGIF: Thank God it’s Frida
In the universe of Mexican art, one petite star has shined consistently bright despite the eclipse caused by male counterparts. If it were a constellation, its shape would be a thick unibrow and its name Friducha. That was famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera’s name for his painter wife Frida Kahlo. Both are now the focus of a new exhibition organized by the Norton Museum of … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2021-22: The season in Miami-Dade art
By Sandra Schulman The return of the art fairs is the big news down south, though how much of the international set will fly in remains to be seen. The buzziest show of the season will undoubtedly be Bob Dylan’s expansive multimedia exhibit at the Frost Art Museum. Will the elusive Mr. Zimmerman make an appearance? The answer is blowing in the wind. Pérez Art … [Read more...]
At Gavlak, Deborah Brown mingles objects and fantasy
By Sandra Schulman For artist Deborah Brown, the pandemic allowed her the luxury to reconnect with both sentimental objects she lives with every day and the fantasy of self-portraits through a Western art history lens. Her new show at Gavlak in Palm Beach has the enigmatic title Return to Forever, a show that was delayed a year. “This show was supposed to take place in … [Read more...]
New sculpture on Boca’s ex-IBM campus a symbol of art and science
Jutting up from the green grass with the blue sky and Marcel Breuer’s iconic IBM building as backdrop, Virginia artist Hubert Phipps’s monumental stainless steel sculpture, Rocket, brings a touch of majesty to the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC). The 30-foot sculpture is part of an Art in Public Places initiative facilitated by Irvin Lippman, executive director of the … [Read more...]
Mural of Black musical icons takes shape on West Palm street
By Sandra Schulman Miles Davis, Nina Simone, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Billie Holiday — several of these iconic artists performed in West Palm Beach’s Historic Northwest neighborhood, usually at the Sunset Lounge, which is now under restoration. Now the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and West Palm Beach Arts & Entertainment … [Read more...]