The week before Art Basel descends on Miami on Dec. 7, the Canvas Outdoor Museum Show will descend upon the city of Lake Worth from Nov. 26 to Dec. 2. Founded in 2015 by art curator Nicole Henry, the event has run in West Palm Beach for the past two years. Canvas artists will turn the city’s streets into an outdoor museum, with giant murals, shipping containers, art … [Read more...]
Arts Preview 2017-18: The season in Broward County art
By Larry Schwingel Expect eclecticism and creative diversity that takes in Modernism, female artists, Latin American flavors and a good bit more in the Broward County art scene for 2017-18. Here’s a look at some of the bigger venues and what they have in store: Nova Southeastern University Art Museum: The downtown Fort Lauderdale museum is mounting a major retrospective … [Read more...]
Delray’s Cornell Museum gets ready for its new look, reopening
By Lucy Lazarony Closed since June for renovations, the Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach will reopen in November for an exhibition called Looking Glass, which features artwork that incorporates reflection in the work, be it the reflection of the viewer or the space around the art piece. Looking Glass is an opportunity to welcome back the public and show off the nearly … [Read more...]
Arts Preview 2017-18: The season in Palm Beach County art
Art selfies have arrived! And they are welcome to stay, so long as we are mindful of the artworks nearby. Just because cultural institutions are thinking outside-the-box, embracing new technologies and millennial-inspired ideas doesn’t mean the golden rule stopped applying: Look, don’t touch. This is not photography’s year. Then again, Earth Works: Mapping the Anthropocene, … [Read more...]
Arts Preview 2017-18: The season in Miami-Dade art
By Larry Schwingel Miami-Dade County is rich in diversity, and that tradition shines no brighter than through the prism of extraordinary works provided by artists from around the world, particularly Latin America. The opportunity to view pieces of distinction can be seen at multiple venues, and this season’s schedule of exhibitions offers plenty for any art lover. Art … [Read more...]
At the Boca Museum, life in lines as seen by Carlos Luna
Carlos Luna is the kind of artist who gets approval by not needing it in the first place. He speaks frankly, with the same boldness and assertiveness of his lines. But it is what lies beneath them that drives Deep Line Drawings, an exhibit of about 60 recent works on view through Dec. 31 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. They are not harmonious, quiet landscapes one … [Read more...]
Aesop’s Tables: Animals, morals, artwork and togetherness on Clematis Street
By Lucy Lazarony Aesop’s Tables, hand-painted picnic tables on Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach, are set to be auctioned off Aug. 31 in support of more than two dozen local charities. The live auction starts at 7:30 p.m. and is part of Clematis by Night from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The 6-foot tables, which support 25 different local charities and depict … [Read more...]
At The Box: The dreamscapes of Rosemary Otto
By Myles Ludwig To enter Rosemary Otto’s world is to enter a universe of metaphor and fantasy where deer/dear people sprout antlers, fly through surrealist landscapes and find themselves as naked as Adam and Eve entwined in the bare branches of trees. Pieces of it are currently on display at the new Box Gallery on Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach through Aug. … [Read more...]
Photos: France old and new, and fresh insight with Polaroids
Those of us who missed this year’s Bastille Day fireworks celebration at the Eiffel Tower, had a couple of options: looping Charlez Aznavour songs, watching Alain Delon films or seeing Norton Museum’s French Connections. Nothing wrong with the first two, but the third option can’t be found on YouTube. The bite-size exhibit is drawn from the museum’s photography … [Read more...]
Cultural Council’s exhibit lets the pictures do the talking
Whoever said that a picture was worth one or 10,000 words didn’t count on the picture itself containing any. We won’t do the math but, by that rationale, a new series of works from 16 local artists are worth a lot more. Text is the main attraction and inspiration of Mark My Words, a new exhibition running through May 27 at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. We don’t … [Read more...]