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...]
PBAU merges two divisions, creates new College of the Arts
Palm Beach Atlantic University has merged its School of Music and Fine Arts and School of Communication and Media to form a new College of the Arts. The college is headed by Jason Lester, a professional opera singer who formerly was dean of the School of Music and Fine Arts, and in recent months was acting dean for the School of Communication and Media. The Communication … [Read more...]
Cultural Council recognizes, honors innovative local artists
“This came at exactly the right time,” said Dave Lawrence, CEO of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. He was speaking June 19 at the opening reception for the council’s summer exhibit, which marks its inaugural Artist Innovation Fellowship Program. “We’re so thrilled to be here,” he said. “It was a challenging year for everyone. Tonight is a night of jubilee, to … [Read more...]
Glory of ancient Andean civilizations coming to Boca Museum in October
The great cultures of the Andes lasted for thousands of years high in the mountains of Peru before being brought down by Spanish invaders intent on conquest. It is a story that has been told many times to travelers who have visited the region, including Boca Raton Museum of Art director Irvin Lippman, who climbed to the ruins of the citadel of Machu Picchu in 1980 and found … [Read more...]
The art of the dazzle: Costume designer brings flair to Cornell exhibit
Costumes by award-winning costume designer Sean De Freitas are on display in the Cornell Art Museum in downtown Delray Beach, running through the summer. Filling two galleries with nine original and ornate costumes, this is an opportunity and respite from the year of COVID-19, says Cornell Art Museum director and curator Melanie Johanson. “His over-the-top designs bring … [Read more...]
Kips Bay’s Palm Beach house boasts sunny Florida design
For the fourth year, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach shows off the best of interior design with the best of interior designers locally and from around the country. The event, a season staple in New York City since 1973, benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and runs until May 9. The 4,400-sq.-ft. … [Read more...]
Palm Beach Book Festival to be virtual, features Saunders, Loftis, Harmel
The Palm Beach Book Festival, now in its seventh year, returns for the second year as a virtual event later this month. New York Times bestselling authors Larry Loftis, Kristin Harmel and George Saunders are in the lineup for the festival, which is set for March 19 and 20. Added last week was another guest, Keisha N. Blain, co-editor with Ibram X. Kendi of Four Hundred … [Read more...]
Artist Strosberg carries on Palm Beach portraits tradition
Is it coincidence or the fact that the universe loves symmetry when, in 2018, Palm Beach artist Ralph Wolfe Cowan, portraitist to some of the world’s most celebrated and wealthy glitterati, died at the same time that portrait artist Serge Strosberg, who lived in New York City for more than a decade, relocated to Palm Beach? Cowan’s career spanned seven decades, and over his … [Read more...]
At 86, artist Lehr finds pandemic a spur to creativity
The time of quarantine, paradoxically, has been a productive one for Miami artist Mira (pronounced My-ra) Lehr, who experienced a burst of creativity. It was quiet and peaceful and with no outside disturbances, she was able to focus on her art. “I was at home like everyone and motivated,” she remembers. “There was more time to reflect, experiment and dream in my studio … [Read more...]
‘Glasstress’ at Boca Museum explores fragile time in a fragile medium
In a major coup for the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Glasstress Boca Raton 2021, an exhibit of 30 international artists who have created new works in glass at the Berengo Studio in Murano, Italy, has returned to the museum and will run through Sept. 5. The exhibit, which opens Wednesday, is a sequel to the Museum’s 2016 Glasstress exhibition featuring new artists and new … [Read more...]