By Myles Ludwig If you see only one art fair in West Palm Beach, this is the one. Art Palm Beach at the Convention Center is sassy, sexy and spicy, with dishes of Latin flavor, Korean “kidult,” spiritual significance, intellectual challenge, irony, inscrutability, installation, process, counterfeit, the best of contemporary art (the art of yesterday) and refined Danish … [Read more...]
Fort Lauderdale Art and Design Week: Boats, mansions and art galore
By Sandra Schulman Cultural crusader Evan Snow looked at the art action in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties and wondered why Broward wasn’t getting in on the art fair game. So three years ago he did something about it, fusing the lush waterways of Fort Lauderdale – which give the town its “Venice” nickname – with the many mansions along the water and filling them with … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 18-20
Film: You would be understandably wary of the latest John C. Reilly movie if you made the mistake of seeing Holmes & Watson recently, but his latest buddy picture, Stan & Ollie, is really quite entertaining. No, really. Reilly plays Oliver Hardy to Steve Coogan’s Stan Laurel in a biography that focuses on the latter years of their performance partnership as they toured Great … [Read more...]
Soprano Jones stands out in Wolf songs at FGO Liederabend
By Robert Croan Lied is the German word for song (plural: Lieder). A Liederabend is an evening of German songs, usually the songs of the great 19th and early 20th-century composers – among them Beethoven, Schubert, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf. Their songs were the popular music of their time, at first rooted in folksong but eventually expanding in scope to encompass … [Read more...]
Amid the glam, much beauty at Modern + Contemporary show
By Myles Ludwig Oh, dear: it appears tough times have hit the Palm Beach art market. No more the free-flowing champagne (now $23 a flute) and nary a canape in sight when I arrived at the VIP-y vernissage at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary show at the city’s oft-traded “tent site” on Thursday night. It was the first pitch of the art show season, traffic was tangled and … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 4-6, 2019
Film: At 85, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is having a very good year at the movies. First came RBG, the documentary of her personal and professional life, which could tire out a person half her age. And now, opening this weekend at area theaters, is a feature film – On the Basis of Sex – which focuses on the Brooklyn-born glass ceiling buster as she challenges the … [Read more...]
Calendar of events: January 2019
(Note: Events are listed through Feb. 1, 2019, and were current as of Dec. 18, 2018. Please check with the presenting agency for any changes. Ticket prices are single sales. Most of the presenting organizations offer subscription plans.) Art Exhibits Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens: Through Feb. 3: Murano Mosaic: Persistence and Evolution, contemporary glass art sculptures … [Read more...]
Lynn University launches BFA program for theater
By Dale King Lynn University has amped up its drama curriculum this year with the addition of a bachelor of fine arts (BFA) program – a course of study offering would-be actors concentrated theatrical training that prepares them to work professionally in theater, movies, television and musicals. Lynn has offered a BA degree in drama for about 15 years, said Adam Simpson, … [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...]
Community theater: ‘1940s Radio Hour’ proves stylish entertainment at DB Playhouse
By Dale King If you’re searching for a slice of holiday entertainment that’s sweet as a Christmas cookie, smooth as a glass of eggnog and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake, The 1940s Radio Hour is colorfully packaged and ready to regale you at the Delray Beach Playhouse through this weekend. This engaging production created by Walton Jones includes a variety of World War … [Read more...]