What if Stephen Hawking had been an artist? What would his theories look like as physical representations of the universe and the cosmos? Carol Prusa, a Boca Raton artist and professor of painting and drawing at FAU, just might have that answer. In her new exhibit for the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Carol Prusa: Dark Light, curated by Kathleen Goncharov, the senior curator … [Read more...]
Comics-influenced art at Boca Museum more about bold heart than bright colors
To widen perceptions of comics and contemporary art has a cost. A new exhibition inspired by superheroes takes the masks off and throws lightweight topics out the window in favor of troubling themes. Among the first facts that becomes blatantly obvious upon entering Beyond the Cape! Comics and Contemporary Art is that this is not a show for kids. Happy ends go rogue. Flat … [Read more...]
Art: The 2019 Summer Season
By Sandra Schulman It’s sure to be a long hot summer, so the cool quiet of museums and galleries offer a welcome retreat. With more of a year-round population in South Florida, cultural centers are offering up more top-notch shows with a lighter touch. The new Norton Museum in particular, with its shady sculpture garden, gleaming new restaurant and water-inspired art, is a … [Read more...]
Boca Museum’s ‘Imagining Florida’ shows state’s hold on artistic imagination
By Christina Wood Imagine a tropical sunset. Imagine a bridge reaching toward the horizon. Imagine a Seminole hunter aiming an arrow at his prey, an idle sailor sitting by the dock or a woman trimming the plants in her garden – underwater. If you do, you will be imagining Florida as some of the artists in a new exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art have been doing … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Palm Beach art
By Sandra Schulman After an unusually hot summer, the cooler temps and invigorating new art season are more than welcome. The art offerings are heavy on photographs and Florida history with glamour shots in the spotlight at the Flagler Museum, and Sunshine State history at the Boca Raton Museum. Former President Bush makes a Florida art show bow with portraits of the … [Read more...]
Nomadic Murals, at Boca Museum, find a home in our hearts
Picasso, Mirò, Dalí, Chagall, Raphael and Rubens experimented with it, but tapestry is still not the sexiest medium in the world of art. Given the right time, space and lighting, however, this ancient practice, once held in higher esteem than sculptures and paintings, blows away the most skeptical art fan. Trust me. I’m one of them. Unlike the ring you have been hinting at … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 12-13
Film: So you want to take your mom to the movies for Mother’s Day, but she has already seen the Avengers flick? Boy, have we got a deal for you. This Sunday at 10 a.m., there will be free screenings of a sing-along version of Mamma Mia!, the ripoff of Buena Sera, Mrs. Campbell with songs by the Swedish rock group ABBA. It is happening all across the country, but the South … [Read more...]
Summer season preview: In the PBC galleries
Who says we can’t have a tan and culture too? Contrary to popular opinion, art offerings in Palm Beach County don’t end with the summer. They actually go hand in hand. As temperatures soar, museums and galleries open their doors to welcome locals and tourists and any bikini body escaping from the sun. If the upcoming shows – featuring tapestries, paintings, photography and … [Read more...]
Violinist Koh shows mastery in Boca Museum recital
By Dennis D. Rooney Jennifer Koh, a Chicago native and alumna of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute where she studied with Jaime Laredo and Felix Galimir, was heard in recital on two succeeding days in Palm Beach County. Her first appearance was in Boca Raton, the second at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Both events were presented under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of … [Read more...]
Small-scale works at Norton, Boca give mixed results
Two local museums are closing the year and welcoming the new one with an old question: does size matter? Small is in, at least at the Norton Museum of Art, which currently has on view a series of miniature paintings and bronze sculptures adorning the walls and rooms of dollhouses. This is no kids’ play, though. The artworks are by Julian Schnabel, Michele Zalopany and Cy … [Read more...]