A man tells his friend he lost $27 in Wall Street. The friend replies that he read the stock market news in the paper and asks: “Who got it – Gould or Sage?” This was brave humor in 1900. Jay Gould and Russell Sage were well-known railroad executives at the time. The joke derives from a 1900 cartoon by Louis W. Dalrymple that suggests such powerful financiers controlled … [Read more...]
West Palm roundup: Amanda Valdes; another plan for the Carefree
By Sandra Schulman South Florida native Amanda Valdes is having a major moment with her art of creepy darling Goth girls, all doe eyes and angles and cartoonish allure. Her art focuses on the wildly embellished Girl, and how costuming, identity and myth play into female perceptions. Mermaids, Day of the Dead dames, courtesans and other coquettes parade and pose in her alpha … [Read more...]
Arts preview 2015-16: The season in Miami-Dade art
By Michael Mills With more museums and galleries than the rest of South Florida combined, Miami-Dade County still hogs the region’s cultural conversation. And that’s not even counting the multilingual chatter Art Basel generates once a year. Museums splinter and evolve, galleries come and go, sometimes the talk turns contentious, as it should in a living and … [Read more...]
Arts preview 2015-16: The season in Broward art
By Michael Mills For years Broward County was the Rodney Dangerfield of the South Florida art world — little to no respect, especially compared with the hoitier-toitier art scenes of Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. No more. Museums have been reinvigorated with new leadership, galleries have popped up in sometimes unlikely places, and art walks are thriving in a handful … [Read more...]
Arts preview 2015-16: The season in Palm Beach County art
Think of a bento box and you will get the picture of what art in Palm Beach County looks like this season: traditional with a few twists. Among them is an exhibition of provocative works by a performance artist who is also an activist, and another show dedicated to the little-known works of a reclusive Italian-American artist who died in Rome 11 years ago. Packing tape, golf … [Read more...]
Armory Art Salons: Elle Schorr’s art of community
By Sandra Schulman Artist, photographer, community organizer, curator Elle Schorr gets to see everything — well, almost everything — while constantly searching out the best art and artists in Palm Beach County for her Art Salon talks at the Armory Art Center. She also shows her own work at various galleries including Arthouse 429 in Northwood. Her latest body of work — of … [Read more...]
West Palm to transform into outdoor museum in November
By Sandra Schulman Murals and public art are making big waves in Palm Beach County, with paintings stretching up to 10 stories high on buildings in and around town. Glamorous gallerist Nicole Henry of Nicole Henry Fine Art in West Palm Beach is ready to unveil a big project to bring attention to the enormous possibilities here in town. She has announced an ambitious exhibit … [Read more...]
Creatures and robots enliven summer at Morikami
If I told you the first hotel run solely by robots just opened and it features a dinosaur concierge, where in the world would you picture it? It counts if you mention anywhere in Japan — though, technically, it opened in Nagasaki. The Land of the Rising Sun is also proving to be the most machine-loving, with an invigorating robot culture and a robotic technology that is … [Read more...]
Cultural Council Biennial heavy on color, nature
With all the recent dialogue challenging longstanding notions of gender, race and marriage, one would expect to find these themes daringly reflected in art. And they are — just not so much in Palm Beach County. The Cultural Council Biennial 2015, running now through Aug. 29 at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County’s Lake Worth locale, sounds promising. One finds a … [Read more...]
The bling’s the thing in sparkly exhibit at Delray Center’s Cornell Museum
By Lucy Lazarony The art of Bling: Art That Shines, does just that: It shines, sparkles, glitters and glows. And some pieces even light up. It’s art that gives you a lift. Pop artist Camomile Hixon proclaims “YES” in one painting and the word “DREAM” is repeated 17 times in another. There are wildly colorful works such as Ashley Longshore’s paintings of Kate Moss and Audrey … [Read more...]