Depicting female figures in repose and solitude with a quiet confidence, New Jersey-based artist Danielle Mckinney’s quietly evocative paintings are on display now at the Norton Museum of Art through early autumn. They are part of the museum’s 2026 Recognition of Art by Women (RAW) exhibition in a survey exhibition titled Danielle Mckinney: Shelter, running through Oct. … [Read more...]
South Florida theater titan Lou Tyrrell dies at 75
The South Florida theater community is in mourning after the passing of Louis Tyrrell, founding director of the Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University. Tyrrell died Friday, April 10, after a brief and sudden illness. He was 75. Tyrrell’s theater roots in Florida run deep. In 1974, he became the founding director of Florida Stage, a position he held for 24 years until … [Read more...]
Flagler showcases ‘quiet beauty’ of an American Impressionist
Known for his American Impressionist style and Gilded Age sensibility, American artist Charles Courtney Curran’s (1861–1942) works are quite at home in the Music Room at the Flagler Museum. a room designed for concerts, reflection and harmony. Titled Golden Hour: Charles Courtney Curran and the Romance of American Impressionism, the exhibit runs through Sunday, May 24, and … [Read more...]
Four Arts brings Chrysler Art Nouveau collection to Palm Beach
At the turn of the 20th century, Art Nouveau blossomed into one of the most influential movements in the art world. The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach looks at this phenomenon with its latest exhibit, The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art. This exhibition, running through Saturday, April 4, brings together approximately 120 of the finest … [Read more...]
Kips Bay Decorator Show House event returns for ninth year, this time with two houses
This year’s Ninth Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House brings a first to Palm Beach County — not just one show house, but two. The result is a double dose of Palm Beach design and talent — twice the talent, twice the inspiration. Highlighting the work of 23 interior designers, many from South Florida, the two show houses are open to the public through Tuesday, March 24. … [Read more...]
Easy Rawlins creator Mosley to speak at Festival of the Arts Boca
“On hot, sticky days in South Louisiana, the fire ants swarm.” That was the sentence Walter Mosley wrote in his mid 30s — a line he never used, but one that convinced him he might become a writer. Then working as a computer programmer in Los Angeles, Mosley, now 74, liked the sound and cadence of the sentence and decided to try his hand in fiction and mystery writing. … [Read more...]
Bijoux! jewelry show returns to Mizner Park
Jewelry artists from Israel, Italy, Amsterdam, and Argentina will bring their latest wearable works of art to The Studio at Mizner Park for the 12th Annual Bijoux! Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition from Jan. 13 to 17. The event was founded by Donna Schneier, a renowned art consultant and jewelry collector who co-founded the prestigious LOOT show (now MAD About Jewelry) at New … [Read more...]
Boca Museum of Art’s new chief curator sees institution as city’s cultural center
Cecelia “Keffie” Feldman lives up to her nickname. Its roots trace back to Israel, where her parents were living at the time of her birth. They felt “Cecelia Ann Feldman,” a tribute to her great-grandmother, was too weighty for a newborn. Her mother toyed with an anagram of her initials — CAF — until Israeli friends suggested “Kef,” or “Keffie,” Hebrew slang for fun or cool, … [Read more...]
Major exhibition of 17th-century Dutch art enriches Norton
The largest show of privately held Dutch 17th-century paintings in the United States, Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection, an exhibit of more than 70 works of art by Rembrandt and 26 other artists is on display at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach through March 29. The exhibition coincides with the 400th anniversary of the … [Read more...]
South Florida artists travel to Italian festival, hope for reciprocal visit
FARINDOLA, Italy — A 2015 invitation to the Farindola International Art Festival (FIAF) drew Boynton Beach artist Ralph Papa to a remote town in Italy’s Abruzzo region. Seven years later, the 86-year-old plein air painter continues to return to the city of Farindola, drawn by both the landscape and his ancestral ties. Nestled within the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga … [Read more...]