By Sandra Schulman Inca gold. Massive movie backdrops. Glass jaguar heads. These are some of the astonishing art works that have been shown under the stellar direction of Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Irv Lippman, who announced this week he will retire in 2025. He has built a powerful legacy, transforming the museum literally inside and out to become a world-class … [Read more...]
Delray goes Fab Four with five-day Beatles on the Beach fest
By Dale King If you’re having a “Hard Day’s Night” and need some “Help” in a big way, you’ll likely find the solution at the annual International Beatles on The Beach Classic Rock Festival, a five-day, city-wide event that returns to downtown Delray Beach from Jan. 24 through Jan. 28. A multitude of Beatles-inspired rock and roll bands will come together to celebrate the … [Read more...]
Arts Warehouse artists in the spotlight at Resident Artist Show
By Lucy Lazarony Sixteen Arts Warehouse resident artists are showing their artwork at the 2023 Resident Artist Show in Delray Beach. The exhibit runs through Jan. 20 and an open studio night takes place January 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibition features a variety of media including sculpture, oil painting, ceramics, fashion, and even site-specific murals that will … [Read more...]
From WeeGee to Avedon: Norton exhibit brings photos with presence
By Sandra Schulman Marilyn Monroe looking lost. Society ladies scowled at by bums. A young Patti Smith leans on an androgynous Robert Mapplethorpe. These are just some of the remarkable famous images in the exhibit Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder, now running at the Norton Museum of Art through March 10. Judy and Leonard Lauder are Palm Beach … [Read more...]
Author Raymer finds living the writer’s life her true path
By Sharon Geltner Very few people have a movie made about their life, let alone one starring Bruce Willis, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Rebecca Hall. Wellington High School grad Beth Raymer (played by Hall) had sold the book and film rights to Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling by the time she was in her late 20s. Raymer, author of the new novel Fireworks … [Read more...]
Dramaworks’ ‘The Messenger’ proves powerful, topical
By Sharon Geltner Palm Beach Dramaworks is achieving a lot of significant firsts. It is emphasizing new plays. And it just staged (it ran Dec. 8-24) the world premiere of The Messenger, scripted by its first residential writer, Jenny Connell Davis. The four-character, 100-minute play is about a Hungarian Holocaust survivor teaching math in Southern California who is … [Read more...]
New MCB principal approaches art with authenticity
By Hannah Deadman From the time she was 8 years old, Dawn Atkins knew she wanted to dance ballet. Now at age 29, she’s one of Miami City Ballet’s newest principal dancers — the highest rank a dancer can earn in a professional company. Atkins grew up in small-town Vermont. Although her early childhood in Middletown Springs wasn’t filled with the arts, her parents … [Read more...]
‘Fireworks Every Night’: A vivid, gritty fiction set in Palm Beach County
By Sharon Geltner She had me at Palm Beach Mall. Fireworks Every Night is a vivid, authentic story set in Palm Beach County. Author Beth Raymer labels the book as “fiction,” but she writes from her own lived experience. And what an experience that was. Similar to her protagonist, C.C. Borkoski (named for her father’s favorite Canadian Club whiskey), Raymer grew up … [Read more...]
New World, conductor Grams impress in Mahler’s Sixth
By Márcio Bezerra If Thomas Mann thought that Wagner’s art was “dilettantism raised to the level of genius,” what would he have made of Gustav Mahler’s symphonic output? Mahler, one of the more important conductors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (in both Europe and New York City), had a limited compositional output as he wrote his symphonies mostly during his … [Read more...]
Palm Beach’s new Balcos Gallery showcases French artist Herlédan
By Sandra Schulman A new gallery in the growing Palm Beach scene, Jennifer Balcos Gallery is debuting with an exhibit of paintings and sculpture by Aude Herlédan, the French artist’s first showing in Palm Beach. “We find most of our artists during our travels,” Balcos told Palm Beach ArtsPaper. ”I make it a point to visit every gallery, working artists’ studios and … [Read more...]