Art Palm Beach gets under way with a preview Thursdayat the Palm Beach County Convention Center.(Photo by Jenifer M. Vogt) By Jenifer M. Vogt“I chose the hammerhead because they’re on the red list and in danger of extinction,” said the artist Marc Hubert D’Ge— who looked like remarkably like a young Gregg Allman — in a charming Aix-en-Provence … [Read more...]
Art feature: Art world converges on Art Basel ‘party’
Shade Compositions (2009) by Rashaad Newsome.(Courtesy Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami)By Jenifer M. VogtBeginning Thursday, the contemporary art world will be in Miami Beach and its environs for the second largest art fair in the world: Art Basel Miami Beach.This includes artists, art critics, private dealers, advisers, galleries, curators, … [Read more...]
Art feature: Out among the quirks at Art Basel
A front view of the sculpture Female Stretch, by Evan Penny.(Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsThe larger-than-life, realistic sculptures by the Canadian artist Evan Penny caused a stir at last year's Art Basel, with his nude self-portrait selling within the show's first days.At this year's Art Basel, Penny is proving just as provocative. Penny’s sculptures aren’t simply … [Read more...]