A soundsuit by Nick Cave, at the Norton Museum of Art.(Photo by James Prinz)By Gretel SarmientoThis coming art season is to art lovers what the 24-hour gym is to procrastinators: the end of the Excuse. If you typically shy away from museums out of fear of being bored to death, don’t.There’s plenty to choose from, which means something is bound to delight … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 8-11
John Leonard Thompson and Kim Cozort in Candida.Theater: Palm Beach Dramaworks opens its new season by continuing to take the high road, giving its audience “theater to think about,” the triangular comedy Candida by the all-too-rarely produced in South Florida George Bernard Shaw. Kim Cozort stars in the title role, the wife of a “moralist and windbag” … [Read more...]
Art review: Pinball exhibit evokes a lost America
The backglass art from the King of Diamonds pinball machine,made by Gottlieb in 1967.(artist: Art Stenholm; designer: Ed Krinsky)By Jan EngorenAs video killed the radio star, so did it kill the pinball machine.And as a new exhibit of nostalgic Americana at the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture in Delray Beach makes clear, the rise of computer technology and video have … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in Palm Beach art
A Taisho period (1920s) formal woman's long-sleeved kimono,from an exhibit opening Dec. 5 at the Society of the Four Arts. [Editor's note: This post has been updated to remove a notice about an exhibition that has been canceled.]By Katie Deits The coming art season looks to be as exciting as ever, with artists enthusiastically staging exhibitions through cooperative … [Read more...]