Palm on Sprite Hood, by Judy Flescher. Art: This month at the Mos’Art Theatre in Lake Park, the featured artist is Judy Flescher, an accomplished abstract painter and collage artist who has received many awards for her unique style and imaginative material. She works primarily in mixed media, including acrylic with collage on canvas, paper and copper, monoprints with collage, … [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...]
Art review: Flagler show a deep look at Arts and Crafts style
The Rug Weaver (1914), woodblock print by Gustave Baumann.By Jan Engoren In what better venue to showcase an exhibit of American Arts and Crafts creations, known for its simple lines, minimalist approach, no-frills, no-excess, back-to-nature aesthetic, than in Whitehall, a remnant from the Gilded Age and the Beaux-Arts style former home of Henry Flagler, the railroad … [Read more...]
Art review: Flagler’s ‘Mother’s Pearls’ a fascinating look at childhood
Little Miss Hone (1824), by Samuel F.B. Morse.By Katie DeitsPALM BEACH -- A current exhibition at the Flagler Museum offers visitors an opportunity to see exquisitely executed paintings of children and also to learn something about the changing nature of the American family over the past centuries.A Mother’s Pearls: Children in American Paintings, which runs through April 19, … [Read more...]
Music review: Violinist Hou exceptional in Flagler concert
Yi-Jia Susanne Hou.By Greg StepanichPALM BEACH -- If ever there were a violinist whose gifts and achievements suit her perfectly for the modern age, it might well be Yi-Jia Susanne Hou.The Shanghai-born Canadian violinist brought her hair-raising technical wizardry and hair-tossing theatrical flair to the Flagler Museum on Thursday night as part of Whitehall's chamber music … [Read more...]
Music review: Prima Trio offers revelation at Flagler concert
The Prima Trio in concert Tuesday night.(Photo by David Carson; copyright 2009 Flagler Museum)By Greg StepanichPALM BEACH --- Chamber music has its origins in pieces written for intimate spaces, and that can mean a sedate concertgoing experience even when the art form leaves home to mingle with a larger crowd.But take that same kind of music and give it to three young, … [Read more...]
Music review: Poulenc Trio offers skill, variety
The Poulenc Trio: Pianist Irina Lande,oboist Vladimir Lande, and bassoonist Bryan Young.(Photo courtesy Flagler Museum)By Greg StepanichPALM BEACH -- A Baltimore-based trio showed Tuesday night why it is that the infinite variety of chamber music never will be staled, in a program of unusual works that spanned three centuries and styles from Baroque to American Eclectic.The … [Read more...]