Spiritual Piano (2008), by Christiaan Lopez-Miro.By Emma TrellesThe interstate is really the one road that leads to Cassadaga, I-4 to be exact, and it takes travelers from both the east and west coasts of central Florida to this small hamlet of spiritualists, mediums, psychics, and healers.Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this … [Read more...]
Art review: Steichen show offers too much of a pretty thing
Actress Mary Heberden (1935), by Edward Steichen.(Courtesy Condé Nast Archive, New York© 1935 Condé Nast Publications) By Emma TrellesThe faces of both the famed and the forgotten share equal stature in the more than 200 celebrity and couture-focused photographs on display at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale.The collection unwinds across all of the museum’s first-floor … [Read more...]
Art review: Butcher exhibit offers insight into wild treasures
Loxahatchee River I (1991), by Clyde Butcher.By Katie DeitsMany of us may never wade into the alligator- and snake-infested swamps of South Florida or hike into the mountain wildernesses of the West. But through Clyde Butcher’s photographs, we can get a feeling of what we would see and of the great beauty that awaits in our natural environment.Through November 8, visitors to … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: West Palm artist makes his own kind of fashion statement
Ray Neubert in the dress that started it all. By Katie DeitsWhen he slipped into the white-lace wedding dress and adjusted the veil on his balding head, a diminutive Raymond P. Neubert stepped into another dimension of his life.Seventeen more of his friends and acquaintances followed suit while Neubert photographed the experience and evolving personas, taking more than 100 … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Norton sets photography auction
Second Avenue Gothic (2006), by C.B. Smith(20 inches by 20 inches, edition of 25)By Katie DeitsWEST PALM BEACH -- This week, the Norton Museum of Art will offer a chance for photography lovers to add to their collections when it hosts its third biennial photography auction.Proceeds from the auction, set for Friday night, benefit the West Palm Beach museum's photography … [Read more...]
Art review: O’Keeffe-Adams show epic look at two artists of the West
Georgia O’Keeffe, The Black Iris (1926) Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, N.M.By Katie DeitsWEST PALM BEACH -- Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams were friends who shared a passion for the natural beauty of the American West.On Saturday, an exhibit chronicling that passion -- Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities -- opened at the Norton Museum of Art. The show runs … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks, Jan. 22-25
Antelope Canyon, a 30- x 36-incharchival photograph taken by Kevin Boldenowin May 2008 at Page, Ariz.Photographer benefits Cancer Alliance: From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Mos’Art Gallery at 700 Park Ave. in Lake Park presents Visual Poetry, a show to benefit The Cancer Alliance. The show features the infrared landscape photography of Kevin Boldenow, recipient of the 2004 South … [Read more...]