Modern Madonna (1918), by John Storrs.By Gretel SarmientoTo ask an audience to explore unseen works by a popular or a controversial artist is piece of cake. Asking them to come see rare works by a less shocking artist, unknown by most, takes guts.But that’s precisely what the Norton Museum is doing with John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist, a show consisting mainly … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 3-7
Dennis Creaghan and John Leonard Thompson in American Buffalo.Theater: This weekend is your last opportunity to see Palm Beach Dramaworks’ impressive production of David Mamet’s early scam drama, American Buffalo, the tale of three Chicago bumblers who plan to break in and steal a valuable coin collection. Director William Hayes and his cast harness the fragmented rhythms of … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 1-3, 2010
Art: If you haven’t bought your 2010 calendar yet, consider buying one that supports local artists. Twelve local artists bared all to artist/photographer Durga Garcia in her first annual Palm Beach Artists Uncovered calendar.The artists, who range in age from their mid-30s to mid-80s, are all members of the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery in downtown Lake Worth. Proceeds from … [Read more...]
Art review: Segal scuplted with a compassionate eye
Depression Bread Line (1991), by George Segal.By Emma TrellesFour tractor-trailers hauled thousands of pounds of George Segal’s sculptures from Dallas to West Palm Beach. This is worth noting because an exhibition of his work, now at the Norton Museum of Art, presents 16 installations in a modest corner gallery of the museum’s first floor.For all of its physical weight, George … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 28-30
My Life as a Dog, by Robert Arneson.(Photo by Katie Deits)Art: If you haven’t seen the sculpture exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, you have a few more days to see it before it closes Sept. 6. Viewers of Off the Wall: The Human Form in Sculpture can follow the evolution of the human form in American and European sculpture from the mid-19th century to … [Read more...]
Art Basel, Day 3: Experts see better days for art ahead
Women Resting on Metal, by sculptor Tatiana Blanco.(Photos by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsMIAMI BEACH — On one of my last visits to Art Basel this week, I took a tour of the booths in the convention hall to see what had been sold, what new works had been placed, and just see whether there was anything interesting I might have missed before.I counted three Barack Obama portraits … [Read more...]