Kelly Gottlieb, vice mayor of Manalapan,and her husband Michael pose next to a photograph by Dong Jun with Charles Stainback,the photography curator at the Norton Museum of Art.(Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsWEST PALM BEACH -- More than $100,000 was raised for the Norton Museum of Art during its photography auction March 21, according to figures released this week.More … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 3-5
Things don't look so good for Mimi in Act IV of La Boheme.Soprano Norah Ansellem is Mimi, with Alessandro Liberatore as Rodolfo. Surrounding them are Carelle Flores, Timothy Mix, Eric Jordan and Christopher Bolduc.Opera: The Palm Beach Opera closes its season beginning this weekend with the world's most popular opera, Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, in a staging by the great … [Read more...]
Art review: Four Arts show a brilliant look at Impressionism, American-style
Washington Arch, Spring by Childe Hassam.By Jenifer A. VogtPALM BEACH – A current exhibit of American paintings at the Society of the Four Arts gives pictorial evidence of the nation’s shift from the rigidity of the Gilded Age toward the transformative upheaval of the Progressive Era, and does so brilliantly.American Impressionism: Paintings From the Phillips Collection, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 27-29
Reflection: West Palm Beach, by Elle Schorr. Art: Five local artists are offering interpretations of their environment in a show wrapping up this week at the Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, which is at 6301 Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach.The show, called Native Offerings II, is curated by Talya Lerman and features photography by Jacek Gancarz, Elle Schorr and Lyn … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Fine Craft Show a lure for collectors
Artist Nancy Kubale. (Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsWEST PALM BEACH -- Contemporary art has been the best investment of any category since the end of World War II, local artist Bruce Helander told an audience Friday at the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show.Helander, a maker of collages who sported his trademark orange bowler Friday, was a last-minute replacement for a speaker who … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 20-24
Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in Duplicity.Film: With the Cold War over, governmental spies need to re-direct their efforts and that is what the CIA’s Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and MI6’s Ray Koval (Clive Owen) intend to do in Tony Gilroy’s smart and smart-mouthed trust-no-one comedy, Duplicity.The two occasional lovers move into industrial espionage, spying and … [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...]
Weekend arts picks: March 12-17
Figure Study (24 by 36 inches), a drawingby Oakland Park artist Grant Strawcutter.Pictures to peep by: This weekend at the Bruce Webber and Meyerhoefer galleries, both in Lake Worth, it's an exhibition of exhibitionism, as viewers are invited to take a look at nudes and erotica from classic pinups and sculpture to new work by several South Florida artists.“The work ranges from … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 5-9
Strawberry Tart Supreme (1974, acrylic on canvas),by Audrey Flack (b. 1931).The Boca Raton Museum of Art: Rebelling against a generation of artists who produced wild Abstract-Expressionist paintings and the stripped-down simplicity of Minimalism, the Photorealism movement of the late 1960s might have been a shock to those who had worked to escape the confines of … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Lake Worth gallery features major American painter
Upward Lift (1985, 60-by-90-inch oil and acrylic on canvas),by Robert Goodnough. (Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsRobert Goodnough may not be a household name, but the American painter was working in New York when Abstract Expressionism and color-field painting exploded onto the scene.He was considered important enough in the art world back in January 1960 to make the cover … [Read more...]