Blue Boy, by Tammy Marinuzzi.Art: Work in ceramics by a group of artists who all have connections to the University of Florida opens today at West Palm Beach’s Armory Art Center and runs through Aug. 28. The 13 artists, assembled under the rubric Motley Moxie, shared the same working environment or instructors at UF, but have widely varied approaches to … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 9-12
Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Played With Fire.Film: Those who clamored about The Twilight Saga last week can now take in a far better, darker trilogy, now that they have that out of their system. It is the Swedish mystery novels by the late Stieg Larsson, whose introduction on film was the riveting The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, about a Goth computer … [Read more...]
Art review: All Florida show at Boca museum is rich and rewarding
The bed (2010), by Carolyn Schlam.By Gretel SarmientoI have never been a fan of having artists explain their work with their own words, but with a show as diverse as the 59th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition it might just prove useful.The competition, the oldest of its kind, gives new and established artists residing in the state a chance to … [Read more...]
ArtsPaper Interview: William Kentridge, on looking, drawing and knowing
William Kentridge.(Illustration by Pat Crowley)By Amy Broderick“Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting,” Willem DeKooning said of his fellow abstract expressionist, Jackson Pollock. “He busted our idea of a picture all to hell. Then there could be new paintings again.” In the same way, William Kentridge has revolutionized the practice of … [Read more...]
Art review: ‘Dinotopia’ light, entertaining exhibit for our inner kids
The Excursion (1995); illustration forDinotopia: Journey to Chandara, by James Gurney.By Gretel SarmientoWhen not reduced to a still pile of bones, dinosaurs appear to us as skeletons trapped in glass cases. In two colors, usually: dark brown or white.This summer, for three months, we can see them like never before. They play games, dance, sing, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 5-8
Pianist Leonard Gilbert.Music: Earlier this year, the Chopin Foundation of Miami held its quinquennial competition, which was won by the American pianist Claire Huangci. But that February event wasn’t the last in the foundation’s series of concerts, and this weekend, the young Canadian pianist Leonard Gilbert offers an all-Chopin program in performances in Fort … [Read more...]
Art review: Boxer exhibit shows painter’s love affair with abstraction
Roilypeersamongbloomednights (1991), by Stanley Boxer.By Jenifer A. VogtRetrospective exhibits excite because they allow enthusiasts to witness an artist’s evolution. Rememberingstanleyboxer: A Retrospective 1946-2000, currently on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, is no exception.The 50 works, mostly paintings, but with a few sculptures … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 7-13
Kaitlyn O'Neill, Matthew Korinko, Philip de la Caland Zachary Schwartz in Assassins.(Photo by Gemma Bramham)Theater: The brilliant composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim turned 80 in March, and did you even send him a greeting card? Well, you can make up for that lapse by attending Slow Burn Theatre Company’s salute to him with its aptly chilly, but … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 30-May 5
Painter Christina Major works on her large portraitsfor the MFA exhibition at Florida Atlantic University.Art: Florida Atlantic University’s current Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition at the Dorothy F. Schmidt Gallery on the college’s Boca Raton campus features the work of painter Christina Major and ceramicist Bethany Cohen.Cohen’s exhibit, An … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 16-21
Network of Stoppages, by Leora Klaymer Stewart.Art: In time for Earth Day, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens is opening an exhibit of works compiled from “recycled, reused and found objects.”Executive Director Cynthia Palmieri selected artists who would be willing to consider the site’s unique location and its natural materials as well as the limitation that a historic home … [Read more...]