The Lamp (1890-91), drypoint, softground and aquatint, by Mary Cassatt.By Jenifer A. VogtMary Cassatt (1844-1926) is known for pretty pictures of women and children, the kind of pictures that make people smile and sigh a lot.But what many don’t know is that, as a working female artist living in late 19th-century Paris, she was a maverick. A driven woman who personally balked at … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 29-Feb. 3
Jupiter and its moon, Io.(Photo by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory)Music: This weekend, the Houston Symphony Orchestra comes to town as part of a limited national tour, and it’s bringing the universe along with it. Conductor Hans Graf will lead the Houstonians (and the women of its chorus) in the great seven-part tone poem The Planets, by English composer Gustav Holst, … [Read more...]
Art review: Pinball exhibit evokes a lost America
The backglass art from the King of Diamonds pinball machine,made by Gottlieb in 1967.(artist: Art Stenholm; designer: Ed Krinsky)By Jan EngorenAs video killed the radio star, so did it kill the pinball machine.And as a new exhibit of nostalgic Americana at the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture in Delray Beach makes clear, the rise of computer technology and video have … [Read more...]
Art review: Escher retrospective fascinates, overwhelms
Rind (1955), woodcut by M.C. Escher.By Gretel SarmientoA young man stands looking at a picture of a ship in the harbor of a small town with its little turrets, cupolas and flat stone roofs, upon one of which sits a boy, relaxing.Two floors below him a woman gazes out of the window from her apartment, which sits directly above a picture gallery, where a young man stands looking … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 22-28
A teaset by John McCoy.Art: For the past 36 years, John McCoy has been teaching visual arts and art history to students at Florida Atlantic University. Many of his students now have successful art careers, and some of them have come together to celebrate McCoy's ceramics work in a retrospective exhibition.The list of exhibitors for John McCoy and Friends reads like a Who’s Who … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 15-21
A wall sculpture by Federico Uribe,made of clothespins and plastic forks. (Photo by Ed Sheahan)Art: The biggest news in the local art world this weekend is artpalmbeach, which opened Friday night. Featuring more than 70 dealers and special exhibition spaces, this show at the Palm Beach County Convention Center looks every bit as dynamic as the Art Basel show last December.Not … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 8-13
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...]
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...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 11-15
Ann Curry, before one of her photosat the Palm Beach Photographic Centre.(Photo by Bill Antaleck)Art: Emotionally moving and dynamic color and black-and-white photographs by NBC's Ann Curry are currently featured at the newly reopened Palm Beach Photographic Centre. The exhibit, titled Empathy, will be on display through Jan. 21. Curry was at the Centre last Friday and Saturday … [Read more...]
Art feature: Out among the quirks at Art Basel
A front view of the sculpture Female Stretch, by Evan Penny.(Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsThe larger-than-life, realistic sculptures by the Canadian artist Evan Penny caused a stir at last year's Art Basel, with his nude self-portrait selling within the show's first days.At this year's Art Basel, Penny is proving just as provocative. Penny’s sculptures aren’t simply … [Read more...]