Rolando Chang Barrero at his new art space on Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. By Sandra Schulman A new multimedia gallery space and a wildly imaginative and interactive installation will rev up the summer arts in West Palm Beach. The Box Gallery: Rolando Chang Barrero, who has a gallery in Lake Worth — Rolando Chang Barerro Fine Arts — and runs a gallery/studio at the … [Read more...]
Art Boca Raton unveils some gems amid the dross, overcrowding
Hummingbirds on Yellow, by Laura Tan. By Myles Ludwig Although there was more than sufficient visual jokery, snap, crackle, pop and cupcake conceptualism on display at Art Boca Raton to jolt even the most somnolent, there was just enough original work to capture my interest and provide a frisson of satisfaction. ArtBoca was abuzz at noon on Saturday when I arrived at the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 9-10, 2016
Film: Last year’s Oscar-winning director, Alejandro Iñárritu (Birdman) is back with another tour de force saga, this time far from the urban canyons of New York City. It is called The Revenant, which means “one who returns from the dead.” Indeed, fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is mauled by a bear in the bitter cold Old West wilderness and is left for dead by his … [Read more...]
At 92, artist Harwood still has a passion for creation
By Lucy Lazarony At 92, artist Bernice Harwood of Boynton Beach can do it all. She’s a painter, a sculptor, a printmaker and a writer, and has spent the past year writing stories from her life. “You have to laugh,” Harwood says. “You can’t let anything get to you.” In her teens, Harwood attended Girls Commercial High School in Brooklyn, where along with her academic … [Read more...]
Mall exhibit to celebrate the art of Dr. Seuss
By Palm Beach ArtsPaper Staff Most everyone knows these iconic lines from Dr. Seuss’ children’s book, Green Eggs and Ham: Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. I do not like green eggs and ham. But not everyone knows that in addition to his prolific children’s books, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) was a fine painter and illustrator. A number … [Read more...]
Art roundup, December: A new gallery at EmKo, a Canvas winner, Norton guests
By Sandra Schulman EmKo is a new joint that graces West Palm Beach’s historic neighborhood of Flamingo Park, a renovated, three-story building that was once home to Ragtops Antique Motorcar Museum. Resurrecting this 1926 historical property, EmKo is a multi-disciplinary art gallery/culinary destination that aims to join the community through the art of food and the visual … [Read more...]
At the Morikami: Compelling art arises from pain, tragedy
We are often moved by art, but what is art moved by? Tragedy. Joy. Death. Life. Two dramatic exhibitions now on view at the Morikami Museum feature artworks born out of ashes and out of the necessity to cope with loss. Running through Jan. 31, Wendy Maruyama: Executive Order 9066 revives a particularly sad time to mark the 70th anniversary of the closing of the last … [Read more...]
Art Basel, and explosion of art fairs, about to hit South Florida
By Sandra Schulman In an overwhelming Art Fair week ready to descend on Miami from all corners of the world, there are so many events to choose from it’s almost unreal and pure art nirvana. The sheer quality and quantity of shows, promotions, screenings, talks, public art and fairs ready to land on the billion-dollar sandbar is unparalleled in America and perhaps the world. … [Read more...]
Armory Art Salons: Elle Schorr’s art of community
By Sandra Schulman Artist, photographer, community organizer, curator Elle Schorr gets to see everything — well, almost everything — while constantly searching out the best art and artists in Palm Beach County for her Art Salon talks at the Armory Art Center. She also shows her own work at various galleries including Arthouse 429 in Northwood. Her latest body of work — of … [Read more...]
Brilliant ‘About Elly’ keeps viewers guessing
When considering Asghar Farhadi’s psychological thriller About Elly, a word pretzel from that (in)famous 21st-century philosopher Donald Rumsfeld comes to mind: “There are known knowns, unknown knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns.” To follow along with this knotty and riveting study of humans in crisis is to rewire old paradigms when unknowns become known, to accept … [Read more...]