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 for the opening. In her artist's statement, Curry wrote: “My travels have convinced me that no … [Read more...]
Art Basel ‘09 showcases innovation
From established artists to newbies, Art Basel is a place where one can see the innovators of contemporary art, and the annual Miami Beach version of this European art stalwart gets under way formally tonight. But the action associated with the festival started up at the beginning of the week, and on Wednesday afternoon, VIPs were lined up at the Miami Beach Convention Center … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Nov. 13-17
Art: Tonight will be a busy one for art openings from Jupiter down to Boca Raton, and Barry Seidman will be part of several of them. The fine art photographer will exhibit images from six of his different series -- Beached, Bloomers, Drinks, Art-chi-textures, Hot Peppers and Smoke -- at the Palm Beach Yacht Club tonight and Saturday. His Bloomers series features flowers on … [Read more...]
New acquisitions add vigorous life to MAM collections
There are glittering and faux botanies at the center of Recent Acquisitions, a gathering of approximately 20 artworks that feature some of the Miami Art Museum’s latest additions to its growing permanent collection. Stamped with beads and sequins, the plastic and russet-hued confection of shrubs known as Endless Autumn, by Cristina Lei Rodriguez, contains South … [Read more...]
In Atlanta, the tableaux of Whitfield Lovell
Seeing or creating art is always part of my travel plans, whether it's visiting museums, galleries and artist studios, hearing a lecture about art or taking an art-related seminar. Packed in my carry-on without fail are a sketchbook, conté sticks and watercolors. Late last month, I spent a week in Atlanta, where the art scene is thriving. The High Museum of Art … [Read more...]
Armory’s summer camp show spotlights kids’ creativity
When does a person become an artist? People are often at their most creative when they are young and uninhibited, and the ups and downs of life haven't eroded their confidence. But kids’ work is often relegated to the kitchen and attached with magnets to the refrigerator door. Last Friday night, though, the Armory Art Center staged a large and … [Read more...]
Weekend Arts Picks: August 7-9
Art: Watching artists create their work can be fascinating, as it allows one to enter into their world, watch their processes, and then see the images emerge from a blank canvas. This Friday night, starting at 7 p.m., 20 artists will start with a 16-inch-by-20-inch canvas and for the next 90 minutes will create their work in a variety of mediums on site at the Organic Music … [Read more...]
Poets gear up for next week’s national slam in West Palm
Slammed by syntax. Pummeled by a poem. The world heavyweight championship of words delivered with attitude is headed for West Palm Beach in the form of the 20th annual National Poetry Slam Aug. 4 to 8. And yes, fans, this is a competition every bit as heated as baseball or boxing. "This is blood, sweat and tears poetry delivered live inches from your … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 2-5
Art: If you’re up for some laid-back fun while viewing (and perhaps buying) art at the same time, the weekly Thursday night art show at the Rum Bar next to Panama Hattie's in North Palm Beach is the latest, hottest hangout for the artsy crowd. About a dozen artists show their work, and tonight, well-known local artist and Armory Art Center teacher Bill Perry will have … [Read more...]
Locksley-Shea collection explores urgency, vitality of contemporary art
FORT LAUDERDALE -- With You I Want To Live, a pink neon sculpture by British artist Tracey Emin, is a bit of a triple-threat. In its own right, the work reflects Emin’s millennial-tinged obsessions with ardor - its pleasures, its unavoidable pratfalls. She is, after all, also the author of Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995, a pup tent stitched with the 102 names of … [Read more...]