Remember Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 film North By Northwest, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, and their harrowing descent down the face of Mount Rushmore? That 2-minute montage defines Hitchcock’s classic film, yet credit went to everyone making the film except the scenic artists who made the dangerous escape possible by creating the 90-foot-wide backdrop depicting … [Read more...]
Online Boca Museum show finds revelation in the artist’s mirror
By Sandra Schulman Artists make art in a search for self. Eye to I: Self-Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, a stunning show at the Boca Museum of Art, now being exhibited through June 14 on online and digital programs, brings solo works together of major artists of the 20th and 21st centuries and dating from 1901 to 2015. There are treasures large and small … [Read more...]