Kicking off its 75th anniversary season and the 100th anniversary of the city, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is showcasing Splendor and Passion: Baroque Spain and Its Empire, a collection of 57 paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries on loan from the Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York City. The HSM&L, as it is known, has the most extensive collection of … [Read more...]
Incoming director sees big things ahead for Boca Raton Museum of Art
It’s a changing of the guard at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, as current executive director Irvin Lippman steps down in January after 11 years, turning the leadership over to Ena Heller, who comes to Boca Raton from Winter Park, where she was the Bruce A. Beal Director of the Rollins Museum of Art. Under Lippman’s direction, the museum transformed itself with popular … [Read more...]
Powerful photo exhibit at Boca Museum spurs difficult conversations
Five distinctive photographic voices are now on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in an exhibit called Myths, Secrets, Lies, and Truths: Photography from the Doug McCraw Collection. The show, which opened last month and runs through Oct. 13, features the work of Sheila Pree Bright, Liesa Cole, Karen Graffeo, Spider Martin and Hank Willis Thomas. McCraw is the founder of … [Read more...]
2023-24 Season in Palm Beach County Art: Major collections, diverse exhibits mark art season
By Sandra Schulman It’s been a long hot summer, so the cool breeze of a new art season is a welcome relief. Major collections figure in shows at the Norton, while the Boca Museum conjures up a little mystery. Bicycles, natural flora, fiber art and art fairs all make appearances. Norton Museum of Art With a new director and curators, the Norton has a new energy going … [Read more...]
Trio of experimental artists take on nature and spirit at Boca Museum
By Sandra Schulman Three artists whose work spans decades and mediums ranging from manhole cover rubbings to holograms to immersive installation, are taking over the ground floor of the Boca Raton Museum of Art this week. The three shows, gathered under the title Three Artists, Three Visions, One Spirit, curated by associate museum curator Kelli Bodle, open Wednesday and … [Read more...]
TCM host Mankiewicz visits Boca Museum to discuss Hollywood exhibit
For Turner Classic Movies primetime host, Ben Mankiewicz, his appearance at the Boca Raton Museum of Art on December 10 was a full circle moment. Mankiewicz was invited to the museum and a fundraiser at the Boca Raton Resort to talk about the museum’s exhibit, The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema’s Creative Legacy, which is finishing up its nine-month run on Jan. … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2022-23: The season in Palm Beach art
` By Christina Wood Moving forward from the darkest days of the pandemic, the arts in general --- as well as many of the artists and arts organizations specific to Palm Beach County --- seem to be more conscious of the steps they take. This season, you can count on the arts to provide perspective along with inspiration – from the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s … [Read more...]
Boca Museum documents dignity of historic Pearl City neighborhood
Black Pearls, which opened this month at exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum of Art for a four-month run, features work by Washington, D.C.-based photographer Reginald Cunningham that highlights the historically Black community of Pearl City, founded in 1915 in east Boca Raton. Featuring photographs and first-person accounts by current residents and the descendants of the … [Read more...]
New sculpture on Boca’s ex-IBM campus a symbol of art and science
Jutting up from the green grass with the blue sky and Marcel Breuer’s iconic IBM building as backdrop, Virginia artist Hubert Phipps’s monumental stainless steel sculpture, Rocket, brings a touch of majesty to the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC). The 30-foot sculpture is part of an Art in Public Places initiative facilitated by Irvin Lippman, executive director of the … [Read more...]
Who gets to be a princess? Solo show at Boca Museum begs the question
“Once upon a time” meets “Off with their heads!” in the latest exhibition from Boca Raton Museum of Art, where tar-colored vintage ornaments, baroque motifs and headless perfume bottles make up for a twisted fairy tale. Witness me. Release me. I shouldn’t let you conquer me so sweetly. They are among the cryptic opening lines framing the romantic wall installations … [Read more...]