Art: No matter what its other attractions, the basic fact of the state of Florida is the water: Most of it is a sandbar in the sea, so it’s only fitting that so many artists of the state have turned or aqueous reality for inspiration. At the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County’s art gallery in its converted movie theater on Lake Street in Lake Worth, The Deep and the Shallow … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 13-15
Art: Was there any artist so indelibly associated with the late 1960s as Peter Max? The Art Students League-trained painter’s bright colors and quirky figures did as much to define the look of the age as hippiedom did. Max has continued working since those high-profile days, and has recently been painting portraits of singer Taylor Swift, which will be on sale Saturday when the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 24-25
Film: American remakes of foreign films rarely improve on the original version, but that is exactly the feat that director David Fincher has pulled off with his take on Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. There were reasons to worry about what the maker of Fight Club and Se7en would do to this dark, dense cold case mystery, but he has been extremely faithful to the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 9-11
Art: This coming Tuesday, the Boca Raton Museum of Art offers a view of American painting when it brings in 36 works from the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. These are pictures by some of the most celebrated American artists – Robert Henri, Andy Warhol, George Bellows, Thomas Eakins, among others – but it’s still true that many of their names and works … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 31, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011
Film: We know, we know, one of your New Year’s resolutions is to lose some weight, and viewing the high-calorie baked goods in the tasty new documentary Kings of Pastry is not going to help matters. Still, treat yourself to this affectionate confection by co-directors D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (The War Room, Moon Over Broadway), chronicling the three-day Meilleurs … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 11-15
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...]