A distraught Ethel Kennedy has just seen her fatally wounded husband lying on the floor of a hotel kitchen. With a ferocious scream, she pushes back the crowd demanding they grant him some space. One daring camera stays and catches the prelude to Bobby Kennedy’s death. Six years later, Pat Nixon stands near her husband as he struggles to address his staff one last time. … [Read more...]
Palm Beach modern art fair saluted photographer Benson, area art collectors
The fifth iteration of the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair (March 24-27) at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach paid homage to photographer Harry Benson, who received a lifetime achievement award for his 60-year career. The fair opened with a preview event Thursday evening benefiting the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, whose The Garden Exhibition … [Read more...]
Jewelry, Art and Antique Show stuns, overwhelms
By Myles Ludwig Glorious. At some point in the fifth hour of my three-day trip into the enchanted forests of Artlandia, standing in the aisles of great hall, I sensed a shiver of collective Stendhal syndrome, as if a powerful aesthetic spirit might levitate the Convention Center, drawing it up into the cerulean sky above the city of West Palm Beach. The Palm Beach … [Read more...]
Amid the glam, much beauty at Modern + Contemporary show
By Myles Ludwig Oh, dear: it appears tough times have hit the Palm Beach art market. No more the free-flowing champagne (now $23 a flute) and nary a canape in sight when I arrived at the VIP-y vernissage at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary show at the city’s oft-traded “tent site” on Thursday night. It was the first pitch of the art show season, traffic was tangled and … [Read more...]