FARINDOLA, Italy — A 2015 invitation to the Farindola International Art Festival (FIAF) drew Boynton Beach artist Ralph Papa to a remote town in Italy’s Abruzzo region. Seven years later, the 86-year-old plein air painter continues to return to the city of Farindola, drawn by both the landscape and his ancestral ties. Nestled within the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga … [Read more...]
At Cornell, artist Strosberg reimagines Palm Beach
Sometimes it takes an outsider with a new set of eyes to see what others don’t. The result of that perspective is Belgian-born artist Serge Strosberg’s newest exhibit, Reimagining Palm Beach – Past, Present and Future, on display through May at the Cornell Art Museum in Old School Square, in the main downstairs gallery. Featuring 12 allegorical paintings reimagined for … [Read more...]
At the Cornell, ‘World of Water’ conveys urgent environmental message
With Jane Lawton Baldridge’s paintings of storm surges, Kasha McKee’s conceptual photographs of flamingos splashing in the West Palm Beach fountain and Suzanne Barton’s “arctic ice angel” — all surrounded by water sounds created by Fort Lauderdale-based multidisciplinary artist, David Rosenthal — The World of Water exhibition at the Cornell Art Museum has opened with a … [Read more...]