The Norton Museum of Art will close from Sept. 12 to Sept. 30 while it reinstalls several of its galleries, museum officials said earlier this month. The goal for this project is to provide a more engaging experience for visitors, officials with the West Palm Beach museum said in a news release. Normal operating hours will resume Saturday, Oct. 1. Palm Beach County residents … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 10-15
Film: Writer-director John Gray (credited with creating TV’s Ghost Whisperer) grew up in Brooklyn and his latest feature film, White Irish Drinkers, feels like it has autobiographical elements in its coming-of-age tale of a young, sensitive artist trying hard not to sucked into the world of crime of his older, desperate brother. Nick Thurston impresses as Brian, who chooses … [Read more...]
Norton’s contemporary art deserves its own space
The Norton Museum has an expanding collection of contemporary art, and, like many museums that evolve and grow from their initial purpose, it does not have a permanent exhibit space for it. Although significant, it would be difficult to justify replacing any of Ralph and Elizabeth Norton’s original collection, or changing the focus of current gallery space, and the museum … [Read more...]
Norton names new director; FAU sets Haiti relief concert
Norton names new executive director After a nearly year-long nationwide search, the Norton Museum of Art’s board of directors has named Hope Alswang executive director of the West Palm Beach museum. Alswang succeeds Christina Orr-Cahall, who left in May 2009 to become executive director of the Experience Music Project (EMP) Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in Palm Beach art
The coming art season looks to be as exciting as ever, with artists enthusiastically staging exhibitions through cooperative galleries, street fairs and public spaces, while local museums and galleries gear up to launch a wide variety of fascinating shows and international art fairs prepare to import art from around the globe. Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach: The … [Read more...]