A cartoonist, a pop-art icon, an American president, and the leader of China’s Communist Party walk into a bar. What time is it, one asks. 19:72. Time is up. An ongoing exhibition out of Fort Lauderdale broaches the lethal subject one should avoid at the dinner table and ignites a debate on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate scandal. More than religion. More than … [Read more...]
Haring-Alechinsky ‘confrontation’ at NSU Fort Lauderdale more of a friendly get-together
There would be blood – we thought – in the duel of two titans from the art world. We imagined brushes piercing the skin, intense stares exchanged by their canvasses, a snarky gesture hidden like a pentimento in plain sight. But visitors showing up to Confrontation: Keith Haring and Pierre Alechinsky don’t need to broker a peace deal after all. The renowned artists appear … [Read more...]
Yale artists at NSU Art Museum: Let there be light — and harsh truths
A rocket ship, a sentinel, and mirror-faced sculptures are among the artworks composing a deeply personal and vocal exhibition born out of camaraderie and moral support. If it says anything, it’s that injustice benefits from silence and shadows. On view through October 23 at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Lux et Veritas highlights 21 artists of color who bonded over their … [Read more...]
The World of Anna Sui: Star designer gets her own universe at Lauderdale museum
By Sandra Schulman Downtown New York City designer darling Anna Sui hit town at just the right time. Born in the suburbs of Detroit, Sui was drawn to New York’s cultural underground at an insanely creative time in the 1970s, where fashion, photography, art, music and design were all going out clubbing every night. She joined the party with her first collection in 1981, … [Read more...]
Forget your troubles at NSU Museum’s ‘Happy!’
If you are happy and you know it, you won’t mind putting that feeling to the test of an exhibition parking balloons, cartoons, and smiles right next to depression, trauma and loss. The subject of many onward and inward expeditions has everyone looking for universal driving directions. There’s one location we are likely to find it – at least temporarily. The relentless … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2019-20: In Broward, art venues explore the lighthearted
By Sandra Schulman The art season in Broward County looks to be heavy with lighthearted art, from the big name laden Happy! show at NSU to the merry visual mischief of Mr. Brainwash. Artist studios get the artists point of view treatment at Art and Culture Center, while Fort Lauderdale’s ArtServe celebrates 30 years. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Get your upside on … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Broward art
By Sandra Schulman The art season in Broward County is big on classic art this year, with a major show highlighting the Renoir and Glackens bromance at NSU Art Museum – a stark change from the knockout edgy Frank Stella work of last season. The Biennial at Hollywood Art and Culture Center is always a good way to catch up on the new work being made in the region, while … [Read more...]
Can’t-miss Stella show stuns in Fort Lauderdale
By Sandra Schulman As the last of his generation of art history-defining artists left alive, 81-year-old Frank Stella zipped around the opening of his eye-popping mind- and line-blowing show at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale like a kid in a candy store. Except this candy store holds seven decades’ worth of work that challenged, chastened, chug-a-lugged and ultimately … [Read more...]
2016-17 Season Preview: Art in Broward
By Michael Mills Artists past and present, artists young and old. Artists established, artists on the rise. Artists local and regional, artists national and international. That’s the lineup for the upcoming art season at Broward County’s leading art institutions. Here’s an overview of what you can expect. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale: Executive director (and curator) … [Read more...]