There are some times when a celebrated turn of phrase from literature perfectly sums up an experience, and for a current exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art, the magic words come from Christopher Marlowe, writing in 1589: Infinite riches in a little room. The West Palm Beach museum has been promised prints by three supreme masters of the genre — Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt … [Read more...]
In small ink strokes, humanity writ large: Rembrandt at the Four Arts
A striking candlelight effect may be the loudest marking of one of the greatest artists in the history of art, but a new exhibit extinguishes it in favor of his other theatrical — and humane — sensibilities. Detail-soaked biblical passages, scenes of street life and portraits of the distinguished and the marginalized have aligned at the Society of the Four Arts to … [Read more...]