Before they were painted, they were loved. Each of the women portrayed by Pablo Picasso in six distinctive works currently on display would like to say she was the love — or lust — of his life. No one knows for sure, but at least now we can do what the artist never could: have them all in the same room. There has been no hair-pulling and no eye-gouging since the exhibition, … [Read more...]
Small Lauderdale theater is big winner at Carbonells
A commonly heard complaint about awards programs is that theaters with more financial resources have an unfair advantage over those that are more impoverished. Well, that charge cannot be leveled against South Florida’s Carbonell Awards after Monday night’s results. Walking off with six Carbonell statues at the 38th annual event that celebrates professional theater in Palm … [Read more...]
Four Arts shows us a Deco Japan we never knew
A new art exhibit at The Society of the Four Arts skips the foreplay and leads with the most daring Art Deco while leaving the dirtiest (politics) out. I walked in and there it was: a Japanese nude barely covered in black lace leaning back on a couch, and attended to by a younger female helper. Clearly, I had made a mistake, but some steps later another daring female stood … [Read more...]