The Essential Cecil Beaton: Photographs 1920-1970 by Philippe Garner and David Alan Mellor (Schirmer/Mosel: $65). The 265 images in this beautiful book trace the flamboyant photographer’s high-low vision of the world, his strange self-positioning between the upper-classes of aristocrats and celebrities, the milieu of international, British and Hollywood royalty, to […]
Month: March 2013
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum in London:‘Curates world class exhibitions and is now ready to bring them to America’, ‘from Russia to Paris: Chaïm Soutine and his contemporaries’by Sarah MacDougall
To celebrate the museum’s recent acquisition of Soutine’s stunning painting La Soubrette, c. 1933, the exhibition, From Russia to Paris: Chaïm Soutine and his Contemporaries, recently unveiled this important portrait together with a small selection of work from the Ben Uri collection by a number of Soutine’s peers: all either […]
This Year in Jerusalem: The hills of this ancient city are alive with joyous music and dance. by Sara Evans
2013 marks the third annual Jerusalem Season of Culture (JSOC), a summer-long celebration of all aspects of the arts. Known as the ancient center of Israeli history and biblical culture, the Festival was launched to demonstrate that, along with its ancient history, Jerusalem is a city with a vibrant and […]
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A Way with Light: Joan Griswold’s paintings explore the stillness of rooms and the nature of place. by Michelle Gillett
The few paintings I own by Joan Griswold invite me into other rooms, other spaces than the ones where they hang in my home. Griswold’s paintings evoke place and settings that are intimate and rich with light and color, yet never overly-done or sentimental. While the scenes she paints are […]
The Frost Art Museum celebrates opens five new exhibitions during Target Wednesday After Hours
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU presents the first Target Wednesday After Hours of the 2013 spring season with the opening reception for five new exhibitions: Eugene Savage: The Seminole Paintings, José Manuel Ballester: Concealed Spaces, Deep Blue by Javier Velasco, The Healings Spirits of the Waters […]
Project Tolerance: The Faces of Anne Frank: Florida artist Myra Roberts channels the life and message of Anne Frank. by Brian Johnson
“I f I were to do a series of portraits on one famous person in history,” mused Sanibel Island artist Myra Roberts one day in February of 2010, after reading an art story in the Wall Street Journal, “who would it be?” The answer came at once: Anne Frank. Taking […]
LES MISÉRABLES
The sweeping and spectacular musical extravaganza Les Misérables has been seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries around the globe. Now the motion picture adaptation that grossed more than $340 million worldwide arrives on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on March 22, 2013, from Universal […]