Tag: art
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Alexander Calder: Rêver en Équilibre
To honor the 100th anniversary of Alexander Calder’s arrival in Paris at the age of 28, the Fondation Louis Vuitton (FLV) mounted an impressive retrospective of his work entitled “Rêver en Équilibre” (Dreaming in Equilibrium). The FLV provides a magnificent backdrop for large-scale, bold works and the Calder retrospective did not disappoint.
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Anastasia Samoylova: Atlantic Coast
Photography is having a moment, and one of its rising stars is Miami-based Anastasia Samoylova. Anastasia produces both observational and studio photography. With the former, she trains her lens on the world around us to present realities visible to the naked eye, if only one knows where and how to look.
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Chemin du Puy, Condom, France
A small medieval town of 6,500 people, Condom sits at the confluence of the rivers Gèle and Baïse. Contrary to what our less-cultured friends might want us to believe, the name derives from the ancient Condote-o-magos, which meant “market of the confluence”. Its similarity to the English word of the same spelling is pure coincidence.…
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Chemin du Puy – Agen & Lectoure, France
Agen: Agen was the French launching point for the final stage of our epic Chemin du Puy journey. From Barcelona we took three trains to arrive in Agen, only to have to take a bus the following day to Lectoure, where the walking actually began. Clearly, we are visiting some off-the-beaten-track places! The charming city…
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Albrecht Dürer at the CAEE
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, was a highly prolific and unabashedly modern artist. He defined art as a process that transcended established norms and sprang from the undying intellectual curiosity and innate talent of the trained artist. Conscious of his own talent and self-worth, he practically invented the marriage of marketing and intellectual property, moving art…
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Cartier at London’s V&A
May 2025 The Victoria and Albert Museum currently has a wonderful exhibit of Cartier jewelry and other pieces designed by the world-renowned design studio. Along with significant eye-candy, the exhibit includes historical information about the house, a video about the process of creating and making a piece in their Pantera line, and fun video clips…
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Savannah College of Art and Design
We recently took a quick trip to Savannah to spend a weekend with family. In addition to strolling through this gorgeous and historic city and eating too much, we had a chance to take in some art at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Museum of Art. SCAD was founded in 1978 and…
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Opa Projects – Transfigurations of Reality: Contemporary Dialogues
A couple of weeks ago, we were invited to attend a private opening at Opa Projects, a new art gallery in the Little River area of Miami. The founder, Billy Tartour, is a highly regarded art historian, collector, and art advisor. The gallery in located in a loft-like space with ample natural light that streams…
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Constructive Arguments: Aesthetic Dialogues with the work of Lynne Golob Gelfman
Last week we visited a fabulous exhibit by celebrated Miami artist, Lynne Golob Gelfman (1944-2020). A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University School of the Arts, she was known for her welcoming nature and never-ending support for other artists. She developed strong friendships that lasted a lifetime. Her most famous works consisted of…
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Sorolla and the Sea
We attended the opening lecture and exhibit for “Sorolla and the Sea” at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach last week. Drawn almost exclusively from artworks owned by the Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York, the exhibit contains works that cannot be seen elsewhere. The Hispanic Society, founded in 1904, was…