Thomas Allen Harris’s new documentary Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People is “a family memoir, a tribute to unsung artists and a lyrical, at times heartbroken, meditation on imagery and identity,” according to the New York Times. “It’s a film dense with both information and purpose,” says LA Weekly. … Continue reading New Film Shares Pioneering Photography of Florestine Perrault Collins
Florida Highwaymen: A History
In 1960s Ft. Pierce, Florida, a group of 26 self-taught African-American artists sold their 24” x 36” Upson board paintings out of their car trunks. Even without a name for themselves, they made a living by painting landscapes in their backyards and selling them on the highway. Only decades later, in 1994, did these painters … Continue reading Florida Highwaymen: A History
Mary Ann Carroll: First Lady of the Highwaymen
Today we proudly publish Mary Ann Carroll: First Lady of the Highwaymen by fine arts professor and photographer Gary Monroe. His new book features color plates of Mary Ann Carroll’s most famous landscape paintings and tells the never-before-told story of her hard-fought journey to provide for her family and make a name for herself in a man’s world. Carroll … Continue reading Mary Ann Carroll: First Lady of the Highwaymen
Afro-Cuban Religious Arts
Afro-Cuban Religious Arts: Popular Expressions of Cultural Inheritance in Espiritismo and Santería by Kristine Juncker From a plantation in Havana Province in the 1880s to a religious center in Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, this book profiles four generations of women from one Afro-Cuban religious family. Each woman was a medium in Espiritismo and also … Continue reading Afro-Cuban Religious Arts
Bob Kealing’s Tupperware Unsealed Acquired by Sony Pictures
Congratulations to Bob Kealing, author of Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party Pioneers. According to the Hollywood Reporter late Friday evening, Sony Pictures outbid Warner Bros. and Paramount to acquire the rights to Kealing’s book. The movie will be directed by Tate Taylor (The Help) and will star Sandra Bullock in … Continue reading Bob Kealing’s Tupperware Unsealed Acquired by Sony Pictures
Monumental Dreams: The Life and Sculpture of Ann Norton
"They were two people who didn't seem to fit together. But the shy, determined Ann Weaver and the rich, gregarious Ralph Norton shared one thing - a passionate love of art. . . . A relationship slowly developed, one that was to forever alter the cultural landscape of Palm Beach County. After all, their names … Continue reading Monumental Dreams: The Life and Sculpture of Ann Norton
Miami for Families: Fun for All Ages in the Magic City
Vibrant and glamorous, the Magic City offers an amazing variety of family-friendly activities from kayaking with Manatees or hand-feeding macaws at Jungle Island to taking in the Design District on Lincoln Road. Laura Albritton, mother and long-time Miami resident, shares her appreciation and zest for the city in Miami for Families: A Vacation Guide for Kids and … Continue reading Miami for Families: Fun for All Ages in the Magic City
Collectors, Collections, and Collecting the Arts of China
Collectors, Collections, and Collecting the Arts of China: Histories and Challenges Edited by Jason Steuber, with Guolong Lai “Essential reading for anyone interested in how the passion of collecting, that pursuit of beautiful and compelling objects, contributed to the formation of our present-day understanding and appreciation of Chinese art.”—Kris Imants Ercums, Curator of Asian Art, … Continue reading Collectors, Collections, and Collecting the Arts of China
The Tortured Life of Scofield Thayer
The Tortured Life of Scofield Thayer by James Dempsey “What do you call a person who was slandered by Ernest Hemingway, cuckolded by E.E. Cummings, befriended and promoted T.S. Eliot, treated by Sigmund Freud, led modernist art’s charge into American culture in the 1920s and declared officially insane not long after? ... A damn good subject for a … Continue reading The Tortured Life of Scofield Thayer
Jerald T. Milanich on Enchantments: Julian Dimock’s Photographs of Southwest Florida
An Interview with Jerald T. Milanich co-author of Enchantments: Julian Dimock’s Photographs of Southwest Florida “[Dimock and his father] apparently first came to Florida to experience life in what was viewed as an “exotic,” still “untamed” setting… there they discovered what to them was a new world.’” – Jerald T. Milanich JERALD T. MILANICH … Continue reading Jerald T. Milanich on Enchantments: Julian Dimock’s Photographs of Southwest Florida
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