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A beastly reminderof Florida’s history
“The Beast in Florida” (University Press of Florida) isn’t particularly pleasant reading, but it’s probably necessary reading. For all practical purposes, South Florida has been a northern state for at least two generations, but Marvin Dunn’s book helpfully reminds us that there was a time when Florida was Southern to ...
Photographing Florida’s wildlife
It seems that the ghost orchid is aptly named. In Carlton Ward Jr.’s photograph of the legendarily rare flower, the white tendrils droop down like the legs of an ivory-colored praying mantis from outer space.The ghost orchid is just one of the treats found in the images of the nature ...
A Palm Beach author’s trip into coal country
In 1971, Laurence Leamer went to work in a coal mine in West Virginia. He was there for a few months then went off to write a story for “Harper’s” about life in the mines. In his time there, he grew to love the mountain people and their culture - ...
A BIG deal at the Norton
Size matters. Witness Lucian Freud’s “The Brigadier,” which, at 7 feet high, is larger than life. It’s a scale that’s hard to pull off, especially for an artist who turned 80 while working on it. The British painter started to work big in the 1980s, and painted this work in ...
Lessons from the everyday surface in ‘All That Is’
ALL THAT IS, by James Salter. Knopf; 304 pages; $26.95. For nearly 60 years, James Salter has been a writer who matters; each Salter novel since “The Hunters” has been an event. “All That Is” is his first novel in decades, and despite the title, which promises an inclusive look ...
The not-so-great Gatsbys
Consider the following movies: “The Great Gatsby,” with Alan Ladd. “The Last Time I Saw Paris,” with Elizabeth Taylor. “Tender is the Night,” with Jennifer Jones. “The Great Gatsby” with Robert Redford. What do they have in common, aside from the fact that they’re all based on works by F. ...
Through a lens, darkly
In its turbulent 15 years of life, New York’s Photo League didn’t create a movement so much as it expanded and institutionalized one. What might loosely be termed Social Realism had been a staple of photography since Alfred Stieglitz, and was brought to its height by Walker Evans and W. ...
Cecil’s best work is between the covers
“The Essential Cecil Beaton” (Schirmer) does just what it says — put a massive amount of the photographer’s best work from all periods of his life between hard covers. Since Beaton began with a yen for pre-Raphaelite stylings in the 1920s and ended by taking startling photographs of a nude ...
‘Closer’ knocks one out of the park
CLOSER: Major League Players Reveal the Inside Pitch on Saving the Game, by Kevin Neary and Leigh A. Tobin. Running Press; 288 pages; $15. They stalk out of the bullpen in the 9th inning, radiating attitude and throwing vicious stuff. Their job is to flaunt superior power, to blow 10 ...
Lake Worth exhibit showcases artists who are authors, too
The huge green dollar bill on the wall of the Palm Beach Cultural Council in Lake Worth embodies all the iconography you could ask for, but it’s also got a history. John Loring made the piece 30 years ago for the World Trade Center. Like any experienced artist, he made ...
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