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Athena Society buys pair of artistic gems for Vero museum
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Athena Society buys pair of artistic gems for Vero museum
by May 05 2022
The artworks selected by Vero Beach Museum of Art staff for review and possible purchase by its Athena ...
Artist Hale, always ‘looking for beauty,’ delivers it on canvas
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Artist Hale, always ‘looking for beauty,’ delivers it on canvas
by April 21 2022
If paintings could speak, what would they say? Or, rather, what would they sound like? A Helen Frankenthaler ...
Museum on a mission: Behind the scenes of ‘Vero Collects’
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Museum on a mission: Behind the scenes of ‘Vero Collects’
by March 24 2022
If you ask Sophie Bentham-Wood, Vero Beach Museum of Art director of marketing, what has been bringing people ...
Contemporary art also shines in ‘Vero Collects’ exhibition
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Contemporary art also shines in ‘Vero Collects’ exhibition
by March 10 2022
If you think that the “Vero Collects” exhibition now on display at the Vero Beach Museum of Art ...
Myriad masterpieces in museum’s ‘Hidden Treasures Revealed’
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Myriad masterpieces in museum’s ‘Hidden Treasures Revealed’
by February 18 2022
Currently on view at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, “Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed” features works of ...
‘I just keep exploring’ – Cree Scudder cherishes an artful life
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‘I just keep exploring’ – Cree Scudder cherishes an artful life
by February 10 2022
Painter and collage artist Cree Scudder relocated to Vero Beach in 2017, after a 38-year sojourn in La ...
Alluring motifs loom large in Derek Gores’ ‘tropicollage’
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Alluring motifs loom large in Derek Gores’ ‘tropicollage’
by February 03 2022
Derek Gores has been a member artist at Gallery 14 for some four years now, where a month-long ...
‘Unity in Diversity’: Lugo’s art infused with spirituality
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‘Unity in Diversity’: Lugo’s art infused with spirituality
by January 06 2022
The exhibition of local artist Lisa Lugo, on display through Jan. 28 at the Center for Spiritual Care ...
Here and ‘now’: FOCA exhibit focuses on contemporary art
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Here and ‘now’: FOCA exhibit focuses on contemporary art
by December 09 2021
There is a difference between contemporary art and modern art. At this late date in the history of ...
That’s all … folk! Museum celebrates all-American genre
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That’s all … folk! Museum celebrates all-American genre
by October 21 2021
Artmaking is in our genes, even in the United States, the country whose no-nonsense, self-sufficient mindset has reigned ...
‘Golden’ opportunity for Christo and Jeanne-Claude fans
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‘Golden’ opportunity for Christo and Jeanne-Claude fans
by June 10 2021
It’s been 19 years since the Vero Beach Museum of Art presented a Christo and Jeanne-Claude exhibition. Like ...
Exceptional ‘Eye of the Camera’ exhibit back at Backus
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Exceptional ‘Eye of the Camera’ exhibit back at Backus
by June 03 2021
Skipped last year, the A.E. Backus Museum’s competitive “Through the Eye of the Camera” exhibition is back and ...