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Unfettered by the demands of the commercial marketplace, the privately supported Art and Culture Center has taken that freedom and run with it, charting a course that sometimes appears to be fearless. Where else, for instance, would you find something as esoteric as "Exploding the Lotus"? That multimedia show displayed the work of nearly two dozen artists from the Indian subcontinent with a strong emphasis on the conceptual. Or how about "Nathan Sawaya: The Art of the Brick," an exhibition of art made exclusively with Lego parts? And we're still scratching our heads over the quirkiness of the recent "TM Sisters: Idealtonight." Under such adventurous previous curators as Laurence Pamer and Samantha Salzinger, the center has long challenged established norms, preferring edge over ease. Current curator Jane Hart has pushed things even further, especially with the Project Room, which presents small shows of the sort you'd be unlikely to find anywhere else in the area.

2011 | Best Curator

Mark Twain once said that when your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. That might serve as a credo for Art and Culture Center curator Jane Hart. Like most of her counterparts at other museums and galleries, Hart keeps a low profile. You won't find her name plastered on the wall at the entrance to the shows she puts together, although you will find her slipping quietly in and out of exhibitions, receptions, and other art-related events all over South Florida, keeping her finger on the... More »
2010 | Best Art Event

When is barely controlled chaos a good thing When it's in the service of a happening as inspired and inventive as "Abracadabra." The good folks at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood put the "fun" in fundraising with this event. It all starts with the largess of a hundred or so local artists who donate works that are then put on display for roughly a month. Follow that with a big party, complete with an open bar, catered edibles, and, as emcee, a magician who works the crowd. Then... More »
2010 | Best Exhibition Title

The title of this tiny show, which was shoehorned into the Art and Culture Center's smallest display space, is a nifty inside joke that works on multiple levels. First, there's no such artist as Balbone Martinez -- the moniker melds the names of collaborators Michael Balbone and Emily Martinez. Then there's the subject matter of several of the works, which appropriate Christian iconography for subversive ends. And finally, there's an implicit dig at two subsets of contemporary... More »
2009 | Best Art Gallery

Unfettered by the demands of the commercial marketplace, the privately supported Art and Culture Center has taken that freedom and run with it, charting a course that sometimes appears to be fearless. Where else, for instance, would you find something as esoteric as "Exploding the Lotus" That multimedia show displayed the work of nearly two dozen artists from the Indian subcontinent with a strong emphasis on the conceptual. Or how about "Nathan Sawaya: The Art of the Brick," an exhibition... More »
2008 | Best Exhibition Title

Butterflies, cookies, tree stumps, and other diverse things cryptically appear amid tropical foliage in Craig Kucia's oil paintings, exhibited in a solo show at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood last year. The Miami-based artist gave up none of his secrets in his all-lowercase titles for the paintings, ranging from "books talked to us as if seasons stayed the age of 12" to "when i begin to forget, tell me things i never knew" and "the best things are made on napkins." Normally we might... More »
2005 | Best Place to Ditch the Kids

You love your rugrats. They're funny, smart, cute, and they rarely vomit at the wrong time. Well, that doesn't mean you don't occasionally want to free yourself and your mate for a Saturday-night romp. Dancing, maybe. Or bowling. Or, hell, just sitting on a bus bench in peace for a few minutes and breathing deeply. Our suggestion: Try stowing the twerps aged 4 to 12 at the Art and Culture Center's parents' night out, which takes place the second Friday of every month and lasts from 6 to 10... More »
2003 | Best Museum in Broward

Not so long ago, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood seemed to have fallen into the doldrums. After the departure of an especially adventurous curator (Laurence Pamer), the museum lacked direction and, more important, vision. But then, new curator Samantha Salzinger arrived, and the place has been on a roll ever since. Salzinger's "Fat Painting" show was a defiant celebration of the enduring influence of abstract expressionism that left some critics (although not ours) scratching their... More »
2000 | Best Museum

Granted, Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Art may have shaken off some of its stodginess, the Coral Springs Museum of Art may offer the best display space in the area, and the new Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art may be the most promising venue in South Florida. But right here, right now, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is the most exciting museum around. Credit curator of exhibitions Laurence Pamer for not being hampered by the awkward configuration of a building not originally... More »

Paradise Is Eerie: Phillip Estlund at the Art & Culture Center

By Michael Mills | Thu, May 10, 2012

There's something a little unnerving about seeing a show like "Phillip Estlund: Subprime/Subtropics" so close to the beginning of tropical storm season in South Florida. For those of us who've survived a hurricane or two (or three or four), his ex... More »
Artists Freddy Jouwayed and Giannina Coppiano Dwin Let us Peek Into Their Psyches

By Michael Mills | Thu, January 05, 2012

There's something borderline psychedelic about Freddy Jouwayed's current body of work at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. It's almost as if the artist has taken of hit of a hallucinogen that translates what he sees into waves of pure color... More »
Photos Ripped From the Internet: a Fascinating Exhibit at the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood

By Mills, Michael | Thu, November 24, 2011

Three years ago, a couple of ambitious artists named Oliver Wasow and John D. Monteith began communicating by way of Facebook. Wasow, a New York-based teacher and photographer, and Monteith, a painter in South Carolina, had a common interest in "f... More »
Hundreds of Pieces of America

By Brandon K. Thorp | Thu, November 03, 2011

America doesn't dress up. America doesn't pose. Oh, maybe here and there -- in certain parts of Miami or in Las Vegas or L.A. Mostly, though, America happens in discrete little moments when it doesn't seem like anyone's watching. That's the countr... More »
South Florida Cultural Consortium 2011 Comes to Hollywood

By Michael Mills | Thu, September 29, 2011

The good news, thanks to the tradition of exacting standards established by the South Florida Cultural Consortium, is that the work included in this year’s exhibition is of a uniformly high standard. No slackers here. The bad news is that it’s dif... More »
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