Augustus Mayhew, Author at New York Social Diary

Resort Life, Chapter XXXVIII: January 1970 – December 1970 Palm Beach + Boca Grande + Down East + Brittany + Ireland

Palm Beach• September 5, 2022.

Labor Day Special. We look back to Ellen Ordway’s photographic record of a life and lives on these days in yesteryear... READ MORE

Summer Ramble: Birthday Cake & Hard Hats @ Palm Beach

Palm Beach• August 31, 2022.

Augustus Mayhew celebrates Palm Beacher David Reese’s milestone 90th birthday dinner and can't help but take a look at the finishing touches being ... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social History: Isadora At Palm Beach

Palm Beach• August 11, 2022.

Augustus Mayhew tells us the story of Isadora Duncan, a woman of her time and before her time, immortalized by her natural energy... READ MORE

House of Munn Revisited: Was There Life Before Palm Beach?

Palm Beach• July 8, 2022.

Augustus Mayhew takes us on a multi-family saga whose lives all became a major part of Palm Beach history... READ MORE

Unsettled History: The Kennedys at Palm Beach 1910-1950

Palm Beach• June 7, 2022.

Another fascinating look at the history of Palm Beach by Augustus Mayhew, this time beginning with the Kennedy family history in the early 20th centur... READ MORE

ADDISON MIZNER ON PAPER Sketches & Drawings: 1904 – 1930. PART II

Palm Beach• April 6, 2022.

Part II of Addison Mizner’s sketches and drawings 1904-1930, Augustus Mayhew curates an online exhibition in association with the Society of the Fou... READ MORE

ADDISON MIZNER ON PAPER — SKETCHES & DRAWINGS: 1904-1930, PART 1

Palm Beach• April 1, 2022.

Our man, the Master of the Art and Architecture of Palm Beach and south Florida, Augustus Mayhew, presents an online exhibition of the works of Addiso... READ MORE

The Wright Light: Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College

Social History• March 22, 2022.

While students were on Spring break last week, everybody’s favorite architectural historian, Augustus Mayhew, sojourned for 18 hours at Florida Sou... READ MORE

Art Walk + Art Talk: The Society of the Four Arts & The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens

Palm Beach• March 10, 2022.

Augustus Mayhew takes us on an Art Walk of the newly "re-positioned" Sculpture Gardens at the Society of the Four Arts, recognized as "Palm Beach’s ... READ MORE

First Impressions at Four Arts

Palm Beach• March 4, 2022.

Augustus Mayhew follows through on the Society of the Four Arts’ current exhibit on American Impressionism and the works of early 20th Century Ameri... READ MORE

ARTOPIA: Palm Beach to Miami

Palm Beach• February 8, 2022.

Augustus Mayhew covers “ARTOPIA: Palm Beach to Miami"; the scene down there including Beth DeWoody’s The Bunker... READ MORE

Palm Beach Confidential: The Windsors and The FBI (1940-1942)

Palm Beach• December 16, 2021.

Augustus Mayhew recounts the time the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were courted in Palm Beach where the FBI files were thick with confidential letters ... READ MORE

Miami Art Week: Art Icons Mira Lehr + Martin Z. Margulies

Palm Beach• December 8, 2021.

Augustus Mayhew takes in Miami’s Art Basel with the Miami art world’s groundbreakers artist Mira Lehr and collector Martin Margulies holding cente... READ MORE

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