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Across the Nation• May 25, 2023

Art Scenes: Fame, Fashion, & Feminism

Augustus Mayhew, the great art and architectural historian, takes in the “Picturing Fame” fashion exhibit at Ft. Lauderdale’s NSU Art Museum of the past century’s illustrious couturiers before heading over to Miami’s Allapattah Arts District for the Women and Sculpture show at the Spinello Project. All Fabulous...

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Palm Beach• March 16, 2023.
Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Palm Beach gala dinner kicked off PCF's annual Pro-Am Tennis & Golf Tournament; Simply From The Heart's “A Heartfelt Evening” at the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse; Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens' annual Bamboo and Bonsai Gala... READ MORE
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Visions of Palm Beach

Palm Beach• March 13, 2023.
Lighthouse Guild’s Annual Palm Beach Visionary Evening honored Jackie Weld Drake and James Borynack; The Historical Society of Palm Beach County's final Cocktails in Paradise event of the season, Designing Palm Beach... READ MORE
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The O’Keeffes at Palm Beach: Clare! Esther! Anita! Georgia! Eleanor!

Palm Beach• February 27, 2023.
Augustus Mayhew takes us on an historical expedition of The O’Keeffe’s of Palm Beach; in particular one woman who was key in its gilded development that continues a century later. ... READ MORE
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Still Bloomin’ in Palm Beach

Palm Beach• January 25, 2023.
A taste of the good life and the good doin' down in Palm Beach... READ MORE
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Swifty’s Palm Beach Putting on the Glitz

Guest Diary• December 30, 2022.
Those What-to-Wear girls Karen and Hilary are in Palm Beach for Swifty’s at the Colony New Year’s Eve bash and where What-to-Wear Where is always the story... READ MORE
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Palm Beach declares Addison Mizner Month!

Palm Beach• December 12, 2022.
Today is the 150th birthday of Addison Mizner, the architect who designed more than 60 houses and buildings with a vision that still defines Palm Beach to this day. Augustus Mayhew, PB’s historian, tells the incredible history of the man and his work... READ MORE
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PB-MIA Social Diary ART SCENES

Palm Beach• December 7, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew covers the annual art scene convergence in Palm Beach/Miami from Beth Rudin DeWoody’s Bunker Artspace to the Margulies Collection in Miami to other important exhibitions in West Palm and South Florida drawing the artists, the collectors and crowds taking it all in... READ MORE
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On the Waterfront: ANSG Sculpture Garden + GCPB Tidal Garden

Palm Beach• November 25, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew takes in the ongoing social activities in Palm Beach such as the 40-car Grand Tour Parade at the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden... READ MORE
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Palm Beach Social History: Avant-Garde Flashback

Palm Beach• November 3, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew considering Miami Art Basel is reminded of PB’s art colony when the creative pioneers were Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Velma Glenn Hodges. They weren’t kidding either... READ MORE
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Palm Beach Social History: Society Afloat @ Palm Beach

Palm Beach• October 14, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew takes on his investigation of Palm Beach’s history in the social world of both America and Europe gathering... READ MORE
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The Rauschenberg Residency @ Captiva

Palm Beach• October 3, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew reminds us about the Rauschenberg Residency’s cottage colony down there in Florida just after the great hurricane, showing the beautiful community created by the artist himself. ... READ MORE
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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

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