WHAT: The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) today announced the opening of the Cornell Art Museum’s newest exhibition “Central American Modernism” on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6 to 8 p.m. Opening night will include live entertainment by Dorian Avila and refreshments. The Cornell Art Museum, located in Old School Square, is free and open to the public. The “Central American Modernism” exhibition will run through July 28, 2024, and also feature a Book Talk and Film Screening during its tenure.
WHEN: Opening Night is Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6 to 8 p.m.; the exhibition will run through July 28, 2024. Hours at the Cornell Art Museum are Wednesday 12 to 5 p.m.; Thursday & Friday 12 to 7 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.
Additional events include:
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.: Book Talk with authors of Central American Modernism, Mark Ford and Suzanne Brooks
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Friday, April 5, 2024 at 6 p.m.: Film Screening of Guatemalan Artist, Elmer Rojas presented by his daughter, Mayari Rojas
WHERE: Cornell Art Museum, 51 N. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444. Parking available in Old School Square garage.
DETAILS: Central American art is Latin American art at its greatest – worldly and sophisticated and yet also profoundly native. The Central American Modernism exhibition will showcase approximately 100 works of art from Central American masters with distinct qualities that make each of them uniquely valuable. Experience the daily life and histories of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica & Panamá through the paintings, sculptures & works-on-paper by their Modernist artists. Many of these artists travelled to Europe to study and returned to create art that connected the ideas of modernism with the culture and indigenous art of their homelands – sublime and profound images not found anywhere else in the world. Be the first to see the inaugural exhibit as the Cornell Museum of Art hosts the collection of the Museum of Central American Art (MoCAArt) curated by Suzanne Snider. The authors will host a ‘Book Talk’ discussion at the Cornell Art Museum on Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
COST: The Cornell Art Museum is free and open to the public.
For a full list of events happening at the Cornell Art Museum, visit https://delrayoldschoolsquare.com/cornell or call 561-654-2220.