The giant red and blue, wheel-and-whisk typewriter eraser by sculptors Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen was growing on me. Nineteen feet tall, it was sitting upright in the corner of an infinity-edged reflecting pool, its bright colours playing nicely off the stark white exterior walls of the renovated and expanded Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The new museum’s adventurous spirit is reflected in some of its opening exhibits. In one, the seventh iteration of the Recognition of Art by Women series that began in 2011, Nina Chanel Abney explores themes of racial inequality and gender discrimination in colourful canvases dense with abstract figures. In another exhibit, a massive red electric sign crafted from a variety of materials by Sam Durant demands an end to white supremacy.
On one side, across the traffic lanes, are the new Hilton West Palm Beach and the tastefully designed and recently expanded convention center. On the other side are CityPlace, the retail and entertainment complex credited with bringing this part of town to life ; a restaurant called The Regional Kitchen & Public House, a 2018 Wine Spectator award-winner where the kitchen is tended by a James Beard-nominated chef; and the glittering Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
Adding to the city’s cachet, the $149 million, 7,700-seat FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, the spring training home of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, has been attracting capacity crowds since it opened in 2017. • Norton Museum of Art: Exhibits, restaurant and shop, closed Wednesdays, $18 adults, free Fridays and Saturdays, 1450 S Dixie Hwy, 561-832-5196.• Free talks and lectures: Including free Sunday Speakers series and Curator Conversations events.• Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens: Contemporary sculpture in a botanical garden, adults $15, 253 Barcelona Rd, 561-832-5328.• Coral Sky Amphitheatre: 20,000-seat music venue, 601-7 Sansburys Way, tickets 800-745-3000.
• Mounts Botanical Garden: More than 2,000 plant species from six continents, $10, 531 N Military Trl, 561-233-1757.• Palm Beach Photographic Centre: Gallery of photography with free admission, shop for professionals, school, 415 Clematis St, 561-253-2600. • The Society of the Four Arts Botanical Gardens and Hulitar Sculpture Garden: Outstanding park and open-air museum in downtown Palm Beach, across from 100 Four Arts Plaza, 561-655-7227, free.• Worth Avenue: Charming shopping district, top international designers, 561-659-6909.• Hilton West Palm Beach: Near convention centre and City Place, walking distance to Norton Museum of Art, expensive, 600 Okeechobee Blvd, 561-231-6000.
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