News

April 19, 2023

Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema’s Creative Legacy’ Review: Movie Backgrounds in the Foreground

“…the backings’ raw power is so palpable that it is hard to imagine them seeming inconsequential. Many now seem far more imposing than their movies.” – WSJ Art Critic Edward Rothstein

“Only at the twilight of an art form, perhaps, will its contours and character become most clear. That seems the case here. The mastery of these backings now seems mysterious and confounding—and their wizardry more compelling than many of the figures who once appeared before them.” – WSJ Art Critic Edward Rothstein

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Videos

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Setting the Scene

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Art of the Hollywood Backdrop at Boca Raton Museum of Art & Bonnie Lautenberg Art Meets Hollywood

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The backstory on Hollywood movie backdrops

CBS Sunday Morning

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