Art & Culture Features
Art & Love
Cuba is ripe with artists – both established and emerging – and interest in Cuban art has been growing in recent years, especially following the 2015 ease on travel restrictions. But this growing interest in Cuban art is jeopardized by the current administration’s increasingly hard-line approach toward Cuba, which is making it more and more difficult for travelers and foreign art buyers to visit the island and familiarize themselves with local Cuban artists.
read more2020 Gold Star Restaurants
This annual list features top-notch, locally-owned eateries that are favorites of the Arbus staff, our friends and readers. All are worth visiting for an exceptional meal and a unique regional experience. Use this list to get to know our community through its indefatigable restauranteurs and excellent food.
read moreExcellence Through the Arts
Arbus reached out to Duval County Public Schools’ (DCPS) arts magnets and those with high-achieving arts programs, along with distinctive local private schools with an active arts mission. They had a lot to share, and we hope you will be as inspired as we are by the many ways in which these schools commit to excellence in education through the arts.
read moreStriking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
“Why are the noses broken?”
That question, a frequent one asked by visitors of the Brooklyn Museum’s Senior Curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art Edward Bleiberg, inspired the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ newest exhibition, Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
The Exhibition Matrix
What role do exhibitions serve at an art museum? Museums, after all, are a particular type of institution defined in large part by the presence of a permanent collection.
read moreSense of Place, Sense of Wellbeing
Timucuan Park Foundation’s 20th anniversary is celebrated in MOSH exhibit
read more2019 Shop Local Gift Guide
Each year, Arbus Magazine presents our Shop Local Gift Guide so that you can see what locally-owned businesses are offering and be inspired to enjoy the adventure of in-person shopping.
read moreKeeping Hope Alive
National Geographic Photo Ark by Photographer Joel Sartore at the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens
read moreA Horrific History
MOSH’s exhibit on racial terror lynchings informs and invites reflection
read moreLet’s Get Serious About Florida’s Water Issues
You probably don’t expect to pick up a copy of Arbus and read about Florida’s sewage crisis and sea level rise. But human waste and rising waters are polluting waterways throughout the state, including our beloved St. Johns River. With more than 300,000 new residents moving to Florida each year, this significant problem is only getting worse.
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