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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Organized in conjunction with the special exhibition, “Spain in the Age of Exploration: 1492–1819,” at the Norton Museum of Art will be a series of three lectures, Tuesdays, February 8, 15 and 22, at 1 pm to 2 pm, exploring art, literature and native New World cultures during three centuries of Spain’s golden age, “Spain, The Caribbean And The New World”

Speakers will address the arts in relation to indigenous cultures and evolving Spanish attitudes toward knowledge, exploration and faith at a time when fervor for scientific enlightenment coexisted with the expansion of the empire.

Lecture one, Carol Damian, chair, department of art and art history at Florida International University will present “From Contact to Conquest in the Caribbean” on February 8. Lecture two will be presented by Michael Horswell, associate professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at Florida Atlantic University, concerns “Literature of the Golden Age: Empire and Spanish Identity.” The lecture will occur on February 15. John Scott, professor of art history at University of Florida, will discuss “Baroque Art of the New World,” on February 22, the final lecture of the series.

Registration for the lectures includes one VIP ticket to “Spain in the Age of Exploration: 1492–1819.” Tickets are $50 for members and $60 for nonmembers. Call 561-832-5196, ext 1132, to register.

The Norton Museum of Art is at 1451 South Olive Avenue. Subscriptions are available by calling Pat Williamson, Wilmington Trust, at 561-630-2108. For museum information, 561-832-5196 or www.norton.org.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — The Norton Museum of Art will present “ArtSpeaks 2005 Lecture Series” during the months of January and February. The series consists of five luncheon lectures given on Thursday and Friday. Art-Speaks subscribers pay $150 per annual individual subscription and $250 per couple. The subscription entitles the registrant to reserve seats for the lectures at a cost per luncheon/lecture ticket of $45.

On January 6 and 7, Sandra Phillips, senior curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will present “Diane Arbus: Revelations.” On January 20 and 21, Marion Boulton Stroud, founder and artistic director of the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, will discuss “New Material as New Media: The Fabric Workshop and Museum.”

Richard Turner, Paulette Goddard Professor Emeritus of Art and Humanities, New York University, will begin the February lectures on the 10 and 11, by discussing “La Pietra: Florence, a Family and a Villa.” On February 24 and 25, Janis Tomlinson, director of the University Museum at the University of Delaware, will present “Goya: Images of Women,” and on March 17 and 18, Barbara Buhler Lynes, curator Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, will discuss “Georgia O’Keeffe and New Mexico: A Sense of Place.”

The Norton Museum of Art is at 1451 South Olive Avenue. Subscriptions are available by calling Pat Williamson, Wilmington Trust, at 561-630-2108. For museum information, 561-832-5196 or www.norton.org.

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NEW YORK CITY — Perry Rubenstein Gallery, 527 West 23 Street will present “Useless Man,” a unique exhibition of the work of the late Australian-born artist Leigh Bowery. The title of the exhibition derives from a single released in 1994 by Bowery’s band Minty. The exhibition will consist of approximately 20 photographs of Bowery as a result of his collaboration with photographer Fergus Greer between 1988 and 1994, and two films by Charles Atlas, Teach and Mrs Peanut Visits New York.

Bowery was an icon who traversed the worlds of fashion, music and art. In addition to being a costume and clothing designer, performer and nightclub fixture, he was the ultimate exemplar of the entertainer as a social phenomenon. Renowned for dressing in provocative and meticulously designed costumes, Bowery would set out every night, to a club, or his own performance, boasting a multitude of piercings, rivaled perhaps only by the sequins he donned. The relentless desire to take center stage later developed into a systematic approach to rewriting the body’s grammar.

By 1993 Bowery’s confrontational performance style was widely acknowledged as an important contribution to performance art, in addition to contributing to the frontiers of modern dance as seen through several collaborations with choreographer and friend Michael Clark. During the last four years of his life, Bowery was the prominent muse of the preeminent British painter Lucian Freud. The intimate, nude paintings of the larger-than-life performer captured an enigmatic balance between Bowery’s abrasive intensity and calm repose in an honest reflection of a man who has been described as a “beautiful monster.”

On view in the West 24 Street gallery will be a new, site-specific installation by Italian artist Piero Golia, from January 14 to February 26. Working in a variety of media, Golia’s sculptural installations create a tension between the realm of possibility and the unimaginable. For example, he convinced a young woman whom he met in a brief encounter to tattoo an image of himself on her back. Once she agreed, her tattoo was photographed and exhibited in a larger-than-life gallery installation.

Gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm. For information, 212-627-8000 or www.PerryRubenstein.com.