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We are in love with this unusual but meaningful sculpture (7 inches by 7 inches) from Israeli artist Ruth Patir. It represents the millions of women who are alive today (me too) because mammography machines detect breast cancer. Eliot and I bought it from the Baverman Gallery, Tel Aviv (gallerist Adi Gura) when the world learned that Ruth Patir, who was the exclusive artist representing Israel at the 60th Venice Biennale, decided to keep the doors to the Israel pavilion shut until there was a Ceasefire and Hostage Release. Through our good friend Tami Katz-Freiman, (art curator, writer, lecturer, and collector) we were able to buy “Motherland” as a way to celebrate Patir for her selfless decision.
Patir made the decision together with the exhibition’s curators, Tamar Margalit and Mira Lapidot. We met Patir when she was a resident at Fountainhead Arts.

LS Art Consulting

Episode 24 – Cris Sweeny and Claire Lardner

 

 

 

Cris Sweeny and Claire Lardner, owners of Frameworks in Miami for the last 30+ years, have started a new division in their company that offers one-of-kind art pieces that are becoming increasingly popular every day. Appropriately called LS Art Consulting, Sweeny and Lardner are experts in designing the most captivating, yet appropriate custom art works in the fields of hospitality, cruise lines, design companies, healthcare, commercial, and multi-family developments. 

 

The art installations are so unique that many residential homeowners are now relying on LS Art Consulting to create custom sculptures that underscore their passions. It’s a whole new opportunity that LS Art Consulting is leading the way in. They understand how to create new possibilities that have yet to be defined.

 

The company believes in “Limitless Possibilities”

 

 

BUSINESS HOURS AND SHOWROOM LOCATION

 

Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 6 pm

Saturday – Sunday closed

 

FrameWorks, LS Art Consulting

4150 SW 74th Ct, Miami, FL 33155

 

CONTACT INFO:

info@ls-artconsulting.com

(305) 443 4581

(305) 267 9360

 

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Timeline:

 

1989: FrameWorks is founded by Cris Sweeny in Coconut Grove

1994: Sweeny began to work with her first major hotel projects, The Fairfield Inn by Marriot

1996: Claire Lardner becomes an equal partner and owner

1996: Partnership with Summer Bay Resorts in Orlando, FL began

1998: Partnership with Sandals and Beaches Resorts began

1999: First Cruise Ship with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line / Began creating custom art with 60″ Epson Fine Art Printer

2001: First Ritz Carlton Project

2008: Expanded our commercial and retail business to a 20,000 sq foot production facility in the Bird Road Art District

2010: Partnership with Carnival Cruise Line began

2012: Partnership with Norwegian Cruise Line began

2016: Expanded large format printing capabilities with the Canon Arizona Double Flatbed Printer

2019: Expanded wall covering printing capabilities with the Colorado Printer

2024: The rebranding from FrameWorks to LS Art Consulting

 

Listen to episode 24 of the Art Lovers Forum podcast here –https://www.artloversforum.com/e/episode-24-cris-sweeny-and-claire-lardner/

 

 

The Art Lovers Forum Podcast is also available on popular podcast sites:

 

Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/art-lovers-forum-podcast/id1725034621

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5FkkeWv83Hs4ADm13ctTZi

Amazon Music – https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/77484212-60c5-4026-a96f-bd2d4ae955c6

Audible – https://www.audible.com/pd/Art-Lovers-Forum-Podcast-Podcast/B0CRR1XYLZ

iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-art-lovers-forum-podcast-141592278/  

 

 

 

Join Author Eliot Hess and Artist Jayda Knight September 18th at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital for a bird making arts and crafts session sponsored by Fearless Flying Fannie. More details to follow.

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Billy Stritch and Nicolas King gave us a million dollar performance tonight. We will remember it always. The PTown audience said they turned Commercial Street into Broadway. This is what great talent is all about. Thank you from Gail Williams Dawn McCall Greyson Burleigh Derik Burgess, Eliot Hess and yours truly.

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NYTimes: Susan Wojcicki, Former Chief of YouTube, Dies at 56

I was in shock this morning when I read that Susan Wojcicki died. I have always been fascinated by Susan and her sisters. Susan was the eldest of three daughters. Her sister Janet is an epidemiologist and a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Her sister Anne co-founded the genetics testing firm 23andMe, and was once married to Mr. Sergey Brin.

Susan rented her small Menlo Park home’s garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in Sept. 1998. That was their first office. She is definitely one of the major reasons why YouTube is such a success today.

Susan is the mother of five children. Women everywhere applaud her inspiring accomplishments. I am so sad.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/business/susan-wojcicki-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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We are very happy to welcome Joerg Dressler to the Eliot and Lois Hess art collection. In his recent work, Dressler has been juxtaposing still life imagery on landscapes. We found this painting at the Alden Gallery in Provincetown. His paintings show a sculptural element. He breaks through the surface in organic shapes, revealing underlying panels painted in geometric or op art patterns, Dressler says that this work is “personally meaningful. It comes from memories of the past and impressions of Provincetown in the present.” Eliot’s choice.

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Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern Changed the Way New York Eats – Eater NY

https://ny.eater.com/2024/8/7/24213897/gramercy-tavern-anniversary-danny-meyer

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The new Mac mini may be almost as small as the Apple

By Willow Roberts

Apple is planning a new version of the Mac mini using the M4 chip, according to reports from Bloomberg.

It’s expected sometime before the end of the year, and insider information suggests that it will be significantly smaller than the previous generation — almost as small as the Apple TV box.

This will be the first significant redesign of the product since it was overhauled in 2010 under late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

It seems there will be two versions of the new Mac mini, one with the standard M4 chip and one with an M4 Pro chip that has yet to be announced. Like other Pro chips, it’s expected that the M4 Pro will support additional memory and enhanced graphic performance.

Apple has also reportedly tested models of the mini with at least three USB-C ports alongside the power and HDMI ports, and Bloomberg speculates that it will be cheaper to make than the previous model. Whether this will translate to a smaller price tag is yet to be seen.

Mac mini is not the only Mac getting upgraded to the M4 chip, however. If the rumors are true, Apple will be putting an M4 chip in every one of its Macs, and this will be the first time the entire lineup has shared the same chip generation.

The iMac desktop and MacBook Pros with M4 chips could launch as early as this year, with M4 MacBook Airs planned for spring 2025 and Mac Pro and Mac Studio models expected in mid-2025. Whether we’ll truly see M4 MacBook Pros before 2024 ends, however, is currently in question after some cryptic comments during Apple’s recent quarterly earnings call. This is despite assurances by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg that things are still on track for later this year.

The reason for these upgrades could be to make sure the entire Mac lineup benefits from the AI-focused M4 chip, which will enable each model to handle upcoming and future Apple Intelligence features smoothly.