Another full season is in the works at The Bunker Artspace, with Maynard Monrow, curator of Beth Rudin DeWoody’s private collection, returning to West Palm Beach to oversee the program. An artist as well as a curator, Monrow is a self-described “radical feminist” whose primary medium is text. His work “CONVERSATION LIKE THIS DOESN’T COME CHEAP” was photographed by Gillian Laub for PALMER Vol. 3, and he has shown at Gavlak Gallery in Palm Beach. This season, together with co-curator Laura Dvorkin, The Bunker will present “Beyond the Rainbow,” an expansive installation celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, art, and activism, opening December 6 at The Bunker Artspace.

PALMER sat down with Maynard Monrow to hear about his summer travels and what he is most looking forward to in Palm Beach this season.

 

What was the most interesting thing you experienced this summer?

Well, I just came back from the South of France and am on my way to Barjac, France, to visit the Alselm Keifer Foundation.

Called Eschaton, the mission of the Anselm Kiefer Foundation is to advance his artistic legacy and preserve La Ribaute, his former studio-estate in Barjac, France. Eschaton refers to life’s cyclical nature and the concept that creation and rebirth arise from ruins and are enabled through demise and destruction, a significant leitmotif in Anselm Kiefer’s artistic practice. 

What’s the first thing you do when you arrive in town?

I have a Rosé on the veranda.

What’s the most fabulous party you’ve ever attended in Palm Beach?

Sarah Gavlak’s Rehearsal Soirée at a private residence in West Palm Beach.

Who do you think has the best taste in town?

Beth DeWoody

What’s your favorite hidden gem in PB?

Mildred Hoit

What song gets you dancing every time?

Grace Jones

What’s one PB tradition you’ll never skip?

Sunrise meditation

If you could host anyone, living or dead, for cocktails, who would it be?

Walt Whitman

If Palm Beach were a cocktail, what would be in it?

A Skinny Watermelon Marargrita.

Poolside or oceanfront?

Both!

What’s your favorite slogan?

Be reasonable, demand the impossible.