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The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach blasts back onto the arts and culture scene this month with a bevy of offerings. The organization will stage two exhibitions in its Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery, both beginning November 14.

“Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence” will feature the hand-stitched beadworks of South African Xhosa and Zulu women artists. Ubuhle means “beauty” in the Xhosa and Zulu languages and refers to the spiritually significant qualities of light reflecting on glass. These painstakingly detailed ndwangos, or cloths, are stretched to create canvases that are adorned with tens of thousands of Czech glass beads. The final result is a beautiful work of abstract and

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