goop.com: Three Perfect Days in Palm Beach
If you haven’t been to Palm Beach in a while, a brief refresher: The golf is still there. So is the gorgeous beach, the monied storefront life, and all the preppy. But in 2019, it’s got a whole lot more than clichés of the past. The Palm Beach of today is exciting and dynamic. In fact, the whole town feels like it got a makeover recently, one that’s as punchy as the wallpaper at the Colony. We’re not saying that Palm Beach has given up its pink and green—more that these days, the pastels come with an irreverent twist.
GAVLAK GALLERY
This spare, light-flooded gallery, which has another location in Los Angeles, represents over twenty cutting-edge contemporary artists, including Judith Eisler, Jose Alvarez, and T. J. Wilcox. Since the venue opened in 2005, founder Sarah Gavlak has been a champion of female and LGBTQ artists.
THE ROYAL POINCIANA PLAZA
The Royal Poinciana Plaza, a luxe indoor/outdoor shopping enclave framed around two lush, leafy courtyards, was designed by famed architect John Volk in the ’50s and recently revamped. There are plenty of inventive, high-end boutiques, among them Kirna Zabête, Assouline, and Zadig & Voltaire. After shopping, hit Sant Ambroeus for a cup of sublime gelato.
