Maui’s pocket-size art scene
Situated on the quieter side of the island of Maui, Paia is a “blink-and-you-miss-it town,” said Danielle Pergament in The New York Times. In recent years, however, “the chill surfer vibe” of this Hawaiian hideaway “has been joined by a buzzing art scene,” making the onetime sugar town an unlikely mecca for contemporary art. A handful of small, high-end galleries now stand side by side with period plantation houses that are painted in “adorable Lucky Charms colors.” The artwork on display—ranging from modern, color-block paintings to “Gauguin-inspired portraits”—has attracted the attention of international collectors and such major institutions as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yet none of that hubbub has damaged Paia’s natural charms. It still has “all the dramatic beauty you would expect from the South Pacific—dense greenery, powdery beaches, and world-famous waves.”
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