In the heart of Boston’s SoWa Arts and Design District, a vibrant creative dialogue unfolded on May 6 at the much-anticipated event, “Start with the Art.” Hosted by Sitka Home Art Gallery and Mr. Z Art in collaboration with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), the evening brought together a powerful fusion of visual art and interior design, spotlighting the ways in which these two disciplines inform and elevate each other. The event, set in the stunning shared gallery space of Sitka and Mr. Z, was a sensory experience from the start. The gallery itself was a visual statement, curated with Sitka’s expressive, color-rich paintings and the refined elegance of Mr. Z’s handcrafted furniture pieces. The space buzzed with energy as guests, ranging from artists and collectors to designers and design enthusiasts, gathered in anticipation of the evening’s … [Read more...] about START WITH THE ART
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FRIEZE NEW YORK 2025
Past, present, and future uncertainty is the default setting for the art world. Economic turbulence, pandemics, climate crises, politics, and every global tremor reverberate through the art market. And yet, the show goes on. Frieze Week 2025 in New York was a vibrant, full steam affirmation of the art world's stubborn vitality. Despite looming clouds, high interest rates, global unrest, and election-year jitters, this year's fairs had a palpable charge. Art lovers, collectors, and curators emerged, proving New York remains a gravitational center for contemporary art. Frieze New York returned to The Shed at the controversial Hudson yards, for its 13th edition, with over 65 galleries from 25 countries. The vibe was eclectic and ambitious, mixing major players and fresh voices. The fair counted on its signature mix of blue-chip anchors and experimental newcomers who are always my favorites … [Read more...] about FRIEZE NEW YORK 2025
Paint and Poetry As Reassurance
Curated by artist and director Ellen Wineberg, “Paint and Poetry” is a collaborative show at Storefront Art Projects in Watertown, featuring the poems of Edison Dupree, and the abstract paintings of Pam Rajpal and James Kinny. Wineberg is skilled in organizing communities in the New England arts scene, knowing how to throw a small and intimate soirée of artists and writers. Wineberg described herself as a matchmaker in a past life. The small space is elongated by the abstract art and concise, stanza poetry on the wall. At first glance, it may seem like Kinny’s work is on one side while Rajpal’s is on the opposing, but the paintings are in every corner and crevice of the space, including a painting of Rajpals in a back hallway entering Wineberg’s own studio space. In addition to the full-scale paintings, sketches from Rajpal and Kinny are displayed under their works, … [Read more...] about Paint and Poetry As Reassurance
‘WALK IN YOUR TRUTH’
Room 360 of the Massachusetts State House — The Governor's Reception — is lined with painted portraits of the Commonwealth’s leaders dating back decades. But during the month of February, a mixed media portrait of a Haitian immigrant grandmother hung just as high as those of former Massachusetts Governors Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Bill Weld, Michael Dukakis and others. In early February, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll hosted a celebration of Black History Month, which also marked the opening of a temporary art exhibition showcasing the work of “talented Black Artists who express the triumph, beauty and resilience of Black culture,” according to a press release. On Tuesday, Feb. 25, Healey welcomed back artists Marlon Forrester, a Guyana-born and Boston-raised full-time artist and educator; Chanel Thervil, a Haitian American artist and … [Read more...] about ‘WALK IN YOUR TRUTH’
HEALING THROUGH ART: DANIELLE MAILER’S AUTUMN REVERIES ON VIEW AT CONNECTICUT LIBRARY
Danielle Mailer is not author Norman Mailer and painter Adele Morales’s daughter for nothing. She shares the same socio-political sensibilities as her late father, but expresses them in a very different voice, through her visual art. She shares the same Latin American soul as her mother and highs and lows of heart. (She’s the second eldest of Mailer’s nine children by varied wives, who remarkably are all very close and very talented.) Danielle has put together an exhibition, "Autumn Reveries" of some 20 pieces — paintings, sculptures, print and collages and a new experiment, shadow boxes, all of which were birthed out of concern for the upcoming election. The exhibition which opens October 30 and runs through December 20 at the Jamie Gagarin Gallery at the Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South St., Litchfield, Connecticut, has an opening reception on Thursday, November 7 from 5-7 … [Read more...] about HEALING THROUGH ART: DANIELLE MAILER’S AUTUMN REVERIES ON VIEW AT CONNECTICUT LIBRARY
“Lost Weekend” In Snapshots: Pang Shows Photographs 50 Years On
50 years ago, on a late-August night, standing naked out on his apartment’s balcony in Manhattan, John Lennon watched a UFO crawl by. May Pang, Lennon’s assistant and lover at the time, was getting dressed for a late-night pizza dinner when he called her out. Gawking as the spaceship moseyed down the river, Pang and the ex-Beatle got off shots from two cameras, though none of the images came out legible. In the liner notes of his then soon to be released studio album, “Walls and Bridges,” Lennon wrote: “On the 23rd Aug. 1974 at 9 o’clock I saw a U.F.O.” Pang’s time with Lennon occurred during his “lost weekend,” an 18 month-long affair that found her assisting the songwriter through the composition and production of “Walls” slick, dreamy sound. Spanning between New York and Los Angeles, the “weekend” was an extravagant time filled with both debauchery and glamor; glittering mid-70s … [Read more...] about “Lost Weekend” In Snapshots: Pang Shows Photographs 50 Years On