Summer greetings! Since Artscope Magazine’s inception, it’s been a goal of ours to have our magazine serve a vital role not only for those at the top of the field, but those trying to make their first impression at their home gallery and play a helpful role when they achieve putting together their first solo exhibition. As we’ve been publishing for over 18 years now, we’ve seen many artists compile a large archive of their work, sometimes needing a second ...

“New England Now: Strange States” is the third exhibition in a series centered on our region as seen, interpreted, remembered and reimagined in the works of 12 artists, whether they be generations-local or new to this place we call home. Carolyn Bauer, who has curated all three shows, reminds us that the 2018 show elaborated on the way we define our land, and the 2021 show focused on the people that signify the character of the New Englander. This show ...

The Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery in Wakefield, Rhode Island, is celebrating 50 years of providing an alternate exhibition space, initially for women, now for all artists at all stages of their careers. “Past and Present” opened on June 22 with a parade and reception. The call went out to their 175 current or past members, and 34 works were submitted. They create a dazzling wide-ranging display of media by artists with deep commitment to their artist voices. Hera’s founding ...

Named after one of his college courses, “Patrick McCay: Explore, Exploit, Express: A Thematic Retrospective,” on view at the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, Massachusetts through August 3, also features the work of three of McCay’s past students: David Drinon, Suzanne Hodge and Lucas Grondin. He’s currently a professor at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College of Henniker, New Hampshire. While the exhibition looks at the Irish-born, Scottish-American artist’s work of over 30 years, ...

TurnPark Art Space is a 16-acre sculpture park, gallery, event destination and architectural vortex situated in West Stockbridge in the Berkshires. There are many minds that have come together to bring TurnPark into fruition. It was created and manifested by Igor Gomberg and Katya Brezgunova in collaboration with architects Alexander Konstantinov and Moscow-based Ekaterina Vlasenko. The surrounding landscape, comprised of rolling hills, trails, snippets of wildflower habitats, serve to not only offer itself as a mooring for the gallery spaces ...

Rob Moore seemed to make it to every exhibition opening that he was invited to. By all accounts big-hearted, motivating and enthralling, Moore was a fixture in the Boston art scene from the late 1960s through to his death at 55 from AIDS-related complications on New Year’s Eve, 1992. A painter with a decisive eye and self-sure style, he worked as a teacher at MassArt for 24 years, influencing, mentoring and encouraging his students with limitless honesty and generosity. Around ...

For over two decades, I depended on scavenging and collecting steel scraps for my sculptures in an enormous metal waste facility south of Boston. Early on Saturday mornings, they allowed outsiders to dump their demolition loads for a fee. I would be there to cherry pick for a removal fee. I loved this place because the metal was beautifully chewed and crunched by dinosaur size cranes with T-Rex jaws. But a year ago, after two decades, I decided to stop ...

Fascinating! Stunning! Eye-Opener! It has been years since I visited the New Bedford Whaling Museum and I was “blown out of the water!” to use an old maritime cliché. Two new exhibits, Courtney M. Leonard’s “BREACH: Logbook 24 | Scrimshaw” and the “The Wider World of Scrimshaw” were the reason for my visit, but it was the main collection itself that immediately intrigued me. Visitors are greeted by two enormous whale skeletons hanging ominously overhead, suspended from the ceiling. If ...

At the respectable age of 88, the annual Fitchburg Art Museum’s (FAM) juried “Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft” is a highly anticipated, competitive and well attended event. Boundaries are tricky for artists in general and FAM blurs the concept of a rigid geographic region to include members of other arts organizations including LexArt (the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society) and ArtsWorcester. As a result, this exhibit represents artists from 58 towns. This year’s juror, Gabriel Sosa, deputy director of ...

Of late, Easthampton, in Western Massachusetts, has become more arts and artist-centric, perhaps due to the handful of mill buildings housing artist workspaces and creative small businesses. Some also say it’s due to overflow from artsy Northampton, about 15 minutes north. It’s also because it’s still considered “affordable.” For four-plus decades, the mill at One Cottage Street (c. 1859) has housed over eighty affordable artist workspaces as Cottage Street Studios, filled with creatives of all sorts including bookbinders (did you ...

Amateur pick-up games of basketball are a part of the DNA of summer. And with the recent rise in popularity of the WNBA as well as New England’s excitement about the Boston Celtics 2024 NBA Championship win, the timing is apropos to discuss Providence College Art Galleries’ initiative over the past five years to enrich basketball courts in Providence with world-class art. Jamilee Lacy, recently appointed as the director of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, began developing this program ...

In a city steeped in history, where the legacy of Renaissance masters still thrives, the contemporary art world finds a vibrant stage. Venice, the birthplace of Marco Polo, echoes with tales of exploration and cultural immersion. Today, diverse languages intertwine amidst its canals, bridges and medieval streets, reflecting a timeless spirit of discovery. The theme of the 60th Venice Biennale, “Foreigners Everywhere,” which continues through November 24, delves into the intricate dynamics of identity, belonging and cultural exchange in our ...

For the celebration of the Berta Walker Gallery’s 35th anniversary, Walker herself — wearing a long good luck dress of green, “which is the heart chakra, love,” bedecked in the center with a big purple leaf and peacock blue feathers, “which is to give me voice,” along with a gold necklace supposed to create healing, a silver mandala necklace, and “energy balancing earrings” on her still beautiful, chiseled face topped with red hair — graces me with tales of her ...

Warning signs are missing at Art Basel, and they should say that if you suffer from FOMO, FOBO, MOMO or ROMO, Art Basel might be a threat. There is something going on for everyone in every corner of Basel, and it is related to art-engaging. The week’s mood is a social experience blending excitement for renowned artists with curiosity about emerging talents and immersive experiences. The Switzerland-based event maintained a cautiously optimistic atmosphere, balancing market concerns with a more relaxed ...