November/December 2018
In This Issue
Welcome: From Brian Goslow
Earlier this fall, after our national correspondent, Nancy Nesvet posted pictures and video from a rally in Washington, D.C. on our Facebook page, someone asked us, “Are you a political […]
The Shape of Birds: Bridging the Cultural Divide Through Art
“The Shape of Birds” takes the theme of displacement, remembrance and adaption from Nizar Qabbani’s poem “A Lesson in Drawing” which begins with “My son placed a paint box in […]
Isamu Noguchi: Groundbreaking Sculpture in Portland
The Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi displayed an impressive range throughout his decades-long career, producing not only traditional sculpture, but also stage sets, memorials and furniture. His forays into industrial, landscape […]
Textual Healing: Finding Meaning at Art League Rhode Island
Surprise! There’s human hair on display in “Parsing Sign and Image,” a diverse group exhibition of mixed-media art juried by Artscope Magazine’s founder and publisher, Kaveh Mojtabai, that engages with […]
Remembering David A. Lang: Teacher, Artist, Friend
I first became acquainted with David Lang through his art, specifically with the large metal sculpture on the grounds of the Danforth Museum of Art where I once worked. Curvilinear […]
Paul Manship: Generational Legacy Continues at Addison
“From Starfield to MARS: Paul Manship and his Artistic Legacy” is an exhibit conceived in two parts: “Art Deco at the Addison” explores sculptor Paul Manship’s artistic legacy and historical […]
Not Remaining Silent: Confronting Gender Violence at Lesley
It is a damning statistic how often women are harassed, attacked or raped in today’s world. The current exhibition at Lesley University, “1 in 3: Comparative Perspectives on Gender Violence,” […]
Unexpected Surprises: Contemporary Printmaking Branches Out
The process of printmaking is a metaphor for the making of a human being: from many layers, one is achieved. “It’s a dialogue,” explained Paul DeRuvo, Associate Staff Printer, while […]
Trace Matter: Making Connections at Montserrat
The “trace” is a notion that straddles two worlds. It can be a thing in this world, a tiny amount or residue of something; or drawing around an object’s physical […]
A Modern Spectrum: Fresh Watercolors at the Art Complex
Existential tensions of contemporary life are addressed head-on by many of the watercolor painters in the New England Watercolor Society’s Biennial exhibition. Following in the watercolor traditions of the great […]
Still the Coolest: Dennis Hopper’s Lost Album Brings Us All Back
That Sunday afternoon in 1970, students and regular patrons in Fort Worth Art Center Museum had turned out for a show that seemed to encapsulate the age: Bellbottomed jeans and […]
Love is Louder: Open Borders at Artspace Maynard
On first view, “Waste Not,” an exhibition featuring works by Lorraine Sullivan, Anne Plaisance, Stephen Martin and Kim Triedman (the show’s curator), holds many elements of life — or past […]
Rearranged Furniture: Interior Effects at Fitchburg
You might think you know what you think about furniture: that it’s utilitarian, it’s background, that any influence it wields is only on other furniture and that only at a […]
Gillian Laub: Pioneering Southern Rites at Lamont
It was 1971. I was 18. My dad had recently been installed as the new pastor of Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church in Washington D.C. I’d moved from my home state […]
Donald Saaf: Fine Art Meets Folk Art
Donald Saaf knew at an early age, while drawing comic books with his siblings, that he wanted to be an artist. He began painting as a teen and later moved […]
Tinsel Time in Clinton: Russia’s Holiday Icons Show Our Similarities
While the post-Cold War 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union brought the promise of closer relations and great cultural exchange between the United States and “Mother Russia,” recent political tensions […]
Common Threads: Contemporary Fiber Art at the Gardner
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is known for many things: the beautiful Venetian palazzo-inspired architecture, the unconventional way it displays its pieces of art, the largest and still-unsolved art heist […]
Ellie Brown: Holding on to a Dear Life
Alzheimer’s. A word that conjures up images of fear, isolation, confusion, and loss. In the United States today, 5.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, this number is […]
Still Relevant: Art Basel Miami Beach Keeps the Pulse
Reflecting North and South America’s political and economic turbulence and artists’ domestic and environmental concerns, Art Basel Miami Beach 2018 — its 17th edition — will open to the public […]
When Private Museums go Public: Visiting Glenstone & the Barnes Collection
In August, 2007, the International Council of Museums (ICOM), representing museum professionals, globally defined a museum as “a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open […]
Capsule Previews
“Stories to Tell,” a one-person show of “assemblage paintings that combine portraits and other figurative compositions with various salvage and found objects” by Barbara Johansen-Newman will be on view from November […]
Making Connections With Donna Dodson
I first came across Stephen Hamilton’s work at the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Roxbury, Massachusetts in the 2017 show, “Black Gods Live: Work of Stephen […]
