November/December 2021
In This Issue
Welcome November/December 2021: From Brian Goslow
As 2021 comes to a close, we all take a collective sigh while still not sure what the future holds. While not containing some of the “look back” features weekly […]
A RETURN TO COMMUNITY: KIMBALL JENKINS HOSTS PROVOCATIVE KELLEY STELLING SHOW
In the early days of the pandemic, nearly 18 months ago, I asked artist friends if they were working through the pandemic, perhaps with more time and less resources, or […]
A COLLECTION OF MAINE RICHES: BATES UNVEILS COSTELLO WELLEHAN COLLECTION
“Maine… the way life should be.” The tourist tagline you’re greeted with as you enter this much sought-after vacation state is classic, timeless marketing. Poignant. Iconic. Like the marketing strategy […]
A SPACE FOR DIALOGUE: HOOD EXHIBITION CONFRONTS DISABILITY BIASES
The Hood Museum at Dartmouth College is home to an innovative program allowing student curators to create an exhibition from concept to realization, producing all aspects of their self-defined project […]
QUARANTINE, GRIEF, REGROWTH: PETLER FINDS COMFORT THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AT PINE MANOR
Tamar Orell Petler turned — as many of us often do — to nature for solace during Covid, especially when her beloved father, Izack Alkalay, passed at age 102 from […]
PAINTING A DAILY SHOW OF STRENGTH: DONALD LANGOSY’S HOME AT MULTICULTURAL ART CENTER
Just at the tipping point of the 19th into the 20th century, Paul Gauguin gave us an operator’s manual for humankind in a painting he brought back to Paris from […]
A REBELLIOUS ELOQUENCE: “NEW PHOTOGRAPHY” ON DISPLAY AT ADDISON GALLERY
The Addison Gallery of American Art on Phillips Academy’s Andover, Massachusetts campus is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Impressively, its collection includes nearly 22,000 […]
A BLURRING OF EDGES: MATTHEW’S IMAGES OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY AT NEWPORT
Pointed engagement of social commentary, coupled with experimentalism with the presentation of photography as a medium are both hallmarks that define the artwork of photographer and installation artist Annu Palakunnathu […]
DOUBLE MEANINGS AT WORK: ROY AND LAU’S ABSTRACT CONNECTIONS AT MONTSERRAT
It’s difficult to make out what you’re looking at. At first, it seems vaguely like an upside-down human head. But what would serve as a skull is a black vessel […]
STILL CONFRONTING INJUSTICE: ELIZABETH CATLETT’S TIMELESS WORKS AT CANTOR GALLERY
Printmaker and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett, who died in 2012, still feels quite alive through her life’s work. I visited the Cantor Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross having […]
DISCOVERY & REINVENTION: BRIDGEPORT RETURNS FOR IN-PERSON EXPLORATION
The Bridgeport, Connecticut creative community is formidable. After adapting the annual Bridgeport Art Trail to an online event in 2020, they are planning a robust schedule of events for this […]
34TH SÃO PAULO BIENNIAL OPENS ITS DOORS: CELEBRATING A RETURN TO CULTURAL LIFE IN STYLE
One year after its original opening date, on September 4, 2021, the 34th São Paulo Biennial finally opened its doors to the public. The title, “Though it’s Dark, Still, I […]
GAME ON: ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2021 PREVIEW
The art fair game is changing. It’s fast approaching the game of slip and slide, ad schedules change along with rules for admittance due to the Covid-19 pandemic, making attendance […]
CAPSULE PREVIEWS FOR ARTSCOPE 95
As reports grew on the large number of freighter crates sitting off the coast of California and with them, the warning that consumers best start their Christmas and holiday shopping […]
