November/December 2017
In This Issue
Making Connections: With Donna Dodsen Nov/Dec 2017
WITH TAKASHI MURAKAMI By Donna Dodson On Saturday, October 14, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Shapiro Celebrity Lecture with con- temporary artist Takashi Murakami, in conversation with […]
Capsule Previews Nov/Dec 2017
By Brian Goslow With approximately 30 mem- bers, New England Wax’s mis- sion is “to promote excellence in fine art made with encaustic” through professional, juried exhi- bitions. “Shifts: Approaching […]
Dream or Nightmare?: Chinese Artists Offer Their Responses
COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT CHINESE DREAMS BAKALAR & PAINE GALLERIES MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN 621 HUNTINGTON AVENUE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS By Franklin W. Liu “The visionary lies to himself; the liar […]
Migration & Memory: Revolutionary Jewish Arts in Clinton
REVIEW MIGRATION AND MEMORY: JEWISH ARTISTS OF THE RUSSIAN AND SOVIET EMPIRES MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS 203 UNION STREET CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS By Flavia Cigliano Conceived to coincide with the cen- […]
Home Sweet Home?: It’s All Relative at Art Complex
REVIEW CLOSE TO HOME ART COMPLEX MUSEUM 189 ALDEN STREET DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS By Suzanne Volmer Because of their tactile quality, there is often a compelling urge to touch the installations […]
Love in the Air at Newport: A Sophisticated Smorgasbord
REVIEW BE OF LOVE AND OTHER STORIES: CONTEMPORARY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION NEWPORT ART MUSEUM 76 BELLEVUE AVENUE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND By Suzanne Volmer Newport Art Museum curator Francine […]
Hearing is Believing: Dartmouth’s Resonant Spaces Sing
FEATURED EXHIBITION RESONANT SPACES: SOUND ART AT DARTMOUTH HOOD DOWNTOWN 53 MAIN STREET HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE By Marguerite Serkin As a genre, sound art is still very young, even nascent […]
Modern-Day Mythology: Yuan’s Dynamic Mural at Tufts
REVIEW YUAN YUNSHENG: CHINESE MYTH, FOLKLORE AND HISTORY TUFTS UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER 40 TALBOT AVENUE MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS By Franklin W. Liu Even at 80, contemporary Chinese muralist […]
People Watching at FAM: Portraits Past And Present
REVIEW PEOPLE WATCHING: THEN AND NOW FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM 185 ELM STREET FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS Flavia Cigliano From the first primitive marks people made to depict their external world or internal […]
CCP’s Still Lifes: Examining The Fine Print
COVER STORY STILL LIFE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING 299 WEST AVENUE NORWALK, CONNECTICUT By J. Fatima Martins If Pandora, considered the first human woman in Greek mythology, had been an […]
Katz’s Push-Pull: The Reality of Impermanence
FEATURED GALLERY FLEXTIME: DAVID KATZ 3S ARTSPACE 319 VAUGHAN STREET PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEUM OF ART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE By Linda Chestney As […]
Steve Lyons Crushes It: Abstract Impasto Pops Up on Newbury Street
FEATURED EXHIBITION STEVE LYONS: FALL INTO ART CRUSH BOUTIQUE 264 NEWBURY STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS NOVEMBER 9 THROUGH DECEMBER 30 STEVE LYONS GALLERY 463 MAIN STREET CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS By Brian Goslow […]
Welcome: From Brian Goslow
Brian Goslow, Managing Editor bgoslow@artscopemagazine.com For the third straight year, we’ve prepared our November/December issue as we were getting set to return to Art Basel Miami Beach, where we’re once […]
Cornered: John R. Stomberg
INTERVIEW JOHN R STOMBERG, DIRECTOR HOOD MUSEUM OF ART By Marguerite Serkin John Stomberg was appointed the first Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director of the Hood Museum of Art at […]
Artists Reflect and React: Soothe the Soul at Velvet Mill
FEATURED CENTER THE VELVET MILL ARTIST SHOW: NEW WORKS THE VELVET MILL 22 BAYVIEW AVENUE STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT THROUGH FEBRUARY 10, 2018 By Tom Soboleski The quintessential fishing village of Stonington, tucked […]
Cities Embrace Street Art: Murals Go Mainstream
BUSINESS UNDERGROUND AT INK BLOCK 90 TRAVELER STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS By Brian Goslow At what point did street art go from being seen by most as an unfavorable blight on […]
When the Spirit Moves: Energy Builds at Marquee in New London
TYPE WIND SPIRIT SPEAKS: NINA CHUNG AND PAT SCHOENFELDER MARQUEE GALLERY 74 STATE STREET NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT NOVEMBER 17 THROUGH DECEMBER 16 By Tom Soboleski The old maritime port of […]
Olson is in Pink: Hot is Cool at Kingston
TYPE ROSE OLSON: BRIGHT, COOL AND HOT KINGSTON GALLERY 450 HARRISON AVENUE #43 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS NOVEMBER 29 THROUGH DECEMBER 30 By Brian Goslow Just as thousands of artists have used […]
One Great Performance Piece: Christensen at Sea
TYPE 30 DAYS AT SEA: NEW WORKS BY TIM CHRISTENSEN CENTER FOR MAINE CRAFT 24 SERVICE PLAZA DRIVE WEST GARDINER, MAINE By Taryn Plumb For 30 days, he was essentially […]
Examining Self and Community: Connecting at Art Basel Miami 2017
EVENTS ART BASEL MIAMI 2017 By Nancy Nesvet At Art Basel Miami Beach 2017, artists will lean, if not jump head first, into the narcissistic pool. You cannot blame them, […]
Framingham’s Renaissance Man: Sorin Bica Dreams Big
TYPE CYNTHIA ATWOOD: ALPHABET OF WEAPONS THOMPSON GALLERY CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON 45 GEORGIAN ROAD WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS By Brian Goslow As visibility for an artwork goes, Sorin Bica’s mural alongside […]
Expect the Unexpected: Alri Members’ Show
TYPE ART LEAGUE OF RHODE ISLAND: 18TH ANNUAL ELECTED MEMBERS ART EXHIBITION BRISTOL ART MUSEUM 10 WARDWELL STREET BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND By J. Fatima Martins A landscape of calm, with […]
Art and Artifact: Bullard’s Portraits at WAM
TYPE REDISCOVERING AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF COLOR: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WILLIAM BULLARD WORCESTER ART MUSEUM 55 SALISBURY STREET WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH FEBRUARY 25, 2018 By J. Fatima Martins When does […]
Paradise Found: Print and Palette at Fruitlands
TYPE FRUITLANDS MUSEUM 102 PROSPECT HILL ROAD HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS PORTRAITS & PENMANSHIP: THE APPLETONS IN THEIR OWN WORDS THROUGH MARCH 28, 2018 A NEW VIEW: LANDSCAPES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION […]
Stashenko at COSO: A Counterpoint to Negativity
KRISTEN STASHENKO: SPACES THROUGH DECEMBER 24 HOLIDAY SMALL WORKS NOVEMBER 9 THROUGH DECEMBER 24 COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART 158 NEWBURY STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS By Lisa Mikulski The Copley Society of […]
