Reviews, features, interviews, and critical perspectives on art and culture across New England.
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 […]
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 […]
Shem Tane CAMBRIDGE, MA — This past weekend the city of Cambridge celebrated its 11th year of HonkFest, which is a three day festival of brass bands from around […]
By Suzanne Volmer BOSTON, MA — In Boston, and globally, Public Art is focused on placemaking. This means there is an active shaping of identity to build community and to […]
By Shem Tane CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — The Lemon Twigs is a rock band from Long Island, New York. They have already performed on Conan, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert […]
By James Foritano CAMBRIDGE, MA — The current play produced by the Underground Railway Theater at The Central Square Theater is a serious and not-so-serious remake of romantic love, dating […]
By James Foritano Boston, MASS. — Jeannie Motherwell’s, fluid, shape-shifting exhibition, “Pour. Push. Layer.” at the Rafius Fane Gallery through October 22, stands in piquant juxtaposition to its, solid, four-square […]
By Suzanne Volmer Boston, MA – From the dusty landscape of the Big Dig, the SoWa Art+Design District emerged as an accessible phenomenon to become the ‘it” location for contemporary […]
As Apexer, who hails from San Francisco, was painting “Thank you Sever Street!” on one of the two walls he had just completed for the Pow! Wow! Worcester 2017 international mural festival at the Fruit-Sever Apartment complex, a woman walking through the parking lot noted, “My mother has lived here f
Brian Goslow, Managing Editor bgoslow@artscopemagazine.com One of our biggest goals for Artscope is to take advantage of as many opportunities as possible to spread the word about, and images of, […]
by Brian Goslow Maynard, MA – Back in the mid-1990s, when I was working as events editor for The Worcester Phoenix, one of my favorite venues to cover and visit […]
RINGKØBING INTERNATIONAL WOODSCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM IN DENMARK by Donna Dodson Last winter, I was anticipating a quiet summer in my studio. However, on March 21 an invitation to participate in the […]