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Notre Dame de Paris before the fire of April 15, 2019.
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Notre Dame Burning

By Nancy Nesvet

APRIL 15 AND 16, 2019 — Notre Dame de Paris, the famous world heritage site, began burning early Monday evening, local time (noon EST), minutes after it closed to the […]

Image_AO_NOS 2019 FBC
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UNIFYING A CREATIVE CITY: THIS YEAR’S NEWTON OPEN STUDIOS

By Isabel Barbi

On April 6 and 7, the first beautiful weekend of the spring season, the city of Newton, Massachusetts, hosted their annual Newton Open Studios event. Now in its 22nd year, […]

Artscope’s Nancy Nesvet (right) and artist Maryam Palizgir (left) with her archival pigment print series, “Epiphany,” 2018, at “Material Culture,” Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York.
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Creativity to Enlightenment: Material Culture at Elga Wimmer Gallery

By Nancy Nesvet

“Material Culture,” curated by Roya Khadjavi, on view from April 4 until April 18, 2019 at Elga Wimmer Gallery PCC in New York City’s Chelsea District features five Iranian-born artists […]

Kristina Goransson, “Depletion,” 2019, felted and indigo dyed wool, 36” x 28” x 7”, 2019.
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TAKING FORM: FIBERS & FABRIC AT GALATEA FINE ART

By Isabel Barbi

In collaboration with The Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, Galatea Fine Art is currently presenting the works of internationally established artists who teach at the school. Jodi Colella, […]

Residence of the Irish Ambassador to the US, Washington, D.C.
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A VISIT TO THE EMBASSY OF IRELAND AND THE RESIDENCE OF THE IRISH AMBASSADOR, WASHINGTON, D.C.

By Nancy Nesvet

The government shutdown of United States government institutions, including museums, during the end of last year and start of 2019, encouraged me to find the best art then available for free, public viewing in Washington, D.C. Ministerial visits at the Irish embassy prevented me from seeing the coll

Julia Galloway, “The Endangered Species Project: New England,” 2019, view of exhibit with urns on stands and walls, at Gallery 224, Allston, Massachusetts.
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Vessels of Change: Julia Galloway’s Endangered Species Project at Gallery 224

By Olivia MacDonald

We are constantly plugged into our cellphones, computers, and tablets, watching the world through a screen and living our busy lives that we may become disconnected with nature. We may forget that we are a part of it and just as vulnerable as birds, moths, fish and turtles endangered by habitat loss