Fine Arts
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David Cole at New York's Dodge Gallery
Launches Season on September 8
By: - Sep 01st, 2012In his most recent body of work at New York's Dodge Gallery, David Cole navigates memory, history, national identity and the interlocking resonance of each. Cole's protean craftsmanship gives voice to both a scholarly knowledge of this nation's past and a conscientious understanding of what it means to be an American today.
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North Adams: Art About Town, DownStreet
Painting the City Red White and Blue
By: - Aug 31st, 2012There were volunteers assisting in another Art About Town project to paint colorful, geometric patterns on the streets of North Adams. It was a community celebration of the pop up galleries of the annual summer long DownStreet. There was a lot to see and do for children and art lovers of all ages.
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Boston Artists Addison Parks and Jim Falck
Reflecting On Optical Origins
By: - Aug 17th, 2012I can think of two artists who are presently painting in the Boston area whose art radiates a gracious interest in the tradition of painting Jim Falck and Addison Parks. For them the tradition is the period of the beginning of the 20thc: The world of Matisse and Picasso which could be summed up as the pushing of paint with the dynamics of color and figure ground toward the simplicity of the written word.
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Os Gemeos at Boston's ICA
Twin Graffiti Allstars Shake up the Waterfront
By: - Aug 10th, 2012Otávio and Gustavo Pandolfo bring their hip-hop style from Brazil in their first U.S. Museum Exhibition, occupying Dewey Square in a whole new way with a controversial mural, while charming with their showcase at the ICA Boston With Os Gemeos, the real controversy is how anyone could see the playing child in the mural and not smile.
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The Clark’s China Syndrome
Special Exhibitions Through October 21
By: - Jul 26th, 2012The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents rare Chinese burial objects in an exclusive exhibition that considers both the discovery and the impact of modern Chinese archaeology, Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China through October 21, 2012. The exhibition features objects recently excavated from sites in the Shanxi and Gansu provinces and never before seen outside of China, including a full-size stone sarcophagus discovered intact in 2004.
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Manet in Black at the Museum of Fine Arts
Realist Impressions in Printmaking
By: - Jul 25th, 2012Edouard Manet is highlighted in works on paper alongside his own idols of Goya, Rembrandt, Delacroix and Velazquez; connections to his paintings abound in expressive etchings and lithographs. The special exhibition continues at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston through October 28.
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Greylock Arts in Adams Celebrates Five Years
Foremost Alternative Gallery in the Berkshires
By: - Jul 17th, 2012In a storefront on Summer Street in Adams, Ma., formerly a clothing store, five years ago the multi media artists Matt Belanger and Marianne Petit opened the alternative Greylock Arts. This summer they are celebrating with an anniversary exhibition including many of the artists from New York and the Berkshires that have been included in their edgy program. Their alternative, artist run space, is, hands down, the best in the Berkshires.
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Roy Lichtenstein Dot.Con
Art Institute of Chicago Through September 3
By: - Jul 12th, 2012Through September 3 this is the first major museum level exhibition of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein since his death in 1997. The Art Institute of Chicago is showing 130 paintings and 30 additional works including drawings and sculptures. From Chicago the exhibition travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Tate Modern and, finally, the Centre Pompidou in Paris in fall 2013.
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Marcel Duchamp's Enigmatic Art
Champing at the Bit to take a bite out of the Champ
By: - Jul 07th, 2012After his seminal work Nude Descending the Staircase, a sensation of the seminal 1913 Armory Show the French dada artist, Marcel Duchamp abandoned painting. He stated that it was "too retinal." He exhibited Found Objects, Readymades and Assisted Readymades. Eventually he retired from making art to pursue chess. Of the early Modernists his influence on contemporary art outweighs that of Picasso, Matisse, Malevich and Mondrian combined. Here Martin Mugar thinks differently about that legacy.
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TransCultural Exchange Announces Global Conference 2013
Hosted by Boston University - October 10 -13
By: - Jul 01st, 2012TransCulturalExchange, has presented biannually conferences since 2007, which brought together hundreds of individuals or representatives of organizations and universities from many media and locations world-wide. Boston University will host the next conference on its campus. – This article focuses on a segment of 2012 international art projects: Exhibitions, symposia/ residencies, designed to invite artists and cultural activists to diverse communities. We have followed their work since the 2009 conference.
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Clark Art Institute Celebrates China
3 Exhibitions and 1 Chinese Street Festival
By: - Jun 26th, 2012The Clark opened its doors and front lawns to the General Public on Sunday, June 24th, for a wonderful celebration of Summer and Chinese arts and culture. It complemented the current three China exhibitions, which are on view until September and October. The day proved to be a photographer's delight!
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Josiah McElheny at the Institute of Contemporary Art
Some Pictures of the Infinite
By: - Jun 23rd, 2012Through delicate glass vessels and metal chandeliers weighing several hundred pounds, Josiah McElheny ponders infinity across a variety of reflective surfaces at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art through October 14th.
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City & Guilds of London Art School Degree Show
27 June to 1 July 2012
By: - Jun 21st, 2012The 2012 Degree Show presents work by BA Painting, Sculpture, Conservation and Historic Carving graduates. They will exhibit in the School's historic buildings in Kennington. Unique among London art schools, City & Guilds offers progressive ideas shared with a strong foundation in drawing and craft skillswithstudents enjoying an exceptionally generous student-to-tutor ratio.16 painters and 3 sculptors will be exhibiting alongside 8 Conservators and 13 Historic Carvers.
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Treasures of Edinburgh
Scottish National Galleries
By: - Jun 13th, 2012The city of Edinburgh is immersed in Art. Among its many museums the three National Galleries stand out with their architecture, vast collections, and special exhibitions. They all engage, enlighten, and fascinate.
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100 Boston Painters
An Ambitious Publication by Chawky Frenn
By: - Jun 04th, 2012From the Colonial Era through the present Boston has been notable for its passion and commitment to painters. The artist Chawky Freen has succeeded in the daunting challenge of publishing an overview of 100 Boston Painters. This is an invaluable contribution to an aspect of contemporary art in Boston.
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Edward Maeder Seminar at Berkshire Botanical Gardens
The Rose in Art and Fashion—700 Years June 12 to 14
By: - May 28th, 2012The eminent curator and author Edward Maeder will lead a three-day seminar at Berkshire Botanical Gardens (BBG) with lectures on "The Rose in Art and Fashion—700 Years", and "Gardens in the Decorative Arts". The lectures will be followed by hands-on demonstrations and workshops: "Exploring Paper Possibilities with Collage and Floral Inspiration". The events will be held June 12 to 14, at BBG, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
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OMG Canada at Mass MoCA
Daunting Survey of Canadian Art
By: - May 28th, 2012From now through March, 2013 Mass MoCA will display the first major museum level survey of contemporary Canadian art in the United States. The work of sixty plus artists was selected through a process of some 400 studio visits over the past few years by curator Denise Markonish. It's a lively, upbeat, sprawling exhibition but don't expect any quick answers to the question of what is Canadian about Canadian art. Mostly it's like contemporary American art just less familiar and farther north,.
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Eclipse Mill Gallery Held Global Portrait Paint Party
Friend Me Projects in Toronto, Canada, Originated Celebration
By: - May 23rd, 2012The Berkshire communities of artists and non artists alike were invited to participate on May 6th in North Adams, Mass. National and international artists were also invited to email a jpeg and dedicate a portrait to the project. Eventually, all portraits will be seen on the ' Friend Me Projects' website, along with future Global Portrait Parties and other media events. The North Adams portrait paint party became the first outside of Canada and here, the BFA Gallery is showing many fine results.
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Photojournalist Gillian Jones at Gallery 51
Surveying 20 Years of Covering the Berkshires
By: - May 22nd, 2012For the past twenty years photojournalist Gillian Jones has covered the Berkshires as a staff member of the North Adams Transcript. Her images have also appeared in the Berkshire Eagle and other publications. A survey of her work opens at Gallery 51 in North Adams on May 27 and remains on view through June 24.
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Berkshire Museum to Erect Wigwam
Rethink! American Indian Exhibition Opens July 7
By: - May 22nd, 2012The front lawn of Berkshire Museum will soon be home to an authentic wigwam. The Museum staff is working with two Wampanoag Indians to build an authentic wigwam, which will be used to enhance programming in conjunction with the Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Rethink! American Indian Art at Berkshire Museum, opening July 7, 2012.
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Berkshire Salon Through June 10
Fifth Annual Eclipse Mill Gallery Exhibition to June 10
By: - May 16th, 2012The lively and much anticipated Fifth Annual Berkshire Salon 2012 is dedicated in memory of the recently deceased Eclipse Mill resident Norman Thomas. A grid of his Cubist/ Pop paintings is featured in the installation of works by some forty regional artists. The Salon is open on weekends in North Adams from May 18 through June 10.
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Mass MoCA Brings Art to Downtown North Adams
New Bus Stop Open for Business June 28
By: - May 16th, 2012On Thursday, June 28, 2012, Kidspace at MASS MoCA will open the Bus Stand, a public artwork by Queensbury, New York-based artist Victoria Palermo, who was inspired by her 2010 Kidspace artist-in-residency in the North Adams middle schools to create a colorful work of art on Main Street that would combine the functional with the aesthetic.
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Exploring New York Galleries
Simone Subal, On Stellar Rays, and Miguel Abreu
By: - May 14th, 2012Welcoming our New York correspondent Amanda Parmer who will cover galleries and alternative arts events. Expect her to roam off the beaten track. Here she explores work in three galleries.
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Untitled by Gregory Crewdson at Montserrat
MCA Commencement Exhibition
By: - May 12th, 2012Gregory Crewdson will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Montserrat College of Art on May 22nd. Three large format photos from two ongoing series are on display in the Carol Schlossberg Alumni Gallery through May 25th.
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Clark Art Institute Focuses on China
Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China
By: - May 11th, 2012The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents rare Chinese burial objects in an exclusive exhibition that considers both the discovery and the impact of modern Chinese archaeology, Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China, open June 16 – October 21, 2012. The exhibition features objects recently excavated from sites in the Shanxi and Gansu provinces and never before seen outside of China.
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