Fine Arts
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Gerit Grimm a Whimsical Ceramic Sculptor
A Studio Visit, Conversation, and Works in Progress
By: - Mar 29th, 2010While growing up in Halle, East Germany, Gerit Grimm knew early in her teen years that she wanted to become a potter. After receiving her high school degree, she spent four years as a Potter-Apprentice, then a Yourneyman, before applying to study Ceramic Art at Burg Giebichenstein, a School for Applied Art & Design in Halle. Her work was expanding beyond the German traditions and further studies and training in America became inevitable.
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Eclipse Mill Gallery: Young at Art
Second Annual Student Art Exhibition
By: - Mar 27th, 2010For the second year Jane Ellen DeSomma of Greylock High School and Phoebe Pepper of Drury High School have organized an exhibition of student work in painting, drawing and sculpture. It is a part of the mandate for community outreach by the Eclipse Mill Gallery in the artist work/ residence loft building in North Adams. According to curator, Phil Sellers, "These are works by the next generation of fellow artists." The work remains on view weekends through April 11.
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Joe Smolinski at Mixed Greens in Chelsea
Beginning of the End
By: - Mar 22nd, 2010Joe Smolinski's work is intimate, poignant, and should change the world. This is his second exhibition at Mixed Greens in Chelsea. Look for his ironic take on Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. The show is on view in New York through April 17.
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Tania Bruguera: Neuberger Museum of Art
On the Political Imaginary
By: - Mar 20th, 2010Tania Bruguera's work in "On The Political Imaginary," an exhibition on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase, brings together many powerful statements through the use of both live performance and installation. The first survey of the artist's interdisciplinary work focuses on the relationship among art, politics, and life.
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Whitney Biennial 2010
Evaluating Its Impact Since 1932
By: - Mar 18th, 2010The low key, scaled back, modest and manageable Whitney Biennial 2010 curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari has been dubbed the Obama Biennial. He is even on the cover. The Whitney has used this occasion to reflect on its history and critical reception since the series started in 1932. It begs questions about its mandate, the status of American art, and its relationship to a former partner, the Museum of Modern Art.
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Otto Dix at Neue Galerie and Montreal MFA
Among Best Exhibitions of 2010
By: - Mar 18th, 2010The Neue Galerie in New York organized the first American retrospective of the German artist Otto Dix (1891-1969). The exhibition traveled to the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal. While the New York installation was widely viewed as a mess the exhibition had a profound impact. Many critics and publications list the Dix survey as among the best exhibitions of 2010.
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El Anatsui at Jack Shainman Gallery
Magic Carpets by an African Artist
By: - Mar 10th, 2010Our most stunning memory of the 2007 Venice Biennale was an enormous hanging by the African artist El Anatsui draped over the Gothic facade of the Palazzo Fortuny. We were staggered by his current exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery in Chelsea. In October his work will be shown at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
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Tino Sehgal at the Guggenheim Museum
50th Anniversary Empty Nesters
By: - Mar 09th, 2010On the occasion of its 50th anniversary for an exhibition by the young German artist, Tino Sehgal, the famous spiral space has been rendered empty. A container for the performance pieces Kiss and This Progress which is less so. For this empty nest celebration space is the place.
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Sacred and Profane At Portsmouth MFA
New Hampshire Exhibition to April 24
By: - Mar 03rd, 2010Sacred and Profane: Eye of the Beholder, at the Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art in Portsmouth, NH remains on view through April 24, 2010. The exhibition features the work of 35 artists and explores concepts of the sacrilegious and sacrosanct in a broad context.
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How to Talk to Children About World Art
An Essential Book for Parents and Educators
By: - Mar 02nd, 2010This well organized and insightful book is designed to get parents and educators up to speed when visiting exhibitions and museums. In an interesting and simple format it asks all the right questions and provides clear and simple answers about world art. The intention is to initiate meaningful dialogues with children.
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Existence of Life - Evolution Part II
Eagle Hill Cultural Center Exhibition
By: - Feb 23rd, 2010The Eagle Hill Cultural Center in Hardwick, MA is celebrating the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth using the umbrella title, "Evolution." The current exhibition continue to April 30th, with an opening reception from 2-4pm on Sat, Feb 28th.
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Ferrin Gallery: Dish & Dine
Family of Mine by Jason Houston
By: - Feb 21st, 2010The spacious Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield has hosted events and dinners for charitable organizations. Now Leslie Ferrin has launched a series of Dish & Dine events featuring talks with gallery artists. Between courses of locally grown food the photographer Jason Houston discussed his exhibition Family of Mine and exotic global assignments.
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The Art of A.J. Schlesinger
Eclipse Gallery Exhibition Feb.19 to March 20
By: - Feb 13th, 2010For the past five weeks the 20 -year-old artist with disabilities, A.J. Schlesinger, has been a guest in the Eclipse Mill studio of Rick Harlow. With his Tracker and former teacher, Jane Ellen DeSomma, they have created ten new paintings. They will be among the 30 works included in a one man show at the Eclipse Mill Gallery through March 20.
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It's A Wonderful 10th at Sideshow Gallery
300 Artists Celebrate a Decade in Brooklyn
By: - Feb 13th, 2010"It's a Wonderful 10th" organized by Rich Timperio, drag racer become art impresario, celebrates the tenth anniversary of his New Year's Extravaganza at Sideshow Gallery, the spiritual nexus of the New York City art world. It's a multi-media show of hundreds of artists, living and dead, veterans and rookies, warriors and adepts, but all hard hitters with great aims and the lightest touch.
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2009 New England Art Awards
The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research
By: - Feb 11th, 2010This is the second annual award list organized by Greg Cook the publisher/ editor of The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research. A gala celebration was held at the Burren in Somerville. You had to be there.
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Tristan Lowe: Mocha Dick
Williams College Museum of Art To May 2
By: - Feb 10th, 2010Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents Tristin Lowe: Mocha Dick, a 52-foot-long, ghostly white sperm whale made out of industrial wool felt. Mocha Dick was inspired by the whale that once harassed sailing ships near Mocha Island in the South Pacific Ocean . Described as having flesh as "white as wool," that same whale was also the basis for Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick.
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Judith Jones at Portland Museum of Art
Legendary Food Editor on March 9
By: - Feb 08th, 2010The Portland Museum of Art will present legendary editor Judith Jones, who will speak about her life in food, working with Julia Child, and her latest book, The Pleasures of Cooking for One on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn By the Bay.
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Foster Prize Finalists Named By ICA
Nine Emerging Boston Artists To Exhibit
By: - Feb 05th, 2010First established in 1999, the James and Audrey Foster Prize (formerly the ICA Artist Prize) recognizes Boston-area artists of exceptional promise. The biennial program creates a significant opportunity for locally-based artists to exhibit their work in a leading contemporary art museum, and offers a substantial financial award of $25,000 to the winner. This year there are nine finalists ranging from photographers to sculptors to painters to filmmakers and mixed media artists.
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Armed & Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal
Exhibition at the Berkshire Museum to June 6
By: - Feb 02nd, 2010A clash of the Titans will prevail in Pittsfield.Berkshire Museum's current exhibition, Armed & Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal, explores the evolution, function, and craft of weaponry and armor throughout human culture and the animal kingdom. This exhilarating exhibition, drawn primarily from the Museum's permanent collection, runs through June 6, 2010.
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Rachel Perry Welty Update
Solo at Gallery Diet, Miami, Duo at ICA
By: - Feb 02nd, 2010Catching up with Rachel Perry Welty at the DeCordova last week we learned that she is super busy. With a solo show in Miami at Gallery Diet, a Duo at the ICA with Kelly Sherman, and a group show at the Arts Council of Princeton, New Jersey. And that's just February. You go girl.
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Harborarts to Exhibit at East Boston Shipyard
Longterm Temporary Exhibit of Public Art
By: - Feb 02nd, 2010Unlike many other cities, Boston has no structured program for encouraging public art. There is no ordinance for a percentage of construction budgets and no major designated funding sources for public art. Artists working on a large scale generally must fend for themselves. This past Fall, an ambitious competition was held to create a longterm temporary exhibit of public art in East Boston's Harbor Shipyard. The result may give a shot in the arm to public art in New England's largest city.
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The 2010 DeCordova Biennial
A Visual Buffet of New England Artists
By: - Jan 31st, 2010The 2010 DeCordova Biennial, under new director, Dennis Kois, has parted from its prior annual format. It has also progressed to a mix of master artists like Otto Piene and Paul Laffoley, established artists, William Pope.L and Liz Nofzinger, and the usual blend of emerging artists. In all the museum is displaying 17 artists from all six New England states.
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William Pope.L at the DeCordova Museum
Performance Part of the 2010 Biennial
By: - Jan 30th, 2010In an apparent coup the 2010 DeCordova Biennial, showcasing contemporary New England artists, includes William Pope.L who describes himself as the "Friendliest black artist in America." He performed during the recent vernissage.
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Langdon Quin at University of New Hampshire
Acts and Memory Through April 8
By: - Jan 27th, 2010The exhibition "Acts & Memory: Paintings by Langdon Quin, 1990-2010" will be on view at the Museum of Art of the University of New Hampshire through April 8. David Carbone is the curator of the exhibition.
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The Visible Vagina
NY's Francis. M. Naumann Fine Art and David Nolan Gallery Through March 20
By: - Jan 24th, 2010"The Visible Vagina." How's that for a catchy title? This historical exhibition is being presented in two New York Galleries simultaneously. The tandem of shows with a major catalogue will be on view through March 20. The artist couple from Boston and Truro, Tabitha Vevers and Dan Ranalli, wrote to us about the unique project and other current exhibitions.
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