Fine Arts
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Robert M. Edsel's, Rescuing Da Vinci
A pictorial history of organized art looting and restitution
By: - Jan 06th, 2007Edsel's handsome and intelligent illustrated history of Nazi art looting and Allied restitution.is a worthy extension of Lynn Nicholas'Rape of Europa.
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The New Boston: On the Waterfront
City Hall to Join the ICA's Harbor View
By: - Dec 23rd, 2006Mayor Thomas Menino recently shocked Bostonians by announcing a plan to sell City Hall to developers and rebuild on the waterfront near the new Institute of Contemporary Art.
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At Mass MoCA, The Rape of Europa: a Neverending Story of Art Looting
Crimes of greed, pride, falsehood, and hypocrisy in the art world
By: - Dec 17th, 2006A documentary shown recently at Mass MoCA fails miserably to bring Lynn Nicholas' book to the screen.
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Cambridge Public Art
Is It Fair in the Square or Anywhere?
By: - Dec 17th, 2006Because of a lack of imagination and funding almost by default the City of Cambridge is the model for public art in the Commonwealth. But as recent projects demonstrate the best intentions do not always live up to expectations.
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An American Master: Judy Kensley McKie
Studio Furniture on View at Gallery Naga
By: - Dec 14th, 2006The whmisical animal derived studio furniture in wood and bronze by Judy Kensley McKie is widely regarded as some of the most remarkable in the field. Mark Favermann writes about it as both critic and fan.
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Big Brother Is Watching You at the Rose Art Museum
Balance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video Art
By: - Dec 09th, 2006According to Police "Every step you take I'll be watching you." While the surveillance video camera is a fact of life this exhibition of the Rose Arts Museum surveys how artists have responded to performing for or being captured by video cameras.
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Boston Galleries First Friday
SOWA Celebrates December Openings
By: - Dec 04th, 2006The South End Galleries in Boston celebrate openings on the First Friday of the month.
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Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Unveils New Building
Triple the Exhibition Space but More of the Same
By: - Dec 03rd, 2006After a September delay the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston has opened a new 65,000 square foot home on the edge of the harbor.
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Eclipse Mill Gallery in North Adams Opens Group Show
Second Annual Exhibition of Artists in the Mill
By: - Nov 19th, 2006Twenty-four resident artists in the Eclipse Mill show fiber work, ceramics, painting, collage, paper-making, sculpture, photography,writing,coneptual art
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35 Years of the Boston Center for the Arts
Survey of Artists's Studio Program
By: - Nov 18th, 2006The Boston Center for the Arts presented a 35 year overview of its studio progam with a special exhibition in the Mills Gallery curated by James Manning.
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Cecily Brown at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
If painting is dead do we need another hero or heroine?
By: - Nov 05th, 2006After the Armory Show of 1913 where his painting "Nude Descending the Staircase" was a sensation Duchamp declared that paintings is "too retinal." It has died and been reborn countless times since then most recently in reviews of Brice Marden at MoMA and Cecily Brown at the MFA.
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Edward Hopper Shown in the Berkshires
Gregory Crewdson responds to Hopper in Williams College exhibition
By: - Nov 05th, 2006As part of the on-going series of exhibitions entitled 'Encounters', Williams College Museum of Art presents works by Edward Hopper and Gregory Crewdson.
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Boston's Newbury Street Seen
Snap Judgements
By: - Nov 04th, 2006Out and about on Boston's gallery row, Newbury Street sampling the current selection of exhibitions.
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Lucio Fontana at the Guggenheim
Slash Art by Argentine/Italian artist
By: - Nov 01st, 2006This small but insightful exhibition of paintings and sculpture by the Argentine born, avant-garde artist (1899-1968)presents a selection of the earlier work as well as two series of late works "Venice" and "New York."
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CAC Shows at Gallery 51 on Main Street.
Works by Residents of the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams
By: - Oct 29th, 2006A look at the works of Residents at the Contemporary Artists Center from the past year at Gallery 51. An overview of the work.
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Gallerist Stefan Stux
Surviving 26 Years as an Art Dealer in New York and Boston
By: - Oct 29th, 2006Art dealer Stefan Stux recently discussed the personal and business issues that make him a unique "survivor."
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Chelsea Galleries
A photo album of current exhibitions.
By: - Oct 27th, 2006For text reviews of these exhibitions click on our sister site Maverick-Arts.com. The logo is in the upper left corner of the Berkshire Fine Arts home page.
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Chelsea Galleries: Two
More exhibition images
By: - Oct 27th, 2006Continued coverage of current New York exhibitions.
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Chelsea Galleries: Three
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Alpine Landscapes and New Acquisitions on Paper at the Clark
The Clark's Fall Offerings
By: - Oct 26th, 2006The Clark's fall offerings include new drawings, prints and a photograph, and Alpine views by Alexandre Calame and other Swiss artists of the 19th century. For this important exhibiton we offer two reviews from different perspectives.
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Art History and Anti-Art
A Clark/Getty Public Conversation
By: - Oct 24th, 2006A gathering of scholars from the Clark Institute and the Getty Museum to discuss iconoclasm and its implications for art history.
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Swiss Art at The Clark Art Institute
"Alpine Views: Alexandre Calame and the Swiss Landscape"
By: - Oct 23rd, 2006Exhibition of Swiss 19th Century landscapes on view through December at the Clark Art Institute. The author chairs the fine arts studio program at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams.
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Bekshire Artists Ric Harlow and Barry Goldstein To Show in Boston
Exhibition at New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University
By: - Oct 18th, 2006Ric Harlow has commuted to rural Colombia where he participates in rituals which influence his paintings. Barry Goldstein has spent time on Army bases interviewing and photographing soldiers involved in the Near East conflicts.
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North Adams Open Studios: Part Two
More Images from the Event
By: - Oct 18th, 2006Snapshots taken during the recent Open Studios at the Eclipse Gallery preview and out and about.
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North Adams Open Studios
A Smashing Pumpkins Success
By: - Oct 17th, 2006Throngs turned out to make the rounds of the first ever North Adams Open Studios last weekend. On every level it was an enormous success.
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