Charles Giuliano
Bio:
Publisher & Editor. Charles was the director of exhibitions for the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University where he taught art history and the humanities. He taugh tModern Art and the Avant-garde for Metropolitan College of Boston University. After many years as a contributor, columnist and editor for a range of print publications from Art New England, Art News, the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Herald Traveler and Patriot Ledger, to mention a few, he went on line with Maverick Arts which evolved into a website.
Recent Articles:
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Hot Town Word
Summer in the City
By: - Jul 01st, 2016Sweating out summer in the Lower East Side with no electriicity. Tales from the urban jungle.
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Hot or Cold Word
Playing It Cool
By: - Jul 01st, 2016Like the three bears papa's was too hot. Mama bear's was too cold. But baby bear's was just right.
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Ups and Downs Word
Union Jack Off
By: - Jul 01st, 2016Panic, greed and opportunity prevailed as Britannia once ruler of the waves sailed off the cliff. Or so it seemed.
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Faerie Festival in Adams to Return in 2017 Front Page
J. K. Rowling Casts Spell on Mt Greylock
By: - Jun 30th, 2016The enormously sucessful first Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival in Adams, Mass. was a midwinter brain storm of a group of local artists and activists. With this event they aspired to put Adams on the map as a community for artists and unbridled imagination. Now their ambition has been given a serendipitous boost. The Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has announced that her latest venture “Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” takes place on Mt. Greylock. The Adams festival was staged in the shadow of the tallest peak in Massachusetts where wizards and faeries abound.
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Then and Now Word
World at War
By: - Jun 29th, 2016Growing up in the 1940s, the greatest generation, the world was at war. There was hope for a brighter future and better tomorrow. That day is now.
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Here and There Word
Where the Grass is Greener
By: - Jun 28th, 2016Bhutan then India she said for winter next year as usual. "I can't stand another Berkshire winter" she explained. Actually we like those long months of hibernation with projects that never get done.
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Disgraced at Mark Taper Forum Front Page
Muslims in America Explored by Ayad Akhtar
By: - Jun 28th, 2016In playwright Ayad Akhtar’s blistering comedy, “Disgraced” he explores the dark underbelly of the politically correct subject matter of anti-semitism and Islamophobia that is simmering just beneath the surface at first only to boil over later on, dragging its five characters into open verbal warfare.
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Basta Word
Frowns of a Summer’s Day
By: - Jun 27th, 2016In the Sistine Chapel's Last Judgement the artist Michelangelo included himself as the skin of St. Barthlomew who was flayed alive. It was a metaphor for his all consuming art.
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Aaron Siskind's Photographs Front Page
Art Institute of Chicago
By: - Jun 27th, 2016The beautifully curated exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago shows the full range of Siskind’s abstract expressionist photography in scenes shot in Chicago, New York, Gloucester, Martha’s Vineyard, Rome and other locations all over the world.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in Stockbridge Front Page
Mendacity Prevails at Berkshire Theatre Group
By: - Jun 26th, 2016This summer there will be two Tennessee Williams plays in the Berkshires. The first is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Berkshire Theatre Group in Stockbridge. It is a great play being given a so so production.
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Chris Botti at Tanglewood Front Page
Three Ring Circus
By: - Jun 25th, 2016When he plays it straight Chris Botti is among the elite trumpet players of his generation. There is no question of his musicianship. But at times his performance at Tanglewood was way to Vegas. It seemed more Wayne Newton than Miles Davis. This jarred with hearing a superb rhythm section which was cut loose only occasionally.
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American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown Front Page
Black Lives Matter at Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jun 23rd, 2016In a ripped from the headlines, award winning play, American Son having its world premiere at Barrington Stage, the theme that black lives matter is explored with riveting power, The company comissioned the play by Christopher Demos-Brown and is flaunting conventional wisdow by opening the main stage season with something other than the usual light summer fare.
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Ken Moffett at 81 Front Page
First Contemporary Curator of the MFA
By: - Jun 22nd, 2016During the 1970s Kenworth Moffett, while a full professor at Wellesley College, was hired part time as the founding curator for contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts. After a long illness he passed away at the age of 81. Long after our days as aesthetic adversaries we remained friends. During annual visits to Palm Beach we would meet for lunch in Ft Lauderdale where he was director of its museum. In 2015 we collaborated on an extensive interview which is linked to this obituary.
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Before and After Word
Race Against Time
By: - Jun 22nd, 2016In the land of nip and tuck it's against the law to get old in America.
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Fiorello! at Uniciorn Stage in Stockbridge Front Page
Political Musical Soars During God Awful Election Year
By: - Jun 21st, 2016Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)a true man of the people was a study in contradiction. Of Italian and Jewish heritage he was an Episcopalian Republican who was elected Mayor of New York on a fusion ticket. A small, portly, homely man in a rumpled suit he possessed towering charisma. The 1959 Tony and Pulitzer winning musical Fiorello! is being given a compressed and powerful production at Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.
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Art Works! Word
Commodity Trading
By: - Jun 20th, 2016An outraged artist comments on the trend of collecting art as commodity. Too often works go straight to storage there to ebb and flow as the market rises and falls. It is time to drive the money lenders out of the temple of art.
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Kimberly Akimbo at Barrington Stage Front Page
Debra Jo Rupp 60 Going on 16
By: - Jun 20th, 2016In Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire, as played by the masterful Debra Jo Rupp, Kimberly, celebrating her sixteenth birthday is about to die of old age. In a superb performance Rupp conflates giddy youth and the world weary wisdom that comes with time and lifde experience.
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Modern Lovers Word
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Maud / Olson Library Launched Front Page
Gloucester Writers Center Celebrates Poet Chales Olson
By: - Jun 18th, 2016Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was a second generation American poet and link between Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat poets, and the San Francisco Renaissance. In his epic Maximus Poems he celebrated Gloucester which in turn honors him the the launch of the Maud/ Olson Library,
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Golem Haunts Charleston Front Page
Robotic Presence in Annual Spoleto Festival 2016
By: - Jun 18th, 2016With a reviw of The Golem our Charleston correspondent, Sandy Katz, completes her coverage of the annual Spoleto Festival 2016. The mytical Golem was an exotic and exciting production.
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Beauty and the Beast Front Page
Road Company Visited Ft. Lauderdale
By: - Jun 18th, 2016Pretend we’re on an airplane, because the oxygen mask above will prove beneficial. Certainly it will help you deal with the spectacular, breathtaking special effects of the mostly impressive non-equity national touring version we will see of the beloved Broadway musical “Beauty and the Beast.”
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Philip Kampe Word
Days of Wine and Roses
By: - Jun 17th, 2016Food and wine guy, Berkshire buddy Philip Kampe, grew up in New Orleans. All that rich food from cheese to prosciutto nearly croaked him. An artery totally clogged with the good life. His body created a natural bypass. Talk about living on borrowed time which at our age is worth a lot more than money.
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Encyclopedia Britannica Word
Dumpster Diving
By: - Jun 15th, 2016Once treasured today you can't give away a full set of Encyclopedia Britannica. Forced with consolidating a glut of books with heavy heart our set was tossed into the dumpster.
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What's Next for Hamilton Winners Front Page
From Broadway Sensation to Years on the Road
By: - Jun 14th, 2016At about $150 each my pal and BFA contributor, Jack Lyons, managed to get a few "cheap seats" for the Broadway smash Hamilton. We even got to go back stage and chat with now Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. Back in November I asked him "what's next." It was a bit premature but all of the original contracts expire this summer. Its creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has already announced plans to leave. The show will continue indefinitly on Broadway while several touring companies are launched.
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Heathers The Musical a Smash Hit Front Page
At Broward Center for the Performing Arts
By: - Jun 14th, 2016The lyric “Beautiful” fits right into the musical adaptation of the 1989 cult classic “Heathers” if you look at the heart of the darkly comic, electric, fun show.
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