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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Stuff Word
Treasures and Trash
By: - Dec 14th, 2015Baby boomers all at one, a tsunami, retired. Empty-nesters downsize from house, to condo, to Florida then assisted living. Along the way dumping stuff from treasures to trash. Dealers and appraisers say the market is flooded. Nothing is worth what you thought it was. Don't believe the Antiques Road Show it's just for entertainment.
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MASS MoCA Winter Spring Front Page
Upcoming Exhibitions and Performances.
By: - Dec 14th, 2015MASS MoCA has many highlights in its schedule for exhibitions and performances. Start to mark our calendars particularly for the June 11 exclusive performance of The National which is sure to sell out in a flash.
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The National To Perform at MASS MoCA Front Page
Only East Coast Gig on June 11.
By: - Dec 14th, 2015The National will be in North Adams on Saturday, June 11, at 8pm, in its only Northeast headline show in all of 2016. The concert benefits MASS MoCA and Hawthorne Valley Association, in Ghent, New York. The Ohio-raised, Brooklyn-based band, which consists of vocalist Matt Berninger, plus two pairs of brothers: Aaron Dessner (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar), and Scott Devendorf (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums), have landed on every “best of” list in print.
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John Douglas Thompson Touring with Satchmo Front Page
Spring in New York with Strindberg and Ibsen
By: - Dec 14th, 2015From April 30 to June 12, 2016 at Theatre for a New Audience Arin Arbus will direct John Douglas Thompson in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and August Strindberg’s “The Father.” They will be presented in repertory. Previously he performed as Judge Brack in Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler at the New York Theatre Workshop directed by Ivo von Hove but this will be his first role in a Strindberg play.
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Straight White Men in Culver City Front Page
Kirk Douglas Theatre Premieres Comedy
By: - Dec 14th, 2015The boys always gather at Christmas time to be with their widowed father where all get to ham it up, tease one another and play the games of their youth as a way of diverting the boredom of the three day holiday. California's Kirk Douglas Theatre premieres a play by the New Yorker Young Jean Lee.
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Penelope Word
Stay at Home Mom
By: - Dec 14th, 2015The true hero of the Odyssey is not Odysseus but in fact his fair and faithful wife Penelope. Some twenty years on she waited for his return.
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Gonzo Shine Front Page
Roots of the Poetry of Charles Giuliano
By: - Dec 13th, 2015The critical essay "Gonzo Shine" was written by Robert Henriquez on the occasion of the publication of Total Gonzo Poems by Charles Giuliano. He was also essayist for the first book Shards of a Life. Here Henriquez further explores the development and sources for gonzo poetry. These ideas germinated through an ongoing dialogue as the work developed and morphed into a signature style.
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Free Willie Word
At 83 Still on the Road Again
By: - Dec 13th, 2015The IRS claimed Willie Nelson owed them $32 million. That's a lot of scratch that near to done him in. Got past that but nixed the retirement fund. Now 83 he's still touring with a nice buzz on. Standing tall for Outlaw Country in the land of the almost free.
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Der Alte Stil Word
The Darkening Late Works of Artists
By: - Dec 12th, 2015In the arts the term Der Alte Stil defines the torment and life experience of the late works of artists. There is a contrast with the bright, sensual optimism expressed by the notion of juvenalia. It is common that with time and the trials of life the arts morph exploring the depths of the dark side.
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Fresco Cycles Word
From Archaic to Classical
By: - Dec 12th, 2015In fresco cycles we see how artists morph and become more experimental and expressive from beginning to end. The act of making art and the commitment to a sustained project changes both the work as well as its creator. Consider the process as the morphology of self.
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Great Spirit Word
Lost Tribe
By: - Dec 11th, 2015Many Americans who go back a few generations claim remote Indian ancestors. Selling beads and rugs its a sales riff. When asked I had a different answer.
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Absurd but True Word
I Lost It at the Movies
By: - Dec 11th, 2015As Dan Quayle said "One's mind if a terrible thing to loose." Not that it really mattered.
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Stoop to Conquer Word
Simple Tasks No Longer So
By: - Dec 11th, 2015Cutting back, slowing down, getting rid of stuff. Phase of life when mundane tasks and routines are not so. As Kurtz said in the cave "The Horror. The Horror." But not so dramatic more the murmur of quiet agita.
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Visiting Kyoto Japan Front Page
Exploring Ancient Samurai Culture
By: - Dec 10th, 2015Kyoto is one of the most beautiful cities in Japan and center for the appreciation of its ancient Samurai culture.
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ICA Acquires Works by Women Artists Front Page
The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women
By: - Dec 10th, 2015The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women, established at the ICA in 2014, represents three decades of collecting by Lee and brings together painting, sculpture, photography, and videography by iconic modern and contemporary women artists.
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Tom Krens Develops Business as a Museum Front Page
A For Profit Paradigm for North Adams
By: - Dec 08th, 2015Tom Krens joined the Guggenheim Foundation in 1988 when museums were attempting to transform to business models. Now, for North Adams he is developing Global Contemporary Art Museum. In a new paradigm it is being privately funded as a for profit institution. With reverse momentum he is establishing a business on the model of a fine arts museum.
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Tom Krens Has Plans for Northern Berkshires Front Page
Discusses Williamstown to North Adams Cultural Corridor
By: - Dec 07th, 2015For seven years former Guggenheim Foundation director, Tom Krens, made grueling monthly trips to China. He declines to discuss how he was "beaten down" in negotiations with the Chinese. He has opted to develop two museum level projects closer to home. Krens, a Williams alumnus and former director of its museum, initiated what is now Mass MoCA. He left decades ago but has maintained a residence in Williamstown.
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Noel Coward's Fallen Angel Front Page
Chicago's Greenhouse Theater Center to January 10
By: - Dec 07th, 2015Noel Coward is known as the playwright of brittle, witty Roaring Twenties drawing room comedies such as Blithe Spirit, Design for Living, Private Lives and Hay Fever, which are part of the regular repertoire for theaters all over the world. Fallen Angels, a 1923 play, is not as well known and reviewers considered it vulgar and risqué when first produced in 1925 in London and in 1927 in New York.
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USS Bonhomme Richard Word
Opposites Attract
By: - Dec 06th, 2015My aviator/ photographer friend, Jonas Dovydenas, flew from Pittsfield to North Adams to meet for lunch. He wanted to show me a new 500 image portfolio posted to his web site. He outlined plans for an extensive catalogue and show of early work in Chicago. Now up in years we discussed keeping busy with creative projects. It's what keeps artists young and engaged.
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Another Take on the Hip-Hopera Hamilton Front Page
Hottest Ticket on Broadway
By: - Dec 06th, 2015Hamilton the hottest ticket in New York City, boasting $ 27 million advance ticket sales in just the first few weeks since opening. Rumors have it that orchestra tickets are selling on the street in excess of $1300 each for a weekend performance.
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Tom Krens Outlines Plans for a Cultural Corridor Front Page
Former Governors Dukakis and Weld Share North Adams Podium
By: - Dec 05th, 2015Using a satellite image Tom Krens commented on a six mile line connecting North Adams and Williamstown. It was a part of an engaging power point presentation to develop a cultural corridor connecting world class resources including a new for profit museum and one in North Adams featuring model railroads and maquettes by renowned architects. Former governors Dukakis and Weld attended the presentation.
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Hollywood and the Media Front Page
Spotlight and Truth
By: - Dec 04th, 2015The investigative stories depicted in "Spotlight" and "Truth" although based on events that occurred not that long ago represent that last gasp of the tradition of great American journalism. Beyond entertainment these films raise issues about the ever diminished means by which we get the news.
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Jesus Saves Word
Battle of Good and Evil in the Heartland
By: - Dec 03rd, 2015Flat as can be. Driving by miles of wheat and corn. Kansas dead center of nowhere. Bible country. Giant crosses and Jesus Saves facing off Lion's Den where horny huskers get their porn.
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Visiting Hilton Head Island South Carolina Front Page
A Top Family and Golf Destination
By: - Dec 03rd, 2015Noted as a golf-lovers paradise with opportunities to play on many different courses Hilton Head Island features spectacular natural scenery. There are fabulous restaurants, gracious homes surrounded by live oaks and Spanish moss, dozens of shopping venues from upscale to outlets. And fantastic resorts!
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Loaves and Fishes Word
Reading at Williams
By: - Dec 02nd, 2015Like Cocteau the body and blood of the poet. Six months later launch of second book Total Gonzo Poems. Intimate gathering at the Williams Faculty Club.
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