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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Joe Thompson on Mass MoCA China Projects Fine Arts
Xu Bing Phoenix Currently on View
By: - Jan 09th, 2013Even before Mass MoCA opened Joe Thompson was negotiating with the Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping to participate in the group exhibition Unnatural Science in 2001. That led to a retrospective organized by the Walker Art Center. Major installations followed in the vast Building Five by Cai Guo-Qiang and currently Phoenix by Xu Bing which is on view for the coming year. This is the first of two parts of a dialogue about contemporary Chinese Art.
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The Liar at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
David Ives Adapts Pierre Corneille’s Farce
By: - Jan 09th, 2013The Liar has all of the ingredients of a perfect French farce. The truth will set most people free, but for Dorante (our disingenuous hero) a series of fibs may pave a convoluted road to happiness. The Liar was originally penned by the classic 17th Century playwright Pierre Corneille, in 1664. This translation by award-winning American playwright David Ives merges the iambic humor of classic verse with a contemporary twist.
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Jackson Browne July 4th at Tanglewood Music
Esperanza Spalding August 4
By: - Jan 08th, 2013American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, along with special guest Sara Watkins, returns to Tanglewood for the first time in 15 years, on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at 7 p.m. to perform in the Shed, with fireworks following the concert. Mr. Browne last performed at Tanglewood with Bonnie Raitt on August 24, 1998. He made his first Tanglewood appearance on July 31, 1973.
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Film
Spain's Oscar Nominated Blancanieve (Snowhite)
By: - Jan 08th, 2013The Opening Night movie at this year’s festival is a somewhat unusual, but brilliant selection, called “Blancanieves†(“Snowhiteâ€) from Spain. It’s also Spain’s Official Oscar submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Kelli O'Hara Returns to Williamstown in 2013 Theatre
Bridges of Madison County Debuts in August
By: - Jan 07th, 2013For the second season in a row Williamstown Theatre Festival will premiere a film transformed into a musical. Last summer Kelli O'Hara starred in "Far From Heaven." She returns to the Berkshires in "The Bridges of Madison County." The film paired Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood,. A co star for O'Hara is yet to be announced.
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Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock Film
Psycho Killer Bio Pic DOA
By: - Jan 06th, 2013Forget the Hollywood PR hype. This is not “Best picture of the Year†material. If Hitchcock were alive today, he would groan at the amateurish, venal, and non-engaging movie that bears his famous name.
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Les Miz-mash Film
Actors With Cockney/ Aussie Accents Who Can’t Sing
By: - Jan 05th, 2013Why is it that hit musicals have such a hard time making a transition from stage to film? Director Tom Hooper, while striving to make a film, attempted to separate the genres. Having the actors sing on camera with tight closeups was an interesting idea. It didn't work because the cast of fine actors, for the most part, can't sing. This epic film proved to be a tedious, two and a half hour snore.
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2012 Theatre Highlights Theatre
Berkshires and Beyond
By: - Dec 29th, 2012With a diverse staff of contributors Berkshire Fine Arts strives for national theatre coverage. In this year end roundup we provide an overview with highlights rather than a top ten or best of list. There are numerous links to plays, features and interviews. Overal,l it was a great year that include a week in Chicago for the meeting of the American Theatre Critics Association as well as in depth coverage of the Berkshires and a taste of Broadway.
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Many Happy Returns Opinion
Regifting the Holidays
By: - Dec 28th, 2012Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, marks a feeding frenzy and the launch of Holiday gift shopping. Arguably there is an equally notable Blue Monday in which millions flock to malls returning gifts for cash and store credit. We have friends who have perfected returning merchandise into an art form and philosophy.
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Matisse at the Met Through March 17 Fine Arts
In Search of True Painting
By: - Dec 27th, 2012Matisse: In Search of True Painting is a modest exhibition of just 49 works selected by Rebecca Rabinow, a curator of modern and contemporary art for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It offers multiple views of specific themes and subjects. This provides valuable insights to the process and techniques of the artist. The Met show of Matisse is as satisfying as Picasso Black and White at the Guggenheim is a bloody awful mess. In this clash of Titans, and faceoff of Holiday blockbusters, Matisse and the Met win hands down. No contest.
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Xu Bing Phoenix at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
Mythical Birds Evoke Contemporary Issues
By: - Dec 26th, 2012There were many daunting impediments in presenting Phoenix a vast sculptural installation by the leading Chinese artist, Xu Bing, at Mass MoCA. This third major project with contemporary Chinese artists remains on view in North Adams for the coming year.
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Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim Fine Arts
Snap, Crackle, and Pop
By: - Dec 26th, 2012The exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe originated at Mass MoCA. We reviewed the Guggenheim Museum installation for Maverick Arts in 2008. This was one of three major exhibitions featuring contemporary Chinese artists. The others were Huang Yong Ping in 2006 and the current, 2012-2013 installation by Xu Bing.
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Huang Yong Ping at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective
By: - Dec 26th, 2012This article originally appeared in Maverick Arts a site prior to Berkshire Fine Arts in 2006. Because of the continued interest in contemporary Chinese art by Mass MoCA is has been reposted. The museum is currently showing Xu Bing. This article has a link to a recent exhibition of work by Ping in New York.
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Xu Bing Language Lost Fine Arts
Mass College of Art 1995
By: - Dec 24th, 2012Currently two massive sculptures comprising Phoenix by the Chinese artist, Xu Bing, are installed in the vast space of Building Five at Mass MoCA. We first were introduced to the work of the artist through a 1995 exhibition Language Lost at Mass College of Art. It was our first exposure to contemporary Chinese art which has since moved to the critical mainstream. This is a portfolio of vintage images of that earlier project.
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Chelsea Galleries Stumble Through Holidays Fine Arts
Bubble Bursts Post Sandy
By: - Dec 22nd, 2012Hurricane Sandy flooded the Chelsea galleries resulting in the loss of entire exhibitors and millions of dollars worth of inventory in basement storage areas. During a holiday tour we found mostly business as usual with the major galleries with some still closed for renovation. We provide an in depth slide show of several of the more noteworthy exhibitions.
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Bernini: Sculpting in Clay at the Met Fine Arts
Stunning Exhibition on View Through January 6
By: - Dec 21st, 2012The stunning exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art "Bernini Sculpting in Clay" includes 29 of the artist’s bozetti, or sketch models in terracotta, standing between 12 and 20 inches tall — along with one or two larger and more finished models, which are as much as three feet tall. The project, which as been co organized with the Kimbell Museum, provides compelling insights to the artist's working process.
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Jacob's Pillow 2013 Dance
Major Venue for Dance in America.
By: - Dec 20th, 2012The 2013 Jacob's Pillow season kicks off with a gala on June 15 and winds down on August 25. Three are numerous highlights including Dance Theatre of Harlem, Compagnie Käfig a word-of-mouth hit of Festival 2012, with six sold-out performances, the return of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, from Brazil Companhia Urbana de Dança, and a return of the stunning, French 3e étage which was astonishing with its 2011 appearance. The legendary Martha Graham Dance Company will perform. Subscriber ticket sales begin January 28 and go on sale to the public on April 8.
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Gutai: Splendid Playground, at the Guggenheim Fine Arts
Post War Japanese Art Feb.15 to May 8
By: - Dec 20th, 2012The Gutai Art Association was founded in 1954 by the influential artist, teacher, and critic Yoshihara Jiro in the town of Ashiya, near Osaka. The group spanned two generations, totaling fifty-nine artists over its eighteen-year history. The name “Gutai†literally means "concreteness†and captures the direct engagement with materials its members were experimenting with around the time it began.
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Mass MoCA Winter/ Spring 2013 Opinion
Exhibitions and Events
By: - Dec 19th, 2012With one show already nearly sold out (Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum on Saturday, February 16), MASS MoCA'sWinter/Spring season has started with a bang before it's even been announced. The first big event of the season is FREE Day on Saturday, February 9. This annual event attracts thousands to MASS MoCA for a full day of art-making, tours, contests, demonstrations, performances, and more.
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Black Angels Over Tuskegee Theatre
Layon Gray’s Play in Third Year Off Broadway
By: - Dec 18th, 2012For an entertaining, intimate, insightful evening of theatre it doesn’t get much better than Black Angels Over Tuskegee. Leon Gray wrote, directed, and acts in this award winning play now in its third year Off Broadway.
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Picasso Black and White Fine Arts
Chiaroscuro Theme at the Guggenheim to January 23
By: - Dec 17th, 2012For the holidays two blockbuster exhibition provide the chance to compare and contrast the greatest masters of the School of Paris. The Metropolitam Museum is showing Henri Matisse while the Guggenheim features Picasso Black and White. A spin through the Guggenheim proved to be disappointing with a glut of mediocre mid period and late works and just a couple of bona fide masterpieces.
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Gunther Uecker at Haunch of Venison Fine Arts
First NY Exhibition for Group Zero Artist Since 1966
By: - Dec 16th, 2012Now 82 the German artist and member of Zero, which disbanded in 1966, is having his first New York exhibition, at Haunch of Venison, since then. Now and then we encounter one of Gunther Uecker's signature nail pieces at MoMA or in rare Zero exhibitions such as those mounted by Sperone Westwater Gallery. While we enjoyed the opportunity to experience his work in depth it provoked many unanswered questions about his intentionality.
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What’s Wrong with the Whitney Museum Fine Arts
Enervating Mix of Holiday Shows
By: - Dec 16th, 2012With the Whitney Museum of American Art winding down its time on Madison Avenue and preparing for a move downtown near the popular High Line the curators appear to have concoted a yard sale of ho hum exhibitions. There is a deadly combination of the recycled- Richard Artschwager! and Sinister Pop- and a signifier of the alleged bright future Wade Guyton: Os which I just don’t buy into.
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Dezart Performs’ Play Reading Series Theatre
Three Winning One Act Plays
By: - Dec 16th, 2012Dezart Performs’ Play Reading Series is an annual event held every spring in Palm Springs and receives playwright entries from all over the country. This year the organization received 121 submissions. The three One-Acts in this year’s festival are: “Feeding Time at the Human Houseâ€, written by David Wiener and directed by Lenny Ripps. “The Blind Dateâ€, written by Tanis Galik and directed by Don Cilluffo, and “Mourning Glory†written by Rich Orloff and directed by Dezart’s artistic director, Michael Shaw.
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Other Desert Cities at Mark Taper Forum Theatre
Jon Robin Baitz Play Fails to Impress
By: - Dec 15th, 2012As a Palm Springs-based theatre critic, I felt I had the inside track on Jon Robin Baitz’s insight concerning his latest play “Other Desert Citiesâ€, now on the stage of LA’s Mark Taper Forum. I was partially correct. Listlessly directed by Robert Egan, features a nice cast in a less than stellar vehicle.
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