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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Josiah McElheny: Some Pictures of Infinity Fine Arts
ICA Boston June 22 to October 14
By: - Mar 06th, 2012This June, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents the first museum survey of Josiah McElheny. McElheny uses the ancient and labor intensive medium of glass to create objects of exceptional beauty and formal sophistication. An artist of diverse interests, McElheny draws on art history, politics, and cosmology (a branch of astronomy that deals with the structure of the universe) to encode his glassworks with information, turning these exquisite objects into repositories of meaning. A mid-career survey of the artist’s work, Josiah McElheny: Some Pictures of Infinity
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24Hour Project by WAM Theatre and MOPCO Theatre
April 14 at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox
By: - Mar 06th, 2012The second 24hr Berkshires/Capital Region Theatre Project brings together playwrights, directors, designers, stage managers, technicians and actors from both the Berkshires and the Capital Region armed with the common task of mounting 5 new short works by female playwrights; all written, rehearsed and performed in 24 Hours.
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Obama 44 by Mario Fratti Off Broadway Theatre
La MaMa World-Premiere March 29
By: - Mar 06th, 2012La MaMa will present the world-premiere of Mario Fratti's newest play, OBAMA 44, with performances starting March 29, 2012 prior to an official press opening April 1 at La MaMa (74 E. 4 St.) in Manhattan. Directed by Wayne Maugans, the cast of OBAMA 44 includes Rob Sedgwick, Julia Motyka, Dennis Ostermaier, Thomas Poarch and Richard Ugino.
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Claude Gosselin Curator of La Biennale de Montréal People
Starting with Aurora Borealis in 1985
By: - Mar 05th, 2012This summer Mass MoCA will present a survey of 65 Canadian artists curated by Denise Markonish. Recently we spoke at length with the leading Canadian curator Claude Gosselin who has organized major thematic exhibitions combining Canadian and international artists since 1985. His 2011 La Biennale de Montréal may have been his last. He plans to continue Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (CIAC) with a refocused program.
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Jessica May of Portland Museum of Art People
Named Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art
By: - Mar 05th, 2012Jessica May has been named Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art at the Portland Museum of Art. May will be responsible for overseeing the interpretation and development of the Museum’s contemporary and modern art collection, including annual exhibitions, the Biennial, and the Circa series. May will join the staff in June 2012.
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Asco at Williams College Museum of Art Fine Arts
Where’s Gronk?
By: - Mar 04th, 2012After high school in East LA four Chicano friends- Harry Gamboa, Jr,, Gronk, Willie F. Herron III, and Patssi Valdez- hung out and made conceptual, graphic and performance art together. The initial reactions of their community were expressed by the Spanish work Asco- disgust, vomit, revulsion. They liked the word which stuck with them. It was used for the movement which was active, under the art world radar from 1972-1987. Now the ephemera and documents of that transient expression are the subject of a bi coastal project between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Williams College Museum of Art.
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Mass MoCA's Joe Thompson 4 People
Impact of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival
By: - Mar 01st, 2012With the Wilco Solid Sound Festival taking a hiatus and the Clark Art Institute in the midst of construction and renovation it may prove to be a challenging summer for Mass MoCA. We discussed with Thompson how best to continue to grow cultural tourism through synergy among the arts organizations of the Berkshires. In the past two years the 6,000 visitors for the Wilco weekends brought much needed revenue to the region. We need more such initiatives. This is the final chapter of the dialogue with Thompson.
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Eavesdropping on Dreams by Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg Theatre
NY's Barefoot Theatre Company April 20 to May 20
By: - Mar 01st, 2012Lynn Cohen and Jake Robards set to headline the cast of the world-premiere of Rivka Beekerman-Greenberg’s EAVESDROPPING ON DREAMS, presented Off-Broadway by Barefoot Theatre Company with previews beginning April 20 prior to an official press opening of Friday, April 27 at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street) in Manhattan. Ronald Cohen will direct.
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Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Award Theatre
The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) Finalists
By: - Feb 29th, 2012The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2011. The top award of $25,000 and two citations of $7,500 each, plus commemorative plaques, will be presented March 31.
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John Douglas Thompson in WTF Reading at the Clark Theatre
Richard Wilbur's Translation of The Misanthrope
By: - Feb 29th, 2012The two time Pulitzer honored translator of Moliere, Richard Wilbur, was present for a reading of The Misanthrope at the Clark Art Institute. The Williamstown Theatre Festival event, sponsored by the Williams Inn, was a benefit for the Williamstown based charity Higher Ground. We discussed the presentation and Moliere with John Douglas Thompson who portrayed Alceste.
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Asco: Elite of the Obscure Fine Arts
At Williamns College Museum of Art Through July 29
By: - Feb 29th, 2012The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972–1987, the first retrospective to present the wide-ranging workof the Chicano performance and conceptual art group Asco (1972–1987), co-organized with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and on view February 4 through July 29, 2012.
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Just Sex by Brandt Johnson March 22 to April 15 Theatre
Theatre for the New City, NYC
By: - Feb 29th, 2012Following its acclaimed, sold-out run earlier this season as part of Theater for the New City’s Dream Up Festival, playwright Brandt Johnson’s JUST SEX will return to Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue) for a limited Off-Broadway engagement. Preview performances of JUST SEX begin March 22 prior to an official press opening of March 27
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Amherst Biennial 2012 Fine Arts
Application for Participation
By: - Feb 29th, 2012The Amherst Public Arts Commission (APAC) is pleased to announce the second Amherst Biennial: Art in Expected & Unexpected Places this fall (Oct./Nov. 2012), all over town, adding sites on Amherst College, UMass & the Emily Dickinson Museum. We are looking for the best art created in Western MA during the last two years. The curators for this Biennial will be Elizabeth Barker, Director of the Mead Museum, Amherst College; Loretta Yarlow, Curator for the University Museum at UMass, Amherst; and Terry Rooney, Chair of the Amherst Public Arts Commission.
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Cherry Lane Theatre's Mentor Project Theatre
Patricia Buckley's Evolution March 13 to 24
By: - Feb 29th, 2012Cherry Lane Theatre's award-winning MENTOR PROJECT will continue its 13th season with a production of EVOLUTION, written and performed by Patricia Buckley, directed Michele Chivu and mentored Jean-Claude van Itallie with performances scheduled March 13 through March 24 at Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street in Manhattan), where the 2012 MENTOR PROJECT is in residence through April 14.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival 2012 Theatre
Oscar Wilde in Witness Protection
By: - Feb 28th, 2012Yes, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, as announced today, will open its season on the Main Stage with a perennially witty The Importance of Being Earnest. But no, this comedy will not play on the current mania for all things Downton Abbey. Rather, think Sopranos. Seems some Joisey boys are on the lam in the Berkshires. It will run head to head with Blythe Danner in a new work in the smaller Nikos Stage. The fun begins on June 26.
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One Million View Clark's Traveling Exhibition Fine Arts
Parading the Relics While Museum Undergoes Renovation
By: - Feb 27th, 2012“We have been delighted, and a bit overwhelmed, by the tremendous reception the Clark’s paintings have received at each of our European venues,†said Michael Conforti, director of the Clark. “The notion of one million people viewing these paintings over the last 14 months is truly rewarding. The tour has allowed us to share our collection with an audience that may not have the opportunity to visit the Berkshires, and it has allowed us to share the Berkshires with the world.â€
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Oscars on Crystal Film
An Album of Memories
By: - Feb 27th, 2012The Oscars were back on track with the return of comic Billy Crystal as host for the ninth time. While providing some stability after the fiasco of recent years the evening proved to be mostly geriatric and enervating. That ennui reflected a mostly lackluster year of competent but forgettable films. Arguably the finest performance of the past year was the dog in The Artist. The best actor award went to the dog's master the stunningly silent hoofer Jean Dujardin.
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Michael Doucet avec Beausoleil at the Colonial Music
Cajun Sun Brightens Berkshire Gloom
By: - Feb 25th, 2012Garrison Keillor has dubbed frequent guests and multiple Grammy winners Michael Doucet avec Beausoleil “The greatest Cajun band in the world.†During their lively gig at the Colonial Theatre we found out why.
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Easy Ersatz Paella Food
Spanish Saffron and Seafood Essential
By: - Feb 25th, 2012For a recent dinner party we made a deep dish version of seafood paella. While not exactly like what we have enjoyed in Spain it was a great success. It is easy and quick to prepare. But not cheap as it calls for the essential ingredient saffron. Definitely do try this at home.
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Kelli O'Hara Headed to Williamstown This Summer Theatre
To Star in a New Musical Far From Heaven
By: - Feb 24th, 2012Three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will star in the previously announced musical adaptation of the 2002 film Far From Heaven at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Directed by Michael Grief and featuring a score by Scott Frankel and Michael Korie and book by Richard Greenberg, the show will run at the summer theater’s Main Stage from July 19 through 29.
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Joe Thompson Director of Mass MoCA Three People
Buchel and a Peck
By: - Feb 24th, 2012Helping artists to fabricate and install new works entails trust, commitment and risk taking. All of those elements went terribly wrong in a project with the artist Christoph Buchel. Ever escalating demands resulted in legal action that brought Mass MoCA to a standstill. Eventually a judge found in favor of the museum. It is painful even now to revisit the incident from which Joe Thompson and the museum have moved on.
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Barrington Stage Has Its Game Face On Theatre
Musical Nominated for Five IRNE Awards
By: - Feb 24th, 2012Barrington Stage Company announces that it has received 5 Award Nominations by the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) for last summer’s production of the musical The Game.
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Los Lobos at Mass MoCA Music
Prowls North Adams on April 5
By: - Feb 23rd, 2012On Thursday, April 5, at 8 PM for a concert sponsored by Berkshire Gas. Rolling Stone Magazine says, "With the exception of U2, no other band has stayed on top of its game like Los Lobos", and they are touring in support of their acclaimed new album - their first in four years - Tin Can Trust.
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Joe Thompson Director of Mass MoCA Two People
Space is the Place
By: - Feb 23rd, 2012During the twelve years of developing Mass MoCA, before it opened in 1999, Joe Thompson and his wife Jennifer cooked and sold hot sauce to help pay their bills. Twenty five years later in further developing the vast museum complex Thompson discussed the once unthinkable notion of running out of vacant real estate.
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Joe Thompson Director of Mass MoCA People
Reflecting on 25 Years
By: - Feb 22nd, 2012On an unseasonably mild February afternoon, during the off season, we sat with Mass MoCA director, Joe Thompson, for an in depth overview of his 25 years of developing the largest contemporary art museum in North America. In this first installment we discussed the beginnings and mandates for the 17 acre campus and its 650,000 square feet of "developable" space. We spoke on the record for an hour and a half then another hour after that. It is most unusual to spend that much time with a busy museum director.
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