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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Fourth of July in the Berkshires Opinion
An Abundance of Riches
By: - May 04th, 2010The launch of the Fourth of July arts season in the Berkshires will be like an explosion in a fireworks factory. There has never been a greater offering of superb and diverse performances. While three days of James Taylor and Carole King at Tanglewood sold out ages ago there are many other top options. Mass MoCA is going head to head with Tanglewood on Friday night. It has Richie Havens vs. The Pops. Barrington Stage and Williamstown Theatre Festival will duke it out with dueling Sondheim musicals. There is a ton of stuff at Shakespeare & Company including the opening of John Douglas Thompson in Richard III. Jacobs Pillow and Berkshire Theatre Festival are in the mix. We offer a complete rundown.
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Christian Marclay at the Whitney Museum Fine Arts
Christian Marclay: Festival July 1 to September 26
By: - May 03rd, 2010Artist/composer Christian Marclay (b. 1955), known for the distinctive fusion of sound and image in his art, is the subject of a major exhibition this summer at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Activated by daily musical performances, the show explores Marclay's approach to the world around him with a particular focus on his graphic scores. Approximately fifty renowned instrumentalists and vocalists, some of whom have collaborated regularly with the artist over the course of the past three decades, are scheduled to interpret the scores exhibited, enabling museum audiences to experience Marclay's work brought to life. The exhibition curated by David Kiehl opens on July 1 and remains on view until September 26.
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Drawn to Architecture at Galerie Grita Insam Fine Arts
Project Curated by Vienna 2010
By: - May 03rd, 2010The exhibition Drawn to Architecture links five artistic positions that engage in different ways with architectural forms and structures. All of the works have a decidedly non-mimetic moment in common: it is not the depiction or reflection of architecture that is interesting but the exploration of the recursive connection between the image of the space and the space of the image on the basis of architectural constellations. Amy Yoes, Karina Nimmerfall, Manuel Knapp, Ingo Giezendanner and Catherine Borg
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Kate Moira Ryan's Bass for Picasso Theatre
NY's Theater Breaking Through Barriers to May 23
By: - May 01st, 2010Theater Breaking Through Barriers, the Off-Broadway company known for its productions that integrate able-bodied actors with artists with disabilities, presents the world premiere of Kate Moira Ryan's Bass for Picasso -- a new play about five New Yorkers, including a physically disabled food writer, whose secrets are exposed during a memorable dinner party at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre 410 West 42nd Street though May 23. Ike Schambelan directs.
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The Mount Announces Season Program Architecture
Something Old Something New in Lenox
By: - Apr 30th, 2010The Mount, the stately home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, Mass.. reopens for a season of new programs and audience favorites. Highlights include the launch of The Mount's first annual writers festival, Berkshire WordFest (July 23-25); the return of theatre for the second year running in partnership with Wharton Salon (August 18-29); the seventeenth season of The Mount's popular Biography Series (July 12-August 30); and a new exhibit on adaptations of Wharton's works for stage and screen (opens June 5).
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Berkshire Beat: Porches, Alcombright, Galleries People
Out and About in North Adams
By: - Apr 30th, 2010In just an eye blink we morphed from the last gasp of winter, two inches of snow on April 27, to a blast of Spring. The social season is heating up. On Wednesday night we attended Nancy Jane Fitzpatrick's Facebook party at Porches. Including a rare glimpse of Porches owner John S. Wadsworth, Jr. Thursday was ultra busy. We started with Mayor Dick Alcombright's spaghetti supper at the V.F.W. We moved on to several openings on Main Street. Ending with Martha Flood's new studio and shop on Eagle Street.
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Wilco, Richie Havens Headline at Mass MoCA Opinion
Lively Summer Program Slated for North Adams
By: - Apr 29th, 2010There will be just tons of live music blasting from Mass MoCA this summer from a rock festival with Wilco, to the perennial Woodstocker, Richie Havens, to Carolina Chocolate Drops and a reggae dance party. Oh yes, there will also be some exhibitions. A show by Petah Coyne will open on May 29 and remain on view forever. But not quite for 25 years like Sol Lewitt.
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The World of Lucian Freud Fine Arts
At The Centre Pompidou in Paris to May 24
By: - Apr 29th, 2010The Belgian critic, Roger D'Hondt, reports on the exhibition of some 50 paintings by the 88-year-old British master Lucian Freud. The Centre Pompidou in Paris is "the place to be" according to D'Hondt between now and May 24. The critic, who writes for Flash Art and other European publications, takes a tough look at an icon of contemporary art.
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Fabio Luisi Principal Guest Conductor at the Met Music
An Insurance Policy for Ailing James Levine?
By: - Apr 27th, 2010Is it more than just a coincidence that the Metropolitan Opera has named Fabio Luisi as Principal Guest Conductor? The continuing health issues of artistic director James Levine have raised uncertainties for whether he will return next season. And if so just how much of a role will he assume. There are similar questions being asked at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. And for the coming season at Tanglewood.
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Freihofer Saratoga Jazz Festival Music
Al Jarreau and Gladys Knight Headline June 26 & 27
By: - Apr 27th, 2010Freihofer Saratoga Jazz Festival announces the schedule for June 26 and 27. The "Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight, jazz singer Al Jarreau & the George Duke Trio, legendary blues icon Taj Mahal, guitarist extraordinaire Al Di Meola and two piano legends â€" Ramsey Lewis and Ahmad Jamal are some of the great artists appearing at this year’s two-day jazz extravaganza.
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Maramotti Collection Shows Malick Sidibe Fine Arts
Essays by Mario Diacono Published
By: - Apr 26th, 2010During his years in Boston the exhibitions of the Mario Diacono gallery were legendary. The Italian born poet, curator and critic generally displayed a single work. The projects which entailed renowned international artists were accompanied by detailed and complex critical essays. Some 30 of these essays have now been published by his Italian patron.
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Cantilena Chamber Choir & Berkshire Lyric Theater Music
Russian Choral Music May 15 & 16
By: - Apr 26th, 2010The Cantilena Chamber Choir and Berkshire Lyric Theater will present a Russian Choral Music Weekend of concerts and lectures on May 15 and 16. Special guest performers will be New York City Opera tenor Konstantin Stepanov and, from St. Petersburg, Russia, The Konevets Quartet with Igor Dmitriev, Director.
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De Niro, Freeman and Harris at the Pops Music
Film Stars Narrate Kennedy Tribute May 18
By: - Apr 26th, 2010Acclaimed actors Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman give life to the words of John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, respectively, when they join conductor Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for the world premiere performance of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothersâ€"the centerpiece of the Boston Pops 125th anniversary season celebrationâ€"on May 18, at 8 p.m. (repeated on May 19), at Symphony Hall in Boston, MA
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Greylock Arts Natural Selection Fine Arts
Lively Turnout for Adams Opening
By: - Apr 24th, 2010The ambitious and insightful projects of Matt Belanger and Marianne Petit of Greylock Arts in Adams, Mass. are second only to those of Mass MoCA in the Berkshires. The artists, who spend their week in New York, organize projects that draw on local, regional and national resources. It was a thrill to be included in the exhibition Natural Selection along with Christian Cerrito, Michelle Vitale Loughlin, Matt Pass, Henry Klein, Alex Kauffman, David Lachman, Martha Denmead Rose, Jeremy Rotsztain and Gregory Scheckler.
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Sondheim on Sondheim at Studio 54 Theatre
Barbara Cook Nominated for a Tony Award
By: - Apr 23rd, 2010Celebrating the 8oth Birthday of God, AKA Stephen Sondheim, there are many productions for audiences to chose from. The biography and review, with Sondheim appearing in video clips, Sondheim on Sondheim, has opened on Broadway. It features a lively cast headlining Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams and Tom Wopat. In the Berkshires productions of Sweeney Todd will open at Barrington Stage Company while A Funny Thng Happened on the Way to the Forum will be presented at Williamstown Theatre Company. The dueling musicals open on Fourth of July weekend.
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Marina Abramovic at MoMA Fine Arts
Feel Her Pain
By: - Apr 22nd, 2010It seems that some visitors to the Marina Abramovic retrospective, which features nude performance artists, have not been well behaved. Vigilant security guards have ejected individuals caught groping the models. But we were surprised to find the exhibition, one of the most provocative in decades, curiously unarousing. Nude bodies? Endurance? Pain? Ho hum.
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The 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Fine Arts
Call To Maine Artists
By: - Apr 22nd, 2010Last year we visited and reported on the lively 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial. Now the museum is sending out a call to artists to apply for the 2011 Biennial. We will be sure to visit the exhibition stopping for lobster along the way. And checking out the extensive arts community in Portland.
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Helga S. Orthofer at Berkshire Community College Fine Arts
Koussevitizky Art Gallery in Pittsfield
By: - Apr 21st, 2010When is a fire hydrant more than what it seems? In the approach of Austrian born artist and Berkshire resident, Helga S. Orthofer, it is a portrait rather than a still life. The works in this exhibition at Berkshire Community College are filled with rich and personal symbols and visual metaphors.
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Daniel Ludwig at Alan Stone Gallery Fine Arts
Exhibition by Mass. Artist April 24 to June 5
By: - Apr 21st, 2010The Massachusetts painter Daniel Ludwig is showing figurative, narrative paintings at Alan Stone Gallery in Manhattan. The exhibition opens on April 24 and runs through June 5. The selectively exaggerated color of earlier paintings is now used as a powerful expressive tool, emphasizing difference and distance between elements. The painterly, carefully built surfaces further emphasize that aspect. Deer Hunt - a composition reminiscent of Delacroix - literally explodes with action as a group of figures, nude and half-clothed, drive spears into a pair of hapless deer.
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The Elders Project in Colombia Travel
EarthAction Initiated Black Line Journey
By: - Apr 21st, 2010For many years the North Adams based artist, Rick Harlow, has made frequent and extensive visits to Colombia. He has lived and worked with indigenous peoples in many projects. In January he participated in the Black Line Journey organized by EarthAction as a part of its Elders Project.
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Mindful Eating, Mindful Life Food
You Are What You Eat
By: - Apr 20th, 2010According to Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Lilian Cheung, more than a billion people worldwide are overweight. This figure is so high that scientists are calling it an obesity epidemic. A new book reviewed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat addresses this issue.
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Natural Selection at Greylock Arts Fine Arts
Adams Exhibition April 23 to June 5
By: - Apr 20th, 2010The group exhibition Natural Selections opens on Friday, April 23 at Greylock Arts in Adams, Mass and remains on view through June 5. The project includes Christian Cerrito, Charles Giuliano, Alex Kauffmann, Henry Klein, David Lachman, Michelle Vitale Loughlin, Jeremy Rotsztain, Martha Denmead Rose, Gregory Scheckler. It has been curated by the artists Marianne Petit and Matt Belanger. The exhibition explores aspects of responses to nature by a range of contemporary artists.
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Bill T. Jones Honored by Jacob's Pillow Dance
Accepts Fourth Annual Award June 19
By: - Apr 20th, 2010During the opening gala of Jacob's Pillow on June 19 the dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones will receive the festival's Fourth Annual award. Jones won a Tony Award for Spring Awakening and is the director of Fela a musical which is now on Broadway. The Jacob's Pillow award comes with a prize of $25,000.
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