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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Indecent by Paula Vogel Front Page
West Hartford’s Playhouse on Park
By: - Feb 06th, 2023The play interweaves three elements – the life and works of the Yiddish author Sholem Asch, the history of productions of his play The God of Vengeance, and the stories of the people involved in a Broadway production of the show in the 1920s. It may sound confusing, but it isn’t.
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Christine Quintana's Espejos:Clean Front Page
Hartford Stage Company
By: - Feb 04th, 2023The playwright Christine Quintana makes an interesting point about communication in the program of Hartford Stage’s production of Espejos:Clean. She says, “Every interaction we have with one another is an act of translation.”
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Barrington Stage Company 2023 Season Front Page
Two Musical Revivals, Two World Premieres, and Two Modern Classics
By: - Jan 31st, 2023Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Alan Paul, will produce a 2023 season that will feature two major musical revivals, two world premiere plays, and two modern classic play revivals.
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Realist Painter Alfred Leslie at 95 Front Page
Boston Connections at the MFA and BU
By: - Jan 28th, 2023The realist painter Alfred Leslie had a major impact on the Boston Art World. In 1976 he had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. He also commuted to teach at the Boston University School of Fine Arts.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago Front Page
Bizet’s Carmen Starring J’Nai Bridges
By: - Jan 26th, 2023Opera’s legendary femme fatale returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago with Bizet’s Carmen — March 11 – April 7, 2023 — starring J’Nai Bridges, a leading interpreter of the famous title role and a singer with deep Chicago roots.
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Who Holds Up the Sky at the MFA Front Page
Ukranian Photography
By: - Jan 25th, 2023The exhibition highlights Behind Blue Eyes, a project started by Dima Zubkov and Artem Skorohodko, volunteers who distribute food and supplies to residents in liberated Ukrainian villages.
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Kissing a Joyous Collaboration Front Page
Front Porch Arts Collective and The Huntington
By: - Jan 23rd, 2023Front Porch Arts Collective and The Huntington announce the cast and creative team of K-I-S-S-I-N-G, their co-production of the world premiere play written by Massachusetts playwright and Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lenelle Moïse and directed by The Porch’s Co-Producing Artistic Director Dawn M. Simmons. Front Porch Arts Collective is in residence at The Huntington as part of a multi-year strategic partnership.
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Elizabeth Atterbury at the Clark Front Page
Year Long Installation
By: - Jan 23rd, 2023The Clark Art Institute continues its art in public spaces program in 2023 with a year-long installation presenting the work of contemporary artist Elizabeth Atterbury (b. 1982, West Palm Beach, Florida; lives and works in Portland, Maine). Elizabeth Atterbury: Oracle Bones is a free exhibition on view in the Clark Center’s lower level and in the reading room of the Manton Research Center through January 21, 2024.
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Merrily We Roll Along Front Page
New York Theater Workshop
By: - Jan 21st, 2023Look for this production to come to Broadway and finally redeem the show. Merrily We Roll Along isn’t a great musical, but in reality, it is more interesting than many of the long-running “hits.”
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Berkshires Remember David Crosby Front Page
Bad Boy With a Sweet Voice
By: - Jan 20th, 2023Berkshire fans will recall seeing Crosby Stills and Nash at Tanglewood, September 2, 2010. Crosby known for a crash and burn lifestyle, as well as an angelic voice that made gorgeous harmonies, has died at 81. I first heard him with the Byrds at Soundblast '66 at Yankee Stadium.
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Cape Ann Museum Announces Major Exhibition Front Page
Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Illuminating an American Landscape
By: - Jan 19th, 2023This major exhibition is the first dedicated to Hopper’s formative development on Cape Ann, marking the centennial of the pivotal summer of 1923 when Edward Hopper and his future wife, Josephine “Jo” Nivison, visited Gloucester. Edward Hopper & Cape Ann opens on Hopper’s birthday, July 22, 2023, and runs through October 16, 2023, and is presented in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, the major repository of the Hoppers’ work.
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World Premiere Wisconsin Front Page
Festival of New Plays
By: - Jan 19th, 2023This spring, theater companies around Wisconsin are launching World Premiere Wisconsin, a statewide festival celebrating new plays and musicals that has been years in the making. We have 52 participating theaters along with festival partner Ten Chimneys. Quite the undertaking as we look to put new plays back at the center of our work post-pandemic.
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Williams College Museum of Art Front Page
Across Shared Waters: Contemporary Artists in Dialogue with Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection
By: - Jan 18th, 2023The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents Across Shared Waters: Contemporary Artists in Dialogue with Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection, on view from Feb. 17 through July 16, 2023.
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Mooshie Word
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Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence Front Page
MFA Boston Opens March 26
By: - Jan 17th, 2023Thanks to the popularity of the instantly recognizable Great Wave—cited everywhere from book covers and Lego sets to anime and emoji—Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) has become one of the most famous and influential artists in the world. This major exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), takes a new approach to the work of the versatile master.
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Julianne Boyd to Direct Faith Healer Front Page
Bannrington Strage Company August 2023
By: - Jan 17th, 2023Julianne Boyd says, “I am thrilled to be directing Faith Healer, Brian Friel’s hauntingly beautiful play that has been on my short list for years – and I am excited to be reunited with three tremendously talented actors and BSC Associate Artists, Christopher Innvar, Mark Dold and Gretchen Egolf.”
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MASS MOCA's Denise Markonish Front Page
Appointed Chief Curator
By: - Jan 17th, 2023MASS MoCA has promoted veteran curator Denise Markonish to become its new Chief Curator, the first in MASS MoCA’s nearly 25-year history. Markonish joined MASS MoCA in 2007.
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Rose Art Museum Honors Arghavan Khosravi Front Page
Iranian Artist Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist-in-Residence
By: - Jan 17th, 2023The Rose Art Museum names Arghavan Khosravi (b. 1984) the 2023 Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist-in-Residence. Since 2002, the Perlmutter Residency has been part of the Rose Art Museum’s longstanding tradition of promoting emerging artists of extraordinary talent whose work addresses contemporary issues of vital urgency.
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Remembering Jeff Beck Front Page
Relentless Innovator of the Electric Guitar
By: - Jan 13th, 2023While manager of the Boston Tea Party Steve Nelson booked, first the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page, then later the Jeff Beck band for four nights. Beck was touring with Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Mick Waller. (Editor: I saw that lineup at the Newport Jazz Festival.) On the cusp of superstardom Beck broke up the band. Rod went solo and Ron eventually joined the Rolling Stones.
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Gloucester 400th Plus Front Page
Video Access to 2022 Lectures
By: - Jan 12th, 2023Gloucester 400th Plus is an occasion for research and reflection on all aspects of the history and culture of Cape Ann. in 2022 the Cape Ann Museum hosted a range of panel discussions and lectures. Here is the full program with links to their videos. It is significant that the museum has preserved and made available such a valuable resource.
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Keith Haring Subway Drawings Front Page
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
By: - Jan 11th, 2023Keith Haring made thousands of unsanctioned chalk drawings in New York City subway stations. Most of them were promptly thrown away or papered over by subway authorities. Only a limited number survive to this day. Seventeen of these historic drawings will be exhibited publicly for the first time at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
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Philip Guston at the MFA Front Page
Beyond the Controversy
By: - Jan 11th, 2023It has taken months for Martin Mugar to get a fix on the remarkable Philip Guston exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The work is now on the road. Mugar attempts to unpack the complex phases of the work from initial Social Realism to Abstract Expressionism to a late phase entailing controversial cartoonish images of the Ku Klux Klan. Initially the late work cast him as a pariah in the art world. During which he taught at Boston University and was embraced by like minded professors and students.
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National Endowment for the Arts Front Page
Grants for 2023
By: - Jan 10th, 2023The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2023, with more than $34 million in funding to support the arts nationwide. This is the first of the NEA’s two major grant announcements each fiscal year and includes grants to organizations through the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects, Challenge America, and Research Awards categories.
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VERY Mounts Death Show Front Page
Artist Run Boston Gallery
By: - Jan 09th, 2023VERY is pleased to begin the winter season with Death Show, a special compilation exploring how death reveals itself as both an unspoken subtext and conscious motif in the work of ten artists. Employing diverse mediums, these artists express the material and existential implications of the force that affects all.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra Front Page
Three Programs Conducted by Andris Nelsons
By: - Jan 09th, 2023Thursday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 27, 1:30 p.m.; Saturday, January 28, 8 p.m. Andris Nelsons leads the world premiere of American composer/guitarist Steven Mackey's Concerto for Curved Space, a BSO co-commission (Thursday and Saturday concerts only). Mackey's style embraces influences ranging from Beethoven to modern rock.
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