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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How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel Front Page
Pulitzer Winner at Venice's Stage II
By: - Mar 24th, 2026Years before the #MeToo movement empowered women and began toppling men in power, Paula Vogel won a Pulitzer Prize for exploring the subjects of sexual abuse, pedophilia, incest and grooming in her beautifully and sensitively written play “How I Learned to Drive.”
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August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean Front Page
A Long Wharf Production
By: - Mar 24th, 2026By the time Gem was written, Wilson had established some themes and techniques that are present in almost all the plays: characters have long soliloquies reminiscent of jazz riffs; supernatural elements or characters with mystical gifts are prevalent. The focus is mainly on African American men. In addition, the settings often revolve around real events.
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The Dishwasher Dialogues, Parisians Sans Haute Couture Front Page
La Sagesse des Clodos
By: - Mar 19th, 2026For the bums in the subway, each person could be a heating source for the other. The metro was usually warm when the stations were underground, and that’s why I never took the bus in winter. They weren’t well-heated. I felt for the clochards, les clodos–—the beggars and the outcasts, who spent their days in the metro.
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Spatial Poems at Mass MoCA Front Page
Cecilia Vicuña, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, and Sam Frésquez.
By: - Mar 19th, 2026MASS MoCA is pleased to present Spatial Poems, a communal exhibition in three concurrent parts developed by CEI Fellow Marissa Del Toro in collaboration with guest curators Ninabah Winton and Jamillah Hinson. The exhibition features the work of artists Cecilia Vicuña, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, and Sam Frésquez.
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Death of a Salesman Front Page
Hartford Stage
By: - Mar 19th, 2026Those who have never seen this classic play will probably come away from the Hartford Stage production moved and certainly understanding why it has endured. But they may not truly appreciate how great a play it is.
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Carla Munsat, 1938-2026 Front Page
Co Founded Art New England
By: - Mar 18th, 2026Carla Munsat (1938-2026) a beloved publisher, editor and friend has passed away. With Stephanie Adelman they co founded Art New England in 1975. They had no prior journalistic or business experience. The publication slowly evolved to have a graphic and editorial identity. At its peak it was widely read and influential. At the time they identified and fulfilled a significant need.
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The Dance of Change Front Page
Understanding Bagua in the Daoist Tradition
By: - Mar 18th, 2026To understand Bagua (Eight Trigrams), one must first look past the physical movements of the martial art and toward the very architecture of the universe as viewed by the ancient Daoist sages. In the Daoist cosmogony, we move from the Wuji (the Empty Void) to the Taiji (the Supreme Ultimate/Yin and Yang). Bagua represents the next step in this unfolding: the diversification of energy into eight fundamental forces that govern all change in the natural world.
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Jon Stewart at Tanglewood Front Page
Joins Popular Artists Series
By: - Mar 18th, 2026Legendary comedian Jon Stewart has joined Tanglewood’s 2026 Popular Artist Series, further expanding the season’s exciting and varied lineup. The Emmy, Grammy, and Peabody Award winner and Daily Show host will perform at the Tanglewood for the first time on Saturday, June 20 at 7 p.m., presenting this summer’s only solo comedy show in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. He will open the show performing on drums with his band Church and State.
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Art in Bloom at the MFA Front Page
50th Anniversary of Spring Event
By: - Mar 18th, 2026The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), celebrates the return of spring with the 50th anniversary of its beloved Art in Bloom festival, taking place from Friday, May 1, through Sunday, May 3. Since 1976, this annual celebration has paired art from the MFA’s collection—from ancient to contemporary—with floral interpretations created by New England garden clubs, professional designers, and MFA floral volunteers.
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New Human Species Identified Front Page
Not Fossil Remains, but Living Today
By: - Mar 17th, 2026Conventional wisdom says that after millions of years of evolution, Homo sapiens is the sole surviving species of human. But in his book Fire in a Wire, Berkshires-based author Steven Reed Nelson disagrees.
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Asolo Luminary Award Front Page
Tony-winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
By: - Mar 13th, 2026Since they first met at a musical theater workshop in 1982, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have become two of the most important contributors to musical theater. They won Tony Awards in 1998 for their score to “Ragtime,” were nominated for Academy Awards and Golden Globes Awards for the animated film “Anastasia” and have enjoyed success with such shows as “Seussical,” “Once On This Island” and the Broadway version of “Anastasia.”
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Dishwasher Dialogues, Art and Love in Paris Front Page
A Fabulous Bubble
By: - Mar 11th, 2026I think I returned to Europe because I felt less of an exile here. It has nothing to do with passports. I think, at times, that exiles don’t exist. They’re a useful concept for people who exist in places between places. They don’t have any coordinates, no national longitudes, and latitudes.
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The Mount and NY's Grace Church Collaborate Front Page
Wharton's Roman Fever a New Opera
By: - Mar 10th, 2026The Mount and Grace Church Celebrate Edith Wharton with a One-Night-Only Event on April 9th in NYC – Adapting Wharton: The Operatic Reimagining of Roman Fever
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Sarasota's Asolo Repertory Theatre Front Page
Promises Greatest Season on Earth
By: - Mar 10th, 2026Boasting in the promotional style of P.T. Barnum and the Ringling Brothers, Asolo Repertory Theatre promises “The Greatest Season on Earth” for 2026-27 with two world premieres, including one about Sarasota’s rich circus history.
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Jason Berger at Childs Gallery Front Page
A Founder of Boston's Direct Vision
By: - Mar 10th, 2026Jason Berger created a gestural style of landscape painting that he promoted as Direct Vision. It relates to French art, where Berger worked with a Traveling Fellowship upon graduation from the Museum School. He and his wife, Marilyn Powers, were active in Newbury Street galleries. The best works were brushy and expressive with saturated color. The white of canvas gave the sense of sketches and watercolors.
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Tanglewood Adds Popular Artists Front Page
Snap Crackle and Pop
By: - Mar 09th, 2026The Tanglewood Popular Artist Series adds three blockbuster shows to this summer’s lineup: Hugh Jackman with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops (August 11, 7 p.m.), Brandi Carlile (August 18, 7 p.m.), and John Fogerty and Steve Winwood (September 6, 7 p.m.).
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Universal Knowledge Word
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The Dishwasher Dialogues, Death and Taxes Front Page
Art and Immortality at the Customs Depot
By: - Mar 05th, 2026From the very beginning, I wanted to leave my stamp on the cultural matrix of my time. A word to the wise guy: if, as a painter, immortality isn’t high on your list, then you should do something else.
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The Counter by Meghan Kennedy Front Page
TheatreWorks Hartford
By: - Mar 03rd, 2026Kennedy has written some almost poetic lines. She displays a deep understanding of how bruised people persuade themselves of their own reality. The issues she brings up about love, death, caring and more are done subtlety and in character. No preaching or hitting the audience over the head with a “moral.”
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March Word
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A New Sound for Sarasota Opera Front Page
Under New General Director Richard Russell
By: - Mar 02nd, 2026Audiences should not expect drastic changes, but subtle shifts, like introducing Gilbert and Sullivan for the first time. “I have many guilty pleasures in my life. One of them is ice cream and one of them is Gilbert and Sullivan,” Russell said in the announcement.
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Centenary of Martha Graham Company Front Page
The Sarasota Ballet
By: - Mar 01st, 2026Graham’s death in 1991 led to a protracted legal battle over her work that bankrupted the company and shuttered it for several years; Janet Eilber is credited with turning things around by showcasing masterpieces by Graham alongside newly commissioned works and providing an historical perspective to make them all more accessible.
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Andy Moerlein at Boston Sculptors Front Page
Storyteller's Doubt
By: - Feb 27th, 2026Boston Sculptors Gallery presents A Storyteller’s Doubt, a selection of Andy Moerlein’s newest work on view April 2 – May 3, 2026. Offering larger than life woodcarvings as well as paintings, photographic collage and an immersive installation, the show also features collaborations with two esteemed colleagues.
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The Dishwasher Dialogues, I Have Seen Four People Die Front Page
Running with the Bulls
By: - Feb 26th, 2026I have seen four people die in my life so far, that’s it. I want to recount this. The first man I saw die drowned off a beach in Mallorca. When they hauled him out, he was still alive and foaming at the mouth, as if he’d swallowed soap and not seawater. He died a few minutes later. I was eight years old.
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Sarasota Performing Arts Center Front Page
Updated Plans
By: - Feb 19th, 2026It has been just under a year since members of the Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation brought their plan for a new performing arts center within The Bay Park to the Sarasota City Commission, hoping to move the public/private partnership forward toward implementation and a final design. What they got instead was an earful of critiques and a charge to return to the drawing board prior to any vote on a controversial project that’s been part of Sarasota’s bayfront revision plan since its start in 2018.
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