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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Vatermal at Maxim Gorki Theater Front Page
Berlin Premiere Production
By: - Dec 26th, 2024It turned out to be an interesting opening on December 21, 2024 at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Germany. The new play Vatermal, (permanent skin discoloration attributed to his father) transformed from the first novel by Necati Öziris into a play by Hakan Savas Mican, is a sad saga of a young man not getting a chance to live a life of his own.
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She Loves Me at Long Wharf Front Page
Gets a Lot Right and Wrong
By: - Dec 22nd, 2024Long Wharf’s production of She Loves Me (running through Monday, December 30) gets a lot right; unfortunately, its missteps are a significant detraction from the overall success of the show.
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Katherine Porter Drawing Front Page
Lost and Found
By: - Dec 20th, 2024In 2023, the last year of her life, and 100th anniversary of surrealism, Katherine Porter sent me a small automatic drawing and a letter. It got lost in the studio's detritus. Recently recovered it offers poignant glimpses into the endgame of her life and work.
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Master Class Workshops and Back to the Woodshed Front Page
January at Eclipse Mill in North Adams
By: - Dec 18th, 2024In January the Eclipse Mill in North Adams offers Master Class Workshops with Jim Peters and Arnela Mahmutovi?. Also 12 artists may apply to participate in Back to to the Woodshed. .
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Umberto Romano (1906 - 1981) and the New Deal Front Page
Exhibition at Cape Ann Museum
By: - Dec 16th, 2024The striking work of Cape Ann modernist, Umberto Romano, is on view at the annex of the Cape Ann Museum. The artist, curator, and historian, Susan Erony, delivered a lecture on the murals that the artist created during the Depression years of the 1930s. Erony is currently working on a history of the art of Cape Ann.
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Legendary Diacono Gallery Resurfaces Front Page
Man in Space Variations on a Bauhaus Theme
By: - Dec 13th, 2024Now in his 90s, the Italian born Mario Diacono is a revered legend of the Boston art world. He was known for exhibiting single works by renowned artists. These were accompanied by theoretical essays written in Italian and then translated. Few of the works entered Boston collections but found their way to Europe. He has emerged from retirement. To visit the gallery one must 1.open the gold box. 2.click on Faros Directory 3. Enter the name Mario Diacono Gallery 4. Next, click on call 4. Proceed to open the door. 5. Prepare to be amazed.
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Ellen O’Donnell Rankin in 1984 Front Page
Former Director of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
By: - Dec 12th, 2024In the summer of 1984 I started research in Provincetown. Ellen O'Donnell (Rankin) got me started by setting up contacts for interviews. Our interview provides a window into a time when Provincetown was still affordable for artists. In my archive I have a receipt for an inn at $35 a night. Things have changed since then and not for the better. Provincetown is no longer a viable option for young artists
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Gloucester Modernist Umberto Romano Front Page
At Annex of Cape Ann Museum
By: - Dec 04th, 2024The modernist Umberto Romano (1906-1982) is the subject of a retrospective, curated by Martha Oaks, at the annex of the Cape Ann museum through December 29, 2024. The main museum is closed for renovation. The exhibition is free to the public in the 12,000 square foot Janet & William Ellery James Center, which was completed in 2020. It includes 2,000 square feet of flexible exhibition and community programming space.
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Return to Five Immortals Temple Front Page
Special Delivery and Renewal
By: - Dec 04th, 2024There is the excitement of the going, the anticipation of arrival, and a purpose to be fulfilled. There is excitement in the coming back, the thought of sleeping in your own bed, of waking up in familiar surroundings. Nonetheless, more than 40 hours of travel, flights, train rides, bus rides, and climbs, are daunting at any age. In my case, that is a few weeks shy of age 75.
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Adams Plein Air Painter Alvin Ouellet Front Page
Ellipticals on View at Images Cinema in Williamstown
By: - Dec 03rd, 2024The Adams based plein art artist Alvin Oueliet is presenting Ellipticals, a suite of new paintings, at Images Cinema in Williamstown. There will be a reception for the artist on Wednesday, December 11.
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Remembering Alice Brock at 83 Front Page
High Times in the Berkshires
By: - Nov 22nd, 2024A long time Provincetown resident, artist and chef, Alice Brock, has died just days before Thanksgiving. In 2014 we reminisced about the fame game. She returned to the Berkshires to host a dinner at Dream Away Lodge. She described her cuisine as "heavy handed" which may well be a metaphor for her remarkable life.
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New Doris Duke Theatre Front Page
To Open This Summer at Jacob's Pillow
By: - Nov 20th, 2024Designed by the leading Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo, the reimagined Doris Duke Theatre occupies the site of the former studio theater from 1990, destroyed by fire in November 2020. The new theater aims to become one of the world’s most technologically advanced dance venues, providing a makerspace for artists seeking to integrate artificial intelligence, extended reality, robotics, and immersive platforms into live performance.
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Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver Front Page
January Opening at Rose Art Museum
By: - Nov 18th, 2024A pioneer of Surrealism, Carrington’s work crosses boundaries and mediums, embodying a boundless curiosity and unorthodox spirit that transcends the conventional. Born into a staid upper-middle-class Anglo-Irish family, Carrington would spend her life freeing herself from the gendered strictures imposed upon her.
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Provincetown Artist and Chef Sal Del Deo Front Page
Co-founded Ciro and Sal's
By: - Nov 15th, 2024We viewed the stunning 2017 retrospective “Salvatore Del Deo: A Storied History” at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis. In 2023, then 95, he was the subject of national news when there was an attempt to evict the renowned artist and chef from his historic summer Provincetown dune shack.
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Honoring Political Theater Front Page
Elysium- between two continents’ Erwin Piscator Awards
By: - Nov 12th, 2024Founded in 1983 by Gregorij von Leitis, Elysium—between two continents is an organization dedicated to combating hate, racism, and anti-Semitism through the transformative power of art.
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Theatre in the Berkshires Front Page
Annual Berkies Winners
By: - Nov 12th, 2024Once again, Pittsfield-based Barrington Stage Company (BSC) was the big winner of the evening with their productions of Next to Normal, La Cage Aux Folles, Primary Trust, and Boeing, Boeing taking home many top prizes. The Mac-Haydn Theatre, in Chatham, NY, tied with BSC artists in the categories of Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Direction of a Musical, and with artists from the Berkshire Theatre Festival for Outstanding Sound Design.
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Thornton Wilder's Our Town Front Page
Revival on Broadway
By: - Nov 10th, 2024Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town, which many consider it one of the great American plays – is getting a very good revival at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway.
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Same As It Ever Was Front Page
By: - Nov 10th, 2024n the morning after the election, I woke up to an America that is the “same as it ever was,” to borrow lyrics from The Talking Heads. I just didn’t realize what that “same” was. America had spoken, revealing its true self at this moment to me, and I am deeply saddened by what I heard.
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Gloucester Artists Gabrielle Barzaghi and Susan Erony Front Page
At Matthew Swift Gallery
By: - Nov 08th, 2024The Matthew Swift Gallery recently paired two of the leading contemporary Gloucester artists. There is compelling synergy though the artists are quite different. Gabrielle Barzaghi reflects on her family heritage with inventive mythology. The range of Susan Erony embraces the cosmos in minute detail. They breathe the salt air that has inspired generations of leading Cape Ann painters. They thrive in a community that has long been indifferent to the experiments of modernism.
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My Curious Years with Charles Henri Ford Front Page
The Autobiography of Indra Tamang
By: - Oct 31st, 2024My Curious Years with Charles Henri Ford is much more than a history of famous writers, artists and glamorous parties. At its heart, it is about Tamang’s own evolving role from a simple soul without a formal education and no knowledge of English, into a trusted member of the Ford family’s inner circle.
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Falcon Girls Front Page
Premiere at Yale Rep
By: - Oct 30th, 2024The play opens with the five-member team (one is an alternate), already a tight-knit bunch who have known each other forever. A new girl, Hilary, arrives and wants to be part of the team. The coach, Mr. K, decides she can be the second alternate; it is unlikely that she would ever be asked to substitute.
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Jersey Boys Front Page
ACT-CT in Ridgefield,
By: - Oct 29th, 2024The book – the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice is one of the things that sets it above many jukebox shows. Each of the original members of the group narrates a part of the story. This allows for different perspectives on the group’s history and personalities.
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Spectacular Gift to Clark Art Institute Front Page
311 Works of Art and Endoment for New Wing and Curator
By: - Oct 28th, 2024The 331 works of art in the gift include 132 paintings, 130 sculptures, thirty-nine drawings, and thirty decorative arts objects, creating an important addition to the Clark’s holdings. The entirety of the Tavitian gift will be on view when the new Aso O. Tavitian Wing opens. Following an introductory presentation at the time of the new wing’s opening, the works on paper included in the gift will be made available for study purposes and be presented in periodic displays. The majority of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts objects will be shown on a continual basis, both in the new Tavitian Wing and in the Clark’s permanent collection galleries.
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No Love Songs Front Page
Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre in Chester
By: - Oct 19th, 2024During the 80 minutes or so, we hear 11 songs. Most are duets between the two characters – Jessie and Lana. Jessie and Lana are fictionalized versions of Falconer and Wilde and their story. From the first meeting, when Lana goes to a bar and meets the older Jessie through a courtship of sorts, the birth of their son, and Jessie’s departure on a US tour with a band, where they are the backup/opening act.
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Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones Front Page
Now ar Ivoryton Playhouse
By: - Oct 15th, 2024The first act seemed to drag – this was the result of the overly slow development of the story by the playwright Kenneth Jones and the pacing by director Todd L. Underwood. The pacing needed to be picked up
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