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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Frozen Enchants Little Girls Front Page
Adults Not So Much
By: - Feb 18th, 2026Problems begin with the work itself. Frozen does not feature the best music or lyrics. Many of the songs are ho-hum. The story makes the plot of The Little Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast Pulitzer Prize eligible. The music and lyrics don’t elevate the story.
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Masiko Kamiya's Vessels Front Page
At Gallery NAGA
By: - Feb 18th, 2026In this recent series of paintings, Kamiya offers a profound visual translation of the physical self, deeply rooted in her personal experience with bilateral hip dysplasia. As this ailment has grown more acute, her focus has shifted toward a search for dependable balance within the asymmetrical relationship.
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Alexander Calder: The Nature of Movement Front Page
Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota., Florida
By: - Feb 16th, 2026After lunch, my father and I followed Calder down a short path that led to the high-ceilinged studio. which sat on a plateau where the “vultures” I’d noticed from afar, came into view as a flock of stabiles. They were mostly black, a few red, enormous and, despite their stationary nature, seemed as if they were poised to take off at any minute.
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10 x 10 at Barrington Stage Front Page
Brightening Winter Gloom
By: - Feb 16th, 2026With a cast of Barrington Stage Company favorites, BSC presents 10 fast-paced plays full of drama, comedy, wit, and irreverence, in its annual 10x10 New Play Festival, the cornerstone of Pittsfield’s Upstreet Winter Arts Festival. Now in its fifteenth year, 10x10 will run for five weeks, from February 12 through March 15, on the St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center in Downtown Pittsfield. Get tickets now as this usually sells out.
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ICA Director Sue Thurman Front Page
Thriving on Newbury Street
By: - Feb 13th, 2026From its inception in 1936, the Institute of Contemporary Art has endured a daunting existential struggle. As late as 1971 the Museum of Fine Arts appointed a part time curator of contemporary art. Lack of interest for modern and contemporary art resulted in a community which did not significantly support institutions, collectors, galleries and artists. The story of the ICA represents the struggle to overcome that indifference. Relocated to Newbury Street, it thrived from 1963-1968 under director Sue Thurman.
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Programming Joy Front Page
Cultural Strategy in an Age of Exhaustion
By: - Feb 12th, 2026I keep returning to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance. Few global artists have been as scrutinized and politicized as he has. His communities remain persistently endangered, and his homeland exists within the long, uneasy tensions of American territorial power. By every expectation of protest performance, that stage could have been a site of fury, a reckoning, an indictment, a civic interrogation broadcast to the largest audience on earth.
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My Funny Valentine Word
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Dishwasher Dialogues, Dracula and the Iron Curtain Front Page
Operation Jungle Book
By: - Feb 11th, 2026If I had been arrested, I would have given up your name in a heartbeat. Even if they didn’t ask me.
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Cultivating Your Inner Healer Front Page
The Power of Qi
By: - Feb 10th, 2026You have the power to cultivate and direct your chi for healing purposes. This isn’t about magic or mysticism; it’s about harnessing the body’s inherent capacity for self-regulation and tapping into a powerful energy source
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New Home for Sarasota Players Front Page
Reaching Its Centennial
By: - Feb 09th, 2026As it prepares to open a new home in Payne Park Auditorium later this year, the Sarasota Players is putting a renewed focus on the shows it stages and reconnecting with the community that has helped it near a centennial celebration.
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2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Front Page
The Look
By: - Feb 09th, 2026The “Look” of the 2026 Games succeeds at what should be its elemental function — the connection of beauty, athleticism, celebration, and memory.
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Dishwasher Dialogues Latrine Duty with Edgar Allan Poe Front Page
Quoth the Raven
By: - Feb 05th, 2026We could eat anything on the menu. Nothing was held back from us. Whatever we wanted. Except for the ‘chitlins’ which as far I remember none of us was capable of eating.
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Keith Lockhart and Boston Pops Front Page
Spring Schedule
By: - Feb 05th, 2026This season of Pops presents a lineup of today’s most compelling stars from a range of musical traditions, including Jon Batiste, Ray Chen, Jacob Collier, Ben Folds, Pink Martini, Leslie Odom, Jr., and St. Vincent join the Pops for solo performances. Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane perform a special Miles Davis and John Coltrane Centennial tribute, accompanied by a jazz ensemble.
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Sónia Almeida: Stages Front Page
At the Clark Art Institute
By: - Feb 03rd, 2026The Clark Art Institute continues its art in public spaces program in 2026 with a year-long installation presenting the work of artist Sónia Almeida (b. 1978, Lisbon; lives and works in Boston).
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Paul Simon ar Tanglewood Front Page
His Berkshires Debut
By: - Feb 03rd, 2026Paul Simon, one of the most celebrated and beloved singer-songwriters of all time, is set to make his Tanglewood debut this summer as part of the festival’s Popular Artist Series. The 16-time GRAMMY® Award winner and two-time Rock & Rock Hall of Fame inductee brings his highly acclaimed “A Quiet Celebration” tour to the Koussevitzky Music Shed on Saturday, June 27, at 7:30 p.m.
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The Cottage Front Page
Hartford Stage
By: - Feb 02nd, 2026Admittedly, many in the audience laughed heartily at the antics of the characters. You may also. But if you were expecting sophistication, you will be disappointed.
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Jodi Colella at Boston Sculptors Front Page
Dangerously Close to Home
By: - Jan 30th, 2026Jodi Colella’s rag rugs, lace doilies, and decorative hand towels flaunt quirky sayings lifted from a century’s old word game. Recontextualizing period phrases to capture the language of 21st century culture, Colella reflects today’s coded patterns of speech and cleverly bypasses polite norms.
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Tanglewood 2026 Front Page
Music in the Berkshires
By: - Jan 29th, 2026Tanglewood—the famed music and learning campus and summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)—announces details of its 2026 season, opening in late June and continuing to Labor Day weekend.
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Dishwasher Dialogues Folly and Madness in Theatre Front Page
Blacck to Black
By: - Jan 29th, 2026Given its experimental nature, Black to Black had quite a run after Edinburgh, in a variety of different spaces and theatres in Paris; and then special invitations to festivals in Switzerland and Lyon. Then, along with One Day in May, it was eventually published in Toronto in a Canadian Playwright series.
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Esther Bell New Clark Director Front Page
Assumes Position in July
By: - Jan 29th, 2026The Board unanimously elected Esther Bell to the position following an extensive international search. Bell will be the first woman in the Clark’s seventy-year history to serve as its director. She succeeds Olivier Meslay, who announced last September that he would be leaving the Clark and returning to his native France in 2026.
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Barrington Stage Update Front Page
Four PLays Added
By: - Jan 28th, 2026Barrington Stage Company announces four titles for the theater’s 2026 season, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning modern classics, one of the greatest theatrical farces ever written, and a world premiere play. More productions, concerts, and cabarets will be announced soon.
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Snow Angels Front Page
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The Effortless Path Front Page
Tree Is Not Trying To Be a Tree It Just Is
By: - Jan 27th, 2026The busybody spirit, constantly attempting to engineer a better outcome or a superior version of one’s being, traps the consciousness in a cycle of tension and insufficiency. This inherent judgment, this constant striving against the current reality, is what consumes our time and energy, diverting us from the deep, undisturbed reservoir of our original nature
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Fresh Grass and Williamstown Theatre Festival Front Page
Cancel 2026 Season
By: - Jan 26th, 2026First Williamstown Theatre Festival and now MASS MoCA's Fresh Grass have cancelled their 2026 seasons.
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Marjorie Prime Front Page
New York's Helen Hayes Theatre
By: - Jan 23rd, 2026What struck me after seeing the incredibly acted production of Marjorie Prime at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York City was that these two plays (Your Name Means Dream was the other) use AI to provide companionship to elderly people.
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