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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Chicken Little Word
When the Sky Really Is Falling
By: - Dec 31st, 2015Given the current rate of environmental disasters, a litmus of worse to come, how long do you give for life on earth?
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33rd Annual Re-Rooters Day Ceremony Word
Created by Provincetown Artist Jay Critchley
By: - Dec 30th, 2015The brilliant conceptual art of Provincetown's Jay Critchley focuses on ecology, healing and recycling. An exquisite example of his social sculpture is the upcoming 33rd Annual Re-Rooters Day Ceremony. As always it will be performed on the beach with a tree Valhalla on January 7. There will be traditional incantations, chanting, blessings and libations. A thermos of hot chocolate is strongly recommended.
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Hell's Angels Word
While Bikers Dream
By: - Dec 29th, 2015When sleeping even Hell's Angels appear innocent and benign.
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Illinois Jacquet Music
Sweet Nights at Lulu White's
By: - Dec 29th, 2015Born Jean Baptiste Jacquet then dubbed Illinois he became famous for a solo on Flying Home with the Lionel Hampton Band. He was just a teenager at the time. He went on to be one of the great stars of the big band and bop era.
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Pop Art Design in Chicago Front Page
Museum of Contemporary Art Through March 27
By: - Dec 29th, 2015The new Pop Art Design exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art pairs 150 art works and design objects in an exhibit that sparkles with wit and irreverence. And it reminds you of how Andy Warhol's "Campbell soup can art" was first received with ridicule...by non-connoisseurs. That was just about the time that the elite collectors woke up and began buying Warhols.
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Abstract Artist Ellsworth Kelly at 92 Front Page
Graduate of Boston's Museum School
By: - Dec 28th, 2015In 2013 we interviewed abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly during an exhibition of his relief series in wood at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. A graduate of the Museum School he maintained close times with the city and its museum. He passed away yesterday at his home in Spencertown, New York.
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Muddy Waters Music
Mississippi Goddam
By: - Dec 27th, 2015Muddy picked it up from Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues, and Son House who we saw once dazed and confused at Newport. Muddy came out, joined in, and gently walked him off. That was like him and what we most remember. The Mojo Man had heart and soul.
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Lobster Thermidor for British Christmas Front Page
Made Me Green with Envy
By: - Dec 26th, 2015Britain's Jane Baker was among the artists living near South Station back in the day. She was an incredible fashion designer. Jane created a complete set of outfits to go on a cruise with the legendary Oona Tropicana who was rumored to be mobbed up. During a recent holiday chin wag she revealed that she served lobster thermidor to her extended family for Christmas. That made me bonkers with envy.
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Paul Goldberger on Frank Gehry Front Page
Book by Former NY Times Critic
By: - Dec 26th, 2015This is Paul Goldberger's eighth book, but his first on an individual architect. I had a chance to review his book and interview him recently. Goldberger spent 4.5 years and many hours in conversation with Gehry and his clients and colleagues in writing the book, published last month by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Black Ensemble Theater's Dynamite Divas Front Page
Soul Music in the Windy City
By: - Dec 26th, 2015Dynamite Divas features appearances (via Mr. Maurice's "Assimilator") by soul singers of the past such as Nina Simone (performing "Mississippi Goddam" and "Young, Gifted and Black"), Dinah Washington ("This Bitter Earth"), and film excerpts of sensational older divas. There's even a cameo by a Beyonce impersonator, asking "Why Not Me?"
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Solstice Word
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Day After Christmas Word
Return to Normalcy
By: - Dec 26th, 2015If only the peace, joy and fellowship of Christmas could last all year. A day after feasting and celebration the world returns to business as usual. Now is the winter of our discontent.
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Peter Wolf Word
Blues in Harvard Square
By: - Dec 25th, 2015Harvard Square's rock legend, Peter Wolf, started with The Hallucinations while moonlighting as WBCN's first rock DJ. He quit to join the J Geils Band which cut a bunch of sides and some classic hits. That was long ago when rock was young.
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Athena LaTocha: Curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Front Page
Exhibition at CUE Art Foundation in Chelsea
By: - Dec 25th, 2015CUE Art Foundation presents a solo exhibition of new work by Athena LaTocha, which has been curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. The show features a large-scale immersive installation of an ink-wash drawing by LaTocha that spans the entire length of the gallery. While the work depicts a landscape, its more abstract elements leave the viewer to decipher what they see.
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Bridges of Madison County Front Page
LA's The Ahmanson Theatre
By: - Dec 25th, 2015The musical Bridges of Madison Country premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. It moved to Broadway for a successful run. Now it is being produced by regional companies. Jack Lyons reviews a production at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Dad Cooked Word
In the Kitchen on Christmas Eve
By: - Dec 24th, 2015During the Holidays Dad gave the gift of food. His spicy Sicilians dishes were not always appreciated by our Irish cousins the Sullivans.
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Once Upon A Mattress an Off Broadway Gem Front Page
NY's Transport Group Theatre Company
By: - Dec 24th, 2015For a small play, on a small stage, in a relatively small theatre of 335 seats, with a ticket price one third that of Broadway, and 20 actors singing and dancing their hearts out, all backed by a 14 piece orchestra, a rarity both On and Off Broadway, Once Upon A Matress, is the best bang for your buck in the city.
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Berkshire Christmas Word
Tanglewood Shed Shuttered Until Summer
By: - Dec 24th, 2015Hey Charles- I like that! With my white beard and ample belly, I could join the club with you and Santa. Below is one of a long line of my holiday poems, first written in 2005 and updated this year. Merry Christmas!
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The Christians at Mark Taper Forum Front Page
To Hell in a Handbasket
By: - Dec 23rd, 2015“The Christians” revolve around a charismatic and highly successful Pastor Paul (an absolutely mesmerizing Andrew Garman) of a Christian congregation who suddenly announces during his Sunday homily that he has had a change of heart concerning the Bible’s representation of the place known as “Hell”. In fact, he claims there is no such place.
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Christmas Memories Front Page
Chinese Food and a Movie
By: - Dec 23rd, 2015Our Boston correspondent Mark Favermann grew up in the south and attended Washington and Lee. In his community Jews were definitely a minority. So his Christmas experience was quite different from that of friends and classmates.
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Peabody Essex Museum's Mellon Foundation Grant Front Page
Supports Native American Fellowships
By: - Dec 22nd, 2015The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will allow the museum to expand and strengthen its Native American Fellowship program.
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Visiting Santa Word
No Snow in the Berkshires
By: - Dec 22nd, 2015It's a few days before Christmas in the Berkshires. In all of December not a flake of snow. Predicted to hit 70 on Christmas day. Yikes, Global Warming is really mucked up. How will Santa land his sled? Kids are getting worried. On behalf of children of all ages I visited Santa for a reassuring chin wag.
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Julia Child Word
America's Original Top Chef
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Julia Child was a neighbor in Cambridge. Her butcher, Jack Savenor, was my landlord. During the 1960s her PBS show, The French Chef, introduced Americans to fine dining. At six feet she towered over gourmet kitchens.
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Winter's Tale Word
Ancient Secrets
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Secrets dancing in the flames through the dead of winter.
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Madam Bricktop Word
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, Madam.
By: - Dec 20th, 2015Ancient and elegant, tall and slender Madam Bricktop, hostess of the Lost Generation, slowly and with measured grace sang Miss Otis Regrets. Cloe Porter wrote it for her. Then in her 80's it was a memorable night at Lulu White's in Boston's South End.
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