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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Bang Word
When the Lights Go Out.
By: - Nov 25th, 2014Cosmic conversations over lunches with Bruce Duchomel and Larry Murray inspired these terse lines. While still expanding from the Big Bang seen another way the universe is finite. What happens when all the stars burn out and the universe goes dark?
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Jaeschkes Apple Orchard Word
Famous Florida Mountain Turnip
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014At the base of Mt. Greylock in Adams is Jaeschkes Apple Orchard. Just a short distance from us I drove over for their famous Florida Mountain Turnip. It's a huge job to hack them up. But real sweet and special. Now and then they sell them cubed. But you have to ask, no insist. It's a festive dish I am bringing to Thanksgiving dinner this week.
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Trip Diary Word
On the Road with Stuart Davis
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014Because of the terse, tight, short sentence poems of Charles Giuliano friends suggest sources. There are parralels to the Word Poets according to Robert and another mentor advises reading William Carlos Williams. Pat Hills sent along diary entries by the artist Stuart Davis (December 7, 1892 – June 24, 1964). Yes. Good get.
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Simeon Bruner on Mass MoCA Architecture
Pioneer of Reuse Architecture.
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014During the recent press conference to announce plans for Phase Three of the development of the Mass MoCA campus we met with the museum’s chief architect Simeon Bruner. In addition to his ideas for the design of building six we discussed the approach of reuse architecture of which he and his firm Bruner/ Cott have been pioneers.
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Vintage Word
The Rarest French Wine
By: - Nov 22nd, 2014A Berkshires Christmas Eve on Mt. Shango. Experiencing two rare bottles of 1940s French wine.
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Moosh Magique Word
Berkshire Tripping
By: - Nov 22nd, 2014Through the bitter cold Berkshire night the spirit of Moosh Magique danced in the hearth. La vida loca.
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Poem for My Birthday Word
Levitation
By: - Nov 21st, 2014Days separate the births of Jane Hudson and Charles Giuliano. For many years they celebrated when she roasted a duck.
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James Turrell at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
Light Years for Planned Installation
By: - Nov 21st, 2014James Turrell is best known for developing Roden Crater in Arizona as an epic scaled celestial observatory and light work. The project is incomplete and not accessible to visitors. But it is the heart and soul of work that is world renowned. In 2013 there was a touring retrospective of his work. The approximate scale of that exhibition, some 32,000 square feet, will be used for a 25-year-long Turrell installation at Mass MoCA.
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Irish Sport Pages Word
Here Today Gonzo Tomorrow
By: - Nov 20th, 2014A blip on the radar screen of infinty. Then what?
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Laurie Anderson’s Mass MoCA Project Fine Arts
Part of Phase Three Museum Expansion
By: - Nov 20th, 2014Mass MoCA a kunsthalle or non collecting museum established a new paradigm when it opened 25-year-long, large scale installations of works by Sol LeWitt and Anselm Kiefer. Now six more A list artists are planned including space for multi media performance artist Laurie Anderson. During the recent media event to announce these ambitious projects we spoke with Anderson about her ongoing relationship with MoCA and the Berkshires.
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Thanksgiving Word
1940s When the Boys Came Home
By: - Nov 20th, 2014Recalling childhood Thanksgiving with Flynn grandparents. Rambling old house where he was waked in the living room. Long since razed for generic apartjment building. When holidays were a time for warmth and wonder with family.
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PBS Fall Winter Primetime Schedule Television
Tony Winner Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall
By: - Nov 20th, 2014PBS revealed today its full primetime schedule for the 2015 winter/spring season along with key talent appearing at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, taking place this January in Pasadena, CA. PBS will host two days of press conferences featuring Damian Lewis, who plays Henry VIII in MASTERPIECE’s “Wolf Hall,†starring Tony-Award winner Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell; Rory Kennedy, director and producer for LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; Nicholas Kristof for A PATH APPEARS; Phylicia Rashad for AMERICAN MASTERS “August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Standâ€; Misty Copeland for AMERICAN MASTERS “American Ballet Theatre at 75 (w.t.)â€; Ricky Jay for AMERICAN MASTERS “Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practiceâ€; Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson for MASTERPIECE’s “Poldarkâ€; and other names to be announced.
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Tom Reney's 30 Years as WFCR Jazz DJ Music
NEPR Endowment for Continued Jazz Programming
By: - Nov 20th, 2014Jazz à la Mode has been a staple of WFCR-FM’s offerings –and Tom Reney its only host-- since the station’s inception of jazz programming in 1984. The NPR affiliate, which operates under the aegis of New England Public Radio, recently relocated from the environs of Reney’s alma mater, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, to become part of the downtown Springfield scene.
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Mass MoCA Launches Confluence Campaign Fine Arts
Some $13.56 of $30 Million Matched to States $25.4 Million
By: - Nov 18th, 2014Yesterday's lively press conference at Mass MoCA, announcing the $54.4 million Confluence Campaign, was preempted by a news leak of an embargoed press release by Geoff Edgers of the Washington Post. While that story provided a tantalizing overview the press conference covered many of the complex and exciting details. This updates our prior reports with more to follow.
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Words Matter Opinion
The Value of Education
By: - Nov 16th, 2014People who make money are successful. They are sometimes well educated, and sometimes not, but they are smart. They are smart enough to be successful in the way most of us value success.
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Mass MoCA’s Phase Three Renovations Fine Arts
Major Artists Chosen for Long-term Installations
By: - Nov 16th, 2014On November 17 Mass MoCA announces plans for the renovation and programming of 130,000 square feet of industrial space as the final phase of development for its North Adams campus. Planned to open in 2016 the museum must match a state grant for $25.4 million. Works from the estates of Robert Rauchenberg and Louise Bourgeoise will be on view in addition to installations by Laurie Anderson, Jenny Holzer, James Turrell and Gunnar Schoenbeck.
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Coney Island Word
Riding the Ambulance
By: - Nov 16th, 2014An intern on call round the clock Mom took naps in her uniform. When the bell rang there were minutes to hop in the ambulance. At Coney Island Hospital she saw it all from drowning victims to mob hits.
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Sicilian Doctor Word
An Offer He Refused
By: - Nov 16th, 2014As a young Sicilian doctor in Brooklyn he might have become a made man. Late at night he refused.
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Gypsy Word
Delivered but Didn't Collect
By: - Nov 16th, 2014During the Great Depression now and then Dad made house calls. Like delivering a Gypsy baby in a Brooklyn storefront.
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Undocumented Word
Seizing the American Dream
By: - Nov 15th, 2014The Republicans are outraged. With executive power Obama is spoiling the well. Cutting a deal for millions of the undocumented. Like my Sicilian grandfather Andrea. His nine children, including my father, were born as American citizens. Now others will have that opportunity.
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Water & Earth : A Call to Protect Fragile Ecosystems Fine Arts
At Gallery 51 in North Adams, MA
By: - Nov 15th, 2014The exhibition's curators, Julia Morgan-Leamon and Sarah Sutro, have brought together ten national and international artists, who are committed in their work to affect the environment and preserve our ecology by producing works that are mindful and attempt to encourage the visitor to live with care. The individual works are beautifully made and thoughtfully presented. It is a cohesive exhibition, well worth seeing - at Gallery 51, North Adams, MA, until November 30th, open daily from 10 am to 6 pm.
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The Getty Center Cost $1.3 Billion Fine Arts
Destination for 1.3 Million Annual Visitors
By: - Nov 14th, 2014Recently we were among the 1.3 million annual visitors to the Getty Center in California. The Richard Meier designed complex opened in 1997 at a cost of some $1.3 billion. While spectacular in scale and cliff top site the museum is oddly generic displaying a thin permanent collection with a handful of very expensive acquisitions through some curatorial hanky panky.
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Three Current Films Film
Gone Girl, St. Vincent and CitizenFour
By: - Nov 14th, 2014In today’s world of $100 and $200 million dollar budgets, filmmakers only get one or maybe two shots at it. Thus, the “safe†and less risky films are what’s being produced and screened. It’s a “Hobson’s Choice†dilemma.
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Disruptive Innovation Word
God as a California Genius with a Garage Band
By: - Nov 14th, 2014The Poet Laureate of Martha's Vineyard and distinguished journalist Arnie Reisman takes a fresh look at the muth of Creation. In this take God is a California genius with a garage band including Adam on guitar, Eve for vocals and the Snake on drums.
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Tanglewood 2015 Music
Let the Games Begin
By: - Nov 13th, 2014Here is the run down on the 2015 Tanglewood Season. Clip and save.
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