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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Streetcleaner Word
When the Wind Blows
By: - Nov 11th, 2014On a streetcorner in Rome, waiting to cross, Dad and I encounted Italian labor. It explains why nothing gets done.
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Barge Word
Sketching Alfresco
By: - Nov 11th, 2014While we explored the sites Dad would take his sketch pad and wander off. In Venice that led to a chance adventure.
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Abstract Expressionist Arshile Gorky Fine Arts
Exploring Boston/ Watertown Armenian Heritage
By: - Nov 11th, 2014Arshile Gorky painted several portraits of himself with his mother. They were based on a precious photograph. She died during the Armenian Genocide. The child emigrated to America and grew up in the Boston/ Watertown Armenian community. The artist, Martin Mugar, discusses family tradition and his Armenian heritage as it relates to the early years and art education of the seminal abstract expressionist.
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Lilli Taylor and Nick Flynn Film
Lunch Chat at Williams Inn
By: - Nov 10th, 2014During the recent Williamstown Film Festival Diane Pearlman and Berkshire Film & Media Collaborative hosted a lunch at the Williams Inn. It featured independent film star, Lilli Taylor, and her husband, Nick Flynn, a poet, essayist and author of three books of memoirs. Williams College professor, Jim Shepard, led the dialogue.
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Tony’s Sombrero: Mexican Restaurant Food
Ersatz Burrito in Williamstown
By: - Nov 10th, 2014A quick burrito at Tony's Sombrero before a movie in Williamstown seemed like a great idea. Wrong. What an utter disaster. Particularly returning from several weeks of authentic Mexican food in the Southwest.
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Like Sunday, Like Rain by Frank Whaley Film
Breakout at Williamstown Film Festival
By: - Nov 10th, 2014Actor/ writer/ director Frank Whaley took seven years to develop Like Sunday, Like Rain. Screened on Sunday morning at the annual Williamstown Film Festival it proved to be the diamond in the rough, small and gleaming gem that scored big time with an appreciative audience. In this case the best film of the festival was saved for last.
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Tony Gilroy Master of Suspense Film
Bourne Creator at Mass Moca/ WFF
By: - Nov 08th, 2014In a two hour presentation of clips from Bourne, his and other classic suspense films, Tony Gilroy presented a master’s class on state of the art filmmaking for an enthralled audience at the Hunter Center of Mass MoCA. The event which was hosted by artistic director, Steve Lawson, with the artist Stephen Hannock, an Oscar winner, as discussant, was a highlight of the 16th annual Williamstown Film Festival.
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Match with Patrick Stewart Film
Stephen Belber Film at WFF
By: - Nov 07th, 2014In transferring his 2005 Tony nominated play Match to screen Stephen Belber has created a dense, tight, indeed, claustraphobic film. Initially there are long shots but in the equivalence of the second act, a turning point in the drama, the camera zooms in on the iconic face of the magnificent Sir Patrick Stewart launching into a new dimension of one of his finest performances.
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Kings of the New City Film
WFF World Premiere Wins Reeve Award
By: - Nov 07th, 2014While an undergraduate at Williams College Nick Pugliese majored in philosophy and political science. He was also on the soccer team. During the Williamstown Film Festival he and Noah Schechter screened the twenty minute film King of the New City which was shot during some 18 months of living and playing soccer in Afghanistan. It's a corker. The film won the annual Christopher and Dana Reeve Award for best short film. The last two winners went on to win Oscars.
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Williamstown Film Festival 2014 Film
Project Screenplay
By: - Nov 06th, 2014The 16th annual Williamstown Film Festival was launched with a hilarious contest last night and runs through this sindey afternoon. The festival is special for both its local, grass roots feeling as well as a lively mix of Indy and big time Hollywood productions and stars.
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Framing the Rose Fine Arts
De Gustibus
By: - Nov 06th, 2014When not installing exhibitions Rose Art Museum preparator, the artist Roger Kizik, was encouraged by director Carl Belz and then Joe Ketner to design and create hand crafted frames for singular works in the collection. One of the most successful of these was for a painting from Marsden Hartley's German series. While viewing the Hartley exhibition at the LA Couunty Museum of Art we were furious to find the painting reframed generically. Kizik responds to this issue.
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Cure Word
Daily Dose
By: - Nov 06th, 2014They say that a bit of daily whiskey is good for the heart.
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Solstice Word
Sock Talk
By: - Nov 06th, 2014We in New England are enchanted by the dramatic daily nuances of transition from fall to winter. But I have a more personal way of marking the changes of season.
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November Word
Red Tide
By: - Nov 05th, 2014Red tide. Morning after post election hangover. America signed, sealed delivered by megarich creeps. Screw the frigging Holidays.
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Marsden Hartley: The German Paintings 1913 to 1915 Fine Arts
LA County Museum of Art to November 30
By: - Nov 05th, 2014Arriving in Paris in 1912, Marsden Hartley, then 35, met two German officers and joined them in Berlin. From 1913 to 1915, and his return to the States, Hartley created a brilliant series of works inspired by and on equal footing with Europe's leading modernists. These works are now on view at the LA County Museum of Art.
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Arizona Biltmore a Phoenix Landmark Architecture
Wright Accents to Albert Chase McArthur Design
By: - Nov 04th, 2014When it opened at the edge of Phoenix in 1929 the Arizona Biltmore was isolated in a dessert environment. The city has grown around it with a now upscale community. The hotel has gone through different owners, fire, remodeling and renovation . It still retains the aura of Frank Lloyd Wright who was a consutlant to the architect of record Charles McArthur. It remains a landmark for scholar and appeciators of classic American luxury resort design.
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Taliesin West Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright in Arizona
By: - Nov 03rd, 2014From 1928 and the Biltmore, to the founding of Taliesin West in 1937 until his death at 91 in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright created fifty designs for Arizona. About half were built which is consistent with the average of his career. Recently we spent time exploring projects by the greatest American architect of his generation. There is an ongoing financial struggle for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to preserve his remarkable legacy.
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LA Museums Fine Arts
A Week on the Run
By: - Oct 31st, 2014Enduring fits of road rage during a week in LA we made daily visits to great museums. This is an initial report which will continue.
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Shadows Fine Arts
Warhol at LA Moca through February 2
By: - Oct 30th, 2014Edge to edge LA MoCA is showing the 102 silk screen paintings comprising Andy Warhol's 1978-79 series Shadows. Viewing this dense installation, on view through February 2, entailed no heavy lifting. Andy called the series "Disco Decor."
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Movie Stars Word
From Here to There
By: - Oct 30th, 2014The rich and famous live in LaLa Land. Expressways are the equalizer. They drive like Kamikazes on the freeways.
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Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison Fine Arts
Heard Museum Phoenix to January 12
By: - Oct 28th, 2014The Modern Spirit: The Arts of George Morrison is a five venue traveling exhibition which is on view at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona through January 12. Morrison (1919-2000) left the Chippewa people of Lake Superior to study at the Arts Student League in 1943. He enjoyed success in New York with numerous gallery and national museum exhibitions. In 1970 he returned to teach in Minnesota where he primarily lived and worked for the remainder of his life. As an abstract artist Morrison defies narrow definitions of American Indian Art. His life and work did much to expand that.
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Martha Chokely Word
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Hollywood Word
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Double Rhythm Writings about Painting Fine Arts
Jean Helion Collected with an Introduction by Deborah Rosenthal
By: - Oct 27th, 2014The notion of the hermeneutical way of thinking is evident throughout Helion’s writings. One intriguing essay tries to untangle the origins of Abstraction’s roots in Seurat and Cezanne. Who was more important in influencing Abstraction? Helion comes down on the side of Seurat. Cezanne, he feels, is still attached to the real space of objects and is more Janus-like looking backward as well as forward. Seurat’s work lends itself to further reduction, which is crucial to abstraction.
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St. Germain's Freud's Last Session Theatre
At North Coast Rep Theatre in California
By: - Oct 25th, 2014Since its premiere at Barrington Stage in the Berkshires Freud's Last Session by Mark St. Germain has been produced all over the world. He was recently in Oslo for a production of his enormously popular play. Jack Lyons reviews a California production at North Coast Rep Theatre through November 9.
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