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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When the Throne Becomes Unhinged Opinion
Up a Creek Without a Paddle
By: - Oct 01st, 2013Yet again there was an equipment failure with a toilet seat. On our behalf the installer, Roman, e mailed the manufacturer. No shit. The response was incredible. "Each unit is carefully crafted by master toilet seat carpenters in the mountain region of Kakaastan." But wait, it gets better.
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Debate on Global Warming Opinion
Greenhouse and Political Gas Emissions
By: - Sep 30th, 2013Heading into the fall season the atmosphere cools while political rhetoric heats up. There are pundits and conservatives who argue against global warming or state that it won't be bad. Our science correspondent argues with the assertions in M. D. Harmon’s piece “New Climate Change Report Rains on Computer Model.â€
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Anselm Kiefer at Mass MoCA for 15 Years Fine Arts
Building Developed with Hall Art Foundation
By: - Sep 27th, 2013In collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation a building dedicated to works by the German artist, Anselm Kiefer, will be on view at Mass MoCA for the next 15 years. Combined with the 25 year agreement for the Sol LeWitt building this greatly enhances the museum as America's foremost destination for contemporary art.
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Kai Althof Institute of Contemporary Art Fine Arts
Kai KeinRespekt (Kai No Respect)
By: - Sep 26th, 2013For his first ICA exhibition in 2005 former curator Nicholas Baume presented the German artist Kai Althoff in the exhibition Kai KeinRespekt (Kai No Respect). entering into this Gesamtkunstwerk (Total Work of Art) there was a sensation of being engulfed, overwhelmed and disoriented by a chaotic installation of drawings, paintings, photographs, clips from vintage magazines, listening stations to hear the artist’s recordings, monitors of videos, and piles of as well as a room of stuff. This review was first posted to Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Michael Brown at Mike Weiss Gallery in NYC Fine Arts
Schematics and Silhouettes
By: - Sep 25th, 2013Michael Brown presents a discourse about the machine, history, and nostalgia in his first solo exhibition at Mike Weiss Gallery. Employing both sculpture and drawing, Schematics and Silhouettes reexamines the relationship between the infinite and the self-contained, with a clear rhetoric pulled from America’s westward expansion, our industrial past, and the conceptual work of Buckminster Fuller.
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Dutch Artist and Photographer Erwin Olaf Fine Arts
Berlin: A City Between Worlds
By: - Sep 25th, 2013Dutch artist and photographer, Erwin Olaf, attempts to approach himself with personal definition with his series about the city, “A Homage to Berlin.†I tried to understand his artistic vision during a visit at Wagner + Partner, the institution in Berlin where Olaf’s exhibition is shown, by speaking with the artist. His photographs are timeless; they convey a simple message, and an unparalleled aesthetic.
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Lizbeth Krupp and the Rose Art Museum Fine Arts
Now chair of the Rose Art Museum's Board of Advisors
By: - Sep 25th, 2013Lizbeth Krupp, a leading patron of the arts and collector will serve a three-year term as volunteer leader of the Rose Art Mueum, home to one of New England's principal collections of modern and contemporary art.
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A.R.T & Moscow Art Theatre Schedule Theatre
Advanced Theater Training Productions for the 2013/14 Season.
By: - Sep 25th, 2013The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training announce the productions for the 2013/14 Season. From October 11 through May 30 in Cambridge, Mass.
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Russian Art at the Guggenheim 2005 Fine Arts
Russia! Nine Hundred Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections
By: - Sep 25th, 2013There were just 250 works to convey Russia! Nine Hundred Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections at the Guggenheim Museum. This exhibition was interesting in view of efforts to write a history of 19th century art and modernism that does not entirely focus on Paris. The highlight of the exhibition conveyed the brilliant but brief Great Utopia that emerged with the Russian Revolution until the rise of Stalin after the death of Lenin. This review of the 2005 exhibition was posted to Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Americans in Paris 1860-1900 Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2006
By: - Sep 25th, 2013Regular visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts were readily familiar with many of the works in the 2006 traveling exhibition Americans in Paris 1860-1900. Its renowned permanent collection was augmented with loans of masterpieces including Whistler's Mother and Madame X by Sargent. This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Mill on the Floss a Berkshire Landmark Food
Offering Fine Dining for 40 Years
By: - Sep 24th, 2013For a special occasion we dined in the 200-year-old former grist mill in New Ashford on Route 7 between Pittsfield and Williamstown.. For the past 40 years the Champagne family has offered fine dining in the gracious and atmospheric Mill on the Floss. If you stick with the $30 prix fixe menu it's a Best of the Berkshires.
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Berkshire Photographer Benno Friedman Photography
From Wet to Dry
By: - Sep 24th, 2013Since the 1960s when we met at Brandeis University I have followed the work of photographer Benno Friedman. We now live on opposite ends of the Berkshires. Some time back, as first reported in Maverick Arts Magazine, we met for a studio visit and dialogue. I showed his work at the New England School of Art and Design.
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Trash Talk with Sophia Ainslie Fine Arts
Installations from Recycled Materials
By: - Sep 24th, 2013After work at New England School or Art & Design we slipped into a booth for a beer and burger with colleague Sophia Ainslie. The South African born artist discussed installations involving bales of recycled materials. We later arranged to have them become a part of an exhibition I co curated in 2004 with Arthur Birkland. This reported is reposted from 2005 in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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14 Stations by Robert Wilson Fine Arts
Passionm Play from Oberammergau to Mass MoCA
By: - Sep 24th, 2013Some five years previously, Robert Wilson explained, he had been approached by the mayor of Oberammergau, a community of 5,000 that has been presenting a Passion Play, every ten years, since 1634. The resultant 14 Stations were reinstalled at Mass MoCA in 2001 where they remained on view for a year. This report is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Francois Gilot 1940-1950 Fine Arts
Exhibition at Boston College
By: - Sep 24th, 2013In September 2000 the Mullen Museum of Boston College exhibited "Francois Gilot 1940-1950." While living with Pablo Picasso she started painting in 1939. The work is of little consequence other than her influence by and relationship with Picasso. For the occasion she gave a sold out lecture at the college. This report appeared in Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Robert Rauschenberg Combines Fine Arts
Metropolitan Musseum of Art
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013The Combines of Robert Rauschenberg, as presented in this traveling exhibition., were among the most powerful and influential works of his generation. This articles is reported from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Venus of Willendorf Word
Poem Inspired by Vienna Viewing
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013While in Vienna Astrid Hiemer viewed the Venus of Willendorf. It inspired the poem reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Encountering Native New Yorkers Fine Arts
An Ongoing Vision Quest
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013As research for the exhibition Native New Yorkers we interviewed artists, a curator and collector. We found that questions led every deeper into a richly diverse and little understood field of contemporary art. The article is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Narrative Realist Damien Loeb Fine Arts
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013Damien Loeb is a self taught narrative realist painter who grew up in Connecticut and now lives in New York. He participated in group of Homecoming exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. This review is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine in 2006.
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Maya Lin Beyond Vietnam Memorial Architecture
Lecture at Harvard University
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013As a student Maya Lin entered and won the competition to design the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. She has had a major career as an architect and artist since then. This report on a 2005 lecture at Harvard University is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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DeCordova Annual 2005 Fine Arts
Overview of Art in New England
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013The 2005 DeCordova Annual Exhibition included: Jean Blackburn, Lalla A. Essaydi, Milan Klic, Michael Lewy, Sally Moore, Laurie Sloan, Barbara Takenaga, Nao Tomii, Nadya Volicer, Mark Wethli. Reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Karen Finley and Cynthia VonBuhler Perform Fine Arts
Honey Not Yams This Time
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013Before packing off to New York Cynthia Von Buhler led the avant-garde in Boston. Allston actually where opening out of her Castle she organized exhibitions and events while not pursuing a successful career as an artist/ illustrator. This 2001 article for Maverick Arts reports on Von Buhler fronting a rock band and opening for performance artist Karen Finley.
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Realist Collection for the Museum of Fine Arts Fine Arts
A Singular Vision: The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy
By: - Sep 23rd, 2013In 2003 the Museum of Fine Arts unveiled a major acquisition of European and American figurative/ realism paintings ans sculptures A Singular Vision: The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy. This report is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Studio Visit with Duane Slick Fine Arts
RISD Faculty Member
By: - Sep 22nd, 2013As a part of ongoing research of Native American artists we visited the studio of Duane Slick. He is a member of the faculty of the renowned Rhode Island School of Art & Design. This report was posted to Maverick Arts Magazine in 2006.
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The Gates in Central Park Fine Arts
Project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
By: - Sep 22nd, 2013For the unique opportunity to view The Gates project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude we made a round trip bus visit to New York. At the end of the day we were exhausted but exhilarated. This reort is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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