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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Yale University Art Gallery Reopens Fine Arts
America's Oldest University Art Museum
By: - Jan 12th, 2013Anchoring the gallery at one end is the sleek concrete and glass Kahn Gallery (1953), a landmark space envisioned by Yale’s one-time dean of the School of Architecture. Its north-facing, street-level window complex tempts the passer-by with glimpses of the treasures contained there-in.
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10×10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Theatre
Pittsfield Winter Festival February 14 to 24
By: - Jan 11th, 2013The 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival returns to downtown Pittsfield for the second year from February 14-24, 2013, and features music, theatre, dance, film, visual art, spoken word, comedy and more, including BSC’s 10×10 New Play Festival.
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Check Mate Screened at Palm Springs Festival Film
Dominian Republic's Writer/ Director Jose Maria Cabral
By: - Jan 11th, 2013Film writer/director Jose Maria Cabral has cracked the code on how to get your first feature length film accepted at the third largest film festival in North America, and he is only twenty-four years old. No, he hasn’t a powerful relative in the movie industry.
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Defiant Requiem at Palm Springs Film Festival Film
Holcaust Themed Documentary by Doug Schultz
By: - Jan 11th, 2013“Defiant Requiemâ€, currently screening at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), is a powerful and emotional documentary by Doug Shultz that honors the Prisoners of Terezin (the infamous Nazi concentration camp located just outside of Prague).
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Mondays at Racine Oscar Nominated Film
Screened at Berkshire International Film Festival
By: - Jan 10th, 2013Cynthia Wade’s 39-minute documentary film MONDAYS AT RACINE, chronicling a salon in Long Island that opens its doors every month to women diagnosed with cancer, is nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Form category. This is the second nomination for director Cynthia Wade, who previously won the Oscar in 2008 for her documentary short FREEHELD. This is a first time nomination for producer Robin Honan. The documentary was featured during the 2012 Berkshire International Film Festival.
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2013 Oscar Nominations Film
Let the Games Begin
By: - Jan 10th, 2013The just released list of nominations for the annual Oscars evokes a debate about the depth and quality of films this year. There appears to be a field of good but not great films and performances. Arguments will be made for the special merits of nominees but overall the selection is somewhat enervating. Will it be a big night for Lincoln or Les Miz? Can Life of Pi sneak in there? Or Django Unchained and even Argo? The suspense is brutal.
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Joe Thompson on Mass MoCA China Projects Fine Arts
Xu Bing Phoenix Currently on View
By: - Jan 09th, 2013Even before Mass MoCA opened Joe Thompson was negotiating with the Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping to participate in the group exhibition Unnatural Science in 2001. That led to a retrospective organized by the Walker Art Center. Major installations followed in the vast Building Five by Cai Guo-Qiang and currently Phoenix by Xu Bing which is on view for the coming year. This is the first of two parts of a dialogue about contemporary Chinese Art.
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The Liar at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
David Ives Adapts Pierre Corneille’s Farce
By: - Jan 09th, 2013The Liar has all of the ingredients of a perfect French farce. The truth will set most people free, but for Dorante (our disingenuous hero) a series of fibs may pave a convoluted road to happiness. The Liar was originally penned by the classic 17th Century playwright Pierre Corneille, in 1664. This translation by award-winning American playwright David Ives merges the iambic humor of classic verse with a contemporary twist.
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Jackson Browne July 4th at Tanglewood Music
Esperanza Spalding August 4
By: - Jan 08th, 2013American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, along with special guest Sara Watkins, returns to Tanglewood for the first time in 15 years, on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at 7 p.m. to perform in the Shed, with fireworks following the concert. Mr. Browne last performed at Tanglewood with Bonnie Raitt on August 24, 1998. He made his first Tanglewood appearance on July 31, 1973.
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Film
Spain's Oscar Nominated Blancanieve (Snowhite)
By: - Jan 08th, 2013The Opening Night movie at this year’s festival is a somewhat unusual, but brilliant selection, called “Blancanieves†(“Snowhiteâ€) from Spain. It’s also Spain’s Official Oscar submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Kelli O'Hara Returns to Williamstown in 2013 Theatre
Bridges of Madison County Debuts in August
By: - Jan 07th, 2013For the second season in a row Williamstown Theatre Festival will premiere a film transformed into a musical. Last summer Kelli O'Hara starred in "Far From Heaven." She returns to the Berkshires in "The Bridges of Madison County." The film paired Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood,. A co star for O'Hara is yet to be announced.
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Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock Film
Psycho Killer Bio Pic DOA
By: - Jan 06th, 2013Forget the Hollywood PR hype. This is not “Best picture of the Year†material. If Hitchcock were alive today, he would groan at the amateurish, venal, and non-engaging movie that bears his famous name.
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Les Miz-mash Film
Actors With Cockney/ Aussie Accents Who Can’t Sing
By: - Jan 05th, 2013Why is it that hit musicals have such a hard time making a transition from stage to film? Director Tom Hooper, while striving to make a film, attempted to separate the genres. Having the actors sing on camera with tight closeups was an interesting idea. It didn't work because the cast of fine actors, for the most part, can't sing. This epic film proved to be a tedious, two and a half hour snore.
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2012 Theatre Highlights Theatre
Berkshires and Beyond
By: - Dec 29th, 2012With a diverse staff of contributors Berkshire Fine Arts strives for national theatre coverage. In this year end roundup we provide an overview with highlights rather than a top ten or best of list. There are numerous links to plays, features and interviews. Overal,l it was a great year that include a week in Chicago for the meeting of the American Theatre Critics Association as well as in depth coverage of the Berkshires and a taste of Broadway.
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Many Happy Returns Opinion
Regifting the Holidays
By: - Dec 28th, 2012Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, marks a feeding frenzy and the launch of Holiday gift shopping. Arguably there is an equally notable Blue Monday in which millions flock to malls returning gifts for cash and store credit. We have friends who have perfected returning merchandise into an art form and philosophy.
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Matisse at the Met Through March 17 Fine Arts
In Search of True Painting
By: - Dec 27th, 2012Matisse: In Search of True Painting is a modest exhibition of just 49 works selected by Rebecca Rabinow, a curator of modern and contemporary art for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It offers multiple views of specific themes and subjects. This provides valuable insights to the process and techniques of the artist. The Met show of Matisse is as satisfying as Picasso Black and White at the Guggenheim is a bloody awful mess. In this clash of Titans, and faceoff of Holiday blockbusters, Matisse and the Met win hands down. No contest.
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Xu Bing Phoenix at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
Mythical Birds Evoke Contemporary Issues
By: - Dec 26th, 2012There were many daunting impediments in presenting Phoenix a vast sculptural installation by the leading Chinese artist, Xu Bing, at Mass MoCA. This third major project with contemporary Chinese artists remains on view in North Adams for the coming year.
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Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim Fine Arts
Snap, Crackle, and Pop
By: - Dec 26th, 2012The exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe originated at Mass MoCA. We reviewed the Guggenheim Museum installation for Maverick Arts in 2008. This was one of three major exhibitions featuring contemporary Chinese artists. The others were Huang Yong Ping in 2006 and the current, 2012-2013 installation by Xu Bing.
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Huang Yong Ping at Mass MoCA Fine Arts
House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective
By: - Dec 26th, 2012This article originally appeared in Maverick Arts a site prior to Berkshire Fine Arts in 2006. Because of the continued interest in contemporary Chinese art by Mass MoCA is has been reposted. The museum is currently showing Xu Bing. This article has a link to a recent exhibition of work by Ping in New York.
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Xu Bing Language Lost Fine Arts
Mass College of Art 1995
By: - Dec 24th, 2012Currently two massive sculptures comprising Phoenix by the Chinese artist, Xu Bing, are installed in the vast space of Building Five at Mass MoCA. We first were introduced to the work of the artist through a 1995 exhibition Language Lost at Mass College of Art. It was our first exposure to contemporary Chinese art which has since moved to the critical mainstream. This is a portfolio of vintage images of that earlier project.
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Chelsea Galleries Stumble Through Holidays Fine Arts
Bubble Bursts Post Sandy
By: - Dec 22nd, 2012Hurricane Sandy flooded the Chelsea galleries resulting in the loss of entire exhibitors and millions of dollars worth of inventory in basement storage areas. During a holiday tour we found mostly business as usual with the major galleries with some still closed for renovation. We provide an in depth slide show of several of the more noteworthy exhibitions.
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Bernini: Sculpting in Clay at the Met Fine Arts
Stunning Exhibition on View Through January 6
By: - Dec 21st, 2012The stunning exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art "Bernini Sculpting in Clay" includes 29 of the artist’s bozetti, or sketch models in terracotta, standing between 12 and 20 inches tall — along with one or two larger and more finished models, which are as much as three feet tall. The project, which as been co organized with the Kimbell Museum, provides compelling insights to the artist's working process.
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Jacob's Pillow 2013 Dance
Major Venue for Dance in America.
By: - Dec 20th, 2012The 2013 Jacob's Pillow season kicks off with a gala on June 15 and winds down on August 25. Three are numerous highlights including Dance Theatre of Harlem, Compagnie Käfig a word-of-mouth hit of Festival 2012, with six sold-out performances, the return of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, from Brazil Companhia Urbana de Dança, and a return of the stunning, French 3e étage which was astonishing with its 2011 appearance. The legendary Martha Graham Dance Company will perform. Subscriber ticket sales begin January 28 and go on sale to the public on April 8.
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Gutai: Splendid Playground, at the Guggenheim Fine Arts
Post War Japanese Art Feb.15 to May 8
By: - Dec 20th, 2012The Gutai Art Association was founded in 1954 by the influential artist, teacher, and critic Yoshihara Jiro in the town of Ashiya, near Osaka. The group spanned two generations, totaling fifty-nine artists over its eighteen-year history. The name “Gutai†literally means "concreteness†and captures the direct engagement with materials its members were experimenting with around the time it began.
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Mass MoCA Winter/ Spring 2013 Opinion
Exhibitions and Events
By: - Dec 19th, 2012With one show already nearly sold out (Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum on Saturday, February 16), MASS MoCA'sWinter/Spring season has started with a bang before it's even been announced. The first big event of the season is FREE Day on Saturday, February 9. This annual event attracts thousands to MASS MoCA for a full day of art-making, tours, contests, demonstrations, performances, and more.
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