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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Mass MoCA Brings Art to Downtown North Adams Fine Arts
New Bus Stop Open for Business June 28
By: - May 16th, 2012On Thursday, June 28, 2012, Kidspace at MASS MoCA will open the Bus Stand, a public artwork by Queensbury, New York-based artist Victoria Palermo, who was inspired by her 2010 Kidspace artist-in-residency in the North Adams middle schools to create a colorful work of art on Main Street that would combine the functional with the aesthetic.
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Berkshire Salon Through June 10 Fine Arts
Fifth Annual Eclipse Mill Gallery Exhibition to June 10
By: - May 16th, 2012The lively and much anticipated Fifth Annual Berkshire Salon 2012 is dedicated in memory of the recently deceased Eclipse Mill resident Norman Thomas. A grid of his Cubist/ Pop paintings is featured in the installation of works by some forty regional artists. The Salon is open on weekends in North Adams from May 18 through June 10.
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Wynton Marsalis at Tanglewood August 20 Music
Season Closes with Pops/ Michael Feinstein/ Christine Ebersole Sept. 2
By: - May 16th, 2012While not exactly an overhaul, Mark Volpe appears to be tweaking the programming at Tanglewood. Sticking with the mantra of Tanglewood as the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra means facing the reality or an eroding, senior audience. The annual season ending Tanglewood Jazz Festival has been scrapped replaced by booking A list jazz artists Wynton Marsalis and Christain McBride in Ozawa Hall and Pops in the Shed for a boldy revamped Labor Day weekend. And that's not all.
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Casandra Speaks at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
Norman Plotkin World Premiere
By: - May 16th, 2012Artistic Director Tony Simotes and Shakespeare & Company are pleased to present the world premiere of Cassandra Speaks by Norman Plotkin. In a tour de force performance, the versatile Tod Randolph takes on the role of Dorothy Thompson.
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Totally Tubular Seasonal Depression Television
Some TV Shows Terminal Others See You Next Year
By: - May 15th, 2012For the past couple of weeks the ads have proclaimed "Watch the series finale of House or Desperate Housewives." Or the season's finale of Smash and Madmen. Now what? Endless reruns? Baseball? Video Games? Recreational drugs? TV is about not to be TV. Yikes.
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Exploring New York Galleries Fine Arts
Simone Subal, On Stellar Rays, and Miguel Abreu
By: - May 14th, 2012Welcoming our New York correspondent Amanda Parmer who will cover galleries and alternative arts events. Expect her to roam off the beaten track. Here she explores work in three galleries.
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2012 Drama Desk Awards Theatre
The Best of Broadway
By: - May 13th, 2012There is some overlap between the nominees for the Tony Awards and the list for the Drama Desk Awards. Bernadette Peters was passed over for Follies but appears here. Nina Ariadna a front runner for her role in Venus in Fur is snubbed. Chinglish, ignored by the Tonys is listed. During awards season it is interesting to compare and contrast.
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Clark Art Institute Focuses on China Fine Arts
Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China
By: - May 11th, 2012The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents rare Chinese burial objects in an exclusive exhibition that considers both the discovery and the impact of modern Chinese archaeology, Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China, open June 16 – October 21, 2012. The exhibition features objects recently excavated from sites in the Shanxi and Gansu provinces and never before seen outside of China.
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Luis Miguel at Caesar's Palace September 13 to 15 Music
That's Vegas Baby
By: - May 11th, 2012Latin music superstar Luis Miguel will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for a record sixth consecutive year during Las Vegas Mexican Independence Day weekend 2012 Thursday, Sept. 13 – Saturday, Sept. 15 at 9 p.m. The three night engagement is presented jointly by AEG Live and Caesars Palace.
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WIlliamstown Theatre Festival Casting Theatre
Old and New Friends
By: - May 11th, 2012That opening night for the 2012 season, June 26, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival is inching ever closer. In her second season as artistic director Jenny Gersten is finalizing casting for a lively mix of classics and new works. Many WTF alumni like Blythe Danner and Brooks Ashmanskas are on board as well as last season's Lily Taylor. We are excited to see Tyne Daly penciled in. As a sidebar to the 62 Center for the first time Mass Moca is in the mix hosting a new work by rock star David Byrne.
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Roger Kizik at Dedee Shattuck Gallery Fine Arts
Westport, Ma. Through June 3
By: - May 09th, 2012With Rick Harlow and John McNamara during the 1980s Roger Kizik was identified by Boston Globe art critic, Robert Taylor, as Epic Abstractionists. They were widely shown as a trio including the Institute of Contemporary Art. For many years Kizik was a member of the staff of the Rose Art Museum. He lives and works in New Bedford. The show at Dedee Shattuck Gallery features his quirky, epic scaled figuration.
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Fifth Annual Berkshire Salon Fine Arts
Eclipse Mill Gallery Opening May 18
By: - May 09th, 2012The Eclipse Mill Gallery in North Adams announces a call for artists to participate in its non juried Fifth Annual Berkshire Salon. The Salon opens May 18, 6 to 8 PM, and runs through June 10.
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Monadnock Music Festival 2012 Music
Opening Night July 6 Peterborough Town House
By: - May 07th, 2012As it closes in on a half century of presenting exceptional classical music to New England, the Monadnock Music Festival is already beginning a new era with the announcement of its 2012 season.
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Barrington Stage Company Updates Theatre
Coplete Season Listings
By: - May 05th, 2012May 23 – June 10. LUNGS, by Duncan Macmillan. Directed by Aaron Posner. New England premiere. St. Germain Stage (formerly Stage 2) at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. An intimate drama about a young couple contemplating whether or not to have a child in a time of global anxiety. And that's not all.
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Patricia Hills, Letter #5 from Southern California Fine Arts
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980
By: - May 05th, 2012Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 at the Museum of Contemporary Art was curated by long-time MOCA Chief Curator Paul Schimmel. It was intended to be a prequel to Schimmel’s 1992 exhibition Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s. But Schimmel knew many of the artists included in Under the Big Black Sun from an exhibition he did back in 1977 for the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, called American Narrative/Story Art: 1967-1977.
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The 2012 Whitney Biennial Fine Arts
Ennui of the New
By: - May 04th, 2012Back in 1932 the first Whitney Annual was unique. Since 1973 it has been the Whitney Biennial. Now there are lots of global Biennials. In that context the Whitney tries it keep up and stay relevant. The current version curated by Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders has fewer works displayed with more space. As a signifier of recent trends one floor is devoted to performances not necessarily by artists. The downsized project is easier to digest but also quicker to forget.
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Peter Lipsitt at Boston Sculptors Gallery Fine Arts
Natured and Nurtured May 23 to June 24
By: - May 04th, 2012Peter Lipsitt is a founding member of the artist run Boston Sculptors Gallery. His latesr exhibition Natured and Nurtured explores the unique use of materials. Some include elements of wood prepared for him by "studio assistants" including beavers gnawing on sections of birch trees. His work is included in numerous public and private collections.
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Mass MoCA Season Highlights Fine Arts
Exhibition Oh Canada Opens May 26
By: - May 03rd, 2012On Saturday, May 26, 2012, MASS MoCA opens Oh, Canada, a massive exhibition featuring more than 100 works by 62 artists and collectives from the north, and kicks off the institution's 14th year with a celebratory dance party with music by DJ Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene. In addition to Canadian programming in the galleries and on stage, MASS MoCA's summer will include music from bands like Real Estate and the legendary Sweet Honey In The Rock.
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Munch Is a Scream Fine Arts
Agita Sells for a Cool $120 Million
By: - May 03rd, 2012Between 1893 and 1895, Edvard Munch, 30 when he started the cycle, made four versions of "The Scream." It has proved to be one of the most iconic images of modern art. Three of the paintings are owned by museums in Norway. Two have been stolen and since recovered. The fourth, a pastel version from 1895, the last in private hands, set a new auction record this week at $120 million. That's a lot of cash for high anxiety.
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Tanglewood Ticket Deals Music
$75 Season Lawn Pass for Berkshire Residents
By: - May 03rd, 2012Tanglewood, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this season, June 22-September 2, is offering a number of ticket programs designed to give visitors and Berkshire residents a wide variety of options when planning their visit to the BSO’s summer home. Kripalu and the Clark Art Institute are each teaming up with the BSO this summer to offer three new ticket deals showcasing a variety of different Berkshire summer attractions.
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Private Lives at Huntington Theatre Theatre
Anchors Season May 25 – June 24, 2012
By: - May 03rd, 2012The Huntington Theatre Company completes its 30th Anniversary Season , May 25 – June 24, 2012, with the perfect play for springtime: Lifetime Tony Award-winning playwright Noël Coward’s beloved sparkling comedy Private Lives. Tony Award-nominated Maria Aitken, director of the Huntington’s acclaimed productions of Educating Rita and the Olivier and Tony Award-winning Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps and director of the upcoming Betrayal (November 2012) helms.
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A.R.T's Woody Sez Live Simulcast Theatre
Free Event on Harvard Campus May 17
By: - May 02nd, 2012The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) production Woody Sez, a musical tapestry of the American folk hero’s life and songs, is to be simulcast live — the first live outdoor simulcast of a theater production outside of New York. The simulcast will be presented in collaboration with Harvard University and the American Repertory at The Plaza next to the Science Center on the Harvard campus, on Thursday, May 17th.
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Wagner Rings the Met Music
Live in HD Starts May 7
By: - May 02nd, 2012The mounting of Wagner's epic Ring Cycle by the Metropolitan Opera has provoked debate and controversy. Through global Live in HD broadcasts the controversial productions will be coming soon to a theatre near you. The cycle begins on May 7 with a screening of the Susan Froemke documentary Wagner's Dream.
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Patrick Watson at Mass MoCA June 30 Music
Canadian Pop Icon
By: - May 01st, 2012Canadian icon Patrick Watson brings his unique blend of cabaret-pop and classically influenced indie rock to the Berkshires when he performs as part of MASS MoCA's Alt Cabaret series this summer on Saturday, June 30, at 8 PM. Raised in Quebec and now residing in Montreal, Watson comes to North Adams as part of Oh, Canada, MASS MoCA's year-long celebration of Canadian contemporary art.
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Turner Prize 2012 Shortlist Announced Fine Arts
Most Prestigious Fine Arts Award
By: - May 01st, 2012Tate Britain today announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2012. The artists are Spartacus Chetwynd, Luke Fowler, Paul Noble and Elizabeth Price.
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