Fine Arts
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City & Guilds of London Art School Degree Show
27 June to 1 July 2012
By: - Jun 21st, 2012The 2012 Degree Show presents work by BA Painting, Sculpture, Conservation and Historic Carving graduates. They will exhibit in the School's historic buildings in Kennington. Unique among London art schools, City & Guilds offers progressive ideas shared with a strong foundation in drawing and craft skillswithstudents enjoying an exceptionally generous student-to-tutor ratio.16 painters and 3 sculptors will be exhibiting alongside 8 Conservators and 13 Historic Carvers.
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Treasures of Edinburgh
Scottish National Galleries
By: - Jun 13th, 2012The city of Edinburgh is immersed in Art. Among its many museums the three National Galleries stand out with their architecture, vast collections, and special exhibitions. They all engage, enlighten, and fascinate.
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100 Boston Painters
An Ambitious Publication by Chawky Frenn
By: - Jun 04th, 2012From the Colonial Era through the present Boston has been notable for its passion and commitment to painters. The artist Chawky Freen has succeeded in the daunting challenge of publishing an overview of 100 Boston Painters. This is an invaluable contribution to an aspect of contemporary art in Boston.
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OMG Canada at Mass MoCA
Daunting Survey of Canadian Art
By: - May 28th, 2012From now through March, 2013 Mass MoCA will display the first major museum level survey of contemporary Canadian art in the United States. The work of sixty plus artists was selected through a process of some 400 studio visits over the past few years by curator Denise Markonish. It's a lively, upbeat, sprawling exhibition but don't expect any quick answers to the question of what is Canadian about Canadian art. Mostly it's like contemporary American art just less familiar and farther north,.
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Edward Maeder Seminar at Berkshire Botanical Gardens
The Rose in Art and Fashion—700 Years June 12 to 14
By: - May 28th, 2012The eminent curator and author Edward Maeder will lead a three-day seminar at Berkshire Botanical Gardens (BBG) with lectures on "The Rose in Art and Fashion—700 Years", and "Gardens in the Decorative Arts". The lectures will be followed by hands-on demonstrations and workshops: "Exploring Paper Possibilities with Collage and Floral Inspiration". The events will be held June 12 to 14, at BBG, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
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Eclipse Mill Gallery Held Global Portrait Paint Party
Friend Me Projects in Toronto, Canada, Originated Celebration
By: - May 23rd, 2012The Berkshire communities of artists and non artists alike were invited to participate on May 6th in North Adams, Mass. National and international artists were also invited to email a jpeg and dedicate a portrait to the project. Eventually, all portraits will be seen on the ' Friend Me Projects' website, along with future Global Portrait Parties and other media events. The North Adams portrait paint party became the first outside of Canada and here, the BFA Gallery is showing many fine results.
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Photojournalist Gillian Jones at Gallery 51
Surveying 20 Years of Covering the Berkshires
By: - May 22nd, 2012For the past twenty years photojournalist Gillian Jones has covered the Berkshires as a staff member of the North Adams Transcript. Her images have also appeared in the Berkshire Eagle and other publications. A survey of her work opens at Gallery 51 in North Adams on May 27 and remains on view through June 24.
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Berkshire Museum to Erect Wigwam
Rethink! American Indian Exhibition Opens July 7
By: - May 22nd, 2012The front lawn of Berkshire Museum will soon be home to an authentic wigwam. The Museum staff is working with two Wampanoag Indians to build an authentic wigwam, which will be used to enhance programming in conjunction with the Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Rethink! American Indian Art at Berkshire Museum, opening July 7, 2012.
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Berkshire Salon Through June 10
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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Mass MoCA Brings Art to Downtown North Adams
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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Exploring New York Galleries
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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Untitled by Gregory Crewdson at Montserrat
MCA Commencement Exhibition
By: - May 12th, 2012Gregory Crewdson will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Montserrat College of Art on May 22nd. Three large format photos from two ongoing series are on display in the Carol Schlossberg Alumni Gallery through May 25th.
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Clark Art Institute Focuses on China
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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Fifth Annual Berkshire Salon
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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Roger Kizik at Dedee Shattuck Gallery
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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New Media Art At Boston's Paramount Center
ArtsEmerson Presents Artist Created LED Windows
By: - May 08th, 2012ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage announces a second round of curated programming for the Paramount LED Windows on the façade of 559 Washington Street. The old Arcade Building LED Wall, first programmed last fall, now features a new show of work by three contemporary artists.
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Patricia Hills, Letter #5 from Southern California
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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Peter Lipsitt at Boston Sculptors Gallery
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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Arnold Trachtman At Galatea Fine Art
Masterful Expressionist Memories of Lynn, Massachusetts
By: - May 04th, 2012Arnold Trachtman is an artist with a social message. At 82, he continues to ply his trade. Currently on view in Boston's SOWA at Galatea Fine Art Gallery are his very personal and compelling Memories of Lynn, Massachusetts exhibit. There is an expressionistic colorful vibrancy and joyfulness to the paintings. This show should become one of our fine memories as well.
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The 2012 Whitney Biennial
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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Mass MoCA Season Highlights
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
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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Mark Dion's Phantoms of the Clark Expedition
NY's Explorer'c Club Exhibition with Clark Art Institute
By: - May 01st, 2012The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents a new installation by artist Mark Dion, Phantoms of the Clark Expedition, reflecting on the history of exploration and on an expedition to North China that the Institute’s founder Sterling Clark undertook in 1908. On view May 9 to August 3, 2012, the installation consists of a series of dioramas and sculptures representing objects and specimens that would have been used or collected during expeditions that occurred in that era. The installation is being presented at The Explorers Club at 46 East 70thStreet in New York.
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Turner Prize 2012 Shortlist Announced
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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The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
Americans in Paris Celebrated at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By: - Apr 28th, 2012None of the collections of Gertrude, Leo, Michael Stein and his wife Sarah remained intact. They sold and traded many masterpieces during their lifetimes. The collections were further dispersed by their heirs. In a definitive exhibition The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde 200 of these works have been brought together and are now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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