Fine Arts
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Boston Galleries Overview
Newbury Street and South End
By: - Nov 26th, 2010After and absence of more than a year we experienced dramatic changes when visiting Boston's contemporary art galleries. Once dominant Newbury Street is a shadow of its former self marked by more closings. In the past year Nina Nielsen retired and Judy Rotenberg closed. We found the venerable Howard Yeserski Gallery relocated to the thriving South End. In a process that has taken years there is now a complete paradigm shift.
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The New Museum of Fine Arts
Thrilling Art of the Americas
By: - Nov 22nd, 2010It’s there for all to see in the thrilling new wing for the Art of the Americas, a museum within a museum. It’s so good it might make you fall in love with American art all over again. Â
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Art of the Americas
Agony and Ecstasy of 3000 Years
By: - Nov 18th, 2010In certain aspects of its collection, Old Kingdom Egypt and Asiatic Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is a world class museum. With the creation of the Art of the Americas wing the museum hopes to rank second to none among American museums. But, as the Bard would say, "What's in a name?" A closer look reveals formidable depth and glaring gaps in the attempt to cover 3,000 years of art on two continents.
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Serpentine Fence by Beth Galston
A Fence Becomes a Sculpture at South Street Mall Park
By: - Nov 18th, 2010Serpentine Fence is the latest in a series of public art projects Beth Galston had been commissioned to design in the past twenty years. The fence is made of regular chain link material to create an environmental sculpture: Tall purple metal mesh, anchored to curved rails and posts set at various angles. The fence also lights up at night ! It was recently dedicated at the South Street Mall and Courts in Jamaica Plain, Boston.
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Albrecht Durer at the Clark
Looking at Durer's Geometry Addiction
By: - Nov 17th, 2010This superb exhibit provides a look at over seventy prints by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), the noted Northern Renaissance polymath. To explain how he made his compositions, we must also consider his use of geometry to layout symmetries, and meanings.
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Rob Pruitt's 2010 Art Awards
Guggenheim Benefit December 8
By: - Nov 17th, 2010The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announces the nominees for Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards, the second annual celebration honoring the notable individuals, exhibitions, and projects that have made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art during the past year. Awards in 14 categories will be presented at a fundraising event to benefit the Guggenheim Foundation and visual arts non-profit White Columns on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at the nightclub and music venue Webster Hall.
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Art of the Americas at the MFA
Lord Norman Foster Partners with Malcolm Rogers
By: - Nov 16th, 2010The British born director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Malcolm Rogers, has worked over the past decade with architect, Lord Norman Foster, to expand the museum by some 28%. During an era of economic downturn Rogers oversaw raising $504 million for construction, acquisitions, conservation and programming for the new Art of the Americas wing. It was launched with a dedication and media event. It is anticipated that attendance will spike over the next year putting millions into the local economy.
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Tim de Christopher Charms Eagle Hill
Sculptor and Stone Carver
By: - Nov 11th, 2010From his studio in Turners Falls this artist creates contemporary works with nuances of centuries past. His work is to be found in locations both public and private across the country.
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Met Returns Tut Objects
Agreement Between Museum and Egyptian Government
By: - Nov 10th, 2010Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, announced jointly today that, effective immediately, the Museum will acknowledge Egypt’s title to 19 ancient Egyptian objects in its collection since early in the 20th century.
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Jack Levine at 95
Leading Boston Expressionist
By: - Nov 10th, 2010As a social and political satirist Jack Levine took no prisoners. Now dead at 95 Levine, a founding member of the seminal Boston Expressionist, outlived infamy by decades. In his prime, Levine, who moved to New York after WWII, created some of the riveting icons of American Art. He is represented only with minor works in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
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Hans-Peter Feldman Wins Hugo Boss Prize
Guggenheim Museum May to Sept, 2011
By: - Nov 05th, 2010The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and HUGO BOSS AG has announced that German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has been named the winner of THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2010. Feldmann is the eighth artist to win the biennial honor, which was established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art. The prize carries an award of $100,000 and is administered by the Guggenheim Foundation.
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ICA Appoints Two New Curators
Jenelle Porter and Pedro Alonzo Added
By: - Nov 04th, 2010Seemingly unworried by the current economic state, the ICA announced today the addition of two prominent new curators to their staff. Jenelle Porter is an institutionally well-travelled curator bringing a quality background to the ICA. Also added is Pedro Alonzo, one of the truly cutting edge museum professionals in the contemporary art world. These appointments will add depth and breath to the ICA's mission.
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It's All American: Inaugural Exhibition
New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art
By: - Oct 28th, 2010The New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art (NJ MoCA) launched its programming on October 23, 2010 with a benefit gala and preview of the inaugural exhibition, “It’s All Americanâ€, at the historic Paramount Theatre and Convention Hall Mezzanine in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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Berkshire Museum Nixes Expansion
Kamm Collection of Teapots Not Headed to Pittsfield
By: - Oct 28th, 2010Recently, the California collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm visited Pittsfield during a national search for a museum to partner with housing their collection. Over 30 years they acquired 10,000 vintage and contemporary tea pots. Some of them through Pittsfield Gallerist Leslie Ferrin. She hosted a reception in their honor. Today, she and Stuart Chase, director of the Berkshire Museum, announced that the collection will not come to Pittsfield.
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Chaos and Classicism
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to January 9
By: - Oct 28th, 2010Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy and Germany, 1918- 1936 examines art during an ere overshadowed by the recovery from World War I and the rise of fascism that would result in World War II. This insightful exhibition is on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum through January 9.
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Toronto International Art Fair
BNL MTL Participates Oct. 28 to Nov. 1
By: - Oct 20th, 2010From October 28th to November 1st, 2010, La Biennale de Montréal â€" BNL MTL 2011 will participate in the 11th edition of the TIAF â€" Toronto International Art Fair. This is a first for the BNL MTL; indeed, Tourism Montréal has made it possible for the BNL MTL to take part in one of the major North American art fairs.
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Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine
Legacy of Boston Expressionism
By: - Oct 15th, 2010When the Boston Expressionist Hyman Bloom (March 29, 1913 to August 26, 2009) passed away none of his works were on view in the major New England museums. Bloom, his partner Jack Levine, and Karl Zerbe were the leaders of what is regarded as the most significant and influential movement of artists in Boston during the 20th century. Their neglect has been a scandal for Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. We are informed that a work by Bloom will be hung in the new wing of the MFA which opens in November. It remains to be seen how the museum will treat Levine and Zerbe. The MFA owns a minor work by the still living Levine which it acquired through the WPA.
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Clark Posts Near Record Summer Attendance
Picasso Looks at Degas Draws 120,000
By: - Oct 12th, 2010Significant critical acclaim and widespread audience interest in its two exhibitions, Picasso Looks at Degas and Juan Muñoz, propelled attendance at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to near-record numbers this summer. The Clark recorded total visitation of approximately 120,000 from its June 13 public openings through the close of the Labor Day weekend, making 2010 the second-highest attendance season in the Clark’s history.
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Arnold Trachtman at 80
Celebrating A Pre-eminent Protest Painter
By: - Oct 07th, 2010Arnold Trachtman is the best Boston painter you probably have never heard of. Part of that is his own fault for sticking to a life long commitment to depicting social and political issues in art when that is definitely not in fashion. We pay tribute to a great artist and friend on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
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A Letter from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Escape from St. Louis
By: - Oct 06th, 2010A career as an art critic started in Boston at The Phoenix. Some years ago David Bonetti departed for San Francisco where he wrote for The Chronicle and the Examiner. When they merged he moved on to the St. Louis Post Dispatch from which he has retired and returned to Boston. He reports on an extended visit to Buenos Aires with particular attention to its eclectic museum collections. We welcome him as a friend and colleague who will occasionally be writing from Boston.
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Julian Schnabel at the Art Gallery of Ontario
What Goes Around Comes Around
By: - Sep 27th, 2010Those who admire the films of Julian Schnabel, nominated for an Academy Award for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, are hardly aware that he was once a well known artist. That was then and this is now. New York critic, Ed Rubin, writes about his sprawling exhibition in Toronto. It is Schnabel's first major museum show since a Whitney retrospective in 1987. Rubin discusses the exhibition as "a comeback."
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John Cage a Genius for Eternity
Report from Belgium
By: - Sep 22nd, 2010The Belgian critic, Roger D'Hondt, reports on a traveling exhibition of work by the daunting and widely inflentiual composer and artist John Cage. During his lifetime Cage was a persistent experimenter who made few if any concessions to his audience. One of his most notorious works entailed four minutes and thirty three seconds of piano music composed for silence.
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$3 Million Gift to Portland Museum of Art
In Memory of Emily Eaton Moore
By: - Sep 22nd, 2010The Portland Museum of Art announces a bequest in memory of Emily Eaton Moore from her family. The gift of $3 million is one of the largest received by the museum during the past decade.
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Shao Fan at Contrasts Gallery
Shanghai Exhibition Oct. 10 to Nov. 11
By: - Sep 21st, 2010An Incurable Classicist, an exhibition of 21 oil paintings by renowned artist Shao Fan, will be on view at Contrasts Gallery in Shanghai October 10 to November 11, 2010 at No 181 Middle Jiangxi Road, g/f, Shanghai, China. Shao Fan’s paintings are modern interpretations of traditional ‘Literati’ thought and aesthetics, exploring the ramifications of philosophical and cultural changes taking place in China today. His first major solo exhibition.
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Greylock Arts Patterns of Play
Group Exhibition in Adams to Oct. 30
By: - Sep 20th, 2010Yet again the special exhibition at Greylock Arts, in Adams, Mass. combines humor with aspects of new technologies. This describes some but not all of the works which also entail more traditional aspects of illustration, books, and doll making. The opening celebration included a hilarious performance of the naughty pupets Prices of Persuasion by Ithai Benjamin, a former student of Petit's, and Destiny Mazursky.
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