Fine Arts
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Lucy MacGillis, a Berkshire-born Painter's Umbrian Landscapes and Still Lifes
Impressive work from a young expatriate artist
By: - Aug 15th, 2007Lucy MacGillis has just held her fifth successful exhibition at the Hoadley Gallery in Lenox with sensitive still life and landscape paintings.
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Postidentity at Nicole Fiacco Gallery
Native American Art Shown in Hudson New York
By: - Aug 05th, 2007Now in its fifth season in Hudson New York the Nicole Fiacco gallery was founded with a mandate to present Native American art.
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A Last-Minute Visit with Joseph Cornell
Imaginative Attachments
By: - Aug 05th, 2007An analysis of three boxes from the Peabody Essex retrospective on Joseph Cornell
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Christoph Buchel's Tarp Art at Mass MoCA
Crap Under Wrap
By: - Jul 31st, 2007With the court date in Springfield of Mass MoCA vs the artist Christoph Buchel reported as just a couple of weeks away we took a tour of the installation which remains under wraps, sortah.
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Hometown Hits at MCLA Gallery 51
Celebrating Second Anniversary Showing North Adams Artists
By: - Jul 27th, 2007In the past two years MCLA Gallery 51 on Main Street in North Adams has presented 19 shows including 150 plus artists. The current show Hometown Hits focuses on local artists.
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A Dose of Reality at Kolok Gallery
Limor Gasko, Jill Grimes, and Libby Wadsworth Show in North Adams
By: - Jul 22nd, 2007Now in its second season the Kolok Gallery in North Adams is becoming establshed for its solid programming. The current exhibition explores aspects of representation, fantasy and language.
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Thirteen Local Artists Exhibit at North Adams Regional Hospital
Community Artwork Project curator Debi Pendell presents a strong show
By: - Jul 20th, 2007Paintings, collages, and photographs by Norman Thomas, Edward Cating, Gregory Scheckler, Sharon Carson, Joanna Gabler, Bill Guild, Gillian Jones, Debi Pendell, Michael Miller, Reza Pike, Kent Mikalsen, and Colleen Williams on view until 1/31/08.
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Leslie Ferrin Opens Second Gallery Joining Storefront Artists in Pittsfield
Galleries Open Evenings of Third Thursdays
By: - Jul 09th, 2007In addition to a gallery in Lenox, primarily focused on ceramic art, Leslie Ferrin has just opened a large new space in Pittsfield. Is this further evidence of the development of the Northern Berkshire city as a viable arts center?
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Gerald Murphy Inspired Gala at Williams College Art Museum
Living Well Is the Best Revenge
By: - Jul 08th, 2007After four years of research curator Deborah Rothschild brought an overview of Gerald and Sara Murphy, the heart and soul of the Lost Generation, to the Williams College Art Museum. The exhibition opened with a gala benefit last night.
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Berkshire Openings: Out and About
International Club, Kolok Gallery, Eclipse Mill
By: - Jun 24th, 2007It was a busy Saturday keeping up with three events. Starting with Pownal, Vermont for a gathering of the International Club and then back to North Adams for the opening of new exhibitions at Kolok Gallery and the Eclipse Mill.
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The Manton Collection: the Clark becomes a major repository of British art overnight.
Constables, Turners, Gainsboroughs - Rowlandson, Palmer and Bonington
By: - Jun 19th, 2007The Manton Foundation gives Sir Edwin Manton's superb collection of British masters
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Damien Hirst: Diamonds in the Rough
When Shit Turns to Gold
By: - Jun 14th, 2007The bad boy British artist is selling a diamond encursted skull for $100 million in the London gallery White Cube. But compared to great artists like Piero Manzoni and Paris Hilton perhaps Hirst is just a wannabe.
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Summer Arts Season Launched in the Berkshires
Memorial Day Openings at Mass MoCA, Kolok Gallery, Brill Gallery, and Eclipse Gallery
By: - May 30th, 2007Over the busy Memorial Day weekend the arts were officially launched with overlapping openings all over the Berkshires. We opted to covering the events in North Adams.
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The 2007 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
Getting There Is Half the Fun
By: - May 19th, 2007The 2007 DeCordova Annual may well represent the end of an era. After decades the museum's director, Paul Master-Karnik has resigned and curatorial changes are inevitable. But, for now here is the "best" according to the organizers.
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War and Discontent at the Museum of Fine Arts
Carnage as Artistic Metaphor
By: - May 15th, 2007There is considerable risk taking as Museum of Fine Arts curator, Cheryl Brutvan, takes on the hot topic of artist responses to war and its atrocities. The exhibit combines classic works in the MFA collection by Goya, Manet and Picasso with a selection of contemporary masters.
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War and Discontent at the Museum of Fine Arts
An addendum on the Phil Collins Video
By: - May 15th, 2007The dance marathon filmed by Phil Collins with many interruptions and difficulties brought together Palestinian teenagers. At the MFA visiting teens dance to the disco beat.
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Touring Edward Hopper Exhibition Opens at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
How did his deadpan realism capture an American spirit?
By: - May 10th, 2007The touring Edward Hopper show is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston through August before continuing at the National Gallery and concluding at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Charles Giuliano Retrospective at New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University
Surveying Thirty Years of Photographs
By: - May 07th, 2007From thousands of slides and negatives created in decades of covering the arts a selection of 130 digital prints are installed in the current exhibition. The artist discusses the work.
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Mary Sherman's TransCultural Exchange Hosts Boston Event
2007 Conference International Opportunities for Artists
By: - May 02nd, 2007With as many as four panels held simultaneously and numerous related events it is possible only to provide glimpses of and speculations about the impact of the seminal weekend long conference. The depth and range of information and resources is overwhelming.
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International Opportunities for Artists
Conference Evokes Food for Thought and Initiative
By: - May 02nd, 2007A personal take on aspects of the 2007 Conference International Opportunities for Artists.
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2007 International Conference of Opportunities for Artists
TransCultural Exchange Hosts Ambitious Boston Conference
By: - Apr 27th, 2007After months of organization and planning mostly through the singular effort of the artist, Mary Sherman, Director of the TransCultural Exchange and a dedicated team of volunteers, a three day conference of global presenters and local moderators opened on Friday night with registration a reception and VIP dinner in the student center of Northeastern University. The conference continues through the weekend of April 28 and 29.
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Ted Stebbins Discusses the Last Ruskinians
Lunch with Fogg Museum curators Stebbins and Virginia Anderson
By: - Apr 25th, 2007When Charles Eliot Norton started teaching art history at Harvard University and then hired the artist Charles Herbert Moore to assist by teaching gentlemen to draw they were following the mandates of their good friend the great British art historian and watercolorist John Ruskin. This exhibition and publication explores that rich legacy.
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The Believers at MASS MoCA
States of Denial
By: - Apr 23rd, 2007Although it is at times silly fun, The Believers promotes irrational and irrelevant beliefs. Positioning such beliefs as art does not improve the belief's failures to interact with today's complex world.
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Mass MoCA Announces $37 Million Fundraising Campaign
25 year long installation by Sol Lewitt in newly renovated space
By: - Apr 18th, 2007Mass MoCA announces plans for a 25-year-long installation of wall drawings by the recently deceased, minimalist artist, Sol Lewitt. This project will comprise $8.6 million in a $37 million capital campaign.
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Believers at Mass MoCA
Troubled Berkshire Museum Keeps the Faith
By: - Apr 09th, 2007While the stalled Christoph Buchel "Training Ground" installation remains in negotiation/ litigation, with no date for resolution in site, Mass MoCA has ironically opened the faith based multi-artist exhibition "The Believers."
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