Institute of Contemporary Art

The Canadian pranksters of Old Trout Puppet Theater condensed their life's work into Famous Puppet Death Scene. ICA/Boston audiences were treated to 22 ways to die, humorous morality tales, for a U.S. culture infamous for its twin addiction to death and denial of death. Death by lack of humor was not among the many vignettes.

After many years of working in Europe with opera and ballet Karole Armitage has retunred to New York and is touring with a company which visited Mass MoCA in a performance co presented with Jacobs Pillow.

Alice Neel, a great 20th century painter of raw, psychological portraits is the subject of a new genre of personal documentary by children and relatives of the artist.

Fear and Loathing over the 2012 London Olympics logo.Mark Favermann tries to make sense of the costly logo hated by almost everyone.

The 25th anniversary tour of the Mark Morris Dance Company is visiting the Institute of Contemporary Art from May 15 though 20. The program features the world premiere of "Looky" sponsored by the Poss Family Foundation.

With 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.

After 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.

Originally when it was founded in 1903 the Busch Reisinger Museum used plaster casts of Gothic art and architecture, photographs and documents to teach Germanic culture to Harvard students. By the 1930s and 1940s it started to acquire original works. Today the museum represents one of the great collections of this Northern and Eastern European material.

The VU, the quintessential NYC band, is commemorated with this major exhibit of posters, recordings, photos, artifacts and ephemera. But to a Massachusetts club operator who booked the Velvets many times, it also details their close ties to that state.

The history of the most important rock band ever to come out of New York is depicted in this extensive show of memorabilia, recordings, artifacts and ephemera commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of their first LP. But as a Massachusetts club operator who was close to the band points out, the material also reveals their strong ties to the state.

While 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."

Filmed and projected onto four screens through live-feeds over the staged actions below. Their production's hybrid form followed dysfunction.

Now in its 25th Year the Mark Morris Dance Company is launching a tour of 100 performances in the U.S. and Europe including a world premiere during its May schedule at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art.

Rachel Perry Welty was one of four finalists for the biannual Foster Prize awarded by the Institute of Contemporary Art. The competition entailed one woman installations during the widely covered launch of the new ICA. Over a beer we discussed the hectic pace of the past several months and what comes next.

The New Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston features performances by poet/ rocker, Patti Smith and the dangerous dance company Streb.

How Raymond Liddell was given an "offer he could not refuse" while in graduate school for Classical studies to become director of the Museum of Broadcasting in New York before moving on to the Brooklyn Museum. Today he is among other things a Contributing Editor for Art New England.

Mayor Thomas Menino recently shocked Bostonians by announcing a plan to sell City Hall to developers and rebuild on the waterfront near the new Institute of Contemporary Art.

Another view of the new Institute of Contemporary Art written by the designer Mark Favermann. This is the first article for Berkshire Fine Arts by a former columnist for Art New England.

After a September delay the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston has opened a new 65,000 square foot home on the edge of the harbor.

Beer and Burger with photographer, writer, and director of the Boston University graduate program in arts adminstration. For many years we were colleagues and columnists for Art New England.

Art dealer Stefan Stux recently discussed the personal and business issues that make him a unique "survivor."