MURPHYMANIA AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
By CHARLES GIULIANO While this is the 50th anniversary of the 1967 “Summer of Love,” the fast ending season will also be noted for a media romance with the current…
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RICHARD SERRA: FORTY YEARS @ MOMA, NEW YORK, NY
By JOHN RUGGIERI I remember the big stink, the uproar, that spilled into the daily newspaper when Serra’s Tilted Arc was deemed unfit, too big, just not practical enough, for…
SPENCER FINCH @ MASS MOCA
By JON PETRO “Spencer Finch: What Time Is It on the Sun?” now on display at Mass MoCA, consists of over 40 groupings of art, 160 individual pieces in total,…
BOOK REVIEW: THE WARHOL ECONOMY
By JOE LEDUC Immanuel Kant once wrote that “a man abandoned on a desert island would not adorn either himself or his hut” to demonstrate the essentially social nature of…
WANT TO BUY ART? I KNOW WHERE TO GET THE GOOD STUFF…
By HEIDI MARSTON AISHMAN At 5:00 on August 28th, people lined up outside the frosted glass doors of Rhys Gallery. They all knew the doors wouldn’t open until 6:00, it…
THE EVIL GENIUS OF ODD NERDRUM
By VICTORIA Z. ALEXANDER Only painting which itself succeeds in beings a monstrous act succeeds in resolving and in reabsorbing the monstrosity of our lives, only painting that succeeds in…
STENCILS @ NESAD GALLERY, BOSTON, MA
By FRANK PEREZ Having just read an article on a graffiti artist becoming legitimized by selling a spray painted portrait in a gallery for tens of thousands, in my mind,…
ROBIN RHODE @ PERRY RUBENSTEIN GALLERY IN NEW YORK, NY
By JOHN RUGGIERI Robin Rhode’s video performance The Storyteller, involves a lone performer whose storyline is enlivened in expressively drawn wall and ground illustrations using time-exposed action and simple props.…
RECENT ACQUISITIONS: CONTEMPORARY ART @ THE JOHNSON MUSEUM, ITHACA, NY
By ARTHUR WHITMAN To those well-versed in contemporary art, the selection of work in “Recent Acquisitions” is likely to have a wearisome familiarity. Many or perhaps most of the artists…
BOREDOM IN BRUCE NAUMAN’S STUDIO FILMS
By MARTINA TANGA Bouncing two balls between the floor and ceiling with changing rhythm (1967-68) is a ten minute long film where Bruce Nauman bounces two balls in his studio.…
AN OPEN LETTER
By JAMES HULL I have tried for over a week not to respond to the simplistic, one-sided, Op-Ed rant by Ken Johnson about Christoph Büchel’s problematic Mass MoCA installation disguised…
THE CREATIVE ALLIANCE COLUMN
By KATHLEEN BITETTI INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS & THE HEALTH CARE REFORM LAW In 2004, Massachusetts altered the law governing Independent Contractors, unbeknownst to many in this State. Essentially, it is now…
BEER AND BURGERS WITH HARRY BARTNICK
By CHARLES GIULIANO For many years yard sales and flea markets have been a way of life for my artist friend Harry Bartnick. Over a beer and burger recently, actually…
CORINNE CARLSON @ MERCER UNION, TORONTO
By JENNIFER MCMACKON I have a vivid memory of the credenza that housed the record player in my parent’s living room. It was long and low – all dark wood…
MATEJ VOGRINCIC @ FARMINGTON CANAL
By STEPHEN V. KOBASA Wearing a white linen suit, Theodore Roosevelt sits inside the metal cab of a steam shovel during his visit to the newly dug Panama Canal. The…
BONNIE DONOHUE @ CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS
By HEIDI AISHMAN Vieques: A Long Way Home, Bonnie Donohue’s exhibit at Casa de la Cultura, consists of several multi-paneled photographs and panorama’s of the U.S. Navy bunkers embedded in…
BRENDAN HARMAN & TYLER DROSDECK @ SECOND GALLERY
By SCOTT ALBERG Second Gallery featured the work of artists Tyler Drosdeck and Brendan Harman in its final exhibition before closing its doors. Though each exhibited separate projects and pieces,…
FUSIFORM @ RHYS GALLERY
By JACQUELINE HOUTON Artists have long turned to travel as a wellspring for inspiration—Van Gogh had the amber light of Arles, Gauguin the women (and girls) of Tahiti. In Fusiform,…
13,000 OBJECTS: BOSTON PHOTO GALLERIST ARLETTE KAYAFAS
By CHARLES GIULIANO It is tough for Arlette Kayafas to get around. She has been trying to find the time in a busy schedule to have an operation on her…
THE CREATIVE ALLIANCE COLUMN
By KATHLEEN BITETTI I have some great news to report out. On June 5th the Connector Board voted unanimously to change the definition of Gross Income to Adjusted Gross Income…