July / August 2011
Volume 32, Issue 4
FEATURES
Setting the Pace By David Raymond
Sometimes public art can imitate the ebb and flow of life and nature. Three sculptors show how it’s done in their new installations.
Public Art Under Siege By Kris Wilton
Public art is on the rise, but so is vandalism. Cambridge’s director of public art program, Lillian Hsu, fights back by helping artists choose highly resilient, stain-resistant materials.
Sound Sculptures By Anne Krinsky
Sound can be playful, confusing, and even frightening. Six artists take this idea to new heights offering a new landscape through sound.
Ernest Withers: A Second Look By Alicia Anstead
When rumors circulated that civil rights photographer Ernest Withers may have been an FBI informant, one journalist wonders, does this change how we regard his art?
How Auctions Really Work By Jeanne Schinto
You’ve seen her on Antiques Roadshow. Now Robin Starr gives a behind-the-scenes look at heading the paintings and prints department at Skinner’s auction house.
COLUMNS
Letters
Of Note
Compiled by Evan Smith
Art Buzz
Book Review:
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Reviewed by Stephen Vincent Kobasa
Sculpture:
New Sculpture Defying Gravity
by Alicia Faxon
Field of Vision:
Provincetown’s Art Colony
by Susan Mulski
Auctions:
Swann Galleries
by Jeanne Schinto
Painting:
Outsiders Invited into Rockport
by Anne Krinsky
Art Safari:
Rocky Neck: Beyond the Motifs
by Debbie Hagan
REVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Street a.k.a. Museum at Portsmouth Museum of Art
by Dustan Knight
CONNECTICUT
Catherine Cabaniss at New Britain Museum of American Art
by Patricia Rosoff
Alison Williams: Glass House #3 at Artspace
by Geoffrey Detrani
MAINE
Richard Brown Lethem at Aucocisco Gallery
by Carl Little
Robert LaHotan at Yvette Torres Fine Art
by Carl Little
Dorothy Krause at The Landing
by Susan Boulanger
MASSACHUSETTS
Martha Armstrong at Oxbow Gallery
by Carand Burnet
El Anatsui at Davis Museum at Wellesley College
by David Raymond
Catherine Opie at Institute of Contemporary Art
by Stephen Vincent Kobasa
Juan Downey at MIT List Visual Arts Center
by Shawn Hill
Annette Lemieux at Worcester Art Museum
by Mary Bucci McCoy
Ernest Haskell at Mead Museum at Amherst College
by Carand Burnet
Lori Waselchuk at Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
by Robert Moeller
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Robin Luciano Beaty at Three Graces Gallery
by Pam Bernard
Shifting Terrain: Landscape Video at Currier Museum
by Pam Bernard
RHODE ISLAND
Cocktail Culture at Rhode Island School of Design
by Steve Starger
Nancy Friese at Cade Tompkins Project
by Renee Doucette
VERMONT
Renée Bouchard at Towle Hill Studio
by Arlene Ditsler
Fulvio Testa at BigTown Gallery
by Amy Rahn
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