May / June 2015
Contents
Volume 36, Issue 3
FEATURES
Blowin’ in the Wind
By Cate McQuaid
Janet Echelman, international artist, launches her first public installation in her
hometown of Boston on May 11.
Reviving the Grande Dame
By Susan Rand Brown
Refreshed galleries, dynamic shows and the return of favorite works bring visitors back to the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Changing of the Guard
By Debbie Hagan
A new crop of New England museum directors share their roadmaps
to the top job.
COLUMNS
Letters
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Vermont Studio Visit
Julia Zanes
By Pamela Mandell
Massachusetts Studio Visit
David Robinson
By Meg Pier
Museums
Audacious: Reimagining Wood as Art
By Shirley Moskow
Exhibitions
Welcome to Picasso’s Studio
By Amy Lilly
From the Vaults
Secrets of the Museum
By Alexander Castro
Previews
Save the Dates: Six Highly Anticipated Museum Exhibitions
By Carand Burnet
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
About Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art at Hood Museum of Art
by Christopher Volpe
CONNECTICUT
Gari Melchers: An American Impressionist at Home and Abroad at Bellarmine Museum of Art
by Judy Birke
New/Now: Angry Robots Liquefied My Brain at New Britain Museum of American Art
by Andres Azucena Verzosa
MAINE
Alison Goodwin: Re-Entry at Greenhut Galleries by Carl Little
Dark Houses: Elizabeth Livingston at University of Maine Museum of Art by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
Mary Bauermeister: The New York Decade at Smith College Museum of Art
by Carand Burnet
Parviz Tanavoli at Davis Museum, Wellesley College by Shawn Hill
Jay Critchley, Incorporated at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
by Susan Rand Brown
Philip Gerstein: ¡EXPERIMENT! at Galatea Fine Art by Susan Boulanger
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Lush Life at Lamont Gallery by Christopher Volpe
Carly Glovinski: Land-Line at 3S Artspace by David Raymond
RHODE ISLAND
Dave Cole at David Winton Bell Gallery by Alexander Castro
Ashwini Bhat: Earth Took of Earth at Newport Art Museum by Alexander Castro
VERMONT
Lauren Olitski at Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts by Arlene Distler
Subtle, Not Subtle: Evocative Nuance at West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park
by Cynthia L. Close
In This Issue:
Calendar
Destination: Berkshires
Destination: Connecticut Shore
Summer Getaway Guide
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Art Seen
On the Cover: Milton Avery, The Steeplechase, Coney Island, 1929, oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Sally M. Avery, 1984 (1984.527). Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, New York; © 2013 Milton Avery Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum.