November / December 2014
Contents
Volume 35, Issue 6
Features
Harvard Art Museums
By James McCown
Transparency and inclusivity guide Renzo Piano’s vision.
Who Owns This Rock?
By Ethan Gilsdorf
Mysterious Rhode Island rock raises copyright and ownership issues.
Made in Prison
By Debbie Hagan
Furniture masters teach inmates lessons about art, craft and life.
COLUMNS
Letters
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Performing Arts at a Glance
New Hampshire
Studio Visit
Varujan Boghosian
By Susan Rand Brown
Massachusetts Studio Visit
Gordon Goetemann
By Anna Kasabian
Book Review
Love Made Visible: Scenes from a Mostly Happy Marriage
By Debbie Hagan
Art Adventure
Bridgeport Art Trail Packs a
Full Program
By Judy Birke
Profile
David Against the Publishing Goliaths
By Ethan Gilsdorf
Biennial
CMCA Biennial Brings Emerging Artists to the Fore
By Andres Azucena Verzosa
Museums
Fruitlands Museum:
Celebrating 100
By Susan Mulski
Destination
New Hampshire
By Alexandra Pecci
Reviews & Previews
SPOTLIGHT
out of bounds at Rockport Art Association by Elizabeth Devlin
CONNECTICUT
Louise Menzies: Time to Think Like a Mountain at Contemporary Art Galleries, Universityof Connecticut by Susan Rand Brown
Inside the Natural World of Jan Beekman at Lyman Allyn Art Museum by Rachael Palacios
MAINE
Philip Frey: In the Moment at Courthouse Gallery Fine Art by Carl Little
Coyote Connections at University of New England by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
One Language is Never Enough at Fitchburg Art Museum by Debbie Hagan
Mel Bochner at Barbara Krakow Gallery by Elizabeth Devlin
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Gary Haven Smith: Connections at McGowan Fine Art by David Raymond
Reverie: Realizing a Collection at Saint Anselm College by Chris Volpe
RHODE ISLAND
Claudia Flynn: Solemnities at Newport Art Museum by Alexander Castro
Ana Guerra: New Paintings at Cade Tompkins Projects by Rachel Shipps
VERMONT
Nye Ffarrabas: A Walk on the Inside at CX Silver by Anthony Merino
Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) at Fleming Museum
by Ric Kasini Kadour
In This Issue
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Seen
On the cover:
ON THE COVER: Diane Barceló, Salvavida, 2006, mixed media collage, 9 x 12″. Courtesy of the artist. Barceló, a Connecticut artist, will show her work in January at Hygienic Art, New London, CT. She is also part of Fitchburg Art Museum’s One Language is Never Enough, on view through January 4, 2015.