September / October 2015
Contents
Volume 36, Issue 5
FEATURES
A Moveable Feast
By Zachary Jason
Rising rents on Boston’s tony Newbury Street have contributed to the exodus of
galleries to Harrison Avenue.
No Field Trip Required
By Alexander Castro
Exploring the high-end galleries of New England prep schools
Why Do We Need Galleries?
By Debbie Hagan
In an era of art fairs, Internet sales and high-stake auctions, these dealers believe galleries are more relevant than ever.
COLUMNS
Letters
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Maine Gallery Visit
Corey Daniels Gallery
By Daniel Kany
Rhode Island Gallery Visit
Top Drawer Art at the Brass
By Alexander Castro
Museums
Diversity Leads to Relevance in New England Museums
By Dan Yaeger
Biennials
You Can’t Get There From
Here and Ephemeral Art
in the Landscape
By Andres Azucena Verzosa
Profile
3S Artspace: The Voyage Out
By Christopher Volpe
Profile
North Adams Gallerist
Ralph Brill
By Charles Bonenti
Book Review
Maureen Meister’s Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New England
By James McCown
Vermont Studio Visit
Wolf Kahn
By Christopher Volpe
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Brand-New and Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s at Colby College Museum of Art
by Carl Little
CONNECTICUT
September Exhibitions at Silvermine Galleries by Tori Rysz
20th Retrospective: Highlights from the Past Twenty Years at Center for Contemporary Printmaking
by Tori Rysz
MAINE
Alfred Chadbourn: Painting in Maine at Ogunquit Museum of American Art
by Carl Little
A Mind of Winter: Photographs by Abelardo Morell at Bowdoin College Museum of Art
by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood at Peabody Essex Museum
by Susan Saccoccia
Marguerite Zorach, Dahlov Ipcar and William Zorach at Samsøn Gallery
by Frances J. Folsom
Crafted: Objects in Flux at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Susan Rand Brown
Stereotypes at Gallery Seven by Sarah Pollman
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Force of Nature: Exploring the Power of the Feminine at Karl Drerup Gallery &
Silver Center for the Arts by David Raymond
77 A Pattern Language at Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy by David Raymond
RHODE ISLAND
Lara Ivanović at Gallery EOSS by Alexander Castro
Making Faces at Imago Gallery by Amanda Montgomery Herzog
VERMONT
Line and Shadow: Cyanotypes and Drawings by Tom Fels at Jackson Gallery
by Bret Chenkin
Peter Saul at Hall Art Foundation by Arlene Distler
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar
Destination: Rhode Island
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Art Seen