September / October 2016
CONTENTS
Volume 37, Issue 5
FEATURES
A Hotel with Art
By Laura Holland
Or a gallery with rooms?
Is Art Really Just a Luxury?
By Christopher Capozzola
New England Artists Respond to the Political Moment
The Great Boston Gallery Migration
By Zachary Jason
A Reappraisal of the Burgeoning SoWa Art and Design District
COLUMNS
Letters
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Gallery Visit
CYNTHIA-REEVES
By Christopher Volpe
Gallery Visit
No Pop
By Tori Rysz
Painting
Cape Ann en Plein Air
By Susan Boulanger
Profile
Vose Galleries
By Dominic Green
Theater
Political Theater
By Jared Bowen
Culture
The 51%: Gender Equity in the Art World
By Katy Kelleher
Painting
Perpetual Transformation: Contemporary Impressionists Illuminate the Connecticut Landscape
By Susan Rand Brown
Film
Frame to Fame: Following Four Filmmakers on Their Journeys, Part 2
By Ethan Gilsdorf
Museums
A Little History: When—
and why—are some galleries considered museums?
By James H. Miller
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Milton Avery’s Vermont at Bennington Museum
by Arlene Distler
CONNECTICUT
Hanga Now: Contemporary Japanese Printmakers at University of St. Joseph Art Museum
by Judy Birke
Danger Came Smiling: Feminist Art and Popular Music at Franklin Street Works
by Judy Birke
MAINE
Pushing Boundaries at Farnsworth Art Museum
by Carl Little
Erik Weisenburger: New Work at Dowling Walsh Gallery
by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
Displacement/Refuge at Art Market Provincetown
by Susan Rand Brown
Correspondences at Barbara Krakow Gallery
by Emily Avery-Miller
Zygmund Jankowski: Unscripted at Trident Gallery
by Elizabeth Fennell
Telephone Exhibition: The Unity of Opposites at Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd.
by Carand Burnet
Rockwell and Realism in an Abstract World at Norman Rockwell Museum
by Charles Bonenti
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nancy Simonds: Shape Shifting & Radiant Chroma at McGowan Fine Art
by David Raymond
RHODE ISLAND
Grace & Gravity: Deborah Baronas at ArtProv Gallery
by Alexander Castro
What Lies Beneath at Atelier Newport
by Alexander Castro
VERMONT
Landscapes After Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime at Hall Art Foundation
by Arlene Distler
East Meets West at Miller’s Thumb Gallery
by Sheryl Trainor
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar
Destination: Boston
Pioneer Valley
Artist Directory
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Exhibition Listings
Classifieds
Art Seen