From the Publisher – March 2025
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on…
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From the Publisher – January 2025
Dear 2025… I have always been one to get lost in words. Read, written, sung or spoken—words are my salvation….
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Hope and Change “One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can…
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Energized “You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is?It’s the same at…
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Summer Time Now is the summer of our discontent. Wait, wrong season. Although… It’s barely mid-June as I write this…
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Reverie and Contemplation “Don’t go to a museum with a destination.Museums are wormholes to other worlds.They are ecstasy machines. Follow…
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Dive In, Rise Up Sometimes the greatest act of rebellion is to speak the truth. — Alexei Navalny Or paint…
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Art New England Turns 45 It’s an incredible achievement. This magazine has survived recessions, paper shortages, owner transitions, and a…
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Joy, Hope, and Sorrow “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each…
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Moonlight, Summer Moonlightby Emily Brontë ’Tis moonlight, summer moonlight,All soft and still and fair;The solemn hour of midnightBreathes sweet thoughts…
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Rebirth Colors of the earth,Knitted togetherSkin, a shared canvas. I am so moved by this cover image, Dressing Up, Dressing…
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A Spring Refresh The spring haze.The scent already in the air.The moon and ume. —Matsuo Basho,17th century haiku master The…
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When we confront a great work of art, a great work of the spirit, we feel something, but how difficult,…
Read moreFrom the Publisher – November 2022
Winter is underappreciated—for its beauty, for the permission it gives us to hunker down a bit, and for the clarity…
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One of the most important missions of Art New England is to convey the connectivity and the energy of art….
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Art New England’s May/June issue highlights museums. It’s a tradition that casts a light on what these places mean to…
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As you read on the masthead page and as I’m sure you’re noticing as you hold the magazine in your…
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I recently sold my house, and with that came the process of removing the art from my walls. I had…
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What a year. The sun is blazing through my office window on a mid-October day. Should it really be 75…
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These are strange times. I’m still referring to last year as if it were 2019 and in a few months,…
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As I write this, I have the last three issues of Art New England spread out in front of me….
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Welcome to Art New England’s annual Museums Issue. About a year ago at this time we had to stop work…
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Welcome to Art New England’s annual Emerging Artists Issue. It seems especially meaningful this year as we emerge from 2020,…
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We’re Back
This issue marks the return of Art New England—a return to subscribers’ mailboxes, to select newsstands and bookstores throughout the…
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A few weeks ago a friend sent me a cartoon from The New Yorker. It depicted a fellow getting into…
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