From the Publisher – November 2024
Hope and Change “One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can…
Read moreHope and Change “One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can…
Read moreEnergized “You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is?It’s the same at…
Read moreSummer Time Now is the summer of our discontent. Wait, wrong season. Although… It’s barely mid-June as I write this…
Read moreReverie and Contemplation “Don’t go to a museum with a destination.Museums are wormholes to other worlds.They are ecstasy machines. Follow…
Read moreDive In, Rise Up Sometimes the greatest act of rebellion is to speak the truth. — Alexei Navalny Or paint…
Read moreArt New England Turns 45 It’s an incredible achievement. This magazine has survived recessions, paper shortages, owner transitions, and a…
Read moreJoy, Hope, and Sorrow “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each…
Read moreMoonlight, Summer Moonlightby Emily Brontë ’Tis moonlight, summer moonlight,All soft and still and fair;The solemn hour of midnightBreathes sweet thoughts…
Read moreRebirth Colors of the earth,Knitted togetherSkin, a shared canvas. I am so moved by this cover image, Dressing Up, Dressing…
Read moreA Spring Refresh The spring haze.The scent already in the air.The moon and ume. —Matsuo Basho,17th century haiku master The…
Read moreWhen we confront a great work of art, a great work of the spirit, we feel something, but how difficult,…
Read moreWinter is underappreciated—for its beauty, for the permission it gives us to hunker down a bit, and for the clarity…
Read moreOne of the most important missions of Art New England is to convey the connectivity and the energy of art….
Read moreArt New England’s May/June issue highlights museums. It’s a tradition that casts a light on what these places mean to…
Read moreAs you read on the masthead page and as I’m sure you’re noticing as you hold the magazine in your…
Read moreI recently sold my house, and with that came the process of removing the art from my walls. I had…
Read moreWhat a year. The sun is blazing through my office window on a mid-October day. Should it really be 75…
Read moreThese are strange times. I’m still referring to last year as if it were 2019 and in a few months,…
Read moreAs I write this, I have the last three issues of Art New England spread out in front of me….
Read moreWelcome to Art New England’s annual Museums Issue. About a year ago at this time we had to stop work…
Read moreWelcome to Art New England’s annual Emerging Artists Issue. It seems especially meaningful this year as we emerge from 2020,…
Read moreThis issue marks the return of Art New England—a return to subscribers’ mailboxes, to select newsstands and bookstores throughout the…
Read moreA few weeks ago a friend sent me a cartoon from The New Yorker. It depicted a fellow getting into…
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