May/June 2019
Contents
Volume 40, Issue 3
FEATURES
Thomas to Kusama
By Charles Bonenti
What New England Museums Bought This Year
Embracing Change
By Matthew D. Teitelbaum, Sharon L. Corwin, Joseph C. Thompson and Richard Saunders
Reflections from Four Museum Directors
COLUMNS
Publisher’s Letter
FlashPoints
Gallery FlashPoints
Museum Directors FlashPoints
Studio Visit
Elizabeth Duffy
By Cerys Wilson
Studio Visit
Johnny Swing
By Sarah Baker
Profile
Ruth Pointer
By Stace Brandt
Curator’s Eye
A Closer Look at Younès Rahmoun’s Habba
By Emma Chubb in conversation with Sarah Baker
Exhibitions
Two Jewels of New England: Lois Tarlow at the New Danforth
By Cynthia Close
Museums
Keeping History Above Water:
Museums and Climate Change
By Dan Yaeger
Index
The Art New England Museum Index
By S. Scarlett Moberly
Theater
“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” Oklahoma! at the North Shore Music Theater
By Jared Bowen
Culture
Form and Function in New England: The Bauhaus at 100
By James McCown
Culture
Parochial to Global: Spotlighting Changes in Connecticut’s Museum Culture
By Susan Rand Brown
Film
Museum Town
By Ethan Gilsdorf
REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art at Fleming Museum of Art
by Cynthia Close
CONNECTICUT
Matthew Barney: Redoubt at Yale University Art Gallery by Jacquelyn Gleisner
Erin Lee Antonak: Seven Spans at ArtSpace New Haven by Jacquelyn Gleisner
MAINE
Greg Shattenberg: Rewinding Romanticism at Maine Museum of Photographic Art
by Carl Little
wolankeyutomon: Take Care of Everything at Abbe Museum by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
Howardena Pindell: What Remains to be Seen at Rose Art Museum by Julianna Thibodeaux
Minoo Emami: Lace on Bones at Gallery Kayafas by Julianna Thibodeaux
Fire and Light: Otto Piene in Groton, 1983–2014 at Fitchburg Art Museum by Christopher Capozzola
Sheila Gallagher: wake at Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy by Susan Boulanger
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Life/Like: Photographs by Martine Gutierrez at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum by Laura Holland
Alnoba Outdoor Sculpture Park in Kensington, NH by Debbie Kane
RHODE ISLAND
Science FictionS: Doug Bosch and Richard Whitten at Jamestown Art Center by Alexander Castro
Unraveling Our Truths: Dead Ringer at Bristol Art Museum by Elizabeth Maynard
VERMONT
Katya Grokhovsky: Privately Owned at Overnight Projects & The Karma Bird House Gallery by Jacoba Urist
Fault Lines at Studio Place Arts by B. Amore
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar
Destination: Vermont
Destination: Berkshires, MA & Beyond
Summer Getaway Guide
Guide to Schools and Workshops
Art Guide
Exhibition Listings
Classifieds
Art Seen
ON THE COVER: Untitled, from the portfolio Constructions, 1923.
László Moholy‑Nagy (American (born in Hungary), 1895–1946).
Lithograph. Promised gift of Richard E. Caves. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.