March / April 2021

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Art New England

Contents
Volume 42, Issue 2

Features

26 Rewriting History
By Julianna Thibodeaux
Tracing Hip-Hop’s roots from Basquiat to Boston

30 10 Emerging New England Artists
By Julianna Thibodeaux, Rita A. Fucillo, Jennifer Mancuso
A power panel of seven nominate a provocative ten

COLUMNS

7 Publisher’s Letter

8 FlashPoints

10 Gallery FlashPoints

12 Studio Visit
Eric Aho
By Christopher Volpe

14 Studio Visit
Cat Balco
By Susan Rand Brown

16 Museums
Calls to Action
By Jack Curtis

19 Book Review
Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel
By Dian Parker

20 Exhibitions
Inside Kevork Mourad’s Memory Gates at College of Holy Cross
By Nicola Alexander

22 Profile
Lois Tarlow, A Life in Art
By Cynthia Close

Reviews & Previews

SPOTLIGHT
48 Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003 at New Britain Museum of American Art
by Susan Rand Brown

49 Kissing through a Curtain at MassMoCA
by Jennifer Mancuso

55 Unmasked: Artful Responses to the Pandemic at Southern Vermont Arts Center
by B. Amore

CONNECTICUT
50 Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks at Fairfield University Art Museum
by Kristin Nord

50 Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
by Rachael Palacios

MAINE
52 Tad Beck: Eyes Of at Grant Wahlquist Gallery
by Carl Little

52 Katarina Weslien: What Did You Smell When You Were Away? at Speedwell Projects
by Carl Little

MASSACHUSETTS
51 15,000 Days at Kingston Gallery
by B. Amore

51 Triangle, Circle, Square at EKD Gallery by Susan Boulanger

NEW HAMPSHIRE
53 Every Other Line: Jim Zingarelli, Off-Color: Cody Mack, Ordinary/Elusive: Steve Novick at 3S Artspace
by Dian Parker

RHODE ISLAND
53 Donna Ferrato: Selections from Living with the Enemy at Newport Art Museum
by Abbi Kenny

54 Paradise at Cade Tompkins Projects
by Abbi Kenny

VERMONT
51 Getting There from Here: Paintings by Ann Young and James Vogler at ARTE at AR
by Dian Parker

In this Issue

24 Calendar
46 Guide to Schools and Workshops
56 Exhibition Listings
63 Classifieds
64 Art Seen: In Tribute

Artist Directory
A resource for artists,
galleries, Museums
and collectors.

See page 40

On the cover: Ryan Adams, We Gonna Be Alright, 17 x 22″, digital print on 310/gsm Etching Rag. Courtesy of the artist. “Created during early quarantine, in my ‘gem’ style, it’s inspired by a Kendrick Lamar song. Made with a bright color palette to reflect my feelings as the words resonated, the mantra kept me focused and I knew we were going to make it through.” (See page 30).