Contents
Volume 43, Issue 3
Features
38 Turner’s Modern World Ravishes at the MFA
By Christopher Volpe
Exhibition recasts the artist as visionary historian
42 This Land
By Hilary Irons
American Engagement with the Natural World at the Hood Museum of Art
46 The Seeds of Russia’s Propaganda Campaign
By Kristin Nord
Why Atheism Reigned at the Museum of Russian Icons
Columns
9 Publisher’s Letter
10 FlashPoints
12 Gallery FlashPoints
14 Studio Visit
Riley Watts
By Hilary Irons
16 Studio Visit
Barbara Bosworth
By Deb Hemley
18 Profile
Paul Gruhler:
Existential Encounter
By B. Amore
20 Color
Starry and Cruel Yellow
By Dian Parker
22 Film
The Timelessness of
Fiddler on the Roof
By Loren King
24 Art + Activism
Catherine Opie, The Land in
Which We Live
By Cynthia Close
26 Follow Up
Focusing on Indigenous Peoples and Their Art
By Jack Curtis
28 Succession
Betsy Wyeth’s Remote
Island Legacy
By Cynthia Close
30 Index
Art New England’s Museum Index
Compiled by Autumn Duke
32 Museums
The Shifting Landscape
of Museum Power
By Dan Yaeger
34 The Colored Museum
Remixing Museum Spaces
By Jennifer Mancuso
Reviews & Previews
Spotlight
60 The Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Collection at The Danforth Museum at
Framingham State University by Jennifer Mancuso
61 A Perfect Perch: The Architect’s Chair at Hill-Stead Museum by Kristin Nord
64 Game Changers: Video Games & Contemporary Art at MassArt Art Museum
by C. Shardae Jobson
66 Lisa Reihana: in Pursuit of Venus [infected] at David Winton Bell Gallery,
Brown University by Elizabeth Maynard
MAINE
62 Jane Morgan: In My Style at Brick Store Museum by Carl Little
62 M. Annenberg: News/Not News at Maine Jewish Museum by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
63 On-Kyeong Seong: Boundless Garden at Kingston Gallery by Maureen Canney
63 MacRae Wylde: Truth at Nesto Gallery at Milton Academy by Maureen Canney
NEW HAMPSHIRE
65 Craig Stockwell: Memorials (Observed) at Jaffrey Civic Center by Susan Wadsworth
RHODE ISLAND
65 Re-Examining Conservation: Questions at the Intersection of the Arts & Sciences at
Brown University, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts by Elizabeth Maynard
VERMONT
67 Frobertan: We’re All at a Party Called Life on Earth! at Compass Music and Arts
Center by B. Amore
67 Roberto Visani: Form/Reform at Brattleboro Museum and Art Center by B. Amore
In this Issue
36 Calendar
50 Destination: Berkshires
56 Art Guide
59 Guide to Schools and Workshops
68 Exhibition Listings
79 Classifieds
80 Art Seen
| Publisher | Tim Montgomery |
| Associate Publisher | Rita A. Fucillo |
| Interim Editor | Rita A. Fucillo |
| Writers this Issue | B. Amore, Maureen Canney, Cynthia Close, Jack Curtis, Autumn Duke, Deb Hemley, Hilary Irons, C. Shardae Jobson, Loren King, Carl Little, Jennifer Mancuso, Elizabeth Maynard, Kristin Nord, Dian Parker, Christopher Volpe, Susan Wadsworth, Dan Yaeger |
| Editorial Intern | Autumn Duke |
| Art Director | Lori Pedrick |
| Associate Art Director | Judith Fogge |
| Senior Account Executive | Susan Baker |
| Account Executive | Meredith Davis |
| Vice President, Operations | Tyler J. Montgomery |
| Corporate Counsel | Lenard B. Zide, Butters Brazilian LLP |