September / October 2021

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Contents
Volume 42, Issue 5

FEATURES

34 NFT
By Steve Schlackman
The Future of Art or Just a Fad

38 Flipping the Narrative
By Susan Rand Brown
Surveying the Scene through the Female Gaze

42 Curatorial Assemblage
By Heather Martin
Ten Amazing Women Gallerists in New England

COLUMNS

9 Publisher’s Letter

10 FlashPoints

12 Gallery FlashPoints

14 Studio Visit
Harry A. Rich
By Dian Parker

16 Gallery Visit
The Arithmetic of Compassion
By Jennifer Mancuso

18 Galleries
A Taste of Home Cooking
By Emily Avery-Miller

20 Profile
The Marble House Project: A New Kind of Artist Residency Takes Root in Vermont
By Cynthia Close

22 Milestone
Designing for the Future:
Montserrat Turns 50
By Nicola Alexander

24 Film
Champions, Then and Now
By Loren King

26 Exhibitions
Ai Weiwei: Rebel with a Cause
By Jack Curtis

28 Color
The Demonstrative Surprise of Orange
By Dian Parker

30 Museums
ZAM! Introducing the New
Zillman Art Museum
By Jessica Skwire Routhier

32 Exhibitions
In the Stillness, Art and
Spirituality Emerge
By Rita A. Fucillo

REVIEWS & PREVIEWS

SPOTLIGHT

31 Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway at The Clark Art Institute by Kristin Nord

68 When the Light Breaks into Pieces: Carolina Ellenbogen at Ellenbogen Gallery
by B. Amore

74 Jeff Bye: Light, Air, and the Passage of Time Captured in Paint at Edgewater Gallery
on the Green by Cynthia Close

CONNECTICUT

70 Carrie Mae Weems, Robert Gerhardt, and Roberto Lugo at Fairfield University
Art Museum by Shanta Lee Gander

MAINE

71 Sherry Streeter, James O’Neil, Liddy Hubbell, Goody-B. Wiseman at Artemis Gallery
by Carl Little

71 Recent Acquisitions in the Stephen K. Halpert Photography Collection at UNE
at University of New England Art Gallery by Carl Little

MASSACHUSETTS

70 Positions and Props: A Loosening Line at A.P.E. Gallery by B. Amore

NEW HAMPSHIRE

72 Monadnock Art Tour 25th Anniversary at Monadnock Art/Friends of the
Dublin Art Colony by April Claggett

RHODE ISLAND
72 Rhode Island I.M.A.G.I.N.E.S Peace at Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College
by Abbi Kenny

VERMONT

73 New England Now: People at Murphy Gallery, Shelburne Museum by Dian Parker

73 20/20 Hindsight: Seeing the Past Anew with Contemporary Art at Art at the Kent
by Shanta Lee Gander

IN THIS ISSUE

50 Calendar

52 Destination: New England

66 Art Guide

69 Guide to Schools and Workshops

75 Exhibition Listings

87 Classifieds

88 Art Seen

ARTDISIRTECTORY
A RESOURCE FOR ARTISTS,
GALLERIES, MUSEUMS
AND COLLECTORS.
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