Artscope Magazine

Artscope’s final issue of 2024?finds old masters and contemporary brilliance. The?Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?celebrates family with an exhibit of Manet, while the great sculpture?Andrew DeVries?looks towards preserving his legacy. Three vastly different artists —?Tigran Tsitoghdzyan,?Tomashi Jackson?and?Rowan Raskin?—?explore identity and how we perceive ourselves and others.?? We bring you a glittering dispatch from?Art Basel Paris?and, closer to home, the third installment of the powerful “This is America,” this time at the PEG Center for Art and Activism.?Celebration is in order as?Vernon Street Studios?and?Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Newport Art Museum?experiment hit their golden anniversary. Also find reviews of?Jo Ann Rothschild’s “Warm to the Touch,”curated by Artscope’s own Elizabeth Michelman;?Jill Pottle’s “expressionist realism;” the intricacy of?Mo?Kelman’s creations;?Cassie Doyon’s pieces on homelessness and addiction; and?Dawn Nelson?showing her art-as-calendar project, five years in the making.?? As at the end of each November/December issue, we would once again like to thank you, our readers and supporters, for allowing us to continue to cover New England’s rich art community. We’ll be back in January for another year of culture and celebration.?

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Intensely enjoying “Road-Eyes 20-20 Double Vision: Photo Tales with The Clash & The Mescaleros” that arrived yesterday in the dark of night from the land of the Clash City Rockers through the goodness of Barry Myers, AKA “DJ Scratchy,” who was with The Clash on their Fall 1979 North America Tour that included a stop here in Worcester. There are many books on The Clash, but I love this one as it comes from one of their inner family who were as much a part of a Clash show as the band members themselves. I’d be sharing none of this if it wasn’t for J. Ivan Lipton, being visited by Scratchy down at Paperback Booksmith at the Worcester Center Galleria, arranging for me to meet Scratchy before the oversold Clash show at Clark University’s Atwood Hall because I was one of the punters without tickets and having seen them at the Orpheum (with The Undertones and Sam & Dave) a few nights earlier, was still at home considering how to sneak in. I hoped the Number 21 bus across town and arrived right at the appointed time to be greeted by Scratchy and we talked as The Clash were doing their soundcheck with Joe singing something along the lines of, “We don’t like no Howard Johnson’s” (where they were staying a few miles down the road in West Boylston, across the street from the West Boylston Drive In where Pennie Smith captured Paul Simenon in an image include on one of the record jackets inside “London Calling.). DJ Scratchy dedicated and played Sham 69’s latest 45, “Hersham Boys” for me between Scratchy Sounds (DJ) sets before The Clash played. Strangely, of the 11 times I saw them live, it’s the show I actually remember the least, other than being psyched to see how excited the local kids were to have them playing in their town. Later on, up in the dressing room where the band greeted a parade of fans, Scratcht recorded a station ID for WCUW, “after a stormy night in Worm’s Town,” as he called it, that aired for several years, as did one by Topper, who told me that along with the material that would comprise the not yet released “London Calling,” there was another album’s worth of covers. Still waiting for that one! If you’re a Clash or punk rock fan, you’ll love this recent interview on the book and the adventures of DJ Scratchy on the Retrosonic Podcast: https://lnkd.in/e2QZXCAS

Flying into autumn, Artscope’s September/October 2024 issue spotlights brilliant artists and the importance of community. ArtSpace Maynard makes its triumphant return, Catamount rebuilds and The Mount steps up to preserve a sculpture show’s legacy.?? Southern Vermont Art Center’s extensive Fall/Winter Solos gives a rundown of the New England’s who’s-who, while at Narrows Center for the Arts, three artists confront pain and life altering events through their art and Buddhist practices. The Hood showcases Enrique Martínez Celaya’s heartrending paintings; ceramicist Akilah Scharff-Teoh takes us on a quest; SoWa’s Abu Mwenye invites you to his studio; and photographer Marcus DeSieno reminds us that we’re always under surveillance.?? Also find Danforth’s powerhouse annual juried exhibition, Valdez and Christy’s studio sharing interplay, Attleboro’s strokes of kindness and join AHA! New Bedford and Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s Monothon in celebrating 25 years of excellence.??? The autumn is here and New England is filled with dedicated artists making spectacular art. Grab a copy of the September/October 2024 issue today and find out where you’ll start your journey.?

This summer, the art world has been graced with world-class art fairs and numerous summer art festivals across the globe. I was fortunate to attend Art Basel in Switzerland, and the Venice Biennale, where I immersed myself in each floor space, pavilion and offerings, finding the experience incredibly inspiring and invigorating. Artscope Magazine features two articles where I share insights about both events, and I hope you enjoy reading them. Additionally, I will be hosting an in-person talk about these events in August at my new space in Boston, The New England Art Center.

Artscope’s July/August 2024 issue is about preserving legacies. In Boston, Gallery VERY has undertaken a conservation project to archive the work and life of?beloved painter Rob Moore, while?Provincetown’s Berta Walker?celebrates the 35th anniversary of her gallery and the 80th?year of her life. Contributor Madeleine Lord ponders her own anniversary:?it’s been a year since she stopped creating sculptures. In her piece, she talks about the frustrations and liberation of ceasing, and asks other older artists about the plans for their own work after they pass. Also inside the issue are group shows at?Shelburne Museum?and?Fitchburg Art Museum; Providence’s vibrant?basketball court project; absorbing sculpture at?TurnPark Art Space;?Hera Gallery at 50; the?uses of scrimshaw?and raising the alarm about?artist displacement in Easthampton. To cap it all off, our correspondent Claudia Fiks delivers dispatches from the?Venice Biennial?and?Art Basel Switzerland. With the hot weather settled in, take the advice of our Managing Editor, Brian Goslow: “grab yourself a cold drink, sit down, enjoy our 111th issue and plan a summer of art driven adventures.”

Summer sweeps in on Artscope’s May/June 2024 issue, filled with art and artists to greet the warm weather. Learn about trailblazers at?Fuller Craft?and?Mitchell ? Giddings, confronting climate disaster with?humor in North Adams?and with?data at Umbrella Arts, the dreamy paintings of?Anthony Cudahy?and the daily grind of?LaToya M. Hobbs’woodcuts and a?new terrain in photography?at WAM. Longtime Artscope contributors Elizabeth Michelman & Suzanne Volmer take us to Upstate New York with reports from their recent time spent at?ChaNorth Artist Residency, while Donna Dodson sends in a dispatch from this year’s?Art Expo Chicago. Also included is?Cahoon celebrating 40 years,?Eakins’?at FAM, the?pleasure of open studios,?masterful furniture?in NH, a?brilliant display of encaustic?in Wellfleet,?the bonds between art and political organizingand much more! Artscope is also proud to announce that we will once again be represented at?Art Basel?this June, where this issue will be available in the?magazine section. Be sure to visit?Artscope Online?where contributor Claudia Fiks will have on the ground coverage. Jump into summer with Artscope and explore the art community around you.?Pick up a copy today?or visit?app.artscopemagazine.com?and explore our revamped digital space. Download it and let us know how you like it!

The May/June 2024 issue of Artscope Magazine is now available; along with a 10 exhibition Capsule Previews and review of Worcester Art Museum’s “New Terrain: 21st-Century Landscape Photography” show, I introduce our 110th issue with our Welcome Statement: https://lnkd.in/eFkiqd-M

Artscope’s 18th?Anniversary issue takes on the greatest conflicts facing us today. In the pages are artists confronting climate change, thrusting the?cast-off wears?of?modern existence in our faces?as artistic representation of the?planet?and?animals?we are losing.?Migration and the pain of assimilation?are on show in the works of?Dina Nazmi Khorchid?and?Sneha Shrestha, along with a group show at?Burlington City Arts.?Newport Art Museum?takes on “the rights of women and girls” as the “unfinished business of the 21th century,” while?Williams College Museum of Art?dissects the meaning of “emancipation.” Our writers also cover?space exploration?and the rich art of the?Persianate world; how the art communities of?Manchester, New Hampshire?and?Somerville, Mass, are fighting for their space and visibility; how a wide array of artists capture?every-day life?in both?new?and?classicways; and much more. We hope you join us in our exploration of how art and community can positively impact the most seeming insurmountable problems.?Pick up a copy today?or visit?app.artscopemagazine.com?and explore our revamped digital space. Download it and let us know how you like it!

Artscope’s 18th?Anniversary issue takes on the greatest conflicts facing us today. In the pages are artists confronting climate change, thrusting the?cast-off wears?of?modern existence in our faces?as artistic representation of the?planet?and?animals?we are losing.?Migration and the pain of assimilation?are on show in the works of?Dina Nazmi Khorchid?and?Sneha Shrestha, along with a group show at?Burlington City Arts.?Newport Art Museum?takes on “the rights of women and girls” as the “unfinished business of the 21th century,” while?Williams College Museum of Art?dissects the meaning of “emancipation.” Our writers also cover?space exploration?and the rich art of the?Persianate world; how the art communities of?Manchester, New Hampshire?and?Somerville, Mass, are fighting for their space and visibility; how a wide array of artists capture?every-day life?in both?new?and?classicways; and much more. We hope you join us in our exploration of how art and community can positively impact the most seeming insurmountable problems.?Pick up a copy today?or visit?app.artscopemagazine.com?and explore our revamped digital space. Download it and let us know how you like it!