Charles Giuliano

Visual Arts Review: Kerry James Marshall — Affirming that Black Lives Matter

December 25, 2016
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The swinging pendulum of Kerry James Marshall’s work keeps us off balance.

Theater Review: “Relativity” — Albert Einstein, A Monster of a Genius

November 1, 2016
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Mark St. Germain’s drama is not about Cold War politics, but the question of whether a great man is (or need be) a good man.

Visual Arts Review: Unexpectedly Full — MASS MoCA’s “The Man in the Empty Space”

August 10, 2016
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It took some time, but the stunning synergy of Richard Nonas’ work began to reveal itself.

Visual Arts Review: Norman Rockwell Takes On Abstraction

July 15, 2016
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What is so intriguing about “The Connoisseur” is wondering how Rockwell did it.

Visual Arts Review: “Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado”

July 5, 2016
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Beyond a few superb works, the panorama of flesh proves to be oddly enervating.

Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957”

November 3, 2015
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Other than a highway sign not much remains, but the artistic legacy of Black Mountain College is truly indelible.

Visual Arts Review: Clifford Ross at MASS MoCA — Reinventing the Sublime

August 23, 2015
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The artist knows that beauty, and even the sublime, on their own terms are not enough to cut it in the competitive field of contemporary art.

Visual Arts Review: “Whistler’s Mother” — Up Close and Personal

July 27, 2015
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With invention that suggests the work of Malevich and Mondrian, the composition is a play of rectangles.

Visual Arts Review: The Erratic Eroticism of Francesco Clemente’s “Encampment” at MASS MoCA

July 21, 2015
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It is a conundrum for the critic: is the crudeness of the rendering the result of an expressionist style or a lack of finesse or skill in rendering?

Visual Arts Counter-View: Celebrating the Art of Thomas Hart Benton

June 29, 2015
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Looked at on his own terms Thomas Hart Benton is an American Master and deserves to be reconsidered.

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