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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 6h
“Multiplicity,” our Oct. 8 #NewEngland #Art email blast! features “Because the Sky is Blue” at Center for #Maine #ContemporaryArt #RocklandME; “The 27th Annual Frances N. Roddy Exhibition” at #ConcordArt MA & “The 97th Annual Southern #Vermont Arts Center Open Members' Exhibition”: conta.cc/4j3zfdh
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Object memory,” our Sept. 24 Artscope email blast! features “Shelly "Lola" Freund: Menjunje/Amalgamatio” at #ConcordArt; “Shi: Stories in Stone” at The #DavisMuseum at #WellesleyCollege; and “Thin Places: Thresholds of Transition” at #Emerson Contemporary. Read it here: conta.cc/3TeMaP6
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This Thursday, the “Linc Cornell: Fractured” exhibition previewed by Madeleine Lord in our current issue of #NewEnglandArt, has its opening reception from 3-4:30 p.m. at the #NestoGallery in the #Art and Media Center at #MiltonAcademy, 173 Centre St., #MiltonMA: artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/no-m...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Where’s $Boston? 50 Years Later,” a collection of black-and-white photographs by Constantine Manos, on view through Dec. 12 at the #BostonAthenaeum, is a small gathering of his 1975 landmark #photography; J.M. Belmont reviews the show in our current issue. artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/anyt...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Perspectives: America at 250” opens Sunday afternoon, with a reception from 3-5 p.m., bringing together 120 original prints by #BostonPrintmakers members at Center for Contemporary #Printmaking, 299 West Ave., #NorwalkCT. Read @bgoslow.bsky.social’s preview: artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/how-...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In “Op-Eds: Messages to America” at LexArt, Lexington MA, Merill Comeau, Keith M. Francis, Shea Justice & Adrienne Sloane hold the mirror up to the roots & current struggles of our fractured democracy asking us to not look away. Madi Lord on what she saw: artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/op-e...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our 9/10 Untold Stories email blast! features Lua Kobayashi: The Persistence of Memories at Griffin Museum Of Photography; ¡Batey Boricua! Creamos Nuestro Espacio | We Create Our Space at The Wadsworth & Nguni: Migrant Nations of Southeast Africa at #Yale University Art Gallery: conta.cc/4ywIJSW
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Opening reception for “Kathleen Lugosch: Seeing Place” photography show documenting Western Mass. forests this Thursday., Sept. 10, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the John W. Olver Design Building Gallery @umassamherst.bsky.social.. Read Sawyer Smook-Pollitt’s preview: artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/be-s...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Often described as a Figurative #AbstractExpressionist, Robert S. Neuman's "Expressive Roots” at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth, Maine, through Oct. 17, “helps us contextualize the transformations in Neuman’s six-decades of work,” writes Heather Stivison: artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/the-...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#FiberArtist Kara Patrowicz employs needle felting, in which animal fibers like wool — and cocoon-sourced silk — are enmeshed into one continuous composition using long needles.” Her solo #fiberart exhibition at #Worcester Art Museum continues through Nov 1: artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/the-...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our Sept/Oct 2026 issue is now available at partnering locations throughout New England and via digital purchase online. For an introduction to this issue, read managing editor @bgoslow.bsky.social's Welcome Statement: artscopemagazine.com/2026/09/welc...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Maren Brown, “Origin(al)s: Discovery, April 18, 2025,” #eggtempera, 36” x 24” x 2”, is the featured #artwork on the cover of our September/October 2026 issue; her "We Are All a/Part" #art exhibition has its opening reception this Fri., Sept. 4, from 6-8 p.m. at #GalateaFineArt in #SoWaBoston .
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Lee Roscoe calls the opening reception for “Collaborations,” on view through Sept. 19 at Berta Walker Gallery in #Provincetown, “one of the most fabulous #newenglandart #art events I’ve ever seen ... jazzy, colorful, soulful, inventive.” Read her full review at artscopemagazine.com/2026/08/some...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Let it shine,” our Aug. 27 email #newengland #art blast! features Catherine Kernan: Intention & Surprise at Mitchell Giddings #BrattleboroVT; Rohini Devasher: Solar Poetics at Bruce Museum #GreenwichCT; & “En/Lighten: Material & Metaphor” at #RoseArtMuseum #Brandeis. Read it here: conta.cc/4iozHlW
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Martha Chason-Sokol, Yue Hua & Corey Jonze, three of the artists featured in the #KingstonGallery’s current “HEAVY/LIGHT” exhibition, give an artists’ talk this afternoon, Sunday, Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. at 450 Harrison Ave. #43, #SoWABoston. More details at www.kingstongallery.com/main-associa...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Annual favorites,” our August 12 Artscope email blast! features “8 Visions 2026” at #AttleboroArtsMuseum; “Public Xhibition 37” at #GalleryX #NewBedford & “Brickbottom Artist Association Member Show: SPARK!” at #BrickbottomGallery #SomervilleMA. Get a blast of #NewEnglandArt here: conta.cc/4zd0isa
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“The Artist’s Hand,” the second of a series of “2026 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition” artist talks takes place Sunday, Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. with Paula DeSimone, Ruth Scotch Stephen Sheffield & Mary Zouharis. Read @cvw198.bsky.social’s review in our July/Aug issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/nine...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Roots and branches” our July 30 Artscope email blast! features “A Celebration of Trees” 3 at #JamestownArts RI; “Richard Estes: Woods & Waters” on view til Friday at #DowlingWalsh #RocklandME & “Learning with Trees: Artists and Ecologies of Connection” at #HallSpace #DorchesterMA: conta.cc/44MLoel
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Between the relentless sunlight of a #WesternMassachusetts summer day & inevitable pouring of the unexpected outlash of Mother Nature are days filled with hiking, kayaking, swimming, & an endless bounty of #art institutions & galleries to visit” – Marjorie Kaye: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/ener...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“At Zero 10, Art Basel's platform dedicated to digital art, artists working with digital media, generative systems, moving image, artificial intelligence & immersive technologies demonstrated how rapidly the field continues to evolve.”: — Claudia Fiks: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/disp...
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DISPATCH FROM ART BASEL
For many years, I have worked as an educational guide at Art Basel, leading groups through the fair and helping visitors navigate its vast ecosystem of galleries, institutions…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“São Paulo’s #graffiti scene has deep roots in the late 20th century, emerging alongside political & social tensions that shaped #Brazil’s urban identity" — Claudia Fiks, “From Ephemeral to Enduring: São Paulo’s Graffiti as the City’s Living Canvas": artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/from... #muralart
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FROM EPHEMERAL TO ENDURING: SÃO PAULO’S GRAFFITI AS THE CITY’S LIVING CANVAS
I arrived in São Paulo at the opening of the São Paulo Biennial, back in September 2025, when the city’s attention was momentarily drawn inward, toward the pavilion, toward curated spaces…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“I was drawn to the vibrancy and immediacy of the works” — Sawyer Smook-Pollitt reviews “Jan Lhormer: Earth and Sky,” on view through August 15 at the #ArtComplexMuseum in #Duxbury, Massachusetts, in our July/August 2026 issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/colo... #newenglandart #abstractart #art
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COLORING IN THE CRACKS AT THE ART COMPLEX
I began my day on June 14 by drinking a strong cup of coffee and watching a 1973 live performance of Steely Dan’s “My Old School.” That performance, featuring bright orange stage lights…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“The Land Tells Our Stories,” 3 large scale site-specific works commissioned by @thetrustees.bsky.social, unfurl across Mass. this summer at #CraneEstate & Beach, #MooseHillFarm, #RockHouseReservation, with an overview at #Fruitlands. @cvw198.bsky.social reports: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/the-...
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THE LAND REMEMBERS
“The Land Tells Our Stories” is an ambitious group of three large scale, site-specific works which unfurl across Massachusetts this summer. The project has been commissioned by the Trustees of…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“Materials Matter,” the first of a series of “2026 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition” artist talks takes place today, Sunday, July 25 at 3 p.m. & features Maren Brown, Shawn Farley, Coco McCabe & Sally Moore. Read @cvw198.bsky.social’s #art review in AS123: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/nine...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In “Where Do I Go?,” presented by #RobertKleinGallery at RKG x SEA-DAR Project Space #SoWaBoston, Lebanese-born American/Palestinian #photographer #RaniaMatar attempts to get as close to photographing the future as she can, not by divination, but by questioning: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/afte...
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AFTER THE RUINS
Can you capture the future in a photograph? The answer, of course, is no. You can, however, detail individuals on the edge of it. This is seen most strikingly in war photography where people living on...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“La Machina de los S Sueños/The Machine of Dreams,” on view through July 31 at Cantor #Art Gallery @holy-cross.bsky.social #WorcesterMA, “supports a vibrant message of self-expression and solidarity." Read Cathy Weaver Taylor’s full review on Artscope Online: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/la-m...
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La Machina de los S Sueños/The Machine of Dreams at Cantor Art Gallery at Holy Cross is Showing through July 31
In the dream world presented in “La Machina de los Sueños/The Machine of Dreams,” on view through July 31 at the Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, differences are celebrated.
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sawyer Smook-Pollitt reviews the “Jan Lhormer: Earth & Sky”; “Under Construction: America at 250” & “American Beauty: #ShakerFurniture & #ContemporaryCraft” #art exhibitions at the #ArtComplexMuseum, #DuxburyMA., in our July/August #NewEnglandArt issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/colo...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“Tynan Byrne does not owe viewers a chronology, nor does he attempt to provide one” in his work in the “MFA #VisualArts 2026 Thesis Exhibition” at the Lunder Arts Center of #LesleyUniversity #CambridgeMA, writes Vanessa Boucher in an Artscope Online #art review: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/the-...
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THE PEOPLE STANDING IN THE ROOM: TYNAN BYRNE AT LESLEY’S LUNDER ARTS CENTER
Tynan Byrne’s how strange others’ hands on the body that you lovetransforms personal history into an exploration of queer identity, care, and the lives that continue beyond survival.
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The first of two 2026 #SouthCoastArtists Open Studio #art Tours takes place this Sat. & Sun. with 75 #artists in #DartmouthMA & #WestportMA and #TivertonRI & #LittleCompton, RI. Our new issue includes a SCA #OpenStudios brochure; you can also download it at southcoastartists.org/open-studio-tours
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“Homelands,” our July 16 email blast! features “Imagining an Archipelago” at #ColbyCollege Museum of #Art #Maine; “John Hitchcock: We are Defined by the Beat” at #NewBritain Museum of #AmericanArt #Conn & “Angel Otero: The Ocean Forgot Your Garden” at #NewportArtMuseum #RhodeIsland: conta.cc/4599WOx
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
TONIGHT! #GalleryNightProvidence from 5-9 p.m. includes a preview of the #ProvidenceFringeFestival and dozens of exhibitions. For full details & to sign up for GNP bus tours and walks through #Providence, visit gallerynight.org/
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“The name Alex Katz immediately conjures up images of sharply silhouetted faces, figures & landscapes on gigantic canvases — So, it is a surprise to discover an entirely different Katz in “Out of Sight: A Drawing Survey” @colbycollege.bsky.social Museum of Art”: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/behi...
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BEHIND THE LINES AT COLBY
The name Alex Katz immediately conjures up images of sharply silhouetted faces, figures and landscapes painted on gigantic canvases — bold compositions of fresh, bright colors that feel clean and…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In our new issue, Heather Stivison reviews four thoughtful & engaging contemporary #art shows at Center for #Maine #ContemporaryArt in #RocklandME: “Will Sears|The Third Field,” “Bianca Beck: Eyes,” “Abbey Williams: Fugue” & “Marc Swanson: Death is Expensive”: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/expl...
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EXPLOSIVE SUMMER IN MAINE
One of the pleasures of summer is the opportunity for frequent daytrips and weekend getaways — and for art lovers that often means exploring galleries, museums and shows that are off our beaten paths.
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“Jackie Reeves uses her own body as portal through which her life experiences shunt onto her canvases. The pieces are physically dynamic & provocative” – Lee Roscoe on “Larger than Life/Drawings in Time” at the #Provincetown #Art Association & Museum till Sunday: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/happ...
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“HAPPY ACCIDENTS”
When you see a Jackie Reeves painting you know it. She has been honing her unique style over two decades, gaining mastery and confidence. You can partake in a selection of Reeve’s art…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Randal Thurston presents “A Narrative History of Somerville’s #Brickbottom Neighborhood” this Tues. at 6 p.m. at #SomervilleMuseum as part of its #ARTSTAYSHERE Coalition's “Faces, Places & Spaces” #artsadvocacy #art exhibition that’s reviewed in our latest issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/prot...
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PROTECTING WORKSPACES
FACES, PLACES & SPACES: The Somerville Museum (who knew Somerville had a museum?) hosts a “community curator” exhibition each year. This year, through August 23, The #ARTSTAYSHERE Coalition — of which...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Margaret & Angus Wurtele Sculpture Garden at Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut hosts works by some of the world's greatest sculptors. Madeleine Lord gives a tour of its spectacular collection in this Artscope Online special report: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/a-su...
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A SUMMER CELEBRATION AT YALE: WURTELE SCULPTURE GARDEN IS A WORTHY TRIP
The Yale University Art Gallery was founded in 1832 and is the oldest college museum in North America. On Thursday evening, June 18, the Margaret and Angus Wurtele Sculpture Garden…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The #WickfordArtFestival taking place this Saturday & Sunday, is a huge outdoor tented #art event at Wilson Park #NorthSmithfieldRI with free admission, 200+ artists, food vendors & more. Suzanne Volmer previews the #WickfordArtAssociation event in our new issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/wick...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“I search for marks made in the world and highlight them. I love going to places that have sloppy paint, murals, and graffiti.” — Grace Hopkins talking about her “Circuits” #art exhibition on view through July 18 at the #BertaWalkerGallery in #Provincetown: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/corn...
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CORNERED: GRACE HOPKINS
Artist and gallery director Grace Hopkins was raised in a world of painters by her father, artist and Guggenheim Fellow Budd Hopkins, and her mother, arts writer, renowned critic and museum curator…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
#America250 seems to be everywhere with museums & cultural institutions commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary through thought-provoking exhibitions. Among the most compelling is “Framing American Democracy” at the #WadsworthAtheneum of #Art #HartfordCT: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/a-na...
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A NATION IN THE FRAME
As Independence Day approaches, “America 250” seems to be everywhere, from event flyers in local coffee shops to patriotic displays lining grocery store aisles. Beyond the celebrations and marketing…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“Solo spotlight,” our July 2 Artscope email blast! features Sheila Isham: Between Worlds at #NewportArtMuseum; Everything is Everything: Will Kasso Condry at #BurlingtonCityArts & Linda Sok: Warped Archive at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center #BrattleboroVT Read it here: conta.cc/4wc2DkK
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Our July/August 2026 issue's cover features #RaniaMatar’s archival pigment print, “Rhea S., Piccadilly Theater, #Beirut, #Lebanon (#1),” 2021, on view in her “Where Do I Go? (لوين روح)” exhibition at RKG x SEA-DAR Project Space #SoWaBoston reviewed by JM Belmont: artscopemagazine.com/2026/07/afte...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If you’re in Switzerland for #ArtBasel 2026, stop by the Magazines Sector and pick up a copy of our May/June 2026 issue featuring #MariSaxon’s striking “Lift My Eyelids for Me” archival pigment print. For more details, visit artbasel.com. (Images courtesy of Art Basel). #art #internationalart
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“About face,” our June 18 Artscope #NewEnglandArt email blast! features “The Soul Selects Their Own Society” at Photographic Resource Center; “Ascendancy: The Self in #ContemporaryArt” at #Mattatuck Museum & “Wheaton Mahoney: The Forgotten” at #GriffinMuseum of #Photography #art: conta.cc/44jEsVv
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Reception for Adam Leveille & Liv Jung-König: Unadorned” this Friday at Chase Young Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston. Artscope’s James Foritano profiles Leveille's “intriguing, even mysteriously glamorous #urbandetritus, or vintage toys” on ArtscopeOnline: artscopemagazine.com/2026/06/adam...
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ADAM LEVEILLE: UNADORNED AT CHASE YOUNG GALLERY
I was foot weary when I entered Adam Leveille’s studio during the recent Somerville Open Studios since I trusted my feet only to rare sightings of promised trolleys which then vanished.
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“All together now,” our May 21 email blast! features “Happenstance” at #13Forest Gallery #ArlingtonMA; “Endless Repeat: Artists in Residence Show” at #Worcester Center for Crafts & the #NewHampshire Art Association Members' Exhibition: Creme de la Crème at The Art Center #DoverNH: conta.cc/4nDNOEB
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“NEXT,” on view through June 13 at #JamestownArtsCenter, #JamestownRI, features artists from 19-39 with roots in Jamestown with distinctive visions that together form “a compelling portrait of a generation.” Sawyer Smook-Pollitt reviews the show in Artscope122: artscopemagazine.com/2026/04/the-...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Erica Licea Kane’s “Looking Back/Moving Forward” at the Clip Art Gallery at Clippership Wharf, 65 Lewis St., East Boston, Massachusetts, is only open Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. & by appointment – but worth the effort, according to Marjorie Kaye in our latest issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/04/a-pl...
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A PLAY OF MEDIUMS
ClipArt Gallery at Clippership Wharf in East Boston mirrors the contemporary future-forward intentions of the complex, hosting art exhibitions in an open and airy space. The combination of pristine…
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The first beautiful weekend of the year in #NewEngland calls for a special #art roadtrip, don’t you think? How about a trip to #BerkshireBotanicalGarden #StockbridgeMA is on view through May 31? The show is previewed by Marjorie Kaye in our latest issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/04/a-ga...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Five local #artists are featured in “On Being American | Contemporary Artworks, Echoes of the Past,” on view through June 20 at Lippitt House Museum in #Providence, RI. Read the rest of @bgoslow.bsky.social’s Capsule Previews from our May/June 2026 issue here: artscopemagazine.com/2026/04/caps...
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Artscope Magazine @artscopemagazine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“Imagined foreground & backgrounds landscapes are framed by rectangular elements as if creating a stage set, Sam Belise's “OVR/WRKED” exhibition at #Boston's #PianoCraftGallery, “is documenting how we see the world now,” writes Madeleine Lord in our latest issue: artscopemagazine.com/2026/04/atte...
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ATTENTION FOR SALE
Sam Belisle is a master who paints in parable. I was taught in high school that parable is the highest form of poetry. His works are exceptionally painted poetry invested with deeply felt narrative…
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