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In this blast
:: Reflections of a Changing Japan: The Evolution of Shin Hanga at Worcester Art Museum
:: Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England at Yale University Art Gallery
:: Contemporary Ukrainian Folk Art: The Matrix of Resilience at Battleboro Museum and Art Center
Sponsored By: Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Montserrat College of Art, Bromfield Gallery, Copley Society of Art, Kingston Gallery, 13Forest Gallery and Artscope Online.
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This week we're presenting Worcester Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery and Brattleboro Museum and Art Center.
While last week's selections took a look at American artists, this week we highlight three exhibits that showcase art inextricably linked to the era and location in which it was created - from traditional forms of printmaking updated for a rapidly changing age, to high-class portraiture emblematic of the style of the day, to folk art traditions that have persisted for hundreds of years and continues to persevere today.
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-Sawyer Smook-Pollitt
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Reflections of a Changing Japan: The Evolution of Shin Hanga at Worcester Art Museum
in Worcester, Massachusetts, March 29 to June 29
| | Tsuchlya Koltsu, Rain in Ginza (Ginza no ame), November 1933, woodblock print, ink and color on paper, Heald Fund for Asian Art and Asian Art Various Donors Fund, 1997.145. Image courtesy Worcester Art Museum. | | Worcester Art Museum presents Reflections of a Changing Japan: The Evolution of Shin Hanga. This exhibition offers a look into the changing world of early 1900s Japan through 35 artworks that are representative of the Shin Hanga, or “new prints" of the day." These works, many of which are on view for the first time, were revival of Edo Period ukiyo-e printmaking that embraced new techniques and new subject matter influenced by the "Westernization" of Japan in the 20th century. This exhibition "explores the rise and fall of this pivotal movement in Japanese printmaking, examining inspirations from traditional subjects, the influence of international travel and Western artists, and the waning interest in the genre after World War II." The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m. Worcester Art Museum is located at 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA. For more information, please visit here. | | |
Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England at Yale University Art Gallery
in New Haven, Connecticut from March 28 to September 14
| | George Romney, A Conversation (or The Artist’s Brothers Peter and James Romney), 1766. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Image courtesy Yale University Art Museum. | | Yale University Art Gallery presents Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England, a show co-organized by the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art, that features the work of British portrait painter George Romney. Romney, active in the mid-late 18th century, was known for his "fashionable" paintings of wealthy patrons but harbored a desire to be a historical painter. "His aspirations to be a history painter were never realized, but his many drawings serve as a testament to those greater ambitions," according to a curatorial statement. A known polymath and musician, Romney's work is displayed along with selections from the Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments. The gallery is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday (Sept. to June) from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Yale University Art Gallery is located at 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT. For more information, please visit here. | | |
Contemporary Ukrainian Folk Art: The Matrix of Resilience at Battleboro Museum and Art Center
in Brattleboro, Vermont through July 6
| | An example of Ukrainian Folk Art from Contemporary Ukrainian Folk Art: The Matrix of Resilience. Image courtesy Brattleboro Museum and Art Center | | Brattleboro Museum and Art Center presents Contemporary Ukrainian Folk Art: The Matrix of Resilience. Curated by New Hampshire-based Ukranian curator Sophia Sushailo, this show presents several styles of Ukranian folk art including Pysanky, intricately decorated Ukranian Easter Eggs; Cossack embroideries, rectangular textiles emblematic of the Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine; Petrykivka painting, an ornamental style that uses vegetable-based inks to create work meant to protect the home from evil; and Crimean-Tatar ceramics. "Folk art is a powerful testament of cultural self-determination and the right of a nation to exist," according to a curatorial statement. "When Ukraine became independent in 1991, a cultural renaissance sprouted and flourished. Today, with the current, always shifting war, Ukrainian folk art is fighting for its survival again." The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Brattleboro Museum and Art Center is located at 10 Vernon Street, Brattleboro, VT. For more information, please visit here. | | Sponsored By: Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Montserrat College of Art, Bromfield Gallery, Copley Society of Art, Kingston Gallery, 13Forest Gallery and Artscope Online. | | |
Co|So is pleased to invite artists of any medium to explore the vibrancy and rebellion that Impressionism dared to capture.
Submissions are due by May 1st.
copleysociety.org
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Montserrat College
of Art
| Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery | Alia Farid, material research, September 2024. Image courtesy of the artist. | |
The Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery at Harvard Radcliffe Institute presents Alia Farid: Talismans (Kupol LR 3303).
The exhibition features newly commissioned artworks by the visual artist Alia Farid that address the social and environmental impact of extractive industries in southern Iraq and Kuwait.
February 24 to June 21.
The gallery is open Monday through Saturday, 12 to 4:30 p.m.
The Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery is located at Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
To learn more about the exhibition, visit the exhibition webpage.
For further questions, contact ventures@radcliffe.harvard.edu or (617)495-8657
| Vaughn Sills, Field of Rapeseed with Blue Barn, Blue Sky, 2019, Archival Pigment Print, 14 x 20” | Linda Leslie Brown, Circulations, 2024, ceramic and plastic 17”x18”x19” | |
April 2 – 27, 2025
Opening Reception:
Friday. April 4, 5-8 p.m.
Artist Talk:
Saturday, April 19, 2 -3 p.m.
Main Gallery:
Linda Leslie Brown: Circulations
Center Gallery:
Bonnie Sennott: Noise Antidote, Abstract Embroidery
Project Space:
Vaughn Sills: Still
kingstongallery.com
| |  | Julia Talcott and Vivian Prattat Bromfield Gallery in April | Vivian Pratt: “Untitled 2503,” pigment print, 31" x 20", 2025 | Julia Talcott: “Kaboom!,” linocut monotype, 24” x 12”, 2025 | |
From April 2 - 27, Bromfield Gallery presents “Subject to Change,” linoleum and woodblock prints by Julia Talcott, and “Nature Transformed” by Vivian Pratt, artworks created from hand made paper and scavenged plant materials.
The opening reception is Friday, April 4, from 6-8 p.m.
Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
Wed-Sun, 12-5
(617) 451-3605
info@bromfieldgallery.com www.bromfieldgallery.com
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Saturday, April 5, 4-6 pm Opening Reception: Untold Stories – Public Art and the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution in Arlington.
Christopher Frost & Asia Kepka, Nilou Moochhala, Liz Shepherd & Suzanne Moseley.
13FOREST Gallery
167A Mass Ave, Arlington.
13forest.com/untold-stories
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