Category Archives: Art

November 16, 2009 · 9:56 am

ARTmonday: InsideOut Sale at the SMFA

On Friday night I went to the preview party for the annual Inside Out art sale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, compliments of my wonderful friend and artist Lee Essex Doyle, who co-chairs the event. As always, we found plenty to purchase in various shapes, sizes, mediums, and price points. It is the school’s largest fundraiser,with every purchase going towards scholarships.

There are thousands of fantastic student works and ones by alumni, as well as a few pieces by well-known graduates, including Nan Goldin, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Claus Oldenburg, and Jim Dine. I took photos of some of the works I liked (and a couple which I bought). You can look at the Flickr gallery of submissions too. The school is next to the museum. If you’re in Boston I highly recommend stopping by. The date are November 18th to November 22nd.

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November 9, 2009 · 8:01 pm

Montage: Oversize Art in Interiors

In lieu of writing about a particular artist for this Monday post, I’ve compiled a montage of rooms that use art to make a statement. Large canvases pull an otherwise boring room together and act as amazing focal points. Monochromatic images might add texture, while wild abstracts are perfect for pops of color. The only drawback – price. The larger the image, the more expensive it is generally. That explains why all the artwork in my house is petite. If only I could trade them in for something grand. If you’re crafty, you could splash color on a canvas on your own, or stretch a gorgeous piece of fabric over a frame and staple. Easy.

Photos: Sixx Design; Bungalow Hotel by Sixx Design; photographer Simon Watson; photographer Magnus Marden; Desire to Inspire; Philippe Starck; Katie Lydon; Tsao & McKown Architects; photographer Paul Costello; Joe Nye in House Beautiful; Desire to Inspire; Hamilton Design; Amanda Nisbet; Amy Lau; Darren Starr in Style at Home; Tripod Agency; Desire to Inspire; Amy Lau; Amie Weitzman; Galo Verdesoto; Apartment Therapy Melbourne; Thad Hayes in Architectural Digest; Coburn Architecture; Tony Cappoli; Digs by Katie; photographer Stellan Herner; Lori Graham; photographer Erik Johnson; Decorno; photographer Erik Johnson; photographer Simon Watson; Top Design in Elle Decor; photographer Paul Viant; Bungalow Hotel by Sixx Design; Rice boutique; Stephen Knollenberg; Healing Barsanti; Martha Stewart; Katie Lydon; Ken Fulk; Pappas Miron; Stefano Tonchi; Healing Barsanti; photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo.

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October 26, 2009 · 9:58 pm

ARTmonday: Jacob Kulin

I first came across Jacob Kulin through a publicist for D Scale, designer Dennis Duffy’s furnishings showroom in the South End. She had emailed me images of an amazing tree branch, glass, and steel table that I was able to include in an article for the Globe, and in my post Get the Look: Trees (it’s the very first image). When I found out he is local to Boston, I was inspired to pitch a column on contemporary furniture designers in Boston to my editor in Stuff. She liked it, and I’ll probably do the piece in January. Meanwhile, I learned that Kulin also creates fine art sculpture. Hardly a surprise given the sculptural nature of his furniture. Here are some of his artwork that I particularly like.

Untitled 2009 – Powder coating over aluminum, stainless steel.

Untitled – Lamp-worked glass beads, steel, anodized aluminum.

Windjammer 2009 – Canvas, mahogany, aluminum, waxed cotton cord.

Untitled – Ostrich eggs, acrylic, stainless steel, walnut.

Untitled 2008 – Glass, zebra wood.

Aspen 2008 – Aspen wood, steel, silver leaf over aluminum.

Untitled – Enamel over copper, steel, cherry.

ARTmonday: Anne Packard

Anne Packard is the quintessential Cape Cod painter. She creates beautiful, luminescent landscapes in oil. Unlike a lot of examples in the genre, her works are skillfully exquisite. The best place to view Anne’s work is in Provincetown at the Packard Gallery, a charming converted New England church. She shares the space s with her daughters, painters Cynthia Packard (read my blog post on Cynthia here) and Leslie Packard. The Packards descend from a long line of painters, which include Anne Packard’s grandfather, Max Bohm, who is a well-known Impressionist painter who went to Provincetown back in 1916.

Below is an oil painting by Anne Packard that my husband and I purchased a few years ago. It hangs over our living room fireplace. (Sorry for the inexpert photographic quality). I have also been loving browsing through her newest coffee table book, Anne Packard: Introspective (Skylark Press, $95), that her very kind publicist left on my doorstep (literally). Scroll down for a sampling of her works.

Turquoise Seascape

Stormy Beach

Two Dories

Adrift

Seaside

A Summer Place

Green Dory

Empty Chair

Anne Packard

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October 15, 2009 · 9:15 pm

Art Event: Fort Point Open Studios

This weekend is Fort Point Open Studios in Fort Point Channel, Boston. Some of the artists I’ve blogged about, plus plenty of others, will be opening up their studios for visits and sales. Here’s a preview. Hope to see you there!

Saturday, October 17th and Sunday, October 18th, 11am to 6pm

Liliana Folta painting and contemporary ceramics

After Caos