Art in Paradise: By the Books

by | Aug 4, 2011 | Arts

Weird paradoxes are afoot in Easthampton. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on the town’s current mix of old-school mill town and high-art upstart-ism, something comes along to up the ante. Head down Cottage Street and on one side you’ll see...
Art in Paradise: Italian Echoes

Art in Paradise: Italian Echoes

by | Jan 26, 2012 | Arts

It’s safe to say that Albrecht Dürer, the well-known German Renaissance artist, was influential in his own time. A visit to one of the current exhibitions at the Smith College Museum of Art illustrates just how influential he was, in addition to offering a...
Art in Paradise: A True Story

Art in Paradise: A True Story

by | Jan 19, 2012 | Arts

Wendy Cross’ Not a Pretty Picture: America in the 21st Century, on display starting this week at Brattleboro’s Gallery in the Woods, is full of surprises. Not that it’s whimsical, though there are such elements in several of her canvases. The...

Art in Paradise: What Would the Lorax Buy?

by | Mar 14, 2012 | Arts

At the beginning of The Lorax, Springfield native Dr. Seuss’s 1971 classic, the reader is directed to the reclusive Once-ler to hear the tale of the title character: “He’ll tell you, perhaps … if you’re willing to pay.” His fee?...
Divine Details

Divine Details

by | Feb 2, 2012 | Arts

Set against dark blue walls in the Mead Art Museum, Tibetan scroll paintings, or thangka, appear as apertures into unearthly light. Graceful forms of humans and deities—with skin colors of brilliant red, saturated blue and earth-toned beige, or tinged with...