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Kinderhook Century-Old Limericks Foretell 'Winter in America'

By Jamie Larson Who is Harold Van Santvoord? And why the hell are the 19th-century illustrated limericks from the long dead Kinderhook, New York writer’s journal being presented at one of our region's premier modern art venues? Past and present collided in 2006, when the Friends of

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An Artistic Revolution In New Milford: the harts gallery

Carmen Elsa Lopez Abramson. By Jacque Lynn Schiller When a gallery’s business plan is as inspiring as the art on its walls, you know the gallerists are seeking to do more than simply display pretty pictures — though the recently opened the harts gallery [sic] in New Milford, Conn. accomplishes

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The School: One Year And Art Five Decades In The Making

El Anatsui, “Stressed World" (as installed at The School, Kinderhook, NY). By Robert Ayers It has been almost exactly a year since Jack Shainman changed the contemporary art landscape in this part of the world by opening The School in Kinderhook, NY. On Sunday, May 17, he is throwing

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Donkey Inspiration: 'Travels With Missie — The Artists' View'

Missie (as Carousel Donkey), by Susan Edwards By Jeremy D. Goodwin Kevin O’Hara’s 1979 sojourn with a donkey named Missie has already been well documented. O’Hara, a lifetime Pittsfield resident (and quite proud of it, thank you very much!) who seems to have as many stories to

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Brendan O'Connell, The 'Walmart Painter,' Turns Abstract

One of Brendan O’Connell’s foot-square paintings currently on display in Washington Depot. By Robert Ayers You wouldn't normally think of going to a real estate office to see an art exhibit. But whether or not you are looking to buy a place in Litchfield County, you

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Ashton Hawkins & Johnnie Moore: A Collected Life At Auction

Moore and Hawkins. By Jamie Larson Auctions at the laudable Stair Galleries in Hudson often capture specific artistic moments or movements. On display now and up for sale this Saturday is the sum of an artistic life steeped in style, history and love. The personal collection of Ashton Hawkins and

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BUMP at Basilica Hudson

By Lisa Green Try this, and see what happens: Touch a dinosaur skeleton in the American Museum of Natural History. You might not get arrested, but you’d have security all over you faster than you can say Tyrannosaurus rex. So maybe don’t. But next week, at Basilica Hudson,

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At Shakespeare & Co., A 'Midsummer' And All That Jazz

Briana Maia, Michael F. Toomey and Atalanta Seigel. Photo by Kevin Sprague. By Jeremy D. Goodwin Jazz is a music of possibilities. So too is the music of theater. Even in the midst of a long run, each performance of a given production is meant to rise anew from the

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The Clark Unveils Its Latest Piece Of Art — Its Own Campus

By Jeremy D. Goodwin Have you been to The Clark lately? Unless you work there, the chances are the answer is “no." It’s been closed since March, and the heart of its famed collection of French Impressionist paintings — including those luscious Renoirs everyone loves to stop by and

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Farm To Frame Puts Hudson Valley Artists (And Food) On View

By Lisa Green Two years ago, Dorit Straus, an art and insurance advisor, attended a dinner for collectors at Henry Klimowicz'sRE Institute in Millerton. The part-time Hudson Valley resident was taken with the intimate setting and interaction between the artist and guests over a meal composed of Hudson

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In Local Living Color: Vince Pomilio’s Thornbush Grid

By Dave King Vincent Pomilio no doubt cleans up nicely, but in his New York City studio he’s the archetype of the painter at ease, answering the door in splattered painter’s pants and a white t-shirt that clearly doubles as a paint rag. On the day I visited,

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In Their Own Image: Inuit Art at Vassar Focuses on the Indigenous Experience

By Robert Burke Warren In recent years, the “official" history of indigenous North Americans – as told from European perspectives – has fallen under increased scrutiny. Potent critiques of the “textbook take" are increasingly common, and slowly but surely, the narrative is changing; the term “Native American" has displaced

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