Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Reception
Feb 1, 2017
The Boston Art Dealers Association (BADA) invites you to join us for an evening of art, music, and cocktails as we honor the 2016 recipients of the Stephen D. Paine Scholarship and celebrate sixteen years of supporting young artists.
Jaclyn Kain: Cyanotypes
David Prifti: Tintypes
January 6 – 28 at Gallery NAGA
Gallery NAGA’s 40th year begins with an exhibition of photographers using 19th century processes to express ideas of the passage of time.
Playful Works on Paper from Judy Kensley McKie, a Celebrated Furniture Designer
By Bridget Gleeson
While Judy Kensley McKie is best known for her contributions to the field of contemporary studio furniture, drawing is nevertheless an essential part of her process.
These Incredible Works of Art Are Created with Ballpoint Pens
By Stefanie Waldek
When it comes to fine art, there can be a bit of a hierarchy when it comes to the medium.
Getting it Down on Paper
By Cate McQuaid
Fifty years ago, Judy Kensley McKie majored in painting at Rhode Island School of Design. She and her husband, painter Todd McKie, married young; when they needed furniture for their place, Judy set to making it. Thus began an illustrious career in studio furniture.
The Ticket: Music, Theater, Dance, Art, and more
By Cate McQuaid
Judy Kensley McKie: Works on Paper
Judy Kensley McKie: Works on Paper
November 11 – December 17 at Gallery NAGA
2016 ends with a flourish. The most lauded artist to have developed in this region in the thirty-five years of the contemporary studio furniture movement, Judy Kensley McKie, now presents a large and varied exhibition of works on paper, most of which have never been presented before.
New England Images Heavy Focus Of ‘As We See It’ At NBMAA
By Susan Dunne
Gail and Ernst von Metzsch of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., have been collecting works by Boston-area contemporary representational artists for more than three decades.
Gerry Bergstein: Skeleton Crew
October 7 – November 5 at Gallery NAGA
In October, Gallery NAGA presents Gerry Bergstein’s new paintings, which look like though they’ve been buried in art history’s tomb, subsequently unearthed – until Bergstein came along to salvage and make sense of it all.
Painting After Postmoderism | Belgium – USA
On View Sep 15 2016 – Nov 13 2016
Brussels, Belgium
According to Barbara Rose, curator of Painting After Postmodernism I Belgium – USA, the artists in this manifesto exhibition strive to restore tactility to painting, redefine drawing as part of the pictorial and go beyond Postmodernism using new techniques and materials to retrieve the fullness of painting as a major art that can hold its own with the masterpieces of the past.
13th Annual Blanche Ames National Art Exhibition
On View Sep 20, 2016 – Oct 8 2016
The Ames Mansion Borderland State Park
Mortal Things: Portraits Look Back and Forth
On View Sep 14 2016 – Dec 4 2016
Aidekman Arts Center
In honor of its 25th anniversary, the Tufts University Art Gallery featuresMortal Things: Portraits Looks Back and Forth, an exhibition about the changing role of artists and subjects and portraiture as a means for examining individual, social, and institutional identities.