In early December, I visited my mom at her house, a small cottage in Hyannis, where we had plans to set up her Christmas decorations. But when I arrived, she […]
IN THE STUDIO
The Ebb and Flow of a Life in Art
Helen Miranda Wilson’s journey of ‘digression and precision’
Helen Miranda Wilson’s studio sits at the center of her Wellfleet house, which was built in the 1850s. The studio seems set up for ideas to unravel and find form: […]
MUSES
Painting With Ferocity and Freedom
In the summer of 1958, Bob Thompson found inspiration among his friends in Provincetown
Bob Thompson came to Provincetown in 1958 and met a group of peers who would influence his art and his life. “I Am Myself: Early Works by Bob Thompson and […]
MUSIC AND ART
Garrett Dutton Finds a Different Rhythm
For this musician, painting is a source of freedom untethered from expectations
Garrett Dutton is best known by his stage name, G. Love. Since the early 1990s, he’s fronted the hip-hop blues band G. Love and Special Sauce, which maintains an active […]
ARTISTS
Variations on a Theme
A Greenwich Village exhibit invites us into Pat de Groot’s studio by the sea
The gallery at the New York Studio School on West 8th Street was empty of people when I visited Provincetown artist Pat de Groot’s posthumous survey exhibition, “Sea Smoke,” the […]
STARTING OVER
A Family History Reconfigured in Artifacts and Enigmas
Sasha Chavchavadze composes works from shards of stories and found objects
Sasha Chavchavadze approaches her family history with some ambivalence. At times she tries to stash it away. “All this heavy Russian history becomes too big,” she says. Still, she often […]
OBSERVER
A Focus on Place
Photographer Edward Boches is committed to his subjects
At Wellfleet Harbor, Edward Boches wades in shallow water, photographing shellfishermen at low tide. He rides his fold-up bike along Ocean View Drive with a camera around his neck. He’s […]
THINGNESS
Seeing the Materiality of Everyday Life
At a gallery talk, ‘a group effort in perception’
Perception is an abiding interest for artist Sonita Singwi. “How do we see things and engage with the world around us?” she asked during a gallery talk at Farm Projects […]
ART AND ACCESS
New Studios — and a Community of Artists — Take Shape on Shank Painter Road
The Commons expands its reach with eight work spaces and a communal gallery
It seems like it takes a miracle to get an art studio in Provincetown. That’s how Janine Evers felt when she found a place at the Commons Community Studios, eight […]
POPPIES AND PODS
Cultivating a Brave Garden
Paintings of the natural world bloom from an ‘overactive imagination’
Antonia DaSilva returned to Cape Cod after graduating from Smith College in 2020 and took up gardening at her parents’ house in Orleans. “The natural world here was something I […]
INTUITION AND INTENTION
A Collective’s Creative Impulse
Experimentation shapes members’ identities as artists
A conversation with a friend pushed Karma Kitaj to consider the narrative quality of her own artwork. “Why do you paint what you paint?” her friend had asked. It was […]
REVISION
A Fresh Angle on an Old Collection
The current exhibition at PAAM brings the scars of history into view
A broken fence post juts into the foreground in a painting of Corn Hill by George Yater. It’s a framing device that functions both formally and conceptually. The post’s prominent […]
ART HISTORY
An Abstract Expressionist Turns to the Figure
George McNeil found existential intrigue in the human body
A show of paintings, ink-wash drawings, and lithograph prints currently on view at Orleans Modern Art captures a transitional moment in the career of George McNeil, an early participant in […]
In Truro, Memories of Old Provincetown
At home with Nate McKean and Braunwyn Jackett
Braunwyn Jackett and Nate McKean describe their North Truro house as having an “old-school Provincetown” aesthetic. “This is how we grew up,” Jackett says. The couple have deep Outer Cape […]
A Craftsman Finds the Power of Punk in Plywood
Thomas Moses builds his own riffs on Cape Cod modern design
When the Cape Cod Modern House Trust was a fledgling organization, Thomas Moses signed up to advance its mission to restore the Outer Cape’s modern houses, many of which were […]
