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 […]
RESIDENCY
Free to Frame a Boundless World
In the austerity of the dunes, Lili Chin finds a creative reset
Living for three weeks in a dune shack tucked in a hollow by the Atlantic, Lili Chin found the landscape both daunting and inspiring. “There’s a boundlessness that’s almost intimidating,” […]
POSSIBILITIES OF PAINT
The Slipperiness of Realism
A group exhibition of work by former FAWC fellows adds sparks of magic to the mundane
“Anything is possible” is written at the top of a painting by Sam Messer currently on view in “Edge Conditions,” a group exhibition of work by former visual arts fellows […]
RECONNECTION
An Exhibition Reunites a Family of Artists
Cove Gallery gathers the Shahns — Ben and his children Judith, Jonathan, and Abby
Though often overshadowed by her famous father, Ben Shahn, Judith Shahn, who died in 2009, was the star at Wellfleet’s Cove Gallery, which has promoted her artwork since she first […]
ARTISTS
The Unfurling of a Creative Vision
Sam Feinstein’s development from a Hofmann student to a painter of sublime abstractions
The Sam Feinstein exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum charts his lifelong commitment to abstraction and color. The paintings span his early years in Provincetown as a student […]
GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK
Structure and Color for Every Season of the Year
In Eastham, a collection of maples and conifers grows little by little
Story and drawings by Abraham Storer Keri Thomas and David Smile’s garden comes as a surprise to a visitor arriving on Oak Ridge Road in Eastham, not far from Cooks […]
