PROVINCETOWN — Outer Cape hoteliers have been warned to check that their websites comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) following a spate of lawsuits from a single attorney. […]
SAND AND ASPHALT
Arthur Nichols’s Panoramic Vision
Looking closely at nature, a photographer finds abstract minimalism
Eastham photographer Arthur Nichols was standing on a causeway at the edge of Onota Lake in Pittsfield during a wet snowstorm in late March 1972. He was looking at trees. […]
PAINTING
Paul Kelly’s Cubist Constructions of a Town Gone Wild
The artist paints from his imagination, where elaborate patterns take hold
Provincetown artist Paul Kelly begins to work on a new painting by creating architectural graphite sketches. There is a certainty to Kelly’s sketches — a commitment to contrast and shape. […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
The East End Is Perfect for Billy From Bradford
Billy Jarecki’s floral design fame was transitory, but first it was fabulous
I called ahead and ordered an Italian from Angel Foods. I’m eating it as I walk down Commercial Street to the far East End, chomping as a tomato slips out […]
COLORSCAPES
The Abstract Journeys of Malu Tan
The artist explores a constantly shifting world of raw emotion
A spiral staircase leads to artist Malu Tan’s second-floor studio in North Tryon, an industrial district in uptown Charlotte, N.C. Her building is a converted bomb shelter. The studio is […]
BLESSING OF THE FLEET
Lifting Up the Patron Saint of Netmakers, Shipbuilders, and Fishermen
Alex Brown and Nancy Silva talk about St. Peter and processions past and present
PROVINCETOWN — The 28th Provincetown Portuguese Festival begins Friday, June 28 with live music and dancing in Portuguese Square on Ryder Street. During the three-day-long celebration, there will be a […]
AUCTIONS
The Quirky Works That Filled the White Horse Inn
Jackson Lambert’s funky art is impossible to pin down
Even if you are not the kind to frequent galleries, you’ve seen Jackson Lambert’s art. He worked with Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, making the paintings, sculptures, and signs that […]
THE PLAYOFFS
Helen Molesworth Explains the Art of Basketball
The art writer and curator appreciates those at the top of their game
PROVINCETOWN — George’s Pizza is packed on a rainy Friday night for Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks. A man at the […]
HAT TRICK
Three Provincetown Painters Display Whimsy, Masculinity, and Identity
Recent works by Towle, Wilmoth, and Mikula will fill the walls of the Commons
Three Provincetown painters — Trevor Mikula, Josh Wilmoth, and Andy Towle — will be showing new works at the Provincetown Commons starting next week. The concurrent shows open Tuesday, June […]
BEYOND REASON
In Amy Arbus’s Latest Images, Glimpses of Life Before the Fall
The unseen motions between moments in circus and burlesque
Amy Arbus did not take photographs of circus performers until a year ago. But as soon as she started, she thought, “I know that I can do something interesting here.” […]
ON JEANS
Extraordinary Stories Stitched in Relatable Cloth
Myra Kooy assembles a show that reflects queer Black women being themselves
When you walk into the Urvashi Vaid and Kate Clinton Community Room at the Provincetown Commons, you see a collection of jackets and shirts hanging on the walls. The 25 […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
Jan Kelly Is Still Following Her Intuition
A writer, romantic, and muse can see from this edge of the ocean all the way to Galway
A yellow sticky note on the door outside Jan Kelly’s third-floor apartment on Alden Street reads, “My horse rides high as the devil rides by.” The sound of someone beating […]
PRIDE
The Fantastical Spaces of Phil Jimenez
A comics artist pencils and inks a way out
Comics artist and writer Phil Jimenez was alone a lot when he was growing up in Long Beach, Calif. “Drawing was a way to entertain myself,” he says. Known for […]
RETROSPECTIVE
Marian Roth’s Obsession With Time Never Stops
Her current show looks back on 40 years in Provincetown
“I could turn this gallery into a pinhole camera,” says Marian Roth. Her retrospective “Then and Now — Reflecting on Forty Years” is at On Center Gallery in Provincetown and […]
GROUP SHOW
‘Departures’ Pushes the Envelope
An international juried show at the Cape Cod Museum of Art breaks from convention
Artist and gallerist Nick Lawrence was the sole juror for the show “Departures,” currently on exhibit at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis. Lawrence selected 53 works from […]
