“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 […]
Art
PAINTING
Studies in the Everyday Objects That Tether Us
Boats, houses, matchbooks, cans, and tea bags float with feeling in Traci Harmon-Hay’s work
“My work is always telling a story,” says Traci Harmon-Hay. Pieces from her new series, “Hovering Boats,” will be exhibited from May 24 to June 17 at Farm Projects in […]
HISTORY
Provincetown’s Forum 49 Was Born in Anguish
Seventy-five years later, echoes of an effort ‘to relate all the arts’
Following a decade marked by the horrors of war and on the cusp of another that would secure America’s global ascendancy, Provincetown’s Forum 49 was more than an art exhibition […]
IN THE STUDIO
Sarah Dineen Meditates on One Shape
Showing that amplitude can be found in austerity
In 2020, Sarah Dineen unearthed a 19-square-foot painting that she had made as a graduate student at the School of Visual Arts in New York. “I call it my adolescent […]
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 […]
X-ACTO
Siân Robertson’s Ephemeral Installation
The artist breaks new ground with Impermanence at the Hawthorne Barn
For the artist Siân Robertson, physical borders are not a limit but an invitation to expand and play with perception. She works with old maps, carving up rivers, roads, bus […]
FIBER ART
Monique Aimee’s Study of Slowness
The Somerville-based illustrator stitches a show of her own
If you’ve spent enough time driving around Massachusetts, you’ve probably seen road signs that say a neighborhood is “Thickly Settled.” It’s an exclusively New England expression, and though the signs […]
ICONOGRAPHY
The Restaurant Sign That’s a Magnet for Artists
The neon lobster may say ‘P’town’ louder than any other landmark
It happens from time to time: Tim McNulty, the owner and executive chef at the Lobster Pot in downtown Provincetown, will step outside and find an artist peering up at […]
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION
Rosalind Pace’s Mysteries on Display
The painter’s career has been guided by instinct and a ‘universal energy’
For three years in the late 1970s, Rosalind Pace worked on a series of paintings: eight large canvases in black and white that would read like a visual language. She […]
ROOMFUL OF ART
The Charmed Life of R.C. Patterson
With paint, cloth, and paper, an artist finds more in memories and moments
“My great-grandmother used to say, ‘Idle hands are the devil’s workshop,’ ” says Provincetown artist R.C. Patterson, “so I like to keep busy.” Patterson’s space at the Foley House on […]
THE MODERN MIND
The Unfinished Business of Provincetown’s Forum 49
Discovering a new mythology of the heavens
In the summer of 1949, a series of avant-garde art seminars and exhibitions took place in Provincetown. They covered a wide range of subjects, from painting and poetry to architecture, […]
TURNING POINT
Tearing Meaning From a ‘River of Grass’
Sasha Wortzel traces the shoreline from the Everglades to Provincetown
Sasha Wortzel says that her current work in film, photography, and printmaking is a form of kriah, the Hebrew word for “tearing” that refers to the Jewish practice of rending […]
ART AND ACCESS
Three Wellfleet Galleries Close Their Doors
A look back at what they accomplished and their reasons for closing
Three Wellfleet galleries — Off Main, Burdick, and Marrinan — won’t be opening their doors this summer. The closings mark the end of a chapter for the three spaces, each […]
IN THE STUDIO
Rehab El Sadek Sculpts a Story of Political Dislocation
Discarded books and gauze hold a place for whispered words
Rehab El Sadek has made herself at home since arriving in Provincetown this past October as a visual arts fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center. The vibe in her […]
ARTISTS
Painting in the Key of Light
Mary Giammarino’s Vermont sojourns pick up the light she found in Provincetown
In the cold, short days of winter and early spring, when painting outdoors is practically impossible here, Mary Giammarino, a plein air painter, takes a counterintuitive route as she awaits […]
