“There are internal painters, and there are external painters. I’m very definitely external,” says Dina Brodsky from Falmouth, where she’s on vacation from New York City. “I’m interested in the […]
Art
ABSTRACTION
Rick Wrigley Has Entered Phase Three
In which the furniture maker and builder turns to sculpture
It has been said that if you let an artist work long enough, he’ll eventually start working abstractly. If true, this certainly applies to Rick Wrigley, who says his career […]
ARTISTS
René Romero Schuler Goes Beneath the Surface
Voguish paintings that are more than meets the eye
From a distance, René Romero Schuler’s paintings might be written off as decorative, fashionable, or pretty. And that wouldn’t be entirely wrong: they are pretty. But that’s only part of […]
ARTISTS
The Abstract, Atmospheric Art of Sarah Lutz
She uses joy in her toolbox
Sarah Lutz’s art elicits a rare response in the viewer, who not only enjoys looking at the paintings, but thinks that it might be enjoyable to meet the artist herself. […]
QUEER ART
David Wojnarowicz: From Downtown to Our Town
The late art provocateur makes his Cape debut
Walking by 445 Commercial St. in Provincetown when the shades are pulled down, you’d hardly know there’s a priceless link to queer history inside. Once home to the Kiley Court […]
STILL LIFE
Larry Collins Cures the Pandemic With a Pencil
A show of drawings reveals the art of isolation
When the Covid lockdown hit in March 2020, Provincetown artist Larry Collins was living alone in his small condo in the middle of town. “Here I was, in my 70s, […]
GALLERIES
Previously Unseen Works by Knaths and Weinrich
A hoard, from the estate of John Hord, comes to light
One of the first works that you see upon stepping off Commercial Street into the Bakker Gallery is a graphite drawing by the artist Agnes Weinrich. It shows a woman, […]
ARTISTRY AND HEALING
Painting Before and After the Stroke
R. Mark Melnick’s show invites deep comparisons
Two paintings — Scenic New Mexico, which depicts a jagged butte seen from the perspective of someone standing farther back on its edge, and Mayo Beach Wellfleet, a view of […]
ARTISTS
For Josephine Halvorson, It’s All in the Details
Her work reveals how ‘objects have memories of their own’
A torn newspaper lies among fallen leaves. Tender weeds sprout inside the imprint of a coiled garden hose. “As a painter, there is no patch of ground that is uninteresting […]
MUSEUMS
A Walk Through ‘Hawthorne, Hofmann, and Hopper’
Canonical works from PAAM’s permanent collection
It’s convenient that three of the most influential artists in Provincetown history share the same initial. It makes for a catchy exhibition name. It’s also convenient that the Provincetown Art […]
ARTISTS
Keeping Time With Antonia DaSilva
Her mixed media works liberate the rectangular canvas
“People have this desire to control time, to record time,” says the Orleans painter and printmaker Antonia DaSilva. “For centuries, humans have tried to figure out time, but we can’t […]
ARTISTS
Phyllis Ewen’s ‘Sonata’ for Troubled Times
Her show at AMP Gallery follows the evolution of the pandemic year
When the world went into lockdown, Phyllis Ewen doubled down. She started a series of daily drawings on graph paper — a visual diary in response to the crisis. Taken […]
PUBLIC ART
A New Foundation Takes Art to the Streets
One of its first commissions is a mural by Esteban del Valle
Romolo Del Deo had an idea. In a town rich in art and art history, he thought that what Provincetown needed was even more art. Public art, to be exact. […]
ARTISTS
The Art of Adam O’Day Is Totally Bonkers
Hieronymus Bosch meets Area 51
A vintage trailer is parked on a gigantic boulder that emerges out of a murky pond. Balanced on top is a small tugboat inhabited by a tentacled monster. A European […]
GALLERY PREVIEW
Memorial Day Weekend Brings a Bonanza of Art
With Covid precautions eased, an array of openings to enjoy
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and, with it, the gallery season. Opening Friday, May 28 at AMP Gallery is “these past few years,” a show of […]
