Opening at the Rice Polak Gallery, 430 Commercial St. in Provincetown, on Thursday, Aug. 19 and running through Sept. 1 is a show of works by painters Olga Antonova, Larry […]
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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 […]
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Willie Little, the Alchemist
His oxidized paintings are encrusted with meaning
“I have always been moved by the structures of home,” says artist Willie Little, who grew up in North Carolina. “The metal tobacco barns, regular barns, things that are just […]
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Blair Thornley’s Emotional Clearinghouse
Theatrical paintings of East and West Coast banality
“What humans do on the Earth is fascinating to me,” says artist Blair Thornley from her home in San Diego. Her paintings feel theatrical — outdoor stage sets populated by […]
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 […]
GALLERIES
An Exhibit Makes Waves in Provincetown
Protest art gets a showcase at a time of crisis
Political protest art is not new, as anyone who has seen Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, about an 1830 anti-royalist uprising in France, or Picasso’s Guernica, depicting the merciless bombing […]
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What’s Real About Robert Goldstrom’s Art Is His Unerring Style
Just as fish gotta swim, he’s going to paint what he sees
“I am generally a rather high-strung, tense person, anal retentive,” Robert Goldstrom says, speaking from his home in Claverack, N.Y., near Hudson, in the Hudson River Valley. “Compared to most […]
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For Michele Harvey, Watercolor Is Creative Renewal
A lifetime of overcoming obstacles inspires her art
In 2007, painter Michele Harvey, whose breathtaking oil landscapes of forests in the early morning mist commanded high prices at her galleries in New York City and Provincetown, found her […]
GALLERIES
The Art of Anne Lilly Is Kinetic in Any Medium
Her watercolors, like her sculpture, convey motion, freedom, and control
Visiting the Rice Polak Gallery in Provincetown after three months without live art is a surreal experience, from being presented with hand sanitizer and plastic gloves at the door to […]
GALLERY
Art Collections Make Themselves at Home
Hang a mini-salon with advice from local gallery owners
Different from artworks in galleries, our home collections are more personal and varied. And in a gallery, little distracts from the art, while at home, it has to contend with […]
