Internationally acclaimed artist Armando Guadaloupe Cortés invokes his native land in his installation at Mass MoCA and animates his sculptures in performances.
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Karlene Kantner shapes wood-fired vessels
On a slope in West Stockbridge, the air smells of wood smoke and frost and the unmistakable, clean sour scent of reduction — fire pulling oxygen from clay.
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Riding the crest of a wave — #berkshireweekend
The wave arcs upward, jade green and gleaming. British photographer Rachael Talibart has caught the water at the height of the movement.
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Berkshire art catches momentum in 2023
Even in midwinter, artists are working in their studios here and curators are planning new shows — from wood-fired ceramic vessels to storm waves …
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We made these memories for ourselves — #berkshireweekend
What can we imagine for 2023? … Looking ahead, I’m hoping for a rise in returning energy. 2022 has held quiet moments of intense beauty.
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Promenades explore 18th century France at the Clark
In a garden in Paris, a woman sits drawing the petals of hyacinths. She is shading in curves and striations, down to the folds along the tips and the green nubs of calyxes …
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Bennington Museum holds unexpected discoveries — #berkshireweekend
I’ve come looking for ghosts and spirits and mysteries. I’m here to see the new show ‘In the Shadow of the Hills,’ just open now in time for the holidays.
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EJ Hill’s Brake Run Helix spins toward exultation
The solo rider in the single cart drops a full story in a rush, lifting both arms and shouting, and the cart slues into a wide arc. Los Angeles artist EJ Hill has created an art installation out of terror and delight.
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New Orleans poets inspire North Adams art
Los Angeles artist Lorenzo Baker sets a man and woman resting together, and a collective of Black poets from 1845, at the center of his new installation with MCLA’s Art Lab.
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Lorenzo Baker collages the past and future
Los Angeles artist Lorenzo Baker is exploring the richness of human experience and the daily lives of Black Americans in What Happens if February Never Ends?
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