Louis Fratino,
The Sleepers, 2020, oil on canvas, 65 × 95 .
BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM, with the ankle. That region where the foot and the leg meet, and where a bony architecture of joints and ligatures is bound together, bulb-shaped, gorgeous, and implicative. A confessional form. Begin there, with Louis Fratino’s work, in a piece titled
The Sleepers, 2020, from last year’s late-fall show at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York featuring twenty paintings diary-like of the male body in repose, of shallow interiors and modernist-inflected landscapes, most of which are set, as the exhibition’s title indicates, in the morning. In
The Sleepers which happens to be the first painting Fratino worked on for “Morning” two men are naked and entangled. A euphoric stupor. They are only half-covered by the blanket that wraps around them the way a parachute’s materials touch down, wilting and lovely. Their tubular legs are exposed, their feet abstracted, calling up Georgia O’Keeffe’
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Why this salty Massachusetts coastal town hooks artists
In Gloucester, maritime history and magical light lure visitors to the state’s lesser-known cape.
An aerial view of Gloucester, Massachusetts, shows off the coastal town’s fabled natural light.Photograph by Isaac J Aiello, Discover Gloucester
ByHannah Sheinberg
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THINK OF CAPE ANN as Cape Cod’s saltier sister, a hard-working fishing community that’s about as old as the Plymouth Colony. It’s weathered and welcoming, bucolic and blue-collar. In other words, it’s as quintessentially New England as a dropped “r.”
Its briny appeal partly explains why this cape, located about an hour outside of Boston, Massachusetts, seems to hide in plain sight compared to much-ballyhooed Cape Cod. Yet its combination of charming seascapes and colonial history have turned this spit of sand into an artistic hub one with a storied past.
Palmer Museum of Art announces its 2021 exhibition lineup
February 09, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is excited to announce its upcoming exhibition schedule for 2021, which begins when the Palmer reopens on Wednesday, Feb. 10. This year’s shows celebrate a diverse variety of periods and places around the world, spotlight Pennsylvania landscapes and artists, feature a number of women artists, and highlight impactful gifts and important partnerships with fellow institutions.
Warren Rohrer,
Fields: Amish I, 1974, oil on linen, 60 1/4 x 60 1/4 inches. Allentown Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Charles McCrae, 1977 (1977.37)
IMAGE: Penn State
Starting Feb. 10, the Palmer Museum will be open Wednesday through Sunday. Advance reservations are strongly recommended. Free tickets are available using the museum’s new timed-ticketing system that can be accessed via the website at palmermuseum.psu.edu. The museum will follow COVID-19 safety protocols