artscope magazine: May/June 2007 Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination Inside Eyes: A Collection of Paintings by David Madsen Women In Print: Extraordinary Examples from the 20th Century Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions A New Key: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection The Encounter of Buddha: Antique Buddhas and Contemporary Paintings by Virginia Peck Drawn to the Sea: Janis Sanders, Cameron Watson, James Mullen, Rob Franco and Trish Hurley Celestial Bodies Donatello to Giambologna: Italian Renaissance Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston David Forest Thompson: The Other Side of Newbury Street Sheri Warshauer: Cribs Thomas Stocker: Thresholds Exhibition-in-a-Box: The 2007 Portfolio Project Quilters’ Connection 30th Annual Quilt Show Philip-Lorca diCorcia Through The Lens: Zalmai Ahad FEATURED ARTIST, W. Gary Smith Urban Landscapes … emancipation and nostalgia… Western Mass Vermont Open Studio Weekend DANCE - The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival turns 75 P.H. Miller: The Guild Master COMMUNITY - The photographic Workshops of Rockport, Maine CROSSING CULTURAL BARRIERS: Egyptian-American artist Ahmed Abdalla CELLULOID SLANT - Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place CURATOR’S CORNER - Julie Bernson & Ceci Mendez, co-curators of The Visions & Voices of Children’s Book Illustrators artscope capsule previews: From The Art Complex's "Complex Women" exhibition in Duxbury to Bowersock Gallery's Amy Palmer and Erin McFarland's opening shows in Provincetown

The Encounter of Buddha: Antique Buddhas and Contemporary Paintings by Virginia Peck Britt Beedenbender Gallery Anthony Curtis 186 South Street Boston May 11 through June 9 Landscape: A Place on Earth, A Place in Mind: The Abstract Paintings of American Artist Lorna J. Ritz and Australian Aboriginal Artists from the Central Desert June 15 through July 7 The opening of the Gallery Anthony Curtis in March corrected a long-standing omission from the New England gallery scene. When it opened its doors, it became the only commercial art gallery in New England that exhibits antique and contemporary art from Asia and Oceania. This "pioneering experiment," as co-owner Anthony Shu describes it, merged Shu’s passion for Asian art and artifacts and partner Curtis Rudbart’s reverence for Australian aboriginal objects. Avid traveler’s and ravenous students of the cultures and lands they explore, the idea of opening a gallery of non-western art was one that had immediate resonance as according to Shu, "this type of art has no representation here." The opening exhibition, which closes on May 3, showcases artworks created by several aboriginal artists. It highlights just one aspect of this gallery’s ongoing collection of works from a part of the world that has been absent from commercial art galleries in New England and relegated to anthropological exhibitions in major museums. Rather than being viewed as primitive art, these works are presented, says Shu, "as a vital part of the modern art movement." Both internationally celebrated and upcoming artists are represented in the Australian aboriginal collection. Read the entire article in our magazine pages...