In DeCordova Biennial, The Pulse Of New England Art

In the art world, biennials are a big deal. They happen every two years (hence the name), and this past Sunday the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass. opened their 2012 exhibit.

Twenty-three artists and collaboratives are featured, making this show the largest of its kind to focus exclusively on art created in New England. But what is the purpose of a biennial? Both for artists and for those of us who appreciate art? And what does this particular biennial say about the general health of the New England art world?

Guests:

  • Dina Deitsch, curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.
  • Abigail Ross Goodman, guest curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum biennial.
  • Sebastian Smee, art critic, The Boston Globe.

More from WBUR:

  • Steven J. Duede

    I’m so looking forward to viewing these works!  I’m wondering if the theme was something that had been planned from the beginning or did it grow organically as Dina and Abigail began to gather artists of interest?  –Steven J. Duede

  • Steven J. Duede

    I’m so looking forward to viewing these works!  I’m wondering if the theme was something that had been planned from the beginning or did it grow organically as Dina and Abigail began to gather artists of interest?  –Steven J. Duede

  • Roy Perkinson

    I loved the show, and it was terrific that you touched on the ongoing issue of scarcity of venues where artists in the region can show their work. Perhaps because of its location in MetroWest, as opposed to Boston, an exciting new space — Fountain Street Fine Art, an artist-run membership gallery — opened up a year ago in a century-old factory building that also happens to house the largest collective of artists under one roof in all MetroWest. They’ve got a fun show now called “PAPER,” which was juried by the former director of the Worcester Art Museum, James Welu. It’s great that this new venue exists. 

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