Christopher Marcisz is a writer and editor who lives in Williamstown, Mass. He’s a regular contributor to the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass., and is currently at work on a book about Mass MoCA and the city of North Adams.
Art
From 1984 to 2012, printmaker and professor Nancy Campbell ran the Mount Holyoke College Printmaking Workshop, where women artists like Kiki Smith and Vija Celmins produced remarkable prints.
Art
The Coming World is an ambitious portrait of a dark future in which the world has run out of its resources, but still hasn’t found a way to “Planet B.”
Art
Fifteen artists offer a range of ways into “sports” as a concept.
Art
Hancock's is a world with its own creation myths and conflicts — colorful and fun, but with serious undertones.
News
Thomas Krens has launched an ambitious and sprawling plan to reinvent a Massachusetts town, drawing massive amounts of tourism to the region with new, for-profit cultural spaces.
Art
Pulling objects from the collections of Williams College, "The Field is the World" questions how these contentious histories have existed and how they can change.
Art
Liz Glynn's exhibit at Mass MoCA serves as a reminder of the value in our present moment, as we engage in the work without the distractions of the outside world.
News
Activists in Russia are protesting the recent order by Russian authorities to destroy a digital print by the art collective Rodina.
Opinion
Locals like me don't visit the Berkshire Museum to look at famous paintings. Why did 40 artworks become the center of a national controversy?