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2022

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Lauren Williams, WBUR Artery, December 9, 2022

The Ticket, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, December 9, 2022

Gallery Flashpoints, Autumn Duke, Art New England, September/October 2022

Art and Medicine: Meclina and Ford's Healing Medicine at the Beacon Claudia Fiks, Artscope, September/October 2022

Meclina, painter, calligrapher, and micrographer Amy Allen, Palate & Palette, September 29, 2022

The humble tzedakah box hits the streets, Linda Matchan, Jewish Journal, September 15, 2022

Domenic Esposito - The Unforeseen Spokesman, Tom Leyden, Westwood Living, September 2022

What is Boston Known For? 12 Things That Will Make You Fall in Love With the City, Julia Weaver, Redfin Blog, August 30, 2022

Uniting Boston and Tel Aviv Through Art, Judy Bolton-Fasman, Jewish Boston. March 15, 2022

Translating reality into geometry: A first-ever ‘Retrospective’ gallery Yiran Yu, Daily Free Press, February 14, 2022

NU alum uses art for advocacy at local gallery, Kate Armanini, The Huntington News, February 2, 2022 

Practicing What We Preach at Beacon Gallery, AWAD Blog, Diana Rose Friedman, guest post by Christine O'Donnell, January 5, 2022

 

2021

Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport at Beacon Gallery AWAD Blog, Diana Rose Friedman, December 23, 2021 

Art D’var: Shemot by Laura Conrad Mandel for JArts, Jewish Boston, December 22, 2021

Art As A Call To Action by Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, JewishBoston, December 20, 2021

[SoWa] SoWa Art + Design District Transforms Boston Neighborhood Into Unrivaled Cultural Enclave Forbes, Natasha Gural, December 18, 2021

Imperfect Vessels by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, December 3, 2021

AWAD in Miami, Diana Rose Friedman, November 24, 2021

Caron Tabb: Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport by Casey Curry Surface Design Association Blog November 29, 2021 

Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport. B. Amore. November / December, Art New England 

Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport at the Beacon Gallery, Boston. Fiber Arts Now, October 19, 2021 

Mark Kelner in Hyperallergic - As Galleries Return to Normal, One Group Show Thinks Big Kriston Capps, November 2nd

Beacon Gallery Director Christine O'Donnell on The Charitable Confectioner. Cambridge Community Television Channel 9. Original Airdate: October 19, 2021

Meclina, James Weldon Johnson Fellow, Preserving the legacy and cabin of James Weldon Johnson in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Chronicle, WCVB Original Airdate: October 5, 2021

Mark Kelner Dollar City at Beacon Gallery, AWAD Blog, Diana Rose Friedman, September 27, 2021

Sima Schloss mentioned in Lehman Art Gallery reopens with ‘The Eyes Have It’ Bronx Times, September 20, 2021 

Nedret Andre's artwork featured in A Warm Hug, Cape Cod Home, Fall 2021

Father and son are focus of exhibit at Brockton Library The Boston Globe, July 29, 2021 Robert Knox

SoWa Unmasked - A Return to Harrison Avenue Artscope, July August 2021, Elizabeth Michelman

Best Photo Picks, Summer 2021 What Will You Remember

Best Photo Picks, June 2021 What Will You Remember

View Pandemic Paintings, Cape Cod Times, May 9, 2021

Beachtime in SoWA, The Beacon hosts Mehta's Sun-Drenched Paintings, Artscope, May/June 2021, Elizabeth Michelman

Tewksbury artist Fernando Fula gifts Marty Walsh with portrait, Lowell Sun, Stefan Geller April 9, 2021

The Ticket, Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, March 26, 2021

Marty Walsh goes to Washington with a new 'Mayoral Portrait', Boston Globe, Diti Kohli, March 19, 2021

Capsule Previews: March/April 2021 - Sonic Biogenesis: Genomics and Mutant Jungles, Artscope, Brian Goslow, March/April 2021

Artist Stephanie Christopher Relies on an Unusual Technique to Create Her Portraits, Boston Magazine, Makena Gera, February 17, 2021 

Most Influential Art Magazine - Featuring Sima Schloss, February 2021

 

2020

Abigail Ogilvy and Beacon Gallery - Holiday Pop-up ExhibitionAssociation of Women Art Dealers Blog, December 17, 2020

Supporting Artists and Makers This Holiday SeasonJameson Johnson, Boston Art Review, December 1, 2020 

What's Happening in the Arts World, "Holiday Pop-Up" Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, November 25, 2020

"Time capsule within a time capsule" Diana Weymar on Episode 184 of The Jealous Curator's Podcast. Friday November 6, 2020 

Caron Tabb's artwork on the cover of Surface Design, Fall 2020

Artwork by Sima Schloss featured in Beyond Words Magazine, November 2020

El movimiento que protesta contra Trump con aguja e hilo October 23, 2020 Alessandro Leone. EL PAIS. Caron Tabb/Tiny Pricks Project

Friendship, Fashion, Fun Beacon Gallery's 'Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S' exhibition offers refuge' The Boston Globe, by Cate McQuaid, October 2, 2020

A distanced scene: A slow, careful return for the SoWa gallery district, The Boston Globe, [photograph of Jamaal Eversley by Aram Boghosian for the Boston Globe], September 11, 2020

5 Things To Do This Weekend, The ARTery - WBUR, by Christian Burno, September 24, 2020

Beacon Gallery Presents Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Association of Women Art Dealers Blog, September 16, 2020

President's Angry Tweets Recorded in Tiny Pricks, The Art Newspaper, September 2020 

5 Qs with Beacon Gallery's Christine O'Donnell on Current Exhibition, Mixed Messages, Boston Hassle, August 10, 2020

Artist Profile: Sima Schloss, The Magazine of Contemporary Art, August 2020

The Arts Council of Princeton In Conversation with Diana Weymar on August 11, New Jersey Stage, Aug 02, 2020

Repair and Resistance through Mixed Messages at Beacon Gallery, Fiber Arts Now, July 31, 2020

Ibrahim Ali Salaam on Museum Open House with Jay Sugarman - July 2020

Interview with Jean Sbarra Jones - Painting Perceptions, July 6, 2020

These gallery exhibitions are open - yes, open - for visitors - Boston Globe, June 12, 2020

Mulheres resgatam bordado em protesto contra delclarações de Trump e Bolsonaro - Solha de S. Paolo, 4 June 2020

How Embroidery Became a Political Power Player - Financial Times - How to Spend It, May 30, 2020

Tiny Pricks Project Press Archive

Beacon Gallery Presents Perception Abstraction - Association of Women Art Dealer's Blog, May 13, 2020

Five Ways to Enhance Your Next Exhibition and Give Insight into the Value of Presentation by by Peter Dunn of Gallery System Art Displays and Christine O’Donnell, owner and director of Beacon Gallery, Boston, THE MAEA NEWS Vol.5–No.3 Conference Edition 2020 (pp 14-17)

Perception Abstraction - Beacon Gallery, Blazing Editions Blog, March 2020 

The Perfect Amount of Excess: SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2020, eazel.net, March 10, 2020

Brisith artist sends oil painting in support of China's battle against outbreak People's Daily Online, March 9, 2020

Best Photo Picks 2020 What Will You Remember March 4, 2020

Take a Tour of the Spring/Break Art Show in New York, ARTnews March 3, 2020

For Its 2020 New York Edition, SPRING/BREAK Will Take Over Ralph Lauren’s Former HQ With an Ode to Excess, ArtNet News, February 18, 2020

Gallery FlashPoints Art New England, January/February 2020

Boston 2020: Artistic Identities by Acadia Messofanti (gallery owner Christine O'Donnell mentioned in acknowledgments), published Jan 28, 2020

 

2019

Mark Kelner Signs of Identity, The Khollected Magazine, November 2019, Christopher Casey

Newton artist’s ‘universal’ menorah is featured at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Globe, December 20, 2019

Aqua 2019: DRIP, Pork Belly Times, Dec 20, 2019

Museum of Fine Arts Hosts Boston’s Largest Hanukkah Celebration, Hyperallergic, Dec 16, 2019

Newton artists to participate in Beacon Gallery Art Dash, Wicked Local Newton, Dec 2, 2019

Town & Country BDG Prelude Fall 2019

The Art New England Photography Index, Art New England, November-December 2019

Tabb Solo Show in SOWA, The Jewish Advocate, October 9, 2019

Simple Techniques for Great Art Displays by Christine O'Donnell and Peter Dunn, ArtsyShark 9/18/2019 PDF version

Caron Tabb: Of Two Places, Art New England, September/October 2019

Destination Boston, Beacon Gallery, Art New England, September/October 2019

Art That Could Save The World, IFDA New England, Summer 2019

'8 Visions' Returning to Attleboro Art Museum, The Sun Chronicle, July 12, 2019.

Aula Alayoubi Article Archive (selected articles through 2018) 

Went There: Photographing the Female @ Beacon Gallery, Boston Hassle, Amelia Hall May 16, 2019

"Capturing the female experience" Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, May 3rd, 2019

An Exceptional Experience: Photographing the Female At The BeaconOlivia MacDonald, Artscope Magazine, May/June 2019

Photographing the Female Capsule Preview in Artscope March April 2019

Photographing The Female in Boston Home Magazine Spring 2019

Betty Canick's Piece "Fog" in "Measure for Measure" Boston Home Magazine  Winter 2019

 

2018

"The Guide: An Index of Our Favorite Places" Where Magazine, November 2018

"The Ticket, Critic's Picks for the Upcoming Week" Boston Globe, October 

"SOWA Sparkes with Open Studios Approaching" South Boston Online, Sept 13, 2018

"Capturing Moments"  Lori Mehta in WellesleyWeston Magazine Fall 2018 

Synaesthesia at Beacon Gallery Artscope Online July 19th, 2018 

Beacon Gallery in "Strolling Boston's SoWa" Venu #39 Summer 2018   

"Layers and Light: Johnson and Mehta at Beacon" Artscope May/June 2018

Adrienne Shishko's building wraps in the Washington Post April 9, 2018

Beacon Gallery featured in Art New England March/April 2018

Lori Mehta's Shelter from the Sun featured in Art New England March/April 2018

"29 Best New Shops and Services" Boston Globe: January 14, 2018

"The Ticket: Critic's Picks for the Upcoming Week" Boston Globe: January 7, 2018

"My Instagram: Lori Mehta" Boston Globe: January 6, 2018

 

2017

"A Warm Little Oasis Filled with Art" The Boston Sun's Review of Beacon Gallery, Dec 1 2017

"Meet Christine O'Donnell of Beacon Gallery in the South End" from Boston Voyager Magazine, November 27, 2017

"Playing Catch Up with KY Huang" Singapore Art & Gallery Guide 

 

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2022

 

Nedret Andre's The Air We Breathe November 2022 - January 2023

Meclina and Amy Ford | Art Therapy September - October 2022

The Dinner Party - Martha Chason Sokol  July - August 2022

A Delicate Balance | Domenic Esposito, Sharon Whitham, Nicci Sevier Vuyk June - July 2022

The Infinite Figure: Sima Schloss and Jamal Thorne March - May 2022

Malcolm Montague Davis Retrospective Febraury - March 2022

 

2021

What Now; Making Space - November 2021 - January 2022

Caron Tabb's Humanity is Not a Spectator Sport - November 2021 - January 2022

Mark Kelner Dollar City - October 2021

Coded - September 2021

Sima Schloss in Lehman College Art Gallery's The Eyes Have It - September 2021 

Ibrahim Ali-Salaam's A Family Affair at The Brockton Public Library - August 2021

Fern L. Nesson's The Mind of God - June - August 2021

Float - Lori Mehta Solo Show - May - June 2021 

Local Artists Present Painting to Mayor Marty Walsh - March 17, 2021

Sonic Biogenesis: Genomic and Mutant Jungles - by Guillermo Galindo - February - April 2021

Urban Landscapes: Sam Belisle, Howard Fineman, Rosa Leff and Michael McLaughlin - January-February 2021

 

2020

Nedret Andre - City By The Sea: Seagrass, Lorenzetti, & Boston - November-December 2020

Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S  - September-October 2020

Mixed Messages - July-August 2020

Fern Nesson's Online Exclusive - Windows - May-July 2020

Malcolm Montague Davis wins Providence Art Club Award of Merit - May 2020

Perception Abstraction - March-July 2020

Caron Tabb at Spring/Break Art Show NYC - March 2020

2020 International Juried Show: Totems - February/March 2020

 

2019

Body Language with Sima Schloss and Ibrahim Ali-Salaam - December 2019/Jan 2020

Raquel Fornasaro showing at Aqua Art Miami with Beacon Gallery - December 2019

Caron Tabb - Of Two Places - October 2019

Lost and Found - September 2019

Aula Alayoubi: Spring Revolution - June/July 2019

Photographing The Female - April/May 2019

Times Like These - March 2019

Analog | Digital - January 2019 

 

2018

Nature & Vitality - November 2018 Press Release

Uprooted - Oct 2018 Press Release

BE HERE NOW - Sept 2018 Press Release

La Vie Parisienne - Aug 2018 Press Release

Synaesthesia Salon - July 2018

Synaesthesia: Abstract Art & Creative Writing Press Release 

Layers & Light: The Artwork of Aja Johnson and Lori Mehta Press Release

2018 International Juried Show Opens March 16th

Ai Wei Wei's "Human Flow" Showing at Beacon Gallery

Praxis: Malcolm Montague Davis Press Release

 

2017

Lives in Limbo: Refugees at the Gates of Europe Press Release 

Newton Artists Press Release

First Look Press Release